Velobuild VB-R-218

[Serge_K]

New wheels for the purple bike (6560 wavy). 54/41T Chainring on the purple bike.

New wheels for the blue bike are on the way. 50/37T Chainring on the blue bike.

Both bikes have around 2K miles on them each with no issues.

That looks gangster AF, well done sir!

[neobiker]

Anyone had this issue with their top cap headset? It cracked.

I assembled 4/5 218, so it might still be an issue with preloading, but I doubt. I guess I will set this one with an alloy headset.

VeloBuild were really accommodating and are sending me a replacement, but this is going to be an expensive replacement (labor wise).

I think I hit a pothole so that might be the reason but still it is a bit fragile haha.

[Sebastian]

Close to 10k km on my VB-R218. No problems with the top cap. Mine looks different from yours, though. I got no label on mine. Pretty sure it's glass fiber reinforced plastic. I'm running the stem directly on the headset cover. Maybe the load gets distributed differently with the spacers on top of it. As with all fully integrated systems, it does need quite a bit of preload to get it free of any play. That certainly puts more stress on these parts, I guess.

[neobiker]

I agree with the different kind of cap. The one I had in early 2024 also had a black logo and is still running strong. I guess it was just an unlucky piece.