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Jumbo wrote: Sounds like a possible situation for an ISM: https://ismseat.com . I had one for quite some time. Takes a little getting used to, but ultimately very nice. Thank you! Was thinking about them. By the way - I…
Hello! Need your advices about the saddle for two weeks dirt road bikepacking trip on gravel bike with dropbar and aerobars. There will be mix of tarmac, dirt, forest roads, field roads and gravel roads during this…
porkloin wrote: Dropping a note here since I hadn't seen other posts about the BB shell: On the second of the two frames I ordered, I definitely had to take it in to my LBS to have the threads chased or faced or…
I want to install crankset with 30mm axle diameter into my Carbonda CFR505 . What bottom bracket should I buy? Now I have Shimano Ultegra 50/34 with 24mm axle diameter. Carbonda CFR505 is made for bb386. I found info…
mtbnut87 wrote: If it was me (and it was) I would consider moving from Ultegra 2x to GRX600 2x. 46/30 gives you the gearing you want on the bottom and won't hold you back as badly as 30x11 on the top (you will run out…
Thijsvanderwal wrote: You can buy Rotor Aldhu cranks with the road DM axle (+ QF) and add a Kapic DM mtb front chainring Thank you! Will check the weight and the price of this setup. Do t he Kapic DM mtb front chainring…
edraven wrote: Your knees may regret this, I know because I did it before my bike fitter set me straight. Thank you for this info! It is better to have cranks with road q-factor. Now I am thinking about installing some…
edraven wrote: These have a Q-factor of 155mm: https://www.ethirteen.com/collections/all-cranks/products/xcx-race-gravel-carbon-cranks Chainrings go down to 30T:…
Hello, can I use mtb 28t or 30t directmount chainrings on road directmount crankset in 1x11 mode on a gravel bike if the types of the directmounts are the same? I have 50/34 Ultegra 6800 crankset and 11-28 cassette with…
Just received answer from Adam from Carbonda - it is compatible if your crank teeth under 46T. So it could be no problem for 30 or 28 or 24 teeth.
Hi to everybody! I want to try to use Raceface mtb crank on Carbonda CFR505. What is the smallest chainring that I can use at the front on this frameset? Can I use 30 or 28 or 24 teeth chainring at the front? I also…
speedworkx wrote: Hello Forum, it's been a while since I started building the gravel bike (took a couple of months since I have numerous projects) :-) but here she is: the Paint Job was done in collaboration with a very…
6real wrote: After almost 2 months of internal debate, riding this thread and contacts with some carbonda frame owners, I finally ordered a cfr696 frame to build my one and only all round bike. Thank you everyone for…
Got a bit of mud on it after 45 km of muddy Grave Disgrace Race 🙂
What is the type of the headset that goes with Carbonda cfr505 frameset?
Made pics of my Carbonda CFR505 Size S before I didn't got too much scratches on it Here it is with road tires. 1221 km done on this bike. Didn't have offroad experience on it yet. Bike is super fast in uphills, but on…
Gravelmarc wrote: it has nothing to do with the levers without any thru axle in the fork, the space between the 2 forkarms was much bigger than the length of the hub of the wheel. so i had to turn the thru axle very…
That's a pity 🙁 Mine axles on my cfr505 are without levers. Hope they are more sturdy. How long did you use this bike?
My condolescence How did you manage to do it? How long did you ride on this bike? Is it cfr505 or cfr696 frameset?
Will be cool to change the bartape to brown to match the saddle 🙂 Bruno wrote: Just got my Topstone Sora, great ride, but the brakes are awful. First upgrade will be mechanical-hydraulic brakes. The old rock-shox…