Any hints or tips I need to know about, as I build today 🙂
Use carbon paste if you are using a carbon seatpost. Use a torque wrench if possible although that can be said for any frame material. Tight is tight enough and carbon is stronger than you think.
build it and ride it 🙂
Frame tape and make sure you cover the cable rub points as usual.
Grease is fine in the headset fitting (use a press and do it properly)
Not much else
Don't get Dot fluid from hydraulic disk brakes on the frame, it dissolve the lacquer and will turn the frame in to a pile of carbon fibre threads*.
*May just have made that up.
Sell it and buy a strong bike 😉
It'll snap and bits of carbon fibre shards will penetrate you in places you don't want to be penetrated.
Sell it quick and buy a steel frame.
Don't forget to put the chainstay protector on because you're just going out for a quick first shakedown ride, then crash and put a rock through said unprotected chainstay.
😳
Also if PX/OO don't rely on their 2 year crash replacement scheme.... 😆
then crash and put a rock through said unprotected chainstay.
Best thing about carbon is you can repair the puncture stuff really easily
Protect against cable rub, it's really soft!
I've put a couple of 2mm deep grooves in my fork crown in the first ride!
Best thing about carbon is you can repair the puncture stuff really easily
+1, I've seen road bikes broken in half and glued back together without any visible join!