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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Speeder SC-R48
« on: July 01, 2024, 06:22:03 AM »
Just thought I'd resurrect this old thread and add my experience of dealing with Speeder Cycles. I ordered my frameset (plus headset, thru axles and spare mech hanger) on 27th May and it arrived on 28th June. Communication with Justin was great throughout and Speeder kept to their promised timescales.

The frameset itself is great. It's size 520 (L) in gloss clearcoat. The frame weighs 868g with mech hangers and bottle cage bolts, the uncut fork is 387g and the seatpost 209g.

Would happily deal with Speeder again.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Eddie's Airwolf YFR066 Build Thread
« on: March 29, 2024, 03:35:40 AM »
I haven't ridden it as much as I'd hoped for various reasons. Everything has been fine. No brake rub, comfortable (for me) and it bowls along very nicely. I would give the frameset a cautious recommendation as lonf as you're prepared to do the necessary fettling to make sure everything goes together nicely.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Eddie's Airwolf YFR066 Build Thread
« on: February 27, 2024, 12:07:32 PM »
Right - I've pretty much finished my build and I have to say, it fought back every step of the way...



As I said earlier, it was specced for the hills - hence the dinnnerplate cassette. Despite that and the GRX rear mech it came in at around 7.5kg as pictured (7.9 with SPD pedals, cages and computer mount). I'll do a 20k ride on Thursday or Friday and let you know how it went...

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Eddie's Airwolf YFR066 Build Thread
« on: February 08, 2024, 03:22:53 AM »
Quote from: MasterB on February 06, 2024, 08:57:05 AM
I registered on this forum because I am about to pull the trigger on a red crystal YFR066 frame, just like yours... And I was wondering if the paint job looks good.
Please do keep us updated!

Yes - the paint job looks good. However, as I said, the caliper mounts were not masked so I have had to remove the paint in those areas. In the absence of a £350 Park Tool that would do the job, I resorted to needle files and Stanley knife blades. My build will have hydraulic brakes but, in order to check that my filing was OK, I mounted a TRP Spyre mechanical caliper with the wheel and rotor in place. By manually adjusting the pad clearance it was possible to make sure that the pads were parallel to the rotor (ie the mounting surface was flat and square). It took me nearly an hour in total to get it right.

My build has stalled slightly as I chose the wrong width/stem length combination for the integrated bar so I've had to order another one- I'd failed to take into account the seatpost setback. I've got a shippping number but who knows when it will arrive with the Chinese New Year looming...

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Eddie's Airwolf YFR066 Build Thread
« on: January 25, 2024, 05:37:57 AM »
Well, my frameset turned up today. First signs weren't encouraging...



However, it had been packaged well inside the box and there doesn't appear to be any damage

I'm happy with the colour (Red Crystal)





The caliper mounts have been painted on the mounting faces so I'll need to sort that but the BB shell is within tolerance and round.

These are the weights...

Frame - Size 54, painted with derailleur mounts and bottle cage bolts 1120g
Fork, uncut 440g
Seatpost assembly 179g
Integrated bars - 400 wide 120mm stem 414g

I'm waiting for a few more bits but I'll post updates in due course.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Eddie's Airwolf YFR066 Build Thread
« on: January 21, 2024, 11:02:19 AM »
Sorry to sneak into this thread as a +1. I've ordered a YFR066 frameset and integrated bars and have just been told it's been collected by DPD in China. The frameset was ordered on 18th December BTW and communication with Airwolf has been fine. It's going to be a slightly unusual build as I'm speccing the bike for very hilly sportive events (specifically the Fred Whitton Challenge here in the UK). Gearing will be 50/34 11-40, giving a 23" lowest gear. So far I've built the wheels, using Ryet hubs and 38mm rims off Aliexpress (Carbon Beam Store) with Sapim Race spokes - they come in at 1402g for the pair.

If there is interest in yet another YFR066 build, I'll keep the forum posted on how things go.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Recommendations on Cheap Tubeless Rim Wheelset?
« on: May 01, 2023, 07:03:15 AM »
I've built both rim and disc wheelsets using Carbon Beam Store rims from Aliexpress. They're not the cheapest but very good in my experience. Bitex hubs are a good reasonably-priced option but Ryet have some nice-looking rim brake hubs at very decent prices, although the rear hubs don't have the biggest bracing angle.
 
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005102916029.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.4.22a258e6cUujQu&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21GBP%21%EF%BF%A162.08%21%EF%BF%A149.67%21%21%21%21%21%40211b88ec16829422533638665ed769%2112000031668526110%21sh

I'm also a fan of Sapim D-light spokes for a quality budget build.

Get the Roger Musson book and have some fun. Your riding buddies will be very impressed that you've built your own wheels.

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