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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: September 29, 2022, 03:28:50 AM »
Finished building my bike over the weekend. After receiving the replacement forks I was good to go. Built it up with SRAM Rival etap, LightBicycle wheels, pro stealth saddle, and gp5000 shoes.

It rides well but I have a slight rub on both the front and rear disc that I can't get rid of. I might drop it off at a bike shop to have the disc brake mounts faced, not sure what else it could be at this point (spent a lot of time aligning the calipers, removed some oil from the system s.t. it wasnt overpressurized, but both to no avail).

Overall the bike rides well and feels comfortable, will take a few rides to dial in the fit.

All in all had a good experience with this for the price. Sure my initial fork was obviously wonky, but after some back and forth via email I got a replacement one. I wouldn't pay double of what I paid for this frame, but for the price it's definitely good enough.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-186
« on: September 22, 2022, 04:15:25 AM »
Quote from: dr Smoooth on September 21, 2022, 09:36:10 PM
What BB did you get?

Not the person you were asking, but I got a similar setup (full sram rival), and it's the sram dub pressfit BB.

I keep reading mixed things about it, some say it's not reliable in theory because of smaller bearings, some say it lasted them forever. I'm expecting it wont last me as long as a BB for a 24mm spindle, but whatever.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: September 21, 2022, 09:32:59 AM »
Allright, my replacement fork finally arrived and looks fine, going to start building the bike over the next few days. Does anyone have a list of how torque specs for the handlebars, seatpost, etc?

The handlebars have this grippy bit to attach the levers, but it doesn't reach high enough, I guess I'll just put some carbon paste (and maybe even a soda can shim) a bit higher. has anyone had the same issue?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: September 15, 2022, 03:05:47 AM »
Quote from: cramy on September 14, 2022, 07:27:50 AM
Chris changed it for free?

Yes, replacement forks are on the way for free. Was going to post an update on the whole process when they arrived. The gist of it is that after some back and forth by email (it did take me a week to get my point accross), they sent me a new fork free of charge. I did get quite frustrated with the process, since I'm not sure why it took them so long to see that my fork was clearly not up to spec. In the end, if the new replacement fork is fine, it was not that bad.

I missed a cycling trip because of it (or actually this bike on a cycling trip), but that wasn't the end of the world.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: September 14, 2022, 03:06:35 AM »
I can't remember, but not that long for me.

I was in contact with Chris recently and they did have some covid-related delays for sending my replacement forks, it might've affected you to? Although my forks were shipped September 7th, so that's after you got your code (implying yours should be shipped to). just contact Chris.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: September 01, 2022, 08:31:29 AM »
Sure, I understand there is a gap. I just would like the gap to be smaller. Adding an o-ring would introduce friction, I don't want that either.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: September 01, 2022, 07:35:36 AM »
Quote from: vTuga on September 01, 2022, 04:31:35 AM
In terms of weight its probably the biggest upgrade you can make, apart from wheelset. Rival AXS crankset weight is 877g (48/35, 172.5). Red crankset is 577g. That's 300g diference. Thats a lot of times the difference in weight between a 5.000$ bike and a 10.000$ one.

Yeah I know, it would be the first upgrade I do. I just need to hold out a bit to find a deal on a red 46/33 or 48/35 power crank on ebay.


Headset question: the compression-ring of my headset ends up quite high, and as a result the headset cap does not sit flush with the frame (between 1 and 2mm gap). I've seen others talk about getting a less high bearing, but mine already measures 7mm. Does anyone know if I could find a less high compression ring? My google-skills let me down.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: September 01, 2022, 04:14:12 AM »
I'm going with the sram rival axs, wanted to upgrade to the red crankf or the same reason, but it comes at a heavier pricetag than I wanted to pay. it does look so sharp though!

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: August 28, 2022, 01:50:35 AM »
Quote from: voshond on August 24, 2022, 05:18:07 PM

I had my fair share of issues:
  • Headset is absolute trash, you can still see the bearings underneath what they call a "seal". Give this 1 ride in the rain and you will grind this down. I will replace those.

I checked the bearings they sent me, mine don't have this. They also have a different color (blue), so I'm wondering if they sent me the right ones at this point.


Still waiting to hear back about my fork. I've basically told them that if they don't resolve it soon, I'll have to start the paypal process of trying to claim my money back. The only satisfactory option would be for them to send me a new fork. At this point I could even send the frame back to them to get my money back, but not sure who would have to eat the $150 USD shipping cost on that.

Let's see where this goes.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: August 24, 2022, 09:20:11 AM »
Quote from: vTuga on August 24, 2022, 08:48:38 AM
How long did it take for them to ship the order?

I payed on July 29th, and it got shipped August 8 th.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: August 24, 2022, 07:33:07 AM »
In my experience you have to be very clear with what you need an answer to, and be very proactive in the communication. Once shipped I got my order quite quickly: it was delivered in 9 days from Hong Kong to London. I went with XDB shipping and had a tracking code, all in all a good shipping experience.



As for my situation with the fork, Chris has forwarded the pictures I already shared here, as well as a short video I had of the fork to the engineers. I hope it can get resolved that way. Best case scenario they would send me a new fork, I can return the one in my posesssion if they would like that.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: August 22, 2022, 11:45:23 AM »
Quote from: vTuga on August 22, 2022, 10:54:00 AM
I don't think the problem is the tru axle size. Its the fork spacing that is wrong. If you check most wheels require a 100x12 tru axle spacing of the fork (at least from my quick google search).

That's correct, the fork should measure 100mm dropout to droput.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: August 22, 2022, 10:10:03 AM »
The 130mm axle length denotes the whole axle, so that includes the part that threads in on one side, and goes through the dropout on the other side. If the dropouts are 1.5cm wide each, it makes then it is the correct axle length. I'm not sure what the axle that was delivered with your 168 says, but I'd be surprised if it was not the 130mm one.


EDIT: https://www.modernbike.com/how-to-measure-bicycle-thru-axles this outlines it

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: August 22, 2022, 09:07:42 AM »
Quote from: patliean1 on August 22, 2022, 08:57:17 AM
Did Chris stop responding? Did VB refuse to refund or send out a new fork?

What a complete crap shoot...

Chris is replying, but he doesn't seem to acknowledge the issue. He told me that this axle is right for a 100mm hub (something that I agree on), and that I should just try to put my wheels in the fork. The wheels haven't arrived yet (and I have no spare set of 100mm hubbed-wheels lying around, so I can't do this) but I don't know how I could place a 100mm hub wheel in a dropout that measures 82mm. I feel that we've gone in circles in that area for a few emails now, so I've asked him to escalate the issue to his manager or at least acknowledge that I have a problem. I've also mentioned that if this doesn't happen that I will have no other option than to go to Paypal to start the refund claim process. If that's succesful, then I have no idea who will have to fork over the 170USD for shipping the frame back.

Something to add: there was no visible damage on the box when delivered. The fork also has no cracked paint or anything, which I would expect if the fork was bent in transit. I have honestly no clue how this happened, as their mold will be correctly spaced. In the end, it should not be my problem either. I just want a replacement fork.

Will keep everyone up to date.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
« on: August 22, 2022, 06:20:32 AM »
Quote from: gilj on August 17, 2022, 06:58:47 AM
Received my frame today, something must have gone wrong with the fork I think, as it is not spaced 100mm between the dropouts (see picture).


In contact with Chris already so I'm sure this will get sorted. I'll update when it happens

Other than this it looks good. I'll have an update once I built it up

I seem to be getting nowhere with Chris. Did anyone have their forks being bent 2cm inwards? I don't think this carbon fork is to be trusted anymore, right? The TA is a standard 130mm TA, and it's fully threaded in on one side. So the fork is just too narrow.


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