Lightcarbon: LCR018-D (endurance all-road)

[jstrawks]

Interview & Factory Tour video is on now! (Full English)


Next up.... XMCS, but will take maybe 2 weeks for editing or so

Excellent! Thanks for this.

[POTOOOOOOOO]

Thank you SO much!
The internet can be a crazy, horrible place, but this forum is amazing - great people sharing and helping.

No problem. I've emailed asking for an update on the frame and why I was charged 28usd for a flap, when others were charged 10usd.
When I get a response I'll ask about the flap-v2 and see if/when they're available.

[cycloholic]

Great video zealot128. Thanks for creating this.

My frame was received end of December and I'm glad to see that I have the new style storage cover supplied with it.

[cycloholic]

I have a question about this 0.7mm spacer. This was originally discussed on page 85 of this thread. (I 'borrowed your picture Picograms - I hope that's okay). I tried a mock build with it and the gap looks too big. I built up a mock build without the spacer and it looks just right - no rubbing. Is there any compelling reason to use the spacer?

[Bike.Man]

I have a question about this 0.7mm spacer. This was originally discussed on page 85 of this thread. (I 'borrowed your picture Picograms - I hope that's okay). I tried a mock build with it and the gap looks too big. I built up a mock build without the spacer and it looks just right - no rubbing. Is there any compelling reason to use the spacer?

If you tighten the ahead cap to the torque specified in the instructions, the spacers will rub against the frame. I also tried leaving out the 0.7mm washer as a test, and it looked fine, but after tightening it to the torque specification, the gap disappeared, and it rubbed against the top tube at the rear.

[cycloholic]

Thanks for your reply Bike.Man.  That makes perfect sense.

[Mazzini_Velo]

Interview & Factory Tour video is on now! (Full English)


Next up.... XMCS, but will take maybe 2 weeks for editing or so

Nice! great job! I should have not seen this new gravel aero racing frame.

[NB87]

If you tighten the ahead cap to the torque specified in the instructions, the spacers will rub against the frame. I also tried leaving out the 0.7mm washer as a test, and it looked fine, but after tightening it to the torque specification, the gap disappeared, and it rubbed against the top tube at the rear.

I'm confused by this comment. Do you mean you torque a headseat cap to specification? You should just tighten it until there's no play anymore and it still rotates smoothly. I wouldn't go by a fixed torqeu spec for that.

If you mean something else than the headset cap, then ignore my comment. (I'm still curious to hear which cap you then talk about)

[NB87]

Nice! great job! I should have not seen this new gravel aero racing frame.

Haha same. That could very well be the bike that I would prefer over the lcr018

[BeR]

I'm confused by this comment. Do you mean you torque a headseat cap to specification? You should just tighten it until there's no play anymore and it still rotates smoothly. I wouldn't go by a fixed torqeu spec for that.

If you mean something else than the headset cap, then ignore my comment. (I'm still curious to hear which cap you then talk about)

From my side, I did not use or and I torque by hand like you say. No need to "overtorque". I don't have any rug.

[paul_otta]

Same here,

No washer, no problem and no overtorqueing the headset

[JensenMacD]

No washer and no rub issues I noticed. That being said, I have swapped out the stock headset bearings for enduro, not sure if there are slight differences giving me the space.

[Bike.Man]

No washer and no rub issues I noticed. That being said, I have swapped out the stock headset bearings for enduro, not sure if there are slight differences giving me the space.

I also installed enduro bearings and adhered to LightCarbon's 6Nm torque specification, because I assumed there must be a reason why LightCarbon recommends 6Nm 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Bike.Man]

I'm confused by this comment. Do you mean you torque a headseat cap to specification? You should just tighten it until there's no play anymore and it still rotates smoothly. I wouldn't go by a fixed torqeu spec for that.

If you mean something else than the headset cap, then ignore my comment. (I'm still curious to hear which cap you then talk about)

I also enjoy freestyle building, but I also think that if a manufacturer specifies a torque value, there's a reason for it and it wasn't just done out of boredom 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Bike.Man]

Same here,

No washer, no problem and no overtorqueing the headset

Without the 0.7mm washer, the spacer rubbed against the arrow at that point 😬