The bike rides and handles as well as any bike I've ridden, maybe better (and that includes several custom frames built for me). This is my first bike with hydraulic brakes and they do work very well. The brakes are so powerful that it takes some time to get used to them. But cable brakes work well enough, so don't think that you must have hydraulics.
This bike is built up with 11-speed. There is no need for 11-speed--it's simply planned obsolescence from the component manufacturers. It works as well as 10-speed or 9-speed, etc. I'm using it only for professional reasons, to become familiar with it and to test a new hub we are developing. Otherwise I would be riding 9 or 10-speed.
A complete build list is at the bottom of the post.
Complete build list:
- 59cm Pass Hunter Disc frameset
- 11 speed prototype rear disc hub laced to PBP rim
- Front Disc hub laced to PBP rim
- Grand Cru Drillium crankset, 175mm
- MKII Long Setback Seatpost
- Model 6 Saddle, Brown (now a Brooks Pro Ti, because that's the only unattached broken-in saddle I had)
- 1 1/8" Grand Cru Sealed Bearing Headset
- Tall Stack Stem, 110mm
- Dajia Shallow Drop Handlebars, 46cm
- Grand Cru Leather Tape, brown
- Moderniste Bottle Cages
- Rustines Bar Plugs, orange
- Shimano 11-32 11 speed cassette
- Shimano RS685 11 speed, hydraulic shifters
- Shimano RS785 hydraulic brakes
- Shimano Icetech rotors
- Shimano 105 rear & front derailleurs
- MKS Cube clipless pedals (quick change type)
- WTB Nano 700x40c tires (38.7mm actual)
Spec page says "Clearance for 35mm tires with fenders, 38mm without."
ReplyDeleteBut the photos show 700x40 tires, and semi-knobby ones at that.
The advertised tire clearance on frames is often a bit conservative, because various quality-of-build issues can make an actual-maximum-size tire rub on the frame: a not-perfectly-seated tire, an out-of-true wheel, not-centered wheel, etc.
ReplyDeleteI'm often able to fit one size up compared to the advertised maximum clearance, on road bikes, but I do have to be extra careful with tire seating, and my bike would probably be unrideable if I break a spoke.
Those tires are actually 38.7mm. What manufacturers write on tire sidewalls is often an exaggeration. Jean-Francois is right in that tire clearance is conservative, at least on VO frames (some companies do list the absolute largest tire you could possibly stuff in the frame). The reason to be conservative is that you need some room for mud and debris to get through the frame.
ReplyDeleteHow much would this bike be as pictured?
ReplyDeleteSo is the Ebisu for sale? The rules clearly state that you can't have two orange bikes....:-)
ReplyDelete@anon 7:06am,
ReplyDeleteAround $2500usd.
-Igor
How's the 11 speed chain shift with the Grand Cru crankset? According to the specs it's only compatible up to 10 speed.
ReplyDeleteTires 38/40 mm are no longer suitable rims RAID instead of PBP?
ReplyDeleteCon gomme da 38/40mm. non sono più adatti i cerchi RAID invece dei PBP?