pjwalmsley
10 mW
- Joined
- May 11, 2011
- Messages
- 25
Considering building up this bike.
Has anyone had issues with chain slap?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_64s2XZEXg
What is the most power one could safely run though this bike/swing arm? I saw a busted dropout where the wheel is bolted on a bike running at 12kw but i'm wondering if that's an exception and/or something that should be remedied with extra torque arms.
How do people like the overdrive? I want to pedal along and while a gates + schlumpf hsd looks great the cost is way higher ($250 vs $850) and it doesn't seem like it would work on this bike?
Where do people lock up the bike? I was going to use tamper proof bolts, card security, and a u lock through the seat post?
@hgclobo How are the lipos treating you? How is the voltage sag? Do they perform okay? They are sooo cheap!
Any thoughts on this frame versus the Vector Typhoon. I know its steel + al using box construction vs soft steel gusseted tube (stronger/safer?). ~7kg vs ~11kg (lots of conflicting info here). Slightly larger usable frame cross section on the Typhoon. The position of the peals in relation to the pivot point is different. The width is 76mm vs 120mm (eww but could alow better controller mounting). Bottom bracket is different. Does one feel more rugged (typhoon?), pedal nicer (qulbix?), etc?
I've kinda ruled out the EEB ($350) and NYX ($1500) due to price. The delivered frame prices on these two frames are pretty comparable right now.
Has anyone had issues with chain slap?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_64s2XZEXg
What is the most power one could safely run though this bike/swing arm? I saw a busted dropout where the wheel is bolted on a bike running at 12kw but i'm wondering if that's an exception and/or something that should be remedied with extra torque arms.
How do people like the overdrive? I want to pedal along and while a gates + schlumpf hsd looks great the cost is way higher ($250 vs $850) and it doesn't seem like it would work on this bike?
Where do people lock up the bike? I was going to use tamper proof bolts, card security, and a u lock through the seat post?
@hgclobo How are the lipos treating you? How is the voltage sag? Do they perform okay? They are sooo cheap!
Any thoughts on this frame versus the Vector Typhoon. I know its steel + al using box construction vs soft steel gusseted tube (stronger/safer?). ~7kg vs ~11kg (lots of conflicting info here). Slightly larger usable frame cross section on the Typhoon. The position of the peals in relation to the pivot point is different. The width is 76mm vs 120mm (eww but could alow better controller mounting). Bottom bracket is different. Does one feel more rugged (typhoon?), pedal nicer (qulbix?), etc?
I've kinda ruled out the EEB ($350) and NYX ($1500) due to price. The delivered frame prices on these two frames are pretty comparable right now.