So my frame arrived today which is a bit earlier than expected! It was very well packed and arrived safely.
The other small parts that came with the frame: rear thru axle and the titanium headset which looks nice actually. I was meant to get a set of QR sliding dropouts but they only sent one by mistake so I'll need to follow up on that. I have end caps to run 142x12mm so not a pressing issue.
I have checked the frame over and it looks very made to spec. All the requests i had have been fulfilled and the welding is very neat. I've had a feel of the bolts and they're all very easy to turn in.
The upper headset bearing protrudes a few mm from headtube which means I'll need to get a slimmer bearing if I want to run my lefty. I put the second hand Reba's in to check fitment and all works nicely. The fork crown was expected to hit the downtube but they clear so thats much better than expected.
In goes the T47, threaded in by hand so threads are well cut and clean. I'll leave that in for now.
Total weight of the frame with dropouts is 2.2kg. Not too bad, heavier than I am used to but I should still be able to keep the build around 10kg I imagine plus I need to trim the ISP to length once my topper arrives (final part!)
What's next?: Well from here, i still need the ISP topper. I don't want a black one but it'll have to be that way initially due to whats available out there. Bike24 have one but no shipping to the UK it seems.
I can't really do much to the frame in the meantime. The bike with donor parts is still in use so I'll wait until i have the final part then pick a date to fit everything over and take more photos. I do have some generic heli-tape that I want to apply. The 29er Cannondale Flash is the only bike i've kept since new and I want to ensure I look after this bike. So apply some frame protection from the get-go should help with that.