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There was probably room however everything is now fitted so I'm a bit stuck - I could maybe fish the b junction out the bb area and switch them round
But then you'd have to remove the cranks to charge, or get another Junction-A for when you want to charge it.
Lauf aside it looks good!
But then you'd have to remove the cranks to charge, or get another Junction-A for when you want to charge it.
If you can get the junction A by the BB then many frames have an access port that would be a case of removing one allen bolt to charge... I haven't seen an Open in the flesh to know if a similar thing might be feasible.
On the second idea, is it possible you could have a trailing wire from an existing junction box (either the one in the down tube or stem) which then exits the frame in an inoffensive place (perhaps discreetly held in place next to another cable) and then connects a Junction Box externally just when you want to charge? Is that what you meant Nick? If that were feasible then that could be quite a nice approach too.
But then you'd have to remove the cranks to charge, or get another Junction-A for when you want to charge it.
the wires run under the pressed in BB cups, however upon looking theres no room, there a 15mm x 15mm hole more for pressing in a cable guide than an access point like on a Pivot
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8.5Kg is seriously light but you could lose another 400g by using rigid carbon forks rather than the Laufs
The OP more than knows what's up when it comes to the Weenie game 😉 🙂 Sometimes it is fun to experiment I guess and you won't be seeing any similar builds any time soon which is a plus in my book
I notice in an earlier post that he had the Laufs "in a cupboard" so probably weren't purchased for this build. They are certainly a unique looking fork - not seen any in the flesh and only seen a couple of builds with them on the interweb.
i did buy the Laufs on a whim, with nothing to put them on, the Di2 was on my Tallboy but id not used it and the cabling was so messy i thought id itch a hardtail scratch thus looked for something i could run everything internal
8.5Kg is seriously light but you could lose another 400g by using rigid carbon forks rather than the Laufs
literally everything bar the forks could be lighter, like someone said above, its even the "heavy" open frame as its painted, theres tubes in the too as they are really old rims which i cannot be arsed to run tubeless, I've tried and its a faff on these, ill replace them one day, I've got some Rise XX tub wheels in the cupboard, but this isn't the build for them
i do love weight weenie stuff, but sometimes its just nice to buy boring old dependable XTR 🙂
Right,3 rides in and back from the ban hammer being wielded
1x local ride
1x sherwood
1x Dalby
Which probably amounts to a lot of my riding apart from in the peaks and I'm guessing for some of the big rocky descents they won't be great, but that's a guess we'll see when the weather is a bit better
I swear I wouldn't be able to tell in a blind test between these and my sids,they feel great, never felt them bottom out, never felt like the rebound is like a pogo stick, no sense of any arm fatigue I used to get from my krampus, although they have all been around 2hr rides, which is generally short for me
For the riding I do, these seem perfect
XTR di2 - shifter doesn't feel great, such a wasted opportunity by shimano by trying to replicate a cable shifter, multi shift is nice when I remember to use it
Fabric alm - first ride my arse felt ruined, today I cannot say I noticed it, I guess that's what you want in a saddle
Positioning - seem to have achy pads of my thumbs, like I'm putting too much weight though them, coupled with the same area being in the thin section of the esi fit grip, might lower the saddle a touch,
Terribly unfit as well,although that's hardly a surprise
Glad to hear some good real world feedback re the Lauf, still trying to convince my wife (with no success) that they would be ideal for her xc and marathon racing. At 84 kg I might not be the target audience..
Decent enough lap round Dalby for someone terribly unfit 😉 Glad you managing to get out again, we were in Sherwood the day after you. We got the rain !
Peter S
im 84kg as well
Decent enough lap round Dalby for someone terribly unfit
it was about the worst conditions I've ever ridden round there in, was snowing as i crossed the Humber, hammered it down all the way around, and was sleeting when i finished, the switch from hurts to beavers was a sensible one 😆
we were in Sherwood the day after you. We got the rain !
yer was a shocker the day after, the weather is crazy at the minute, fast lap for in the wet 8)