Hi In this video, even though I tightened my rear wheel thru axle to 13 Nm, I can still move it with my finger. Is my thru axle too short?"

Hi everyone, today I started assembling my build, but I'm having an issue with the bottom bracket. As shown in the photos, with a SRAM Red 22 crankset (53/39 chainrings) and a BB68/73 bottom bracket, when used without spacers, the crankset sits about 1 mm away from the chainstay. When I use a 2.5 mm spacer, the distance to the chainstay increases to 3.5 mm.

However, in this case, when I torque the crankset to 30 Nm, it gets so tight that it almost doesn't rotate at all. On the other hand, without the spacer, even at 35 Nm, there is no binding and it spins smoothly.

Has anyone else experienced this issue?
By the way, I measured the SRAM Red 22 crank spindle length as 107 mm.

Quote from: Ludo on October 26, 2025, 07:51:26 AM
What are you using? It took me an hour or so but I used a file, only once happy did i go to sanding to clean it up

80 grit sandpaper
But after doing some research on YouTube, I found this video — I wish I had seen it before sanding, it's such a smarter way, isn't it?

Quote from: Lord_Herbert on October 23, 2025, 12:22:21 PM
Did it come with two of the c-rings? Mine did and they were ever so slightly different sizes - when I changed to the other one the gap disappeared

hi Mine only came with one C-ring, not two. So I didn't have another one to try, and the gap is still there,, there was a 0.9 mm gap between the headset and the spacers caused by the C-ring. I spent about 4 hours sanding it down, and now the gap is reduced to around 0.25 mm.

Hi, I'm very satisfied with the frameset — the quality is excellent. However, when I install the half-cut C-shaped cap piece (which I believe is meant to lock the upper bearing), there's a gap in my setup as shown in the photos. What am I doing wrong?

I asked the Spcycle store on AliExpress about this situation, and they replied that it's completely normal. What do you think?

Hello everyone,
My Spcycle SP R088 frameset was delivered about a week ago.
This morning I started assembling the bike, and as you can see in the photo, the bearing cover doesn't sit completely flush with the fork's crown.
Am I doing something wrong or missing a part?