Smileteam ST-F119 (chinese carbon frame)

@TI473

Hello,
I'm currently mounting my brakes and I have the same problem as you with the frame caliper flat mounts. They are not 100% even and my pads are clearly touching the rotors. I've seen the park tool costing insane money too. I've called bike shops in my area and none of them seem to have it. Did you end up with finding a solution ?
Many Thanks

I've finished my set up.
I haven't bought the park tool surfacing set, but I was pretty close to do so 😃
I've used a small grinding machine to surface the caliper mounts. It's not 100% perfect but, I have no disk noise at all.
I confirm that the frame has a paint problem when it comes to flat mount disc brakes. If I were to buy it again, I think I would choose more carefully my frame, despite this one has some good reviews. This is my 3rd bike from chinese frames that I have built and this is one was the most painful for the previous reasons.
Some techs :
Rival 1 40/11-36 long cage derailleur
Rival flat mount
Sram 140mm disks
Prologo saddle
Mavic all road elite wheels
Mavic yksion tubeless tyres
Time atac pedals
Generic carbon stem, handlebars and headset chosen on the basis of reviews from marketplaces and independant cyling websites.
Price tag 1750€ with some discounts

 

She is loving the bike 3000+ miles latter, this shot is from our first 100 mile ride a couple months ago.

Being able to link long road sections with dirt roads is great, on the roads the larger volume tires have been amazing for potholes, stairs, and curbs.... even the 10 miles of asphalt bike path on the way to AC was better on the fatter tires because its got some serious whoops from roots. 

FYI for the rear flat mount I did take a razor blade to pop/flake the paint off the flat mounting surface... no carbon needed removed 

cho0 wrote:@TI473

Hello,
I'm currently mounting my brakes and I have the same problem as you with the frame caliper flat mounts. They are not 100% even and my pads are clearly touching the rotors. I've seen the park tool costing insane money too. I've called bike shops in my area and none of them seem to have it. Did you end up with finding a solution ?
Many Thanks

To be honest, I haven't really sorted it out yet... the bike has been kind of hanging on a hook for a while. I work a bike shop too but of course we don't have that tool. I talked to another bike shop in the area and they said to bring it in that they would have the tool, but I'm not quite convinced they actually did, I think they just had that "yes, bring it in, we can fix it" over the phone approach.
Like others have mentioned, I also used a little buffing of the paint as a quick fix initially but that only went so far. I might try messing around with a little more this winter, just been busy riding other bikes to be honest.
Also has anyone had issues with the seatpost slipping? that's a big no-no for me that was driving me nuts. I tried shimming and double shimming that thing with a coke can but to no avail. Carbon paste and incredible hulk torque were applied of course.
thanks,

Hi all,
first post here (sorry to dredge up an old thread!). Just wondering if you guys found this frame/fork to be really flexy... I've just built one up and it feels eerily flexy laterally. Trying to establish if my frame is defective or if its just the design/layup.
Cheers,
Nick

Hey all, I've just ordered this frame for my wife. I'm new to disc brakes, and I'm wondering what size rotors I can fit on this?

The website only says 140mm, but all front rotors come in 160mm. Can I run 160mm front and 140mm back? How about 160mm front and back?

Thanks

160mm rotors F/R on my wife's bike no issues at all.    

ditto - 160 F/R and not problems either. Much more clearance on the front fork than my Trek Domane!

Here's my build of the "same" frame - but from Velobuild.

Anyone know of an alternative seat post? This one...is stupid.