Great Insight @NB87!

This weekend I did a longer ride with my LCR018-D (Size 58) with an attached rear Rack Setup (Tailfin). And really loved the handling of the Bike.
I did kind of a Alp-Cross (started at the Border of Italy to end north the alps, 220k, 1500m) and really enjoyed the ride.

Positive:
- The Overall Position on the bike is really good for long rides. Even after 4 hours of riding I only stopped because I wanted to fuel not only by bars and drinkmix and eat something yummy.
- 35mm Pro5 Tires with the clearance of the frame is my sweetspot for this bike. I can easily detour through some gravel sections without worrying.
- my 1by Setup with 10-52 Eagle and the 44T Chainring perfectly suits my cadence - I can pedal over 60 kph but still got enough room left to get up 10%+ gravel climbs seated.
- the dynamo setup is super nice to get more visibility when going down the twisties - cars just give a bit more room and dont overtake others in stupid situations
- Tailfin is just the best

Negative:
- with the rear load the bike gets some speed whobling when riding no hands (for examble to change jacket/vest etc.) I didn expierence this when cycling without the rear load.
- rattling noise of the storage door (wendy told me that they are working on a v3 of the door with the lever going UP instead of DOWN to unlock)

Overall, after roughly 1.5k KM, I really like the bike. Would recommend it for similar use.

Funny thing: a woman shouted at me when I left the train station that she recognizes the design of my bike from the LB website

Is it really 38g for 1.6m?? The r2-bike is 3.4g for 2m.. my stuff was maybe 4g for what I used.

I didn’t put it on a scale but I think it’s not that heavy. Maybe around 10g because it was a more rugged type of Foam (compared to the r2). I went with this because of the storage door.
I got the same length left in the basement. Going to weight it.

Something to consider for longer distances: the comfort.
The bike is maybe slower at the same power output but maybe a non professional rider can sustain a certain power output for longer time/distance on the LCR-018 because of its higher comfort (tire size, geo etc.) the question is: where is this super individual point 🤣

In the end, it doesn’t matter as long you are not racing the bike

Fits well.

The spacers are used on the Spindle of the Crank, not at the BB (like BSA BBs). Wide is for Gravel Groupsets (XPLR) and non Wide for Road.

SRAM Code for Road:
00.6418.033.000

Big recommendation for the Wolf Tooth BBS5216 Nut. Works really well with my torque wrench. Not slipping at all.

Hello,

All custom logos (2 Down Tube, 1 Head badge, 1 top Tube 1 on each fork leg) are all below the clear coat. Basically you can’t „feel“ them. Looking very good.

Well, I dont quote myself often. But in this case...

But please remember that you should never use a torque wrench to loosen screws! And for aligning and fixing, a regular ball-end wrench is perfectly suitable.

Is it a deal breaker? No! In the end, you don’t need the exact torque for tinkering around and this works okayish with a slim Allen key. After finding the correct position, torque it down

Conclusion:
- its a bad design, one of the worst on the market
- its not a dealbreaker
- there are workarounds (bit extensions, ball-heads, protecting the seatpost) - these don´t make up for a very bad design.
- its not only the seatpost but also the seatpost collar
- not only the screw placement is bad, bad also the design of alignment the angle - especially for inexpierenced users its VERY hard to change the angle of the saddle just a few degress. (compare it to thomson for examble)

Gravel World championchips has been won on roadbikes a few times. When Van der Poel used a gravel bike, he won on 38mm Terreno Zero. This year Florian Vermeersch won on 40mm Terra Speed.

And no one of them is riding a LC nor is paying for their bikes.
Of course it’s absolutely possible to slam 40mm tires with 2mm clearance to frame and fork into a road endurance frame with a stated 38mm clearance... Does it make sense for most? No, because there are too many disadvantages in my opinion

But of course: you do you and if it fits your needs it’s maybe working. For most people this is still a bad idea