Quote from: dynosam on September 22, 2026, 11:04:54 PM
Quick update; turns out the instructions that Jack gave me were wrong. The video he sent said the bearing with the red seal was installed at the top of the frame, and black seal was installed at the bottom.

After informing him that this didn't work, he's sent me a new instruction video the has the red seal at the bottom and black seal at the top...go figure.

Should have time to rebuild it on Friday and will provide another update.

Any chance you could share that video somehow?

Quote from: YipYip on June 26, 2026, 05:06:16 PM
I usually don't write much, but i thought i might as well give my opinion, if it could influence the way this bike turns out. In my opinion toe overlap is a way smaller problem than people make it to be. Given how far you need to turn the handlebars for the wheel to be close to you foot, for it to actually hit while turning and pedaling the speed needs to be really low. I have a bit of toe overlap on my road bike, and im a totally sure, whenever i feel the need to pedal through a turn,  (i want to go fast) the pace is way to high for me to be turning my handlebars enough for it to be a problem. So what im trying to say is, i would much rather have the steering of a 50mm fork than the clearance of a 65 mm fork, even though im in between sizes and might end up with a size small.
Might just be my lukewarm take, but if anyone is planning on summarizing this thread to Jack, i thought it would be worth to mention, since i am pretty interested in the frame.

Maybe a 55mm fork would be the perfect middle ground.

I usually don't write much, but i thought i might as well give my opinion, if it could influence the way this bike turns out. In my opinion toe overlap is a way smaller problem than people make it to be. Given how far you need to turn the handlebars for the wheel to be close to you foot, for it to actually hit while turning and pedaling the speed needs to be really low. I have a bit of toe overlap on my road bike, and im a totally sure, whenever i feel the need to pedal through a turn,  (i want to go fast) the pace is way to high for me to be turning my handlebars enough for it to be a problem. So what im trying to say is, i would much rather have the steering of a 50mm fork than the clearance of a 65 mm fork, even though im in between sizes and might end up with a size small.
Might just be my lukewarm take, but if anyone is planning on summarizing this thread to Jack, i thought it would be worth to mention, since i am pretty interested in the frame.

Does anyone have pictures of the frame in a size xs? Contemplating buying one, but im afraid the top tube area will look weird in the small size.