Author Topic: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?  (Read 104070 times)

CoreX88

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #330 on: February 13, 2025, 12:45:25 PM »
Hey, Can you please tell me the total cost to EU? Any taxes? Thanks!

Shipping to Germany: 150USD. Tax included, door to door service.

Chriasp

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #331 on: February 13, 2025, 12:45:36 PM »
Yeah the Specialized fitting calculator can’t be accurate. I am 183.9 with a 89,5 inseam and it wants me to go size 61. The biggest size they got lol

Sander2177

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #332 on: February 13, 2025, 02:05:25 PM »
Yeah the Specialized fitting calculator can’t be accurate. I am 183.9 with a 89,5 inseam and it wants me to go size 61. The biggest size they got lol

Well I’m 178cm and my SL8 is a 54cm
SL8 Custom Green Over Naked Carbon 54CM 6.11kgs RhinosWorkShop Build
2nd Bike in planning not sure what yet!

Markus_HiHo

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #333 on: February 14, 2025, 02:44:23 AM »
in my experience, buying 2 frames, they use only one box (bigger), but the shipping price is adjusted to the volume of the bigger box and the greater weight ... there is still a saving in costs

I got an update from TanTan, they can ship 2 frames in one box. shipping costs change from 150$ to 200$. All in all a saving of 53$ per frame

yanko_mr

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #334 on: February 14, 2025, 04:43:45 AM »
Hello, I am in NL in the Eindhoven area, I may be interested on 1 frame...

Cnasta

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #335 on: February 14, 2025, 05:20:35 AM »
Hello, I am in NL in the Eindhoven area, I may be interested on 1 frame...

Nijmegen here, almost ready to order :) What are you going for (which size and design)?

Sander2177

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #336 on: February 14, 2025, 07:25:13 AM »
Well Tan Tan have confirmed to me that they actually manufacture this frame
SL8 Custom Green Over Naked Carbon 54CM 6.11kgs RhinosWorkShop Build
2nd Bike in planning not sure what yet!

brnrth

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #337 on: February 14, 2025, 08:32:33 AM »
Can someone please enlighten me? If I want to paint the frame myself and need the visible carbon as a basis for the paint scheme, what do I order? Is UD matte the right one? Can you see the carbon here? Or do you need "raw carbon"? Unfortunately, I don't understand the differences. Is the "UD matte" selection just a transparent primer over the carbon?

glepore

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #338 on: February 14, 2025, 08:37:19 AM »
Can't speak to tantan particularly, but generally UD matte has a matte clearcoat, raw carbon is just that.

lazvask14

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #339 on: February 14, 2025, 09:00:04 AM »
Hi all, wanted to share I placed an order through Tan-Tan for a size 56 frame in the raw glossy finish. Excited to see how this will look, and I will share my build as it progresses. Building it up with the new SRAM red groupset so hoping for a sub 7kg build. Cheers!

glepore

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #340 on: February 14, 2025, 12:42:59 PM »
Well Tan Tan have confirmed to me that they actually manufacture this frame

Interestingly, Seraph's page now says "made in Tantan" as well...

MTB-Addicted

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #341 on: February 14, 2025, 01:05:44 PM »
Hi all,
How the hell do you adjust the saddle inclination on this seat tube when the saddle does not have the hole ?
I cannot strenghthen the anterior bolt.
This kind of seatpost is the same on TanTan and Taiwaneisen and identical to SL8.
Thanks!

jonathanf2

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #342 on: February 14, 2025, 01:07:16 PM »
I'm curious how these different manufacturers source the same frames if it's not coming from a single factory? Did they get the actual molds, 3D scanned a frame or built a mold from scratch using the CAD files?

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #343 on: February 14, 2025, 01:18:48 PM »
Hi all,
How the hell do you adjust the saddle inclination on this seat tube when the saddle does not have the hole ?
I cannot strenghthen the anterior bolt.
This kind of seatpost is the same on TanTan and Taiwaneisen and identical to SL8.
Thanks!
Your saddle doesnt have a cut out? You could buy/ make a super short allen key. They make stubby allen sockets, but that also might be too big.

MTB-Addicted

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #344 on: February 14, 2025, 01:59:37 PM »
Thank you!
Nothe saddle does not have a cut out.
I will check if I can find an allen key super short