I was pretty generous with the carbon paste, especially on the third go :-)
There definitely could be something wrong with the bearing surfaces in my frame. I wouldn’t discount that as a potential culprit. No issues with standard bearings.
Yup, I’m “that guy” that didn’t simply call the company for advice. Just happened to decide I was happy with the bike without the angleset (albeit with a Durolux with a longer axle-to-crown than the stock 34 the Chameleon came with) so just pulled it off.
Don’t mean to bash the product at all (I also don’t know what I’d change about it…), mostly just wanted to give the heads up on the potential install issue of there seeming to be a difference on the number of threads top/bottom cups that gave me trouble at install. If it binds then those little threads take a beating.
June 22, 2021, 3:31 p.m. - LesterChester
I was pretty generous with the carbon paste, especially on the third go :-) There definitely could be something wrong with the bearing surfaces in my frame. I wouldn’t discount that as a potential culprit. No issues with standard bearings. Yup, I’m “that guy” that didn’t simply call the company for advice. Just happened to decide I was happy with the bike without the angleset (albeit with a Durolux with a longer axle-to-crown than the stock 34 the Chameleon came with) so just pulled it off. Don’t mean to bash the product at all (I also don’t know what I’d change about it…), mostly just wanted to give the heads up on the potential install issue of there seeming to be a difference on the number of threads top/bottom cups that gave me trouble at install. If it binds then those little threads take a beating.