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29er / Re: Should I get the 057 or 256??
« on: June 23, 2014, 02:05:07 PM »
One big step today.
The wheels were sent last Friday from China and arrived this afternoon in Belgium.

29er - 30mm hookless, in 3k matt.

The front with a Project321 Lefty hub.
The rear with a Hope Pro2 Evo to put the XX1 on it.
The set weights 1530g.

I'm very happy of light-bicycle.com

First as they were the only one to provide this combo without asking me to provide the hubs.
Then Nancy was very patient, and answered all my, and sometimes stupid, questions.
And Kartrin did all the administration and shipment details.
And finally the set looks perfect.

The only missing part now is the frame.
But Leo ( from Honsen Bikes ) told me it should be shipped very soon, as planned.

The bad news, is I didn't care about dates, and have some vacations planned for early July.
So I'll have to leave all this sleeping for a couple of weeks :(

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29er / Re: Would you pay someone to build a Chiner for you?
« on: June 23, 2014, 05:26:00 AM »
Quote from: charlesrg on June 22, 2014, 08:11:10 PM
I've spent well over $400 USD on proper tools but I built 5 so far.
Different types of grease, anti-seize, brake fluid for shimano, hydraulic fluid for RockShocks lockout.
$500 for a build is fair. At the end an experienced builder will help you avoid issues with things that are not placed properly.
You miss a bearing gasket and you ended up replacing a bearing earlier. You leave your chain to long and it will be jumping out of the chain-ring.


Now if you want to race I would recommend you do your own build. This way you will know every little detail of your bike. Specially for race day when you need to identify and fix something fast.

Hello Charles, what are the grease and anti seize that you use?

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: What not to do to your carbon wheels...
« on: June 20, 2014, 01:55:40 PM »
That is a sad lesson. I'll check my car the next time I put the bike on.
Thank you for sharing this.

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29er / Re: Chinertown's 1000th Post Giveaway - Win FREE Hookless Carbon Rims!
« on: June 20, 2014, 09:05:38 AM »
Enter

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: SRAM XX1 1x11 Discussion
« on: June 13, 2014, 01:53:28 PM »
Thanks. When ordering parts few weeks ago, I used an online gear ratio calculations to compare with my current Shimano M970.
http://www.gear-calculator.com/#KB=28&RZ=10,12,14,16,18,21,24,28,32,36,42&GR=DERS&KB2=22,32,44&RZ2=11,12,14,16,18,21,24,28,32&GT2=DERS&UF2=2160&TF=85&UF=2295&SL=2

The not very brave 28T came at the same ratio for the low speed, while loosing the 3 top speeds.
Being unsure I took that one to try first. I'll see mounted how it goes.

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29er / Re: Considering building my first bike... could use help!
« on: June 13, 2014, 11:23:06 AM »
Quote from: Aoiree on June 12, 2014, 11:58:55 PM
I assume no substantial difference between light-bicycle and xmiplay for the wheelsets?

I see light-bicycle is a popular choice.

xmiplay does not build wheels with Lefty hubs. At least for now.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: SRAM XX1 1x11 Discussion
« on: June 12, 2014, 02:43:10 PM »
Quote from: Carbon_Dude on June 12, 2014, 11:06:01 AM
But the SRAM advantage is having the greater range of the 10-42 cassette which Shimano does not give you.

Which chainring did you select (28T -> 38T)?
Do you have several of them?

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29er / Re: Considering building my first bike... could use help!
« on: June 12, 2014, 02:37:12 PM »
Quote from: Aoiree on June 12, 2014, 01:32:37 AM
XMI wheelsets... the hubs any good?

If I'm thinking about trying to acquire a lefty fork down the line... is it worth it to purchase the wheelsets if I might need to rebuild the front wheel for the lefty hub? (never built my own wheel... but willing to try! and fail!)

Also which xmi wheelset should I be looking at for XC racing&road racing (I adventure race... ends up road riding a lot at times). I'm thinking the skinnier rims for long road jaunts.

Thoughts?

I dropped the option to build wheels myself, at least for this first build.
And ordered a wheel set from light-bicycle.com
30mm hookless. With a Lefty project321 for the front. And Hope hub for the rear.
I'm waiting for them.

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29er / Re: Should I get the 057 or 256??
« on: June 09, 2014, 04:46:07 AM »
Quote from: PeterQ on June 08, 2014, 08:09:38 PM
Quote from: carbonazza on June 08, 2014, 03:41:15 PM
Quote from: Jake on June 08, 2014, 03:04:02 AM
There are a few things that hold me back from getting a 256:

- more expensive then the proven IP057
- no reports on 256's tire clearance yet
- a 19" will probably be close to 1100 gr so not that much lighter then a IP057 of the same size
- I don't like the cover under the Bottom Bracket. The IP057 does fine without.It seems to be an ad hoc solution to a problem they ran into.
- I want to run 1X10 and don't like the Direct Mount for the FD
- Pay now and wait two months! for delivery.

If that helps, in a drawing from Honsen, there is a tire of 58.4mm width.
It looks to be the maximum.

Although I shared your concerns on the FD mount and the bottom cover.
I ordered it from Honsen, as they look to be the ones who build/design it.
And their lead time was shorter(...hopefully).

We will have the frames available in 7 days from now on. And the frame was not designed by Honsen, it was designed by our factory. Iplay showed IP-256 SL in the first place last year when the frame hasn't been available, because I think this super light model frame should be the most popular one in future.

And the guys ordered from Iplay months ago, and there was some problem with the production arrangement, so the lead time was long. If you ordered the frame from us on June 1st, I will ship the package to you in 2 weeks, because the availablity is getting normal now.

Anyway I hope you can get the frame ASAP and love it.

Sorry for the mistake, Peter, thanks for the clarification.
This is good for you the lead time is shorter now.
Copyright seems managed very differently in China than in US/Europe.
You design. Other build. And everything looks fine.

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29er / Re: Should I get the 057 or 256??
« on: June 08, 2014, 03:41:15 PM »
Quote from: Jake on June 08, 2014, 03:04:02 AM
There are a few things that hold me back from getting a 256:

- more expensive then the proven IP057
- no reports on 256's tire clearance yet
- a 19" will probably be close to 1100 gr so not that much lighter then a IP057 of the same size
- I don't like the cover under the Bottom Bracket. The IP057 does fine without.It seems to be an ad hoc solution to a problem they ran into.
- I want to run 1X10 and don't like the Direct Mount for the FD
- Pay now and wait two months! for delivery.

If that helps, in a drawing from Honsen, there is a tire of 58.4mm width.
It looks to be the maximum.

Although I shared your concerns on the FD mount and the bottom cover.
I ordered it from Honsen, as they look to be the ones who build/design it.
And their lead time was shorter(...hopefully).

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29er / Re: Internal or external?
« on: June 06, 2014, 10:49:53 AM »
I found some nice vids from Park Tool on how to build an MTB step by step:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3293736101E7C6B3

But, when do we need to put the internal wires?

At the very beginning(before headset/bb)?
Or the step by step vids above still apply?

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29er / Re: Should I get the 057 or 256??
« on: June 06, 2014, 05:44:36 AM »
Hi All, my first post here.

Did you check http://honsenbikes.com/product_list.asp?id=371
It ressemble furiously to the IP-256, but Honsen Bikes seems to build them.

Someone called Leo answered all my questions.
Quickly in general. Altough sometimes with a delay of a day or so.

I ordered it last week, and now waiting.
Leo said 4 weeks lead time.

The wheels are coming from light-bicycle.com, due in a week or so.
The drive train, brakes, etc. from bike24.com
And a lefty + steerer from project321.com

I will keep you posted on arrival.

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