I played with it a lil last night and could not get the front end tight. Guy at shop said he needed another spacer to tighten. Does that sound right to you?

Also I put the collets (or tightener thingie) for the aero extensions pointed to bottom, just think it looks eyeball faster that way. Are you going to wind tunnel ?

Also I put the collets (or tightener thingie) for the aero extensions pointed to bottom, just think it looks eyeball faster that way. Are you going to wind tunnel ?

Number114 and I were talking the other night of maybe cutting the base bar where the bullhorns turn upward. So that they point straight into the wind with less profile. The diameter of bullhorn is same all the way pass the straight point so the brakes should fit no problem. Btw still I am still waiting patiently for the new tririg front brake.

1. make sure the aluminum 1 1/8" adapter sleeve that fits over the 1" fork is TALLER than the top of the fork by at least 2-3mm or there abouts. (i first did this with uncut sleeve and tall fork until i made final sleeve and fork cuts later)

2. In this order: tighten the headset (6mm hex, of course not too tight, this is your headset bearing load). next, tighten the front stem/aerobar bolt (5mm hex -- use the shortest of the 3 longer bolts that comes. I am using the middle length for my 7.5mm of spacers, but you'll need shortest for 2.5mm spacers). Finally, tighten the stem bolts (4mm hex).


What probably happened is that the mechanic tightened the front stem/aerobar long bolt (5mm) first, then tried to tighten the headset (6mm) next. What happens is the aluminum adapter 1 1/8" sleeve does not engage the top of the headset and you get play as a result.

let me know if for some reason this does not work.

Handling might be a little better but I guess I don't want to end up stretched out. I'm going to do a couple more measurements and see what I come up with.

Is it just me or are others surprised there are no assembly/service manuals supplied with this bike? Their only tech support literature are torque specs and a picture of the rear brake (as if you bought this at IKEA and assembly by picture is sufficient). No shops in my area have experience building this bike. Other "super bikes" (Shiv, TM01, E-118, SC, P4) have a lot of literature available so a competent mechanic could build it to specs. Blue tech support said nothing was available as bikes of this level are to be assembled by trained professionals. Even if I agreed with this entirely, I still need to know this info when I have to take it apart for travel. Finding an authorized Blue mechanic in the US is hard enough but I wouldn't count on finding one at your race site whether it is in the US or not. A small company like this should provide more rather than less info than the big boys. I can go almost anywhere to find a Specialized or Trek shop but with this bike I have to hope the Trek guy knows what the hell he is doing.

Kirk & Bmanners: did you get the front end to tighten up? I'm not finished with the build but it does look like there should be another spacer (other than the centering ring) between the top bearing and the main carbon spacers. The main spacers rest in part on the front part of the fork so no I doubt that tightening the the headset bolt first would tighten up the fork. I will look at it again tomorrow as I may be missing something obvious.

The BB30 adapters have been a bit annoying. Park tool makes a bearing press that would have made it much easier.

My biggest headache with this build has been the Di2 system. The connections would not fit through the holes in the aerobar. After speaking with Blue, I used a round file to open them up a bit. Even then, I learned through trial and error that I needed to run the Di2 wires prior to routing the brake cables as the connections just could not get past certain bends with the brake housing in place. Running the wires then the brakes was no problem once I figured out the order.

I ended up stripping a bold that holds the rear brake cable (even though I used a torque wrench set 1nM lower than specified). I plan to see what the LBSs have around but I am not optimistic. I should be able to make something work but that too will have to wait for tomorrow.