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Re: Light Carbon LCFS917 XC Frame Now that someone got one I'll spill the beans on mine. In a round about way I was able to get one earlier this year. I wish I was able to get the gloss black like Robin but had to settle for matte black. I have 1490 miles on it so far. I got the medium. I'm about 5'8.5" ( wingspan of 6 ft). I might have been able to get a large but I wasn't sure if the seatpost would be too long to run a dropper. I'm running 740mm bars and an 80mm -6 degree stem. I wish it had a little longer reach. Height wise I'm right on the edge between a medium and large and I have a long reach as stated above. But a frame with long reach is no good if the standover is too high for my legs

I built it up around a 120mm Sid Ultimate. It's last year's with the 32mm stanchion. The shock is a 165x45 fox nude from a 2017 Scott Spark 920. The rest of the components were budget buys.

Drivetrain:sram gx eagle
Crank: raceface affect
BB: wheels MFG thread together
Brakes: Shimano deore xt
Rotors: Shimano rt66
Bars: yeti carbon
Wheels: Mercury EnduroX3
Tires: Vittoria Barzo-front, Mezcal-rear, both 29x2.3
Dropper: OneUp V2 120mm
Seat: Specialized Power Arc expert
Dropper remote: Wolftooth barcentric
Suspension remote: Scott twinloc
I forgot to weigh the frame before I built it up. I think it sits about 26lbs without pedals.

So far I like it.  It pedals pretty good. I wish the bottom bracket was higher because I get some pedal strikes. I have it set up with about 10mm of sag on the shock so I probably can't get it much higher.  I spend most time with it in the middle shock position so 80mm travel. Not much pedal bob when I'm pedaling normal. Standing up and mashing there is some. I lock out the shock and fork on flats or smooth climbs when possible. I'll open it up for full ~115mm rear travel on rough stuff and when taking larger jumps and drops.

It's my first carbon frame. It feels pretty stiff but I'm only 142lbs so I'm light. I took it all apart when I got it and packed grease in all the bearings and then torqued everything to spec with blue loctite. I have a creak that I think is dirt in the seatpost otherwise the suspension is quiet. I bent a derailleur hanger when I crashed and then broke it when trying to straighten it. I had 1 extra so I ordered a couple more. I sheared the head off a suspension bolt somewhere around 800 miles so I ordered backup hardware.



December 05, 2020, 11:18:08 PM 		1
Re: Light Carbon LCFS917 XC Frame
Quote from: QuentinLL on December 15, 2020, 12:54:16 PM
The rockshox SID cable pull is 10mm.
What is the cable pull of the Fox Nude shock (12-13mm I guess) ? Do you have a "free stroke" on the fork cable on the first 2-3mm ?
How does it feel and perform ?

Thank you very much

Cable pull is very close between both. I leave a little slack in the fork cable when shock is open. With the remote in the middle position the fork seems to be open. Then at lockout both shock and fork lock out. Overall it seems to work. I was worried I wouldn't be able to get a 2 position fork to work with the 3 position shock and remote but it works just fine.
December 15, 2020, 09:33:03 PM 		1
Re: Computer mount compatible for Lezyne devices? I'ver run into the same issue with Lezyne mounts.  On my gravel bike I run the o-ring mount on the stem.  It's been alright.  It does seem a little jiggly and I'll have to see if the flexy cross piece is stressing.

On my fatbike the stem is way too short to fit the o-ring mount.  so I used the O-ring mount onto a cateye stem mount and it fits.  This the the cateye mount I'm talking about

https://sportfactoryproshop.com/cateye-flextight-stem-handlebar-mount/

On my full suspension bike the stem is just slightly too short.  On this one I use a cateye k-edge adjustable stem mount that I 3d printed an adapter that I screwed this barfly adapter into.  This one is awesome because it eliminates the flex piece that breaks with a spring loaded cone.

https://www.performancebike.com/bar-fly-lezyne-computer-head-insert-bf4lzynb-461/p-fe7rs4gc2uqrgqhe?gclid=CjwKCAjwy7CKBhBMEiwA0Eb7asy0i1ADgVQ6Ai7EcENM51pWpDUFHEKwVkVRWxuyKo2etv_qYvDiBRoCQnQQAvD_BwE
September 23, 2021, 03:58:09 PM 		1
Re: Bang for buck hydraulic oil, brake cleaner, assembly grease etc I recall reading not to use the automotive brake cleaner on bike brake rotors because it leaves a residue that doesn't get burnt off at bike temperatures like it would on an automobile.

I recently used automotive electronic cleaner to spray out my suspension bearings and clean off my hub ratchets.  It cleans off the grease and flashes off really fast. 
April 20, 2024, 09:27:41 PM 		1