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E-Bike Frames & Builds / Re: Cut the fork
« Last post by PLA on April 17, 2024, 03:51:33 PM »
Guilty :)
I stand on the shoulders of giants, nurtured by a culture of patisseries, adultery and weapons manufacturing.
And I complain. A lot. For example I thought my er9 was a piece of shit when it stopped working yesterday. Turns out I just didn't charge it. I blame al Qaeda.

LOL
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Value of Orome Valar TH50D
« Last post by Serge_K on April 17, 2024, 03:27:16 PM »
to be fair, it could be in my head.
If it's your 1st road bike, have you looked at the geometry? the frame looks really strange, if you end up having to use all the spacers on the steerer, it's going to look horrible no?
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: VeloBuild VB-R-268 frame
« Last post by patliean1 on April 17, 2024, 03:24:36 PM »
Thanks for the support yall. I appreciate the input over the years.
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Help! I'm addicted to chain waxing. I keep reusing the shimano quick link (until I switch to YBN that is) but I know I shouldn't do it too much. Are there good reusable quick links on ali? Like the KMC R link. I see some from SUMC, riderace but those are brands I don't associate with very high quality. A few KMC ones on ali but I don't know if I trust them to be genuine. Any trustworthy ones you guys have tested?
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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« Last post by impmonkey on April 17, 2024, 03:19:24 PM »
On a size M this was not the case at all for me. I rode it rough and it never saw contact. Even with a Low suspension tune on a RS Deluxe.

Same for me. Medium frame. 42.5 No contact.
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Value of Orome Valar TH50D
« Last post by Artyiom on April 17, 2024, 02:54:47 PM »
Thanks for your return @Serge_K !

I'll check for Yuanan and farsports then.
I'm looking for an aero design not too high, 50mm seems to be like a good compromise.

I read plenty of good returns about Elves, and after a check on this forum of all topics including "falath pro", I never read anything negative...
Maybe my research are not efficient  :'(
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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
« Last post by dhengen on April 17, 2024, 02:49:09 PM »
Well my build is 90% complete. Waiting on some power meter SRAM Force cranks to finish the build. Running some loaner cranks for the time being.

Mixed feelings about this bike. The quality of the paint (see pic of example - it chipped really easily. Has happened in a few locations), issues with the headset plug (as others have noted) and misaligned brake caliper mounts were low points (normal methods for aligning brakes didn't work, needed to really play around to eliminate brake rub). Overall required excessive fiddling to get things right, in my opinion.

The bike rides well enough, but it seems noisy and the wheels I chose are probably too stiff. I can't tell if the noise is the chain/cassette combo? Open to feedback, based on my componenet selection - maybe I'm made some bad choices. Once I get final parts on it, I'll weigh it. I'm not shooting for weight weenie but I think it'll end up light as a result of all that carbon.

Here are the specs:
- SRAM Force AXS brakes and shifters
- SRAM GX AXS rear derailuer (went mullet on this build, good for where I live)
- Garabuk 10-50 cassette
- SRAM Rival cranks with 42T cassette (upgrading to SRAM Force with PM and 44T when it arrives)
- Shimano 160mm ICE-tech rotors
- SRAM GX chain (for now)
- WheelsFar Wheels. 50mm deep, 24mm internals, 30mm external width, DT350 hubs with aero Sapim spokes
- GravelKing SK 43mm tires
- 400mm handlebar and 110mm stem on 58cm frame
- Specialized Power Comp Saddle (not what's on in pic, but have since swapped it out)

Anyone else find specing and building bikes to be almost more fun than riding them?



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Just received a reply from 80's designer on sending me a new RD and wanted US$15 for shipping.

Sounds about right. Glad you got it sorted.
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Recently purchased a LCR015-D frame from LightCarbon and building it with set of Rival AXS. Does anyone know what length bolts are needed to mount the calipers?
Thanks!
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you've got a better price than I was given... I was said 590 because it was on sale...

How long do they estimate to deliver?

I believe you were quoted the Super Light one ... IIRC, standard is $530, Super Light is $590.
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