tiltmaniac
Zen MBB Master
Well, I finally collected pictures of my S30 build and stuff during my tour.
Gallery is here, including pictures of the two seat angles one can easily get with the seat I chose (Volae Comfort Carbon XL), pictures of packing the S30, how it looked on tour, and some pretty shots from the tour (back in 2015):
https://goo.gl/photos/hvw8N4mCLDpUPhn2A
Tiltmaniac's (suspended front, 2015) Silvio S30 build:
Cable+housing:
Jagwire Road Elite Link shift set (2x sets)
Jagwire Road Elite Link brake set (2x sets)
Jagwire Teflon 2750mm brake cable (i.e. tandem length)
ACT Cobra 7in Low Profile cable ties
Origin8 Plastic cable guides
Derailleurs+shifters:
Front:
SRAM 10-speed red braze-on Yaw front derailleur
2 SRAM braze-on front derailleur washer "for compact crank"
Rear:
SRAM X9 Type 2.1 10-Speed Rear Derailleur
- modified to use Shimano Altus 13t "bottom" cog (for extra chain wrap capacity)
Levers:
SRAM TT500 10-speed levers
- modified for center/inside cable routing
Bars:
Crononero Low Rider Profile Handlebars (46cm) black
Black bar-tape
plastic cable housing thingie (came with old shimano shifters ages ago and changes the profile of the cable-bar interface for your comfort)
Brakes:
TRP Spyre SLC road disc brakes
TRP RL950 top-mount carbon fiber lever with Ti clamp
Cassette:
Shimano XT M771 10spd 11-36
- 17t sprocket removed.
- 15t sprocket removed.
- 16t sprocket (from One-Up Components) added.
- 42t sprocket (from One-Up Components) added.
Chain:
KMCX10SL (2)
Wheels:
Front (drive wheel):
32-hole Velocity Aileron (disc-only) Polished 700C rim
Sapim CX-ray silver j-bend spokes
Sapim Polyax brass (silver) nipples
Powertap MTB 135mm disc hub with (proprietary) disc
Wheels:
Rear (non-drive wheel):
32-hole Velocity Aileron (disc-only) Polished 700C rim
Sapim CX-ray silver j-bend spokes
Sapim Polyax brass (silver) nipples
Hope Pro 2 Evo black "front" disc hub
TRP Spyre rotor (came with brake lever)
Seat:
Volae Comfort Carbon seat shell, XL
5mm screws and washers, large diameter 6mm washers, rubber washer and locknuts for mounting
velcro for mounting, rubber sheet to protect seat/frame from rubbing.
(see this thread for a better way)
Crankset (see this thread for pictures):
Sugino ZX801D (double or compact-double 130/74 BCD) 160mm
Rotor QX2 74bcd 27t
Rotor Aero 110bcd 50t
Sugino Double chainring bolts and spacers (for mounting Aero Q-ring)
.5mm spacers (for mounting 27T chainring)
Pedals:
Shimano PD-M540
Hydration:
Profile Design Aqua Rack Dual Water Bottle Cage: Black; Rail Mount
extra-long- 6mm screws added to accommodate wider "rails"
Bontrager qxl carbon (white) bottle cages
Polar insulated 24oz water bottle
Lights:
front:
(pre tour) MagicShine MJ-816
(on tour) Light and Motion urban 800
rear:
low-mounted:
Nob plastic mount cylinder thingie
Paul Gino light mount
(pre tour) Planet Bike SuperFlash turbo
(on tour) Fly6
high-mounted:
(on tour) Serfas TL-STN "seat stay" rear light (white/clear with red light)
(on tour) Serfas Thunderbolt
(on tour) Lezyne LED Fempto Drive (rear)
Tires+Tubes:
(in pre-tour pictures)
Schwalbe Durano Plus black with white stripes with SV30 tubes
(during the tour)
Schwalbe one 28s (tubeless)
I needed to remove some paint from the front (drive) fork in order to get the hub to mount properly. It wasn't a big deal.
The rest of the bike went together just fine...
... except of course, that my gearing is just crazy. I can't actually use all the gears as there aren't enough links in the chain to go big-big. Not a big deal from my way of thinking, since that would be silly anyway and I can't even attempt to get it to go there (and cause a funny chainstuck) because the jump is large enough it is near impossible to make it happen.
So, the gears work, surprisingly (but read the next paragraph!)
As reported elsewhere, this gearing is over the top. Trust ratz, Robert Holler and others when they tell you that (for a two-wheel cruzbike) you don't need/want gearing that low. You'll spin out like I did!
Gallery is here, including pictures of the two seat angles one can easily get with the seat I chose (Volae Comfort Carbon XL), pictures of packing the S30, how it looked on tour, and some pretty shots from the tour (back in 2015):
https://goo.gl/photos/hvw8N4mCLDpUPhn2A
Tiltmaniac's (suspended front, 2015) Silvio S30 build:
Cable+housing:
Jagwire Road Elite Link shift set (2x sets)
Jagwire Road Elite Link brake set (2x sets)
Jagwire Teflon 2750mm brake cable (i.e. tandem length)
ACT Cobra 7in Low Profile cable ties
Origin8 Plastic cable guides
Derailleurs+shifters:
Front:
SRAM 10-speed red braze-on Yaw front derailleur
2 SRAM braze-on front derailleur washer "for compact crank"
Rear:
SRAM X9 Type 2.1 10-Speed Rear Derailleur
- modified to use Shimano Altus 13t "bottom" cog (for extra chain wrap capacity)
Levers:
SRAM TT500 10-speed levers
- modified for center/inside cable routing
Bars:
Crononero Low Rider Profile Handlebars (46cm) black
Black bar-tape
plastic cable housing thingie (came with old shimano shifters ages ago and changes the profile of the cable-bar interface for your comfort)
Brakes:
TRP Spyre SLC road disc brakes
TRP RL950 top-mount carbon fiber lever with Ti clamp
Cassette:
Shimano XT M771 10spd 11-36
- 17t sprocket removed.
- 15t sprocket removed.
- 16t sprocket (from One-Up Components) added.
- 42t sprocket (from One-Up Components) added.
Chain:
KMCX10SL (2)
Wheels:
Front (drive wheel):
32-hole Velocity Aileron (disc-only) Polished 700C rim
Sapim CX-ray silver j-bend spokes
Sapim Polyax brass (silver) nipples
Powertap MTB 135mm disc hub with (proprietary) disc
Wheels:
Rear (non-drive wheel):
32-hole Velocity Aileron (disc-only) Polished 700C rim
Sapim CX-ray silver j-bend spokes
Sapim Polyax brass (silver) nipples
Hope Pro 2 Evo black "front" disc hub
TRP Spyre rotor (came with brake lever)
Seat:
Volae Comfort Carbon seat shell, XL
5mm screws and washers, large diameter 6mm washers, rubber washer and locknuts for mounting
velcro for mounting, rubber sheet to protect seat/frame from rubbing.
(see this thread for a better way)
Crankset (see this thread for pictures):
Sugino ZX801D (double or compact-double 130/74 BCD) 160mm
Rotor QX2 74bcd 27t
Rotor Aero 110bcd 50t
Sugino Double chainring bolts and spacers (for mounting Aero Q-ring)
.5mm spacers (for mounting 27T chainring)
Pedals:
Shimano PD-M540
Hydration:
Profile Design Aqua Rack Dual Water Bottle Cage: Black; Rail Mount
extra-long- 6mm screws added to accommodate wider "rails"
Bontrager qxl carbon (white) bottle cages
Polar insulated 24oz water bottle
Lights:
front:
(pre tour) MagicShine MJ-816
(on tour) Light and Motion urban 800
rear:
low-mounted:
Nob plastic mount cylinder thingie
Paul Gino light mount
(pre tour) Planet Bike SuperFlash turbo
(on tour) Fly6
high-mounted:
(on tour) Serfas TL-STN "seat stay" rear light (white/clear with red light)
(on tour) Serfas Thunderbolt
(on tour) Lezyne LED Fempto Drive (rear)
Tires+Tubes:
(in pre-tour pictures)
Schwalbe Durano Plus black with white stripes with SV30 tubes
(during the tour)
Schwalbe one 28s (tubeless)
I needed to remove some paint from the front (drive) fork in order to get the hub to mount properly. It wasn't a big deal.
The rest of the bike went together just fine...
... except of course, that my gearing is just crazy. I can't actually use all the gears as there aren't enough links in the chain to go big-big. Not a big deal from my way of thinking, since that would be silly anyway and I can't even attempt to get it to go there (and cause a funny chainstuck) because the jump is large enough it is near impossible to make it happen.
So, the gears work, surprisingly (but read the next paragraph!)
As reported elsewhere, this gearing is over the top. Trust ratz, Robert Holler and others when they tell you that (for a two-wheel cruzbike) you don't need/want gearing that low. You'll spin out like I did!
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