Lexon "Riot 10"

[Silverado123]

What are people's experiences with bottom bracket height and overall sizing of the frame? I haven't done any measurements but the bottom bracket looks super high.
My large frame feels larger then the what the numbers say.
Are you guys using 120mill forks or 100?
For those using trunion shocks where did you get the shock bolts? My frame didn't come with any.

[RongGearRob]

No issues with the BB height and size of frame, to me it rides like how an XC bike should feel.  I'm 6' riding a large, with a 120mm fork, 50mm stem and 780mm handlebar. All said, it is longer (and slacker) than my old hardtail (that had a 71degree HTA), so it is not as agile on some the twistier trail sections, but I can ride it more aggressively on the downhills. I guess that's the trade off with today's bike geometry.  I purchased the RS Monarch RL shock with the frame, so I can't help with the bolts. 

[Silverado123]

How did you all route your dropper post cable? I had it running through the bottom bracket area but through there, my 30 mm spindle would not pass through. Is there a different way that I'm not aware of? My plan now is to drill a hole and do a partially external routing for my dropper cable

[RongGearRob]

My dropper cable routed via the downtube and up the seat tube.  It routed relatively easily and works fine. I would not drill a hole in your frame.

[Silverado123]

I did route it that way but wont clear 30mm spindle. Ive drilled carbon frames before with great success. I was hoping not too but there is no other option..

[RongGearRob]

Curious, what bottom bracket are you using?  I'm running Sram DUB and before that I had a GXP BB.

[Silverado123]

I am running a Race Face cranks with a 30mm spindle. It doesn't clear the cable housing. The angle from the seat tube and down tube is so tight that the housing can't get tight enough to clear the spindle

[Silverado123]

Im using a 30mm bsa bb.

[RongGearRob]

Got it, I was a little slow on the uptake. it's not the BB that is the issue, it the spindle on the cranks. The Sram Dub spindle it 29mm, I guess it is just 1mm that makes the difference.  Weird, though, it has been 8 months since I did my build but I don't recall the dropper cable presenting any kind of routing issue at all.  Good luck.

[Silverado123]

Thank you friend. I feel like these frames have continuous modifications or in some cases neglections in key areas that make a build up needlessly difficult.

[Teigansdad]

eva lechner appruved

Leaning towards pulling trigger on this frame. Any other feedback? Good? Bad?
Thanks!

[Silverado123]

I am pretty happy with mine. I have the white frame and it looks really sharp!
It rides tall to me meaning I feel more on top then in the bike.  Don't let that fool, you it rides great! Climbs, descends and turns well. I am 5 11 and ordered a large because l thought l would feel cramped in a medium but due to the steeper head tube angle then what I'm used to, it feels bigger then the size suggests. So a medium with a 70 or 80mm stem would have worked fine.
The dropper post routing is stupid and in my experience won't work if you use 30mm spindle cranks. Another user on this forum got his to work with dub spindles, not sure how. Perhaps his frame is a different iteration than the one I have so therefore different. Overall quality to me is a 7.5 out of 10. It feels sold but some aspects are ghetto like not fully drilling the brake tabs, carbon fiber fraying in the head tube area and some voids in the carbon in the seat tube area. None of it seems to affect the structural nature of the frame it's just that they skipped the details. But this is what you get for $800 frame versus $3,500 frame. There isn't a lot of room in the shock linkage area for different kinds of shocks. I was planning using my Cane Creek inline but unfortunately it doesn't fit. It's physically too big, so I have to use the very average rock shox monarch for now. The ability to use different size shocks could be limited with this design.
I am very happy they used a zero stack headset versus the usual drop-in kind. Classy! The paint they used on the frame looks really pretty. It has some metallic particles and it shines and shimmers in the sun.
Overall I'm pleased and I think you will be too

[Silverado123]

The Riot is done for now. First thing is to upgrade is the Monarch shock. Its a pogo stick pos. Super bummed my Cane Creek InLine doesn't fit. That shock is da bomb.
After that new hubs. Absolutely nothing wrong with the Profile hubs, they're just not boost. I have to use so many adapters and spacers just to make things work right that it's a big hassle. I did have to modify the frame to route the dropper cable. Wish l didn't have to do that, but...  Otherwise, i am very happy with my Riot. Fast and smooth

[RongGearRob]

Happy with my Riot, I purchased the matte black with the rear shock, RS Monarch. I'm running 120mm RS Reba fork but thinking about upgrading to a SID.  The bike climbs and handles well, when I get on it I want to pedal it fast as an XC bike should feel. The frame quality is good, I had no problem running any of the cables (I did use the Jagwire foam kit so I wouldn't have cable rattle) and I wrapped the frame with Ride Wrap before I started installing any components.  The only issue I've had was with one of the bottle cage rivnuts, it wasn't secured to the frame well.  It was an easy enough fix after watching a couple YT videos.

[Teigansdad]

The Riot is done for now. First thing is to upgrade is the Monarch shock. Its a pogo stick pos. Super bummed my Cane Creek InLine doesn't fit. That shock is da bomb.
After that new hubs. Absolutely nothing wrong with the Profile hubs, they're just not boost. I have to use so many adapters and spacers just to make things work right that it's a big hassle. I did have to modify the frame to route the dropper cable. Wish l didn't have to do that, but...  Otherwise, i am very happy with my Riot. Fast and smooth

What frame modification did you do? Did you end up drilling out the down tube and seat tube?