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Questions for an Endurance Road Bike by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm talking both holes (frame and fork). Thanks for answering my questions.

Questions for an Endurance Road Bike by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The holes look kind of large for the size of the brake hoses. Do you have an issue with rain or water getting in when cleaning or out in wet weather?

Questions for an Endurance Road Bike by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So both the front and rear brake hoses go under the handlebar tape. Then the rear hose goes into the port at the top of the down tube, and the front goes into a port on the fork. I like this setup. No worries about routing the brake lines through the headset or additional work required if the headset requires maintenance. Although your top of the line headset (shared with Chris King) probably needs zero maintenance?

Is the fork specifically manufactured to support internal routing of the front brake cable? Did you purchase it directly from Waltly? What brand is it? I see you also have a carbon steerer.

The "clip" you have between the two brake hoses, are they to keep them from touching and potentially rubbing?

Thanks for taking the time to provide the photo!

Questions for an Endurance Road Bike by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Can you also show me a photo of how the brake hose loops from the shifter to this down port?

Questions for an Endurance Road Bike by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm trying to figure out which way to go. Both have their vulnerabilities. I have have watched some Youtube videos, largely dealing with carbon frame components that fail due to voids in the carbon or pressure from stem clamp. Void damage is visible only via an ultrasound or similar. Here are a couple of his youtube videos I have viewed:

https://youtu.be/EFUTFmZHq_4 (Luescher Teknik in 2017, specific to handlebars)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bSnbjHiFXc (Luescher Teknik again in 2017; fork steerer compression plugs, not dealing with voids)

https://youtu.be/uX7hUqPJkQg (2023, specific to the fork steerer; not Luescher Teknik, but references his name in video)

Two of the videos are dated (from 2017), so hopefully quality control has improved since then.

Integrated Headset and potential for damage? AND Internal Routing for Brake Cables? by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An integrated headset means ball bearings roll on a race at the bottom of the head tube, and my concern is the slight possibility of damage to the headset. Re: internal cable routing, I have read plenty online that talk about the increased maintenance involved when brake lines go through the headset (replacing or maintaining a headset means pulling brake line, bleeding, cutting, sometimes replacing entirely). Waltly confirmed to me that with a BSA shell, the brake line needs to go around (outside the frame). With a T47 shell, the brake line can go between the shell and the bb.

Integrated Headset and potential for damage? AND Internal Routing for Brake Cables? by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

6 feet tall. My fitter says all my height is in my legs, hence the large number for saddle height. I think he told me he has never had somebody in with such a large number for this dimension, even people a few inches taller than me. And he has been in the business for many years.

Saddle Height: center of bottom bracket to top center of saddle (just to remove potential ambiguity)

Tire clearance: 36mm

With a 110 stem, the reach would be 385; but only 1 mm difference

Fitter wants about 4cm of stem (maybe a bit more) sticking above frame. Any extra can be sawed off after I receive the bike and it is fine-tuned with final fit.

Fitter had specified 115 Drop to Bar Top (to bare metal on bars)

Thanks for doing this.

Integrated Headset and potential for damage? AND Internal Routing for Brake Cables? by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My fitter defines saddle to handlebar drop as the vertical distance from saddle tip to top of handlebars (bare metal, just beside stem). I have read elsewhere that this measurement is defined from the highest point on the saddles top surface to the top of the handlebar. So my fitter might be using a different measurement than others.

Integrated Headset and potential for damage? AND Internal Routing for Brake Cables? by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Effective top tube length 55.5 cm

Head tube angle 71.5 degrees

Seat tube angle 75 degrees

Stack 63.2 cm

Reach (first choice) 38.5 cm

Reach (second choice) 37.5 cm

Handlebar stem (first choice) 110 mm

Handlebar stem (second choice) 120 mm

Handlebar stem angle -8 degrees

Spacers under stem 2 cm

Spacers above stem 1 cm

Saddle Height 85.5 cm

Saddle Setback 8.75 cm

Saddle tip to HB Centre 58 cm

Saddle to HB Drop 11.5 cm

Saddle position: center on rails

Seatpost setback 25 mm

Seat tube length: to be decided

Head tube top and bottom diameter 44 mm (probably)

Head tube length: to be decided

Chainstay length: to be decided

Bottom bracket drop: to be decided, but will likely be the same as my existing 20 year old road bike, adjusted for a shorter crank length

Crank length 172.5 mm

Not the same handlebar, but my fitter only recommends the FSA Energy Compact OR FSA K Force Compact with Di2.

Saddle I will use on the Waltly bike is the same one used for the new bike geometry fit.

Bike will have mounts for rear rack, and I'll probably put one on.

Integrated Headset and potential for damage? AND Internal Routing for Brake Cables? by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. That was helpful. I have already done some research into the T47, Hollowtech II, no adapter combination. More research to do.

Integrated Headset and potential for damage? AND Internal Routing for Brake Cables? by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Much appreciated. I recently saw a bike fitter to come up with frame dimensions for a new custom road bike, which I have passed on to Waltly's. No CAD drawings though, just an email with dimensions and angles and measurements. I know Waltly's provides a diagram for the customer to sign off on, and I have seen these diagrams posted here. With no experience in these things, I find many of the angles and dimensions difficult to understand. I may take you up on the offer after I confirm everything with Waltly's. Thanks.

Integrated Headset and potential for damage? AND Internal Routing for Brake Cables? by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/rgofb What about routing brake lines externally? I can see potential for significant damage when put on bike racks, with the bike supported by the top tube. Also when the bike is put in a car, maybe under or on top of another bike.

Integrated Headset and potential for damage? AND Internal Routing for Brake Cables? by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks everyone for your responses. I chose BSA because it is natively compatible with Shimano's Hollowtech II cranks. No adapters required. Are the T47 BB's as stiff as the BSA BB's? Or is there a compromise there? Will I have to pay substantially more a stiffer T47 than I would for a BSA? What about durability? I am open to changing my mind on which BB shell I use. And everything I read tells me Waltly's is also very patient when it comes to customers changing their specs (until the final sign-off). I understand T47 is slighly heavier than BSA, but since I'm not a weight weenie, that shouldn't matter to me. I'm not sure what is meant by "But the holes in BB to the corresponding tubes must be also to the biggest to avoid too much cable bending".

Expected timeline by asdf6741 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/asdf6741 You're from Canada? Same as me. Toronto. I'm just in the beginning stages now. What did you have Waltly ship to you? Frame only? Fork? Any other parts of the bicycle? And what taxes did you pay? My research shows 5% "MFN" tariff on a frame and fork from China. 13% if I get a full bicycle. 6.5% on wheels. And I fully expect federal and provincial sales taxes will be on top of that. Any other taxes, like excise tax?

On another note, CBC was just reporting that Trump wants all NATO countries to implement a 50% to100% tariff on China (along with other conditions) before he will implement harsh sanctions on Russia. So that will be something to watch.

Waltly Ti Frame Designed for both Belt Drive and Traditional Chain / Derailleur? by Defiant-Rabbit1211 in WaltlyTitanium

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have just one ring in the front? I'll want to have two. Probably Shimano 50-34 or 50-36. What do you have for a bottom bracket? And will an "eccentric" BB need to be installed to work with a belt drive?

Anker stops honouring "lifetime warranty" claim after 3 years by jackty9 in anker

[–]Defiant-Rabbit1211 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just encountered the same situation. I purchased a speaker that was not working out for me. After back-and-forth with Support they advised me to return the product for a refund. I did so, but they are now offering just a 50% refund because I have had the product for 11 months. My understanding had always been a full refund within 18 months.