Quote from: ejump0 on February 19, 2025, 10:01:36 AM
so the gap between 2 dropouts you made it to be 102mm permanently rather than force squeeze a lil to be 100mm?

I reduced the gap between the dropouts from 103.3mm to 101.3mm by adding a 1mm washer on each side and the remaining 1.3mm is "squeezed" by tightening the thru axle.

In my case the distance of the inner mounting surfaces of the fork is even 103,3mm. I glued in a 1mm spacer on each side and so far there is no problem. What is important is that 1. the wheel is centered when the thru axle is torqued properly and 2. that the outer surfaces of the wheel/hub axle sit flat on the inner mounting surfaces of the fork (i.e. no gap at any point).

Quote from: Serge_K on February 29, 2024, 05:44:10 AM
I havent looked at geometry charts, but the seatpost looks a bit like a triathlon seatpost with the ability to move the saddle mount fore / aft. But if that's the case, by how much?

I haven't actually measured the exact amount of movement possible, but I guess 15mm in total.

I made some more decals including a Tantan Logo. An EPS-file ready for plotting is attached.

Quote from: FlandersCyclist on February 01, 2024, 01:07:41 PM
What size is your bike and how high is the saddle if I may ask?

Size 56 and saddle height is 78,5cm.

I made some TanTan decals. An EPS-file ready for plotting is attached in case anyone wants to have them too.

Quote from: Sebastian on January 09, 2024, 12:24:08 AM
Are these much stiffer as in harder to bend and harder to route around tight turns?
I'd like to make the rear brake on my rim brake bike less spongy. But since the cable is completely internally routed, compressionless housing is not really an option.

I have combined compressionless with regular housing in the tight turns.

Quote from: jonathanf2 on January 08, 2024, 06:23:11 PM
Just look up "CNC Gold Road Shift Cable Bicycle Shifter Line Wire" in your search engine or search up chooee Official Store on AliExpress. I was going to swap my shifters to Ultegra hydraulic, but when I tried these cables and picked up semi-metallic finned pads (recently released on AliEx) for my Juin Tech F1 calipers, they now brake so well I haven't felt a need to replace them yet. My Ultegra shifters/hydraulic calipers have just been sitting in shoe box! Lol

Thanks I found them! In case I won't be satisfied with the performance of my brakes I will for sure try them out.

Quote from: jonathanf2 on January 08, 2024, 02:05:58 PM
You can shop around, but I believe this store is the OEM that makes them. Just make sure to order the road version and get the right length of cables for the front and rear:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804589342357.html

When I installed them, I noticed a bit more tension/spring back on my Juin Tech F1 brakes. Also visually they look a bit more premium! Lol

I attached a photo of how they look on my bike.

Thanks, but unfortunately the link doesn't work for me, I just get "page couldn't be found".  The cable looks very good!

Quote from: jonathanf2 on January 08, 2024, 11:59:38 AM
I see you went with mechanical disc brakes. They sell some high tension gold brake cables on AliEx that work really well if you plan on keeping them.

I used Jagwire cables, which I was quite happy with in the past. But can you post the link to the gold cables please?

Quote from: Sebastian on January 08, 2024, 10:45:25 AM
Did you end up doing anything to your fork steerer or was it fine after you cut it down?

Since I had to sand it down at two places quite a bit to make the cockpit-stem fit, I gave it to a carbon repair guy who glued in an alloy insert that goes down far below the headset bearing.

I finished my build too Weight without pedals is 7.8kg.

Quote from: Sebastian on December 23, 2023, 03:10:17 AM
The communication was always friendly and I did get a partial refund. But the seller did not really seem to acknowledge the problem.

This exactly matches my experiences with the seller. I too wouldn't buy there again. Would be interesting to know how TanTan handles cases of obvious deficiencies like my very much unround steerer tube.

My steerer looks similar from the inside.  For other reasons, I showed it to a carbon repair expert (see above) and he said that this is no problem.

Short follow-up on my steerer tube issue: I opened a dispute on Aliexpress and after 3 weeks of sending photos, documents about acceptable tolerances etc. I got a refund of 100 Euro + 20 Euro because the seller sent me a cockpit of the wrong size (400x100 instead of 420x90). Now I'm going to cut the steerer, sand down the areas which are out of specs the most and then send the fork to a carbon repair guy who will produce and glue in an alloy insert to strengthen the steerer.
Btw this is my frame (chameleon blue/purple & matt black):