Spcycle G058 New Mold Carbon Gravel Frameset

[Tijoe]

Not to go off topic but....
What size Cutthroat would you ride? I've got a 58/large frame/fork I'd like to sell.

For me, I would prefer a 56.  Thanks for letting me/us know.

[Mtnbykr]

Yeah. I need a 56 also....

[Reiko1]

I've been reading this tread, and I like this frame except for the weight.   Why does it weight 1200+ grams.  My Spcycle SP-M05 hardtail frame weighs less than 1000 grams.   I love my SP-M05, and it has become my gravel bike equivalent and bikepacker.  I ride this bike more than I do my gravel bike. 

Edit:  I am still waiting and searching for a Chinertown equivalent of the Salsa Cutthroat frame...

I have the SP-M05 and the GR058 and I think the weight difference is down to all the 'adventure' bolts and mounting rivets on the GR-058.  I swapped all of mine (but for bidon and mudguard mounts) for plastic blanks and saved 100gr.

[sukerbole1]

Build it up and rode a bit with it, will post proper pictures in future.

Components are
Tantan GR048 with custom paint (Red metallic, with the tops of bars being black, and matte varnish)
9Velo GV45 2.0 (already had them some months)
GRX820 (with GRX400 brakes)
RXL SL gravel bars at 42CM
Kocevlo stem at 90mm
Silca bar tape (Knockoff? of some ali seller, easily nicest bar tape ive used though)
Redshift grips (Knockoff of same ali seller, surprisingly great)

For now its just a road setup, because I don't actually have gravel where I live, the idea of this bike was to swap some wheels when I want to do some small trips to places with gravel. I run corsa pro 32mm tubeless on the 9velo wheels for now, and will probably keep doing that for a good while.

For me the geometry is very nice. Its definitely relaxed but as someoone with a short torso, a lot heavier than I ought to be and a quite bad back it makes it really comfortable. It's actually a stiffer than my Defy (non-SL frame), and handling is more stable. Keep in mind I'm just used to that bike, and a 20yo Trek OCLV carbon bike. This bike is obviously heavy (didnt weigh it yet), but for me that really doesn't matter much. I'm a heavy guy, and live in a flat area. I also have no intention of going fast. Fork will be chopped once I figure out the height (probably one spacer less)

No obvious flaws on the build. One small annoyance is quite large unpainted areas around some of the bolts, but I don't care too much. The varnish is also pretty rough around the BB area, but its hidden away and I have no issue with it.

[Dlloyd15]

Build it up and rode a bit with it, will post proper pictures in future.

Components are
Tantan GR048 with custom paint (Red metallic, with the tops of bars being black, and matte varnish)
9Velo GV45 2.0 (already had them some months)
GRX820 (with GRX400 brakes)
RXL SL gravel bars at 42CM
Kocevlo stem at 90mm
Silca bar tape (Knockoff? of some ali seller, easily nicest bar tape ive used though)
Redshift grips (Knockoff of same ali seller, surprisingly great)

For now its just a road setup, because I don't actually have gravel where I live, the idea of this bike was to swap some wheels when I want to do some small trips to places with gravel. I run corsa pro 32mm tubeless on the 9velo wheels for now, and will probably keep doing that for a good while.

For me the geometry is very nice. Its definitely relaxed but as someoone with a short torso, a lot heavier than I ought to be and a quite bad back it makes it really comfortable. It's actually a stiffer than my Defy (non-SL frame), and handling is more stable. Keep in mind I'm just used to that bike, and a 20yo Trek OCLV carbon bike. This bike is obviously heavy (didnt weigh it yet), but for me that really doesn't matter much. I'm a heavy guy, and live in a flat area. I also have no intention of going fast. Fork will be chopped once I figure out the height (probably one spacer less)

No obvious flaws on the build. One small annoyance is quite large unpainted areas around some of the bolts, but I don't care too much. The varnish is also pretty rough around the BB area, but its hidden away and I have no issue with it.

How was your experience with TanTan?

[sukerbole1]

How was your experience with TanTan?

Very good. Emails were good and clear, could get proper confirmation of everything. I got good pictures of different paint, and got a picture they made to check if they understood what i wanted. Ofcourse with my sample size of 1 take what I say with a grain of salt. You ofcourse do need to be a bit patient for paint (Although everything was according to mentioned schedule), but once the bike got painted they send me an email (Which they don't need to do, but its nice to get an update). The tracking of shipping in my case was pointless, but it's not up to them. It was "stuck"  in Asia for a week and a half according to tracking, when suddenly I had the courier at the door. Packaging was solid of what I'd expect (All parts individually packaged in lots of foam, and a solid box)

I tried spcycle on aliexpress, but when I asked for paint I got no more response.

[Scott1234]

I ordered the frame, handlebar and seatpost. Feeling a bit nervous about it, but oh well!

Was planning to go with a GEX long cage groupset, Evosid 40t crankset (maybe 42t), and ZTTO 10-50t cassette XD.

Then a set of Elite ENT which are their basic model.

Other finishing hardware from aliexpress (bartape, Garmin mount).

Any comments would be appreciated. Bike will be general purpose gravel and bikepacking.

[gf]

I have this frame with 1x11 transmission and 38t chainring; someone know if in 1x configuration the 40t chianring is ok or will be too close to the frame? in my bike with 38t there is little space between chainring and frame.
thanks

[sukerbole1]

 Somewhat better pictures. Got sick multiple time, so rode less than I wanted to, but the times I did ride I'm very happy with it. It's a an upright position, which for my non-existent flexibility and general body ratio is great.

Didn't get around to chopping the steerer tube yet. Put some gravel tires on my aluminium wheels. Did have issues couple times with seat rails slipping, put them tighter now (send an email to get info on all torque specs), which seems solved now. The one downside with this double bolt one is that the front bolt I can't actually access with my closed saddle.

At this point I'm very happy, but probably should've gotten a bit crazier with paint scheme.