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Looking good - do you have any pictures that show the cable routing from the bars to the frame?
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Despite seeing the post by @TurtleRecall, during my speccing up process, I bought a 4S disc frameset. My decision was influenced by the fact that upgrade/Kinesis dealt with the issue so well, that they are fairly close to where I live, and I kind of know some of the staff (due to having a mutual love of Stan's Bike Shack)
The build has been very successful, I'm very pleased with how it looks/rides and look forward to many happy rides on it.
Have only managed just short of 600 miles on it so far, due to not being a commuter, and spending a fair bit of time on my MTB, but the (very nearly) 100 miles that I did on Sunday were an absolute pleasure. -
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Sorry if I confused you - merely wanted to compare mounting methods to those used by @hippy.
It would appear that, whilst you were initially bowled a swerve ball by Kinesis, they came up with the goods, by providing a replacement rotor in the appropriate size. I don't mind companies making mistakes, too much, if they address the issue in an honest and agreeable manner - so I wouldn't write them off so quickly (but that's just my opinion) -
I put 140mm on the rear of my (55.5cm) 4S disc, as that's what they recommend on the Kinesis website. The rs805 caliper is mounted directly, without any adaptor (but I did have fun working out that the length specified on the bolts referred to the thickness of the frame where the bolt passes through, and NOT the length of the bolt)
I weigh 90kg, and 160mm front & 140mm rear hasn't failed to stop me yet.
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Holy mudflaps, Batman!
@TurtleRecall - are those standard on those (PDW?) guards?
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Riding is a bit rare at the moment - but very enjoyable.
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Not been out on it as much as would like, but I'm loving it....
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The weather was wonderful, today, and despite the unavailability of riding buddies (yes, I was Billy-no-mates), I ventured out for a most pleasant 4 hours of (mostly) bimbling around quiet Sussex country lanes amongst the first bluebells of the year.
Having rotated the bars slightly upwards, so that the hoods were more upright, the riding position was improved considerably - just need to reduce the reach setting for the brake levers, as it didn't feel very natural when braking on the drops.
As my confidence and fitness improve, this bike just gets better and better.Happy Bob.
https://www.strava.com/activities/925238847/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1491154092
As I thought, the cable/hose that passes in front of the Kinesis logo, on the headtube, would route better if there were 2 cable ports on both sides of the frame, instead of 1 on the driveside and 2 on the non-driveside.
I did bring this up with Rory, from Upgrade, when I bumped into him at Stan's Bike Shack, so future owners may get neater routing (and less chance of cable rub)
At first, I thought that the current set up seemed to be designed for European riders (brakes reversed) but then realised that the front brake cable would then be on wrong side of the fork.
All a bit confusing, TBH.