29er hardtail

[Rick64]

Indeed I thought that for this price, finishing would be almost perfect...
Is it possible to give us pictures to illustrate what you describe ? Thanks by advance 

Ill upload a video as soon as I can

[Shinso]

Ah that really sucks...what are you going to do? Build it up and see how it riders or return it? They should at least refund you part of the cost if you complain with photos.

[Rick64]

[Rick64]

Thoughts on the bearing free play, a slight interference fit would've been nice 

[Rick64]

Almost finished build

[Vipassana]

Every Chinese hardtail I've built have had play between the headset and the frame.  It is no longer an issue ones everything is tightened down because the conical interfaces centering everything.  But the pre-load of the top cap is key before tightening the stem.  I also lightly coat the bearings in waterproof silicon grease to prevent creaking/chirping.

[theirishrider]

Looks good! How much does it weigh?

[Rick64]

I haven’t finished assembly yet but it will be close to s works claimed weight of 7.9kg bearing in mind their weight is minus pedals and sealant, should come in at about  8.3kg, I didn’t set out to build with weight as a target, I’ll weight it just for curiosity when it’s fully assembled

[bromster]

I got the same frame last week. I ordered here on November 5th: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32794203847.html

The overall quality after a first visual inspection looks good, except for a little piece of the frame that was broken off near the rear deraillieur. The BB threads are not the smoothest ones too. However, the paintjob looks quite nice (white color with red decals) and the headset bearings just fit snuggly from top and bottom.

Unfortunately, the seatpost was missing in my shipment. I opened a dispute on Aliexpress and will get one somewhere else for me.

[Rick64]

The seat post I received was utter junk! the seat clamp was very crudely made and you couldn't fit a saddle on it. I got a lightly used genuine 30.9 s-works 10mm layback from ebay, I really like the single bolt adjustment on them, I also got a genuine seat post clamp  S184700003  the one supplied was like cheese when torqued to 4nm, are you going to put up a build photo

[superenzo]

Almost finished build

Questo telaio ha il foro per scolo dell'acqua sotto il movimento centrale? Il mio no. Ho trovato l'acqua dentro.

[Rick64]

The seat post I received was utter junk! the seat clamp was very crudely made and you couldn't fit a saddle on it. I got a lightly used genuine 30.9 s-works 10mm layback from ebay, I really like the single bolt adjustment on them, I also got a genuine seat post clamp  S184700003  the one supplied was like cheese when torqued to 4nm, are you going to put up a build photo

I was very tempted to get the white with red graphics too 

[Rick64]

I haven’t finished assembly yet but it will be close to s works claimed weight of 7.9kg bearing in mind their weight is minus pedals and sealant, should come in at about  8.3kg, I didn’t set out to build with weight as a target, I’ll weight it just for curiosity when it’s fully assembled

Bang on 8.5kg, including pedals, stages dash mount and bottle cage, power meter, 100ml sealant front and rear, it’ll drop a bit when I get another Syncros Tofino carbon saddle, it’s lighter than a lot of 6k big brand XC ht race bikes     

[Rick64]

Update on the frame, re weighed it with new batteries and it came in at 8.285!. First ride on it outside today (Its been hooked up on my wahoo kickr to set the bike fit. Its a rocket, no flex in the rear when you stamp on the peddles just forward motion and feels compliant for an HT on the dirt. Stole its first KOM across a 0.56km segment across an arable field by 6 seconds even with coasting some of it due to sloppy sections and only running s-works Renegades. I built it mainly for fast gravel and light XC rides-single track, My bodies to old and broken for smashing down gnarly technical decent and sections. Longterm will have to see how the frame holds up.

[theirishrider]

Update on the frame, re weighed it with new batteries and it came in at 8.285!. First ride on it outside today (Its been hooked up on my wahoo kickr to set the bike fit. Its a rocket, no flex in the rear when you stamp on the peddles just forward motion and feels compliant for an HT on the dirt. Stole its first KOM across a 0.56km segment across an arable field by 6 seconds even with coasting some of it due to sloppy sections and only running s-works Renegades. I built it mainly for fast gravel and light XC rides-single track, My bodies to old and broken for smashing down gnarly technical decent and sections. Longterm will have to see how the frame holds up.

Good to hear you're enjoying it! Looks great in the pictures!