Spcycle New Mold SP-R088 Carbon Road Frame

[raisinberry777]

Anyone have any experience with paint jobs from Spcycle other than the UD glossy/matte coatings? All the pics i have seen have been UD coatings.

I've got a chameleon blue G068 (it's in the thread for that bike) - paint job is decent for a Chinese frame, have hit it with plenty of small rocks and it holds up. I'd probably avoid asking for something too complex but for single colour they seem to do a good job.

[user757]

Just received my R088 frame in 54cm glossy white. Posting some quick photos and endoscope videos here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JnJcrHzEh62a4GEEwX-8fOxjtJnpLhWW?usp=sharing

By no means a frame expert but everything looks solid to me. If you spot anything that I missed, let me know! And also if there are any common frame defects to look for.

[jonathanf2]

Okay I guess I was wrong. The rear thru axle supplied with my R088 does not fit properly.  I only noticed it when swapping wheelsets. At first I thought it was an issue with the rear wheel freehub I was using, but it's the actual thru axle. The one supplied by SPCycle is 167.5mm long, and I swapped it for a 168mm 1.0p thru axle using a thicker conical shaped washer. Once swapped the whole rear assembly was much stiffer. The rear TA supplied by SPCycle had play in the wheel.

[Dan S.]

Just received my R088 frame in 54cm glossy white.

Looks great! Also very nice weight-wise, was not expecting it to be this light with such paintjob. 

[Benbenben]

Anyone tried to fit a mechanical yet? I either buy LTwoo r9 now or wait for er9 to be back in stock with 80 designer store on Ali. I live in Canada and they are the only store shipping to us with reasonable price.

[jonathanf2]

Anyone tried to fit a mechanical yet? I either buy LTwoo r9 now or wait for er9 to be back in stock with 80 designer store on Ali. I live in Canada and they are the only store shipping to us with reasonable price.

It's doable, but I can imagine it wouldn't be much fun to deal with especially with the headset. I'd rather run 1x or just wait for eR9 groupsets to be back in-stock.

[Bonus79]

Anyone have any experience with paint jobs from Spcycle other than the UD glossy/matte coatings? All the pics i have seen have been UD coatings.

When in doubt, I preferred to order the raw frame and paint it locally....I will spend more than their painting but, in addition to being able to choose the color and graphics, I will have the certainty of a perfect job.

[user757]

Okay I guess I was wrong. The rear thru axle supplied with my R088 does not fit properly.  I only noticed it when swapping wheelsets. At first I thought it was an issue with the rear wheel freehub I was using, but it's the actual thru axle. The one supplied by SPCycle is 167.5mm long, and I swapped it for a 168mm 1.0p thru axle using a thicker conical shaped washer. Once swapped the whole rear assembly was much stiffer. The rear TA supplied by SPCycle had play in the wheel.

Was your rear thru axle identical to this one? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LD65PxCbt3o6ozryHz9ngNHF48U9xmGN/view?usp=drivesdk

[jonathanf2]

Was your rear thru axle identical to this one? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LD65PxCbt3o6ozryHz9ngNHF48U9xmGN/view?usp=drivesdk

Yes the same one. I'm not sure why I didn't catch it earlier, but after trying two different wheelsets I realized there was slight play. I swapped it with a 168mm M12x19L TA with a slightly thicker conical washer. This one locked my rear wheel tightly.

Here's a link to the exact one I purchased off US Amazon. Should also be AliEx:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWDCCPWQ

[jonathanf2]

SPCycle got back to me and told me the thru axle is fine, just add washers! I initially tried adding a thicker washer/spacer to the SPcycle supplied thru axle and there was still play with the wheel. It was only when I tried a thru axle that was .5mm longer is when everything tightened up properly. Minimal customer service effort from @spcycle. 

[Bonus79]

SPCycle got back to me and told me the thru axle is fine, just add washers! I initially tried adding a thicker washer/spacer to the SPcycle supplied thru axle and there was still play with the wheel. It was only when I tried a thru axle that was .5mm longer is when everything tightened up properly. Minimal customer service effort from @spcycle. 

No good! 
Did you only have the problem with the rear thru axle?
Do you think I can already get a different one?

[TidyDinosaur]

SPCycle got back to me and told me the thru axle is fine, just add washers! I initially tried adding a thicker washer/spacer to the SPcycle supplied thru axle and there was still play with the wheel. It was only when I tried a thru axle that was .5mm longer is when everything tightened up properly. Minimal customer service effort from @spcycle. 

It's not the length of the axle that is the problem, but the length of the thread. Looks like the original has only 15mm of thread and the new one has 19mm of thread. So that would mean the original runs out of thread before the wheel is tight...

[user757]

SPCycle got back to me and told me the thru axle is fine, just add washers! I initially tried adding a thicker washer/spacer to the SPcycle supplied thru axle and there was still play with the wheel. It was only when I tried a thru axle that was .5mm longer is when everything tightened up properly. Minimal customer service effort from @spcycle. 

Seems like tidydinosaur might be right and that spcycle should send a replacement part...

[TidyDinosaur]

Seems like tidydinosaur might be right and that spcycle should send a replacement part...

Well, considering the price of an axle I would not bother and just get one myself. Or get a thicker washer...

[Bonus79]

Well, considering the price of an axle I would not bother and just get one myself. Or get a thicker washer...

Ok, a thru axle won't cost a fortune, but if there's a widespread problem with a component that comes with the frame, then the manufacturer should fix it.

It would be interesting to see if other users who received the frame have had the same problem, or if this is an isolated case.