When I initially inquired LC about this frame, their response started with the following:

"LCR017-D is our latest bike frame and our frame designers also take the advantages of Cannondale SuperSix EVO."

If you're advertising your flagship road frame in this manner, how the heck did their engineers forget to include a proper Di2 port? Especially when my Yishun frame from their sister company included one. That is quite the oversight.

• The frame looks shiny, so I‘m inclined to think it has some form of clear coat on it. But I‘m no expert, so I could be wrong.
• I purchased a ZTTO T47 68mm DUB BB, which came with two spacers (2mm labeled „road“ and 4,5mm labeled „MTB“). I was only able to install the Rival crank with the „MTB“ spacer on the drive side. There is no notable play in the cranks and they spin ok. Although I‘m not sure, whether this is installed according to spec. Anyone else installed a dub crank on this frame and remembers which spacers he used?
• The brake hoses were fairly easy to route through the integrated cockpit. However, the internal foam housing damping went up the downtube and created a creaking, when turning the bars so I had to remove the cranks and pull down the foam tube. Now I just get the slightest cable noice when turning the bars.
• For the installation of the rear Rival brake callipers you need 32mm Flat Mount bolts. 27mm are too short and 37mm are too long. I installed 37mm and used 5mm washers as a temporary solution.
• In both the Rival callipers the pistons had to be mobilized as one piston was stuck. Then the breaks could be mounted properly, the surfaces on frame and fork seemed phased.
• There are no grommets included to close the holes in the frame when using wireless shifting.
• The FD was rubbing in the big ring for a lot of the gears, I ll have to look into it and make sure, this is just an adjustment issue and not connected to the installation of the BB.
• There is a tiny imperfection in the paint job of which I was informed by LC before shipping and I was asked whether I‘m ok with it or whether I wanted it fixed (further delaying the process). I was ok and received a free bottle cage and mech hanger. Couldnt find any other imperfections so I‘m well happy on how they played this.
• The hubs are super quiet. Pedestrians wont hear you coming on these
• Shipment was delayed a couple of times.

Are these VB bars? They look kind of open on the underside, would that be enough to detach the cockpit and tape it to the side of the frame for travel? I'm looking for such an option.

I've been wondering why I have not been able to hit the sort of speeds on descents with my current bike compared to bikes in the past (I had taken a break from cycling for about 5 years). I weigh about 10 lbs more, my kit is much more aero nowadays, my helmet is aero, my wheels are 45mm deep instead of 25-28mm depth, my bike weighs about 3 pounds more, I typically carry a lot more food and water and I'm still not hitting the speeds I had been. Learning about the differences in Chinese geo vs Western geo yesterday when reading about these frames made me realize the frame I'm on now is much more 'western' and the frames I had been riding previously were Chinese geo. So all those new advantages in weight, equipment aero are nothing compared to the more aggressive body position Chinese frames will put you in. Something I found interesting. I'm typically topping out at 4-5mph less on many of my regular descents in a tuck now vs a tuck then.

The "race bikes" of today are basically the same exact geometry as "endurance bikes" of 10 years ago. The new SL8 is extremely close to the 2012 Roubaix in geo.

Have to wonder how much of these new crop of "high dollar budget" frames are just dumping loads of cash into presentation/marketing/website and are basically the same deal as other frames more in the 700-900 dollar range.

Here is my T1500 w/ D67 Hyper Wheels. Over 2 years of use and still probably my favorite bike. Mechanical shifting Ultegra R8020 has been absolutely flawless. Elilee OSPW system...now out of production