LCFS 917 - 120/120 mm - MTB

[StefanB]

I have just received my new LCFS917 frame and slowly going to built the bike. I'm calling it a "Down Country" MTB since with its 120 mm travel, rear and front, and the way i´m building it its  not  built to be a XC racer.

As always the frames from Light Carbon looks great. Well put together and great finish. This is the 5th bike I'm building, i have built two LFCS 911, one LCFS958 and one LCFS 947. It so fun to build bikes:-)

What I have to decide before starting is if I should paint the frame or not. The previous bikes I have not painted, just put my own stickers on. But I can imagine hos nice it would look in "RAL 6018 Yellow Green".

I will keep you posted as the project goes on.

[darius72]

Good to hear that lightcarbon has good quality; two questions:
in the last purchase did you notice price increase due to covid, raw material crisis?
And as you built XC, trail and enduro bikes: geometry is ok? Can you feel the difference? The enduro one is still good for pedaling uphill?
Thanks and good luck with last project!

[QuentinLL]

Nice build.
Short reach, 73° STA, 67° HTA, long chainstay and small BB drop.
It looks like a marathon xc bike rather than a pure "down country" (NS Bikes Synonym, Transition Spur and so on).

[emu26]

I can't find it on their website, where did you get it from?

[StefanB]

The LCFS911 I have built for my wife and son, so I cant really evaluate them since they are too small.

The LCFS947 is a great climber when its technical and speed is not important. I think its my first choice to really go technical places. It when its time to go down again its super stable , no drama at all.

The LCFS958 is the great all-rounder. If i think that I will need to try and keep up with biking friends on trail-riding I take the LCFS958. Its faster, it climbs well, its good on the descents but compared to the LCFS947 need a little more concentration to be safe. And when its flat it can cary good speed. If i had to choose one of the, that's really, really hard. but i think it would be the LCFS947.

The LCFS917 is far away from that and i really dont know what to do with it. But it so fun to build that I caould not stop myself when Light Carbon offered me the frame. I wantet to order a LCFS911 in my size but the delivery time was so long so they offered the 917 instead.

[darius72]

Stefan,
Thank you very much for clarification; it's very important to get these feedbacks. Moreover all reviews always stresses the downhill performances but they almost never describe how a bike climbs; if you aren't using lifts 80% of the time you are pedaling; my idea was to build an enduro hardtail, but then I fell in love with the new haideli am831 frame and I ordered it. Being a "new" frame the associated risks of defects are higher; still I hope it will end up in a bike where long climbing is possible. In my project the weight should be around 13 kg, so not crazy high.
the LCFS947 was one of my option, I like the geometry, maybe I found a bit weird the aesthetic of the finished bike, but this is personal taste.

[StefanB]

The figures are close to the Specialized Epic Evo 2019 so I hope the ride will be in that category

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/first-ride-2019-specialized-epic-evo.html

[StefanB]

Painting the bike :-)

[StefanB]

Slowly starting to put the bike together again.

[emu26]

Slowly starting to put the bike together again.

Hi Stefan, I asked earlier with no reply so I'll try again, feel free to pm me the answer if it's not for public consumption.

Where did you get the frame, it is not listed on the LightCarbon website.

Thanks

[StefanB]

I got it from Light Carbon.

The last 1.5 years I have ordered for myself:

2* LCFS911
1* LCFS958
1* LCFS947

And for my friends:
2*LCFS947
1*LCFS713

So when I wanted to order a LCFS911 for myself in size L they said that the delivery time was long but they instead offered med the LCFS917 in size L that they had in stock. I liked the way it looked  and the geometry was interesting, so i ordered the LCFS917.

[emu26]

Thanks, I wonder why they aren't listing it.

Any chance you have a geo chart you could share?

[Chamomile]

Easily googled.

[emu26]

Thanks Chamomile but this thread is all that comes up when I google it.

[Schumo]

How much is that frame?