[Picard]

Spicing it up!

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how did you get the crank to be shiny?

 

[Nat]

how did you get the crank to be shiny?

LOL, read the post immediately before yours.

 

[bdreynolds7]

how did you get the crank to be shiny?

De-anodized in oven cleaner then hand polished with Mothers Mag and Aluminum polish.

 

[bdreynolds7]

LOL, read the post immediately before yours.

I was a little vague in how I did it but there ya go, Easy Off heavy duty oven cleaner to strip the anodizing then hand polish with Mothers haha

 

[Picard]

why would you de-anodized the cranks? I am so confused.

 

[Picard]

For short riders, do you choose small size ?
I am 5'6" tall. should I choose the small or medium?

 

[bdreynolds7]

why would you de-anodized the cranks? I am so confused.

Over time your shoes will wear off the anodizing anyway and look like crap. Plus its different and looks cool I think.

 

[Nat]

why would you de-anodized the cranks? I am so confused.

I think it looks great

 

[Picard]

how does the Sentinel v2 compare to Trek fuel Gen6 bike? Has anyone test the trek

 

[skywalker991]

Has anyone experienced dropper moving lateraly inside the seat tube? I have sentinel carbon and bikeyoke revive. Torque 5-6nm, carbon grip paste, seatpost cleaned inside, using seat clamp that came with the frame. It doesn't move verticaly only lateraly.

 

[Picard]

how does sentinel v2 compare to Raww Madonna v2.2? both bikes use horst link suspension.

 

[ARider]

Has anyone experienced dropper moving lateraly inside the seat tube? I have sentinel carbon and bikeyoke revive. Torque 5-6nm, carbon grip paste, seatpost cleaned inside, using seat clamp that came with the frame. It doesn't move verticaly only lateraly.

Luckily mine does not, but looking down into the seat tube it is pretty shocking how poor the surface is in there. Lots of voids and gaps.

Time to try out the Transition warranty support! They'll take care of you.

 

[skywalker991]

Luckily mine does not, but looking down into the seat tube it is pretty shocking how poor the surface is in there. Lots of voids and gaps.

Time to try out the Transition warranty support! They'll take care of you.

I'm going to try a different seat clamp. If that doesn't help then it's a warranty claim. Obviously I want to avoid it as it's a major hassle and costs...pack, send the frame...it's invisi framed too so that would go down the drain for a start.

I just don't understand how a simple thing like that was not picked up by Transition at the QC stage. Plus a blown X2.

 

[ARider]

Transition QC sets a very low bar, good thing the warrant support is great.
I don't know what factory they use in China for the frames, but it's not one of the good ones.... 💩

Are you running a long post? Running as long as possible to get the max insertion in the frame helps.

 

[skywalker991]

Transition QC sets a very low bar, good thing the warrant support is great.
I don't know what factory they use in China for the frames, but it's not one of the good ones.... 💩

Are you running a long post? Running as long as possible to get the max insertion in the frame helps.

These frames only cost a few grand so I understand they need cut corners to make a living ;-)

216mm BikeYoke. 3cm out of the seat tube. So quite deep. It's nuts how deep you can go in this frame

 

[smmokan]

Posted my Smuggler in the other thread, so I thought I'd post my Sentinel over here. Started as the Carbon GX build and I've swapped a bunch of parts (drivetrain, wheels, suspension, added CC link) to make it fairly custom. Weighs just over 31# with pedals, can't wait until the snow melts!

 

[kamper11]

thats a solid 2 bike demo quiver for your Chasing Epic clients!!

 

[Picard]

Does the sentinel have delamination issue? some FB posts mentioned delamination on BB & chain stay.

 

[Picard]

Is the sentinel similar to Norco Sight?

 

[TLN]

Here's mine from earlier this year.
Considering changing frame for Enduro, but feel it will be overkill for where (and how) I ride.