Approx. 5000 km done and dusted at last season with this frame. Installed a set of new bearings to linkages and chanced the shock upper bushing to Enduro bearings needle bearings. Still go strong to new season, frame works as a charm.

Quote from: samroy92 on May 29, 2018, 03:36:30 PM

That's a good point, I wonder what the torque settings are going to be for all the pivots and joints. Anyone have any numbers? Or is it largely a guessing game.

Correct torque value is printed on bolt heads. If I remember right, it is 10Nm all bolts.

Quote from: carbonazza on May 29, 2018, 04:17:19 AM
Nice ! Thanks for sharing.

Actually at first they promised send me a new front triangle. For some reason, I don´t know why (and it´s not bothering me at all ), they sent me a whole new frame with der. hanger, link bearings and shock mounting parts. Now I have spare frame!

The frame is sensitive for correct linkage screw tighten torque. If you tighten more than 10Nm (it reads at the bolts head) it starts creacking. I use loctite soft thread lock for "glueing" the metal parts to rear triangle carbon surfaces. It´s still easy remount, but the system is totally noise and creacking free.

Quite basic build...
Reba 120mm, xtr m9000 race brakes, XT M8000  gears, sunrace 11-40 cassette, American classic hubs, DT-Swiss Competition spokes, Nextie carbon id30mm rims, Brand-X dropper post, chiner saddle, Easton carbon bar, Rocket Rons ss 2.2", RF Next cranks, eggbeater pedals, Monarch 165x38 RCT shock. Weight approx 11,3-4kg include pedals and bottle gage.

There is no need for lock outs. This frame is unbelievable good and pedal efficient. It's still very comfortable and sensitive, even for small chatter. My previous bikes were cube stereo and Epic S-works, and this frame beats them both. This is absolutely the best fully frame I never owned.

Lightcarbon bikes deserve extra points. The first frame they delivered me was a bit thin in bottom bracket area. And the bottle gage rivets were quite high. It was no possible use 750ml thermal bottle. I wrote them about these issues, and they sent me a new frame that the issues has improved. I had to pay only postage costs!! And they let me keep the old frame!

This frame is really solid, light, effective and fast enough for compare any "hi-quality" brand frame. I'm really happy with it. I use it for XCM and XCO racing and light trail riding. With 120mm fork and dropper the bike is really capable even the nastiest trails and rock gardens.

And the cons... sorry guys, haven´t found any. May be the bottle gage rivets could be 15mm lower...

I just love this bike!

Now I have five decent ride with lcsf-911. Really have to say it is delicious bike.  It is very fast on flat and rear end eats roots and rocks but still effective pedalling every situation, even out of saddle big gear wrestling. Still it is light at uphill and trustfull and solid at downhill. The bike has120mm fork so it slackens the angles about one degree. I have had several fs bikes before (Specialized epic s-works, Cube Stereo HPC 120mm, Kona Hei Hei) and this is absolutely best I tried. Really good xc-machine. Now I have 27,5 x 2,6" Schwalbe Ice Spikers on it, the bottom bracket dropped approx. 5mm vs. 29er Rocket Ron. So happy with the bike, hope it is as reliable as it is fun.

^ 22.2 mm x 8 mm both ends.

Teeroy: I don´t see any reason why it doesn´t work.

I reported the issues of the frame to LC, and they promised to  check with engineer how to correct.

Finally I got the frame. Looks good, but there is couple of things I do not like:

- Bottom bracket shell is quite thin..specially drive side.
- Bottle cage holes are so high in down tube that 750mm bottle is very near to hit the bottom of the top tube. I don´t understand why, there is a lot of room towards rear shock.
- Rear Shock mount bearings are piece of *hit. I can hear crackling sound when rotating the bearings.

Otherwise the frame looks good and well made.

I have now Race face Aeffect + 32t oval ring and Rockshox Monarch RCT 165x38 installed. Haven´t build the bike ready yet, so I´ll write more and put some pics here after first ride.

Quote from: teeroy on October 06, 2017, 03:25:27 PM
Anyone?  Anyone?

Ordered and paid the frame a month ago from Light Carbon Bikes. They haven´t got it ready for shipping yet...Promised two weeks. Gavin Woo answers my mails with 2-4 days delay. Typical Chinese customer service. I´ll wait a week, and then will open dispute with PayPal if they havent got it posted. This suppose to be my XC-weapon for next season. I  already have parts like Carbon/American Classic wheels, RF Next SL Cranks with 32NW oval chainring, XT gearbox, XTR brakes, Reba 100mm fork, Monarch 38x165 RTC shock, Schwalbe Rocket Ron tyres, Brand-X dropper seatpost, Easton bar.. Only thing I need is the frame...

Any experiences? Looks good, light weight, cable routing is ok, rear brake is good position at chainstay, reasonable reach, low stack, perfect head angle. Could be perfect XC-29er race machine.
http://www.yishunbike.com/mtb_frames-137-29er-full-suspension-mtb-xc-carbon-frame-lcfs911