Finally I got my frameset last week. I'm in the building process, and as a novice, I have two questions to the experts in this forum:

1.- The space between the frame and the base of the handlebar spacers is about 1 mm. Is this OK?

2.- When I put the rear thru-axle with the UDH hanger loose, the thru-axle can be screwed by hand, but when I tighten the UDH mount, the thru-axle can't be screwed by hand. I think that there is a misalignment somewhere. Anyone has experienced this? Is a frame defect or the culprit is the UDH hanger. Any ideas to solve this?

Apart from this, everything was OK.

if your in the UK hambini sells reasonably priced headset bearings (£11 each) thats what i used, he is just reselling some japanese made ones but since his reputation is based on high quality i dont think he would sell them if they were shit

Looks good, but I'm in Spain and with the Brexit now we have to deal with customs

I have a few Cervelos from the past few years, so they’re really the direct comparison. But I also build bikes for people so I have experience with a lot of the main brands.
It’s a well built and finished frame set. The overall fit and finish is very high regardless of price. Sure, there are a few bits I’ll change immediately like the compression bung and headset bearings, but that’s to be expected. I’d do that on pretty much any frame.
I did that on the cervelos too.

Please, can you share what compression bung and headset bearings will you use? I'm waiting for my frame and I'm in the process to buy all that I will need to build the bike.

A general question for the experts. I always carry a spare derailleur hanger in my bike. I'm new to the UDH standard and I have read that these derailleurs are more robust and instead of bending, they can make a backwards rotation when hit. The questions is: do you carry a UDH spare with your LCR018-D? If affirmative, any recommendations?

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Finally you have convinced me and I have just ordered the frame with downtube storage. Thanks for your responses!

Hello everyone.

I'm planning to order a frame and I'm unsure about the internal storage. I have seen in previous posts that the frame is obviously less stiff, but... Do you appreciate something when riding the bike? I will use the bike to race in some triathlons (short distance) so I'm in doubt about purchasing the frame with or without internal storage. Any recommendations?

Hello everyone,

A question for the happy LCR018-D owners. I have seen in the LC website that the thruaxles remains "flushed" with the frame surface. Are the thruaxles a proprietary design of LC or it is possible to use a standard thruaxle in the frame?

Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone. Any thoughts about the LightCarbon 3D printed saddle (SD02) and bottle cages (BC11).

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