Equilibrium Disc Build

Mark__gti

Thought id put up a few pics of my new build,
It will be mainly 105 with TRP HY/RD brakes ( On back order 4 weeks + )
Spec so far is:
Frame: Genesis Equilibrium disc, 52cm, Reynolds 631
Seatpost: Thomson Elite
Saddle: Charge Knife
Headset: Hope 1.1/8
Hubs: Hope Pro 2 Evo 40T
Spokes: Sapim Race
Rims: H Plus Son Archetype

Supergoose

Youve picked some nice bits there. Look forward to seeing it complete.

Meirionatron

Looks like it will be a classy build, can't go wrong with a full black bike

Barteos

Looks good. Perfect choice of wheels.

Mark__gti

Cheers for the comments, I can't wait to get it built up now.
Just need to order some gear/brake cables (can anyone advise some decent ones?) Oh and these have arrived.

Barteos

Jagwire Ripcords or Yokozuna (pricey).

bendertherobot

Oo! Where did the Hy Rd come from? (I;m still after a single black one)

Mark__gti

bendertherobot wrote:

Oo! Where did the Hy Rd come from? (I;m still after a single black one)

http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/trp-hy ... brake.html

Be quick as they only have 2 instock now, i got them to price match another retailer (who don't have them instock) at £87.99.

Mark__gti

Finally finished the build

bendertherobot

Lovely! Thanks for the link by the way. Mine are installed now

housemunkey

Gorgeous

Red-Eye

Nice looking bike
Have you any idea of the finished weight ? Curious as I've just taken delivery of a Whyte Suffolk with the same brakes with disc wheels, but I do like the look of the hope/archtype wheels. I have yet to weigh the white but they claim 10Kg.
Cheers.

bendertherobot

Whyte wheels tend to be pretty light. The ones on my Whyte 629 MTB are excellent. You won't get much lighter with the H Plus but they might well be a bit longer lasting.

Mark__gti

Weight wise its 10.5Kg as pictured with Pedals/accessories, which i didn't think was too bad considering the fork is nearly a kilo on it's own.
Disc brakes are definatly the way to go in the wet though, no more grinding noise from brake pads against the rims

Red-Eye

With that wheel build, what weight are the front/rear wheels ?
Disc's def the way forward, especially in the wet ;-)

Mark__gti

Rear wheel is 1029g, Front wheel 917g

Not the lightest but the bike is used mainly for commuting so I wanted something strong.

Red-Eye

sorry for more questions, but is this weight with tyres/tubes & cassete fitted or just as in the above wheel only pictures ?
What cassete size & make have you fitted ?
cheers

drlodge

What tyres did you fit?

bendertherobot

Look like rubino pro to me

Mark__gti

Yep tyres are rubeno pro's 25c,
The wheel weight is just the bare wheels only without anything on them apart from rim tape.

Mark__gti

So I'm on the hunt for a carbon road fork that will still take guards. So far i can't find anything apart from cx fork's which are going to look wrong imo

ledeev

Why? The standard fork looks absolutely fine to me.

bendertherobot

http://www.kinesisbikes.co.uk/products/ ... tracer-1-5

Mark__gti

bendertherobot wrote:

http://www.kinesisbikes.co.uk/products/forks/road/tracer-1-5

Not a 1 1/8 steerer, also that's not a disc fork

Mark__gti

Ledeev wrote:

Why? The standard fork looks absolutely fine to me.

Just to try and shed a bit of weight from the bike. Also to see if it rides any better.

cycleclinic

Lots of win. Geneis in August will be supplying a carbon fork for the 2015 equilibrium disc so wait till then. I don't think the headset standard is changing so it should work fine. There is no carbon disc brake fork with a straight 1 1/8" steerer as far as I know.

redhanded

Any of these? All are carbon disc forks with straight steerer and mudguard mounts. OK, a number are CX forks but there might be one you like.

Kinesis DC37
http://www.kinesisbikes.co.uk/products/forks/cross/dc37

Lynskey Endurance Road Carbon Disc Fork
https://www.lynskeyperformance.com/stor ... -fork.html

Spot Brand CX Fork
http://spotbrand.com/bikes/product-page/cx-fork/

Carver CX Disc
http://www.carverbikes.com/comp/carbon-cx-disc-fork

Whisky No 5 Carbon QR cross fork
http://whiskyparts.co/catalog/forks

Wound Up Composites
http://www.woundupcomposites.com/team_x_disc.html

Mark__gti

Quick update, changed the chainset for an ulterga 6700 a while back.

bmxboy10

How you finding it? Mine is on here somewhere. I love my ED its built with tiagra from my CDF and I run 32mm tyres meaning its a real go anywhere bike. May sell the carbon bike in the summer as I love this bike so much.

Mark__gti

It's a great bike for what I use it for (mainly commuting) although I do fancy another lighter bike for summer rides just not sure if I can go back to rim brakes.

dj58

Nice bike you've built there, seriously considering building something like this myself as I would like my next road bike to be a disc braked and take full mudguards.