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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-218
« on: July 18, 2024, 05:05:20 PM »Late to the party, but it gets a lot of compliments hahaSick!!
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Late to the party, but it gets a lot of compliments hahaSick!!
I've just assembled mine, it's the nicest Chinese frame I've had. Previously had a 3T Exporo clone and Longteng LTK118.Did you got Ultegra Di2 from Ali aswell?
No major issues with the build or running the cables.
No rear mech hanger in the box but they sent one out quickly.
Size M, haven't cut down the steerer yet. I'm 181cm with a 74cm BB to saddle height and relatively short legs. 85cm inseam. All my previous bikes are 56cm and this looks a good fit.
I got the Hygge Shun wheels too, in F50 R60mm. The freehub is offensivley loud if thats your thing!
Everything from Aliexpress except the 28mm GP5000s and sealant.
Ultegra DI2 shifting and brakes.
XT rotors
Leese carbon cranks 52-36. The chainline is a bit funky and I haven't worked this out yet. As a workaround I've spaced out the FD mount with washers.
Zitto 11-32 cassette
Cheapo saddle.
7.4kg as is with the Assiomas.
Quick test ride today as I'm getting over flu - feels great, not too harsh at all, low 60s psi will do that!
Very impressed so far, paint is really nice.
updated the links of my parts...Thanks mate! That is crazy, how do you find the bike at this moment?
actually, my idea starts with a disc brake bike since i have a rim brake already... then to aero build and options are either going with TFSA JH10 or BXT 145 or SPCYCLE R065 or RIDELOVE JH24 AEROAD... as the costs of the frame against the dogmaF is the same while the color of the dogmaF was crazy gorgeous(they showed me that nebula colorways are available), why not just go with dogmaF - everything was from aliexpress by the way...
ride with my usual hill route today and didn't broke but not lucky today as i got a puncture
so far, the build is solid for my taste for that costs, it's more than enough...
That's kinda new. Few months ago some sizes were already unavailable and they declared the frame is in close-out sale.Strange, contacted through whatsapp. Dont know if thats the same what you guys have been contacting through
Did you check if they still have those sizes in stock? They aren't making any new frames.I did, they have all sizes in stock is what they told me
Unless there's a very strong reason not to, get the 268. The quality of frames from VB has increased a lot over time. I believe the 268 would fare very well in blind tests with a lot of mainstream frames. Stiffness, layup quality, weight, tyre clearance, all these things got better over time. I wouldn't buy an old VB if i can buy a newer one that fits my specs.