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Re: Lightcarbon LCFS937 Build
Finished my build and did the first two rides. Thanks to all contributors on this thread! Super happy with the result. Came in at 12.9 kg, even though my list said 13.2. Maybe I forgot something? wow i love your build...i wanted to get one of those Trust forks too but waaaay above my budget..... April 20, 2021, 04:05:33 PM |
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Re: Carbonda Gravel Carbon frame CFR707
Weights for my frame:
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Re: Tideace FM-CR060 New Mold Gravel Frame 700*47C
here are some more close up pictures.
June 20, 2022, 09:10:00 PM |
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Re: Tideace FM-CR060 New Mold Gravel Frame 700*47C
here are some more close up pictures. Thanks for sharing on the forum. We also got other customer painting job for this frame. Attached. June 21, 2022, 02:18:21 AM |
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Re: Tideace FM-CR060 New Mold Gravel Frame 700*47C
Here's bike put together. I added some plasti-dip accents over the base paint. Purple pink white and green colors. I put on road chainrings 52x36 and my winpace wheels on for first ride. So I could see,feel, or hear any issues. I needed to use two spacers to use my shimano 7000 crank. The chainring bolts would rub the frame without them. I didn't really notice an issue with chainstay being too close for chainring size in 2x. If I had the bike 1x I'm sure there is a max ring. As with all integrated cables you can't overlap cables or they pinch. The gravel bars are wide but I only noticed when in drops cause they make my arm hang out. I'm sure I'll be thankful for this on loose or rutted up trail for control. I scaled the bike at 17.8lbs (8.1kg) as road setup and 19lbs (8.6kg) with my gravel wheels. Really thinking of going 1x cause I'd like to save some weight and the simplicity. June 27, 2022, 05:22:13 PM |
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Tsunami Seaboard GR02 Budget Gravel Build
I haven't seen much discussion about this affordable aluminum gravel frameset, so I decided to buy one and assemble a really budget focused build (ignoring the wheels which I already had on hand). I bought nearly everything on Aliexpress and the total build cost (ignoring wheels) came to just a bit over 1000 CAD including shipping. Everything eventually arrived in good shape, and the frame itself was very well packed. The frame is really decent quality and definitely exceeded my expectations, the fork is also reasonably nice, with no obvious defects. It is a bit strange that the fork required the disc adapter set to 140 mm even though I am using 160 mm rotors, perhaps you could use 180 mm rotors if you wanted? It was a bit confusing to figure out how to route the shift cables and ultimately decided that crossing them inside the downtube performed the best. It was also necessary to use anti vibration foam on the rear brake cable housing to keep it from rattling. I used Kalloy UNO stem and handlebars, which are unbeatable price/performance, and used the L-TWOO RX 12 speed groupset, which also exceeded my expectations. The shifting is nice and crisp with the front shifting being a bit worse than my other bike equipped with Shimano 105 R7020, but overall very comparable. I did have to swap out both cable pinch bolts on the front and rear deraillieurs but other than that no major problems so far. The brakes are Zrace BR-005 and Zrace 160mm rotors and they perform very well, comparable to my R7020 hydraulic brakes using 140 mm rotors on my road bike. I am using Jagwire compressionless housing front and rear. The wheels (which I already owned) are Light Bicycle AR46 laced to DT350 hubs, and are wearing Continental Terra Speed 700x40 tires. Total weight without pedals is a very respectable 8.8 kg. For reference the frame is size 53 (L) and I am 179 cm tall, it fits perfectly. After 100km so far my experience has been overwhelmingly positive! I had to tighten the headset after the first ride, I'm sure that was just the crown race settling a bit and since then it has remained tight with no play. September 02, 2022, 04:51:53 PM |
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Re: Groupset News
RX 2x12 carbon hydraulic left brifter weight A L-TWOO employee recently posted a thread sharing some anecdotes on the company's hydraulic development process. It's too long and technical for me to properly translate but you can get a basic idea with machine translation. The gist is that L-TWOO faced some pretty significant patent barriers which limited their design direction. They eventually settled on a Campy style design for reasons practical and legal: the vertical master cylinder layout performed the best and also left the most room for the shifting mechanism. But most importantly, Campy didn't patent their hydraulic implementation! September 14, 2022, 03:11:42 PM |
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