IMO this could be an excellent high tire clearance gravel frame with the addition of an FD mount and either a 100mm suspension fork or rigid alternative. Reach isn't crazy long, head tube is relatively slack but not too far gone for rolling hardpack or tarmac, and nice steep STA (little steeper than most gravel frames) for the lung bursters. Seat tube is just long enough. It's also very light and generally speaking OG Evkin stuff is good quality and customer service also decent.
https://ogevkinbike.com/products/og-evkin-cf-056-mtb-carbon-mountain-bike-frameOh and the custom paint jobs (which they usually don't show on AliExpress) look good.
They currently don't do one with an FD mount, but I asked them about one with compatibility for GRX 46/30 or similar, and they said they're considering it. Potentially it would be better if they switched to PF30 or BSA73 though, as BB92 might cause crankset compatibility issues (too wide) as it does on the Salsa Cutthroat which is nominally GRX 2x compatible but can run a sum total of one RaceFace crankset for the purpose, which is heavy as balls, not very good and has poor quality proprietary BBs.
Hoping it happens. It was a real disappointment when the Carbonda / Fly Bike 1306 lost its FD mount. There are a bunch of Ti and steel monster-gravel bikes, but they tend to be very heavy if steel, and heavy and very expensive if Ti.
