S-Works SL8 - Build (Never!) Finished - 5.94Kg

[stevec1975]

and so it begins..

Will document my build, including weighing anything and everything, in short order.

Just waiting on delivery of the final pieces of the puzzle.



Frame Weight 682.5g (Below weight includes Front Mech Hangar (12g))



Fork 344.6g (uncut)

[mike]

wow gorgeous!

[bmrk]

Looks good
Which color and frame size?


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[da123]

and so it begins..

Will document my build, including weighing anything and everything, in short order.

Just waiting on delivery of the final pieces of the puzzle.



Frame Weight 682.5g (Below weight includes Front Mech Hangar (12g))



Fork 344.6g (uncut)

Lovely . What size frame is that? Great weight for a non RTP

[stevec1975]

It’s a 54cm 'Supernova' colourway, it’s certainly lighter than I was expecting!

[stevec1975]

Some parts have begun to arrive..

Still waiting on the 380x110 EXS Aerover Bars (Stuck in Customs for 10+ days)

EXS Aerover - 3d Printed TI mount
14.8g



EXS Aerover - SL8 Transition + 10mm Spacer
20.5g



DA 11-34 Cassette
256.2g


Rhinoworks DM Hangar:
11.7g


C-Bear Ceramic BSA BB
95.5g

[stevec1975]

More goodies have arrived:

The rarer than rocking horse shit EXS Aerover in 380x110



318g with spacer and head cap/bolt.



Swapped out the bolt in the Seat Wedge to the specific one from Ti Parts
A whopping 3.8g saving!

Before:


After:

[stevec1975]

Chopped some 60mm off the seatpost, and changed out the bolts to Black TI
A 14.6g saving!

Anyone know of a source for a carbon cradle that fits (the current one is 17.1g and the ones I have are about 12g, but too shallow to fit)

[Aryeh]

You can save more grams by swapping the barrel nut too but it requires some Dremel work because the readily available titanium barrel nut is 1mm too wide.

[stevec1975]

Thanks Aryeh, when you say readily available barrel nut, where did you buy it?

Also, cut down the fork (as will only need a 10mm spacer)
344.6g > 333g - a 11.6g saving

Incidentally, the frame and fork combo comes in at 1015.5g, pretty light!



And had to cut down the Spec expander (the fork was finished quite badly inside, which stopped the plug going in all the way at full length)

A 9.3g saving (Still toying with getting the Aethos or Carbon-Ti Expander to save another 20g's)

[stevec1975]

So, finally got round to finishing the build:

6.37Kg all in. Powermeter, 50mm Wheels, DI2, Garmin Mount.












First Ride was yesterday on a Sportive, the bike felt amazing, so responsive accelerating up climbs, corners like on rails, would go as far to say it's the best bike I have ridden...

[K4m1k4z3]

And had to cut down the Spec expander (the fork was finished quite badly inside, which stopped the plug going in all the way at full length)

It's supposed to be like that. There's a ridge and reinforcement down in the fork steerer.

[bmrk]

Amazing build, thanks for the write up!


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[stevec1975]

And had to cut down the Spec expander (the fork was finished quite badly inside, which stopped the plug going in all the way at full length)

It's supposed to be like that. There's a ridge and reinforcement down in the fork steerer.

I get the need for the ridge and the reinforcement around the hose exit hole, but this was a mess inside. I ended up using a Carbon-Ti X Bung thing anyway..

[tyro13]

You can save more grams by swapping the barrel nut too but it requires some Dremel work because the readily available titanium barrel nut is 1mm too wide.

Where can you buy that Ti nut?