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It depends on what you wanted from the start. If you always wanted an awesome full carbon roadbike, a Chinese carbon frame could be your dreambike. If you always wanted a cervelo dura ace di2 S5 or a litespeed archon (my dreambikes) and you get anything less or a copy, it may bother you later...

Got some shorter cranks today for 6 bucks. Compared to the 170 stock cranks these are 140. I mounted them and get about 1 inch space between the ground and pedal in vertical position now. I think I will drop the fork a bit more to get 1.5 inch space. These cranks seem a nice size, I sat on the...

Dad build (late 2012) This is my dad's old Motobecabe Super Mirage. He taught me to ride without side wheels when I was around 4 I think. I remember looking up at this frame from a pretty low angle. He kept it for years but didnt do anything to fix it. So one day, I picked it up, put a...

I took a look in the fork tubes, and want to share. As I usually convince myself things are the way I want them to be. Check it out below. I had to take pics holding my phone and a flashlight in the tube and I can see some difference going deeper. The line you see a bit down, where the...

Thanks Luke, those are good tips. I will shine some light in the fork tubes to see if I see any changes in the tube past the triple tree, maybe tap on it with a wrench to see if the sound changes. I think if there is a change and there is a smooth transition from thick pipe to less thick pipe...

Hi. Here is an update on my build. This is somewhat the way I want the bike to look after I lower it. The lower the better, but I noticed that there are some challenges there. It would not be any fun if there werent right? 1. How low: The pedals need to clear the ground when riding. I figured...

Ok I will be chopping the lower end of the fork and adding new mounts higher up. Question: I have the bike set up to figure out the height and wonder what is the lowest functioning height for the pedals from the ground with the crank in vertical position. I will be riding this to work, so it has...

Lately I have been looking at a bike that I have in storage. Its a Felt Bandit chopper. I stopped riding it because I dont really like chopper bicycles. I am more of a board tracker, low to the ground bike kind of guy. I always wanted to shorten the fork but the frame is pointy in the front and...

Thanks! I will do that.

Hi everyone. My name is Daniel and I love bikes. I build them, customize them and ride them. I am not great with engines, but am a wizard with bikes. Wish I could weld, but thats coming soon. I started out as a kid, and made some cool rat bikes with the plastic 16" wheels, frankenstein...