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Re: Lightcarbon: LCR018-D (endurance all-road)
Since some of us went with the Chrome/Black color and were curious about how it might turn out, I found a few pics of a different bike frame to give an idea. Seka Chrome is more darker? So difficult to see October 14, 2025, 04:46:13 AM |
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Re: Lightcarbon: LCR018-D (endurance all-road)
Pictures from inside. If you are not happy with the quality of the pictures, you can offer me a better camera 😁.
October 22, 2025, 02:21:17 AM |
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Re: Lightcarbon: LCR018-D (endurance all-road)
Wondering if anyone managed to fit in a 40mm tyre? Yes, ZIPP 303 XPLR & Goodyear Slick 40mm 
December 02, 2025, 12:51:54 PM |
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Re: Lightcarbon: LCR018-D (endurance all-road)
Here are the first pics from Wendy. My 56er frame is ready for take off to Germany. The colours are not really easy to take good pictures...but it's a first impression. December 03, 2025, 03:13:46 PM |
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Re: Lightcarbon: LCR018-D (endurance all-road)
The setup is slowly approaching its finale 😎 Chain and handlebar tape, then we're ready to go 😄 December 09, 2025, 12:47:35 AM |
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Re: Lightcarbon: LCR018-D (endurance all-road)
Received my frame today. Box was beaten up but LC did a good job in wrapping it up. OFC did a unboxing video just in case. Weights of 58 painted: Fork (uncut): 439g Frame: 1134g Axle front: 27g Axle rear: 37g Seatpost: 184g Cockpit (420x110):342g Expander: 39g Full Headset & Spacers: 105g UDH Dropout: 18g Computer + Lamp Mount: 24g Made some quick shots at daylight. The color is incredibly hard to capture, but there are tiny little lightpurple sparkles on the offwhite base - looks super good in sunlight. Hopefully I can start building the bike on sunday. December 12, 2025, 07:03:25 AM |
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Re: Lightcarbon: LCR018-D (endurance all-road)
Here the Torque Sheet… Who ever came with the idea for the screw placement of the Seatpost…. Worst design ever. Everything else runs great. The wolftooth t85 dub tool worked very well well on these narrow BB Shells. 50NM without any slip&slide December 13, 2025, 07:54:13 AM |
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Re: Lightcarbon: LCR018-D (endurance all-road)
After spending a foggy and cold day in the workshop, the bike is ready and I did a short 20k spin to shoot some proper photos. First Impressions of the Ride - great position - can imagine going 10+ hours on this - good and fast acceleration and direct in corners - but not as a full on racer (which is good) - absolutly silent Partlist: Frameset: LCR18-D 58cm Wheels: LB WR45 with Sapim CX-Ray / CX-Sprint, Son Delux and Carbon Ti X-Hub SL Groupset: - Force E1 Brifters with Hope RX4 Calipers - Force E1 Road Powermeter Crankset with Raketa 42T Chainring - 1295 10-52 Cassette - Rival D1 XPLR Derailleur with Garbaruk Cage (to shift the 52 Cog) - XX Chain - DUB Road T47 BB (used 1*3mm DUB Spacer on the drive side) - SRAM CLX-R 160mm Discs Tires: Michelin Pro5 35mm, Cyclami TPU Tupes Bartape: Burgh X Cages: Canyon CF SLX with Titan Screw Specials: Sinewave Beacon 2, Allygn EdelMÜ Weight: 8.55KG (without all the Dynamostuff, the bike would end up somewhere at 7.95KG) The building process was super easy. I´ve build a lot of bikes and I did not had any errors or problems. Of course, the routing of the cables takes a while but is not that bad to be honest. Some things Lightcarbon should think of changing: - Adding some sealings to the Headset (Im happy that I changed to Stainless with good seals) Its basically all open. - changing the position of the Seatpost Locking screw (barely possible to reach it with a torque wrench) - chaging the mechanism of the Saddleclamp: its pure shit - go for something easy to adjust like thomson or all the others. This design is hard to reach and a pain to change a few degrees. Who ever came along with this design should be punished by mounting saddles with this post until the end of life...  Other than that: easy peasy. Tipps / Recommendations: - For all the DUB/SRAM users. Get yourself the WolfTooth DUB T47 BB Tool. Great design, very solid. - Get Stainless Steel Headset bearings, use loads of grease - Tape down the front hose to the fork steerer - Apply loads of grease to the whole front steerer (especially whats IN the frame) by that, you prevent damage due to the rear hose rubbing on the steerer in the headtube) December 14, 2025, 08:50:11 AM |
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Re: Lightcarbon: LCR018-D (endurance all-road)
Just finished building up my bike. Got a quick 1h ride in the rain today. No complaints at all. My previous bike was a Merida Scultura Endurance and this frame feels noticably better. I did a couple of 1600W sprints and the responsiveness and stiffness of the BB and handlebars was way greater. The handling was good and when descending at 60kph with crosswinds i had no issues with stability. I have to tweak my position a bit more so I'll refrain on commenting on the comfort until I get it dialled. I'll probably not ride this bike outside again until it's dry outside but the first impressions are very positive. December 14, 2025, 12:10:22 PM |
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Re: Lightcarbon: LCR018-D (endurance all-road)
I paid for the frame size 56 on October 20th and it arrived on Friday. Everything looks fine, the paint quality is excellent, I'm waiting for the remaining components. I’ll probably order their 2026 aero bike and get this colour combination, but silver into raw carbon. Looks really good January 12, 2026, 11:18:04 AM |
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