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Question about geometry as I am considering this frame. I am 175cms, 80cms in seam. Currently ride a Medium Giant TCR with 5mm spacer, 110mm stem. Would a size 480 or 510 be more suited for me?
Yes. I have 2 different ones, tried again earlier at 8nm and it slips. I really need 10-11nm to make it tight.
Also finally finished the build for my girlfriend’s sister (Size 52cm for 173cm height, 81.5 cm inseam). She’s super happy, the bike feels responsive and the build up was almost hassle free (except for getting the headset play right).
Stem: Deda Superbox 90mm
Handlebars: Deda Zero2 400mm
Wheels: XM Carbon Speed D50CU 28-21 with GP5000
Shimano 105 Di2 Groupset
Everything together roughly under 7.6kg.
My local bike shop. Genuine SRAM DUB T47. Being said I had one of the bearings give out after 700 kms which is hardly better than a KACTUS one I bought for my other bike. My solution was to replace the bearings only - Going on 1000 km now.
FWIW the KACTUS one was near $50 and the SRAM one was $75 CDN
The bearings for the KACTUS BB were $10 each locally and the bearings for the SRAM BB (MR3040H7-2RS) from Ali were near $20 for 4 - local shop would have to order them AND they were more $$ than Ali.
Shimano crankarms are genuine. But are you not covered by warranty? Did you take it to a shop? They offer free upgrades for any de-bonded last 2 generations ultegra/duraace crankarms
All 3 friends are now riding their bikes. All 3 are beginners as road bike users, big picture. 1 is a pro athlete, but not in bikes. 1 is an aero space engineer. 1 is an oil & gas engineer. they all managed to build the frame fine. They all seem happy.
I got them kick ass bikes and the result seems to be a non event, really, maybe it's a good thing1 is super happy that the bike is full custom. the other 2 are just riding the bike tinkering with their position (the engineers, go figure).
so... yeah, unsure how helpful all that can be
They're all on conti gp5000 30C, 33 wide, 50 deep wheels from peter, and the R06 from Peter. Then the components and specs differ between bikes.
Also, having put 11,000km on my own chinese frame, ultimately, it's just a bike. If you buy something that fits you, that fits the riding you do, unless you're a pretty serious statistical anomaly, if you get the frame from a reputable seller (that's a big if), then you should be fine. From the dozen builds i've done, that's probably the main takeaway. I have a world champion friend on a trek emonda, it's just the wrong bike to ride on the flat with us, as we're all on aero bikes. That's not kool aid, that's physics. And a 400$ frame will get you there just as well as a 2000 one, afaik, if you choose wisely.
My current conclusion about all this is as follows: a branded bike off the shelf will cost you more and fit you less well than a custom OEM bike, IF you know what to order. My friend on the trek is on the wrong bike. One on a van rysel is on the wrong bars (and shitty gearing, and hookless zipp rims). one on an aeroad is on the wrong gearing. And changing anything on branded bikes instantly costs a fortune, when it really shouldnt.
Tangentially relevant:
CS-R06 road frameset M size in UD black gloss & D50CU-33 T1100 rims 21/21H UD paintless. A friend just finished his build.
He had no specific problems during the build (was his first build).
I didnt buy the cockpit from Peter because i wanted 36cm. The interface is universal, so anything that's standard will work.
7.4kg with pedals, bottle cages & everything, and the pedals are the most basic i could find, and the bottle cages are aluminum, so it's probably a 7.2kg bike without cutting corners (extra long compression plug for safety, 30C tyres, wide rims, 52/36, 11-34, 160 front and rear rotors, ER9 with old generation calipers that are heavy AF. So, easily a 7kg bike with a few mods.
He doesnt have much to say about ride quality yet, he just finished building it.
So why can’t I find this frame on their site and also trying to find geometry of this frame. Any helps is appreciated.
. cracking carbon around saddle post. There is no EPS moulding and from I read on forum there are better frames in that price.
