TheRookie wrote:F45 wrote:He's using 2.25s.
id=internal diameter......
inner distance
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F45 wrote:TheRookie wrote:F45 wrote:He's using 2.25s.
id=internal diameter......
inner distance
You won’t be able to build a SB140 to 20lbs. Anything below 26-27 would be sacrificing durability for a goal that doesn’t match the bike’s purpose.Jaker wrote:I currently have a 2010 ASR5c built to just under 20lbs and dream of someday building either an SB5c or one of the new SB140s to a similar weight. I don't currently have a dropper post, but I'm always on the lookout for a decent weight option that won't break the bank.
It’s 29lbs without pedals for the T2 model, which is $7400.Jaker wrote:The off the shelf weight is 27lbs, isn't it? It wouldn't be that hard to knock 4 to 5 lbs of that without sacrificing much. Then again, I don't live on the Front Range nor do I ride like my hair is on fire!
That sounds like a good way to allow the blowhards to identify themselves. I am now more motivated than ever to use id for inner distance. Thank you.youngs_modulus wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2017 4:35 pm
P.S.: I'm a mechanical engineer now, but before grad school I worked as a bike mechanic off and on for about fifteen years. In every place I worked, a mechanic who used "ID" to mean "internal distance" instead of "internal diameter" would have been viewed as a bit dim by the other mechanics. "ID" may be engineering speak, as you say, but it's also bike speak. (I'm not insulting your intelligence, FWIW).
The SB5 has been great. I have made a few changes from the original build.Jaker wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:56 amSo since my current ASR-5 carbon is 9kg (19.75lbs) and I'm having a blast riding it, does anyone see why I couldn't get the SB5 Turq to sub 10kg (22lbs) with a dropper post? The 9point8 Fall Line R post is under 400g with remote and my current post is a slightly modified Thomson layback at about 150g. The only concession I'd have to make over my current build is giving up on the DT Swiss XR Carbon rear shock that currently shaves about 80g off the Fox RP23 that it replaced. I certainly wouldn't be buying an XR Carbon for the SB5.
But I would transfer over the Lefty PBR130 carbon that's on the ASR-5. Something about a sub 1,300g front shock that ticks all the boxes for my purposes. I know the SB5 Turq is spec'd with a 150mm fork, but some reviewers felt the SB5 wasn't as playful and lively as it should be. Maybe 1 degree more headtube angle would liven it up just enough? 67.5 degrees instead of 66.5?
XC71, how was your build for XC racing/marathoning?
I welcome your feedback, good or bad.