My frame finally showed up. It was ordered on August 8th and it arrived on the 22nd. I'm pretty happy with that. RS VR6, you were correct. The frame came with a headset, seatpost collar, 135 QR dropouts, 142x12 drop outs, rear through axle, and the through axle for the front fork. I am going to have some decals made up so assembly won't be for another week or two. I did throw my 27.5" wheels in the frame and fork to see how the clearance was as I hope to run it as a 27.5+ bike at times. I was expecting 71 or 72 mm of clearance which isn't much and may have ruined my hopes. But to my surprise, it measures between 74 and 75 mm. So for my current wheels with the WTB trailblazer 2.8's, I should be good to go.
As far as the initial inspection goes. It went good until I got to the fork. The frame looks great and the holes are relatively clean looking. Everything seems to be where it should be and all the brake bosses line up correctly. So the frame exceeded my expectations which in all honesty, were kept pretty low. Now comes the fork. I was a little concerned with the reliability of a cheap fork but after looking at it, this thing seems to be built pretty solid. Everything is quite a bit thicker than I expected. THEN I tried to fit the wheel in. It was a no go. The thru axle went through my wheel fine and through the fork fine, but not through both. The wheel also slid into the fork fine. But there was a little extra paint or carbon in the dropout that wouldn't allow the wheel to slide all the way in. Rather than dealing with the seller which may or may not helped, I decided to shave out the extra material myself. 30 minutes of tedious work with a dremel bit (by hand) and a razor blade and everything fit fine.
So all in all, I'm pretty happy so far. $445.55 for a frame, fork, headset, 2 thru axles and 2 sets of drop outs seems pretty fair to me. Here are a couple pictures. I will post more when the decals are finished.
