Fara F/AR - Ltd Signature Edition paint

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nequalsone
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by nequalsone

The plan is to have a bike with larger tyres aimed at 99% tarmac / 1% gravel.

Frame was pre-ordered in March 2021 with expected delivery in August 2021, but it arrived 2 weeks ago to the Fara Experience Center in Oslo. It is yet to be collected as I am about to move. https://faracycling.com/models/F_AR
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nequalsone
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by nequalsone

Farsports Feder - FSD25CM-27T-SUD (Hookless) - CX-Super - RD230 hub (CeramicSpeed) with HG freewheel - 995g without rimtape.

Rear wheel - without rimtape
_Rear wheel - without rimtape - 544g.jpg
Front wheel - without rimtape
_Front wheel - without rimtape - 451g.jpg
Stacked
_Wheelset - without rimtape - 995g.jpg
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nequalsone
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by nequalsone

Seatpost - Elita One - 20mm setback - 350mm - 122g
_Seat post - Elita One - 20mm offset - 122g.jpg
Rear thru-axle - Tailfin - 62g
_Rear thru axle - Tailfin - 62g.JPG
Crankset - Cane Creek with power meter - 170mm - 386g
_Crankset - Cane Creek eeWings - 170mm - 386g.JPG
Brakes - Trickstuff C21 for dot fluid
_Brakes - Trickstuff C21 - 162g.JPG
_Brakepads - Trickstuff.JPG
Handlebar - THM Frontale - 40cm/90mm - 217g
_Handlebar - THM Frontale - 40cm - 217g.JPG

gravity
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by gravity

nequalsone wrote:The plan is to have a bike with larger tyres aimed at 99% tarmac / 1% gravel.

Frame was ordered in July 2019 with expected delivery in May 2020, but it arrived 2 weeks ago to the Fara Experience Center in Oslo. It is yet to be collected as I am about to move. https://faracycling.com/models/F_AR
Did you get the year wrong? If not, more than 2years waiting period for a frame? Crazy stuff.


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nequalsone
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by nequalsone

gravity wrote:
Tue Jan 25, 2022 8:24 am
nequalsone wrote:The plan is to have a bike with larger tyres aimed at 99% tarmac / 1% gravel.

Frame was ordered in July 2019 with expected delivery in May 2020, but it arrived 2 weeks ago to the Fara Experience Center in Oslo. It is yet to be collected as I am about to move. https://faracycling.com/models/F_AR
Did you get the year wrong? If not, more than 2years waiting period for a frame? Crazy stuff.
Haha, good spot, looked at the wrong e-mail. Amended the first post. Cheers!

nequalsone
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by nequalsone

Pictures don't do it justice. It is a transparent black paint which shows the UD carbon weave.
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bmCube
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by bmCube

Interested in how these ride! Is the toptube underside storagebox included?

nequalsone
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by nequalsone

bmCube wrote:
Mon Jan 31, 2022 4:20 pm
Interested in how these ride! Is the toptube underside storagebox included?
Bags (and fenders) were included if you preordered the first batch, but the bags (Roswheel) are a bit delayed. I was told that they expect the bags to be available in May when I picked up the frame today.

I forgot to ask, but I would be interested in the smaller bag which the F/RD has.

nequalsone
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by nequalsone

_Crankset and chainring - 543g.jpg
Because it is a spider :)
_Chainring - 133g.jpg
_Bottom bracket - 92g.jpg

nequalsone
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by nequalsone

Broke the sleeve on the Kogel BB, the frame is currently at my LBS. Frameweight on a size 53cm is 1,015g including hanger, blanking plate for 1x and a gazillion bolts on the frame (small blanking ones for the Fidlock bag attachments and bolts for fenders).

In the meantime, some Token S-Box weights. The expander is proprietary and I can't use a standard top cap.
_Expander - proprietary.jpg
_Expander - 30g.jpg
_Upper and lower headset bearings - 62g.jpg
_Dust cover - 13g.jpg
_Top cap - 5g.jpg

nequalsone
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by nequalsone

I suck at mounting tyres. So I need to take a breather.

Weights excluding sealant. Tyres are Rene Heres Bon Jon Pass Extralight. I am envisioning 120g of sealant given how much sealant leak from the tyre walls.

Rear wheel - including 140mm XTR rotor (94g incl lockring), 11-46 Rotor 12x cassette (294g including lockring), Tubolight tubeless valve (6g) and Tubolight tyre insert 16g
_Rear wheel - without sealant - 1260g.jpg
Front wheel, including160mm XTR rotor (115g), Tubolight tubeless valve (6g) and Tubolight tyre insert 16g
_Front wheel - without sealant - 896g.jpg
Thru-axles (Tailfin did not fit the frame)
_Rear thru-axle - 29g.jpg
_Front thru axle - 21g.jpg

nequalsone
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by nequalsone

An over-the-top pimped out rear derailleur - add 25g for the battery
_Rear derailleur - 311g.jpg
Sprinter and climbing shifter - Ali
_Sprint and clinbing shifter - 5g.jpg
Force shifters coming from another bike. Red could be 6g lighter (CCache's groupset weight list)
_Left shifter - 238g.jpg
_Right shifter - 237g.jpg

Jonolsson
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by Jonolsson

Looking for info about Fara, what about the bike?

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MiloAS
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by MiloAS

Really impressed with the weight of the wheelset, once you've got it built up I'd be keen to know how you find them.

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thirdsun
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by thirdsun

Sorry to bring back this old thread but could you share some of your impressions with the Fara F/AR? I'm seriously considering this bike but can't find a lot of information about it.
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