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I bought a set of Isla Bike wheels (Stans Crest) the hubs were 28H, but not smooth and heavy, so i replaced them, I have unused set of hubs with HG FreeHub, but they are super heavy and super rough, so if you dont find anything suitable them these are a good fall back, I'm in Somerset West

When reading your post I was reminded of a similar story that puzzled my brother who owns a large bike shop in Austria The owner of the bike said it took around 50km to start noticing the sound It turned out to be the welding inside the frame just heating up and rubbing and causing the creaking It was solved by using deep penetrating grease on the inside of frame weld points The problem was immediately solved. The bike manufacturer rep was the person who told him about the fix, and it was not an isolated incident Might not be your issue but thought I would mention

I recently bought the momsen 24 JSL orange colour bike from olympic cycles I thought it would be light but was still 13kg+ So far I've replaced shocks, upgraded to carbon bars, switched to custom wheels on stans crest rims and DT swiss hubs It's still way heavier than I want, so need to get it down to 9kg to feel nibble Crankset, BB, seat and post are next, I wish I'd bought a 2nd hand donor bike with light frame set as it would have worked out cheaper Good luck in your quest, 24 inch wheel bikes are a minefield.

We did a race here with schools League Amazing place, wine is lovely and great value The non riders in our family enjoyed the restaurant and wine tasting with the beautiful views Highly recommended, we'll be back

Looks like Isla bikes have a decent crankset for sale on their parts list https://www.islabikes.co.uk/shop/creig/creig-24/creig-24-2019-2023/cranks-bb30-sram-pattern-direct-mount-140mm-creig-24-luath-24 Not sure of the weight of these though, but they will have a narrow Q Factor as isla bikes were considered high end kids bikes, We've had 2 Isla bikes, and for 24" and below they are amazing (woom also great)

thanks Seems the link is for 29", cant find 24" on their site

I bought this wheelset https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256543360845 Here is their shop https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=256543360845&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l170197&_ssn=valentina8484

Where did you get the kenda tyres from and how much are they ? I'll save a bit of weight on these lighter ones

Good effort guys I just returned from the UK and Isla bikes are going under so selling off a bunch of stock on eBay under various sellers I picked up a 24" 24H wheelset with stans crest rims The hubs are horrid, but 2 full wheels were cheaper than 2 rims locally so will order some super light Ali express hubs for peanuts and switch them over The weight savings after this point are getting expensive for minimal returns so will have to stop

A quick update, the crankset arrived, the bike shop tried with the existing BB but opted for the one that came with the kit as its "fitted" better, so rather pay a bit extra for BB that can come with the the set I'm extremely pleased with the result, so would recommend if you can wait the 3 weeks for delivery.

I've figured out my current rims on the Momsem JSL40 are AlexRims DP21 According to this https://alexrims.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-Alexrims-China-Cambodia-Catalog-DIGITAL.pdf They are 390grams per rim Thanks Two wheels for your link I see the MK3 24 is 295grams (assuming 24 holes) https://www.notubes.com/crest-mk3-rims and the mk4 is 323 grams https://www.notubes.com/crest-mk4-rim The no doubt stronger mk4 version is R2,750 for a 67gram saving (134 grams for 2 rims) so for R5,500 I get to save 134 grams by upgrading the rims @Jewbacca seems to be on the money here, its the hubs that are the issue I think I might look at lighter hubs and spokes, just means I cannot sell on the existing wheels

I have 150 mbit up and down on frog foot back bone using fibre wireless with static IP in Somerset If you don't have any family with you then the lourensford groups are a good place to network and join riders, you cannot ride alone there. Plenty for 3-4bar I assume you don't need a 4 bedroom Stellies is expensive but is a good investment Good to be spoilt for choice !

Which crank did you get ? And what was the length ? These are my latest purchases Crank - 155mm with 30T ring https://a.aliexpress.com/_Euzs4U1 Forks - 100mm 24" (1.6kg) https://a.aliexpress.com/_Evc9ied I didn't know about using spacers on a 26" fork, that would have probably been more sensible !

Now I'm just.annoyed I missed out on these

That is very kind of you thanks The local shop is pretty cheap and very skilled at wheel building so going to get a quote from them on a full set first I stumbled across this 20/24".full sus bike/frame.which you probably already know about https://tiny-rock.com/products/20carbon-ds-frame?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=7a36b9cc6&pr_rec_pid=7110703153344&pr_ref_pid=7121562992832&pr_seq=uniform