I made a decision I needed a extra fashionable street bike so I can see if I’m lacking something. Now I simply don’t want all the pieces fashionable, however here’s what I need to strive:
Carbon body/fork/seat submit
Largely inside cable routing
Through Axles
Disc Brakes
Deep carbon wheels
Broad street tires
11-12 velocity groupset
Light-weight
Now I want to try this on a restricted funds as I’m frugal. The used market could be the apparent reply however bikes with all these options are typically fairly new and nonetheless slightly costly. So, I shopped round and located a candy deal on a 2017 Raleigh Clubman carbon frameset on Ebay. I like the truth that it’s from one of many larger bike corporations and this specific body was ment to be a guaranty substitute. The vendor appeared to have a variety of them, which made me suppose the frames had been fairly stable as not a lot of them had been wanted for substitute. Listed below are some pics:
Specs
Measurement: 52cm
Body: direct join excessive modulus carbon with tapered headtube, thru-axles, disc brakes, and inside cable routing.
Fork: Carbon with alloy steerer, 1 1/8” to 1.5” taper, thru-axle with submit mount disc brake
Head tube: built-in cartridge bearings
Rear through axle: 142mm spacing, 12mm x 170mm x 1.5 p.
Entrance through axle: 100mm spacing, 15mm x 130mm x 1.5p.
Brake: disc
Backside bracket: threaded
Seat Put up Diameter: 27.2mm
Tire Width spacing: 32mm
Weight
Body: 2.4lbs
Fork: 1.46lbs uncut
Whole: 3.86lbs
I’m actually proud of the specs, look, and high quality of the frameset. I believe I’ve all of the elements I want for this construct and suppose I’ve stored it on a fairly good funds. Frameset was $447 whole with transport and it got here with a headset, so fairly frugal for carbon.
I’ll be reviewing the elements and among the set up as I am going. Listed below are the wheels happening the construct:
