I had no issues buying from SPCycle. Though I would order from AliExpress, plus use a credit card for an extra layer of protection. This way you can bring up a dispute through AliEx and as a last resort do a charge back through your credit card provider. I would make sure they send you photos of the frame before shipping, video record your unboxing and double check the entire frame before assembling. I do this with all my bike frameset purchases. Also check if they have your frame already in-stock, it'll speed up the shipping process. My frame in-stock arrived in exactly 14 days to my doorstep in the USA. The frame itself was okay, the interior carbon wasn't as clean as either my TFSA built road bike or my Taiwan made carbon gravel frame. I needed to sand the disc fork hole to fit the brake cable. Plus I'm not a fan of PF BB86, but I used a threaded PF bottom bracket that's been creak free and spinning just fine.

I'm still riding my SPCycle road frame with no problems. Stiff ride, but fast.

Size XS. Wheels from Leon.

7,9kg including pedals, bottle mounts & frame bag.

Paint job is not very high quality, chips easily from edges. Otherwise no big issues.

Not yet! It is supposed to arrive in the UK on the 25th March....that will be nearly two months from ordering a standard paint colour (turquoise).  At least SP have been responsive on Ali Messenger and I have bought frames from them before so am not fretting too much.

The tracks, roads and trails round me are so water-logged still that it probably hasn't impacted my riding too much.  I'll post some pics as soon as it arrives.

The build will be:

GRX800 1x
ElitaOne post (120gr after cutting down) & saddle (120gr)
80mm Uno stem
180gr Compact carbon road bar
Handbuilt Novatec/Sapim/Pacenti 25s I have hanging around from a commuting build
Silly light rotors from Ali Express
Panaracer GK SK43 run tubeless
XTR SPDs

....an probably some heavy-ass mudguards for most of the year.

Interested to see if it is actually any faster than my SPCyles M-05 XC hardtail with 2.35 Thunder Burt/Racing Ralph combination on milder trails.  This is going to be a winter build in due course so it doesn't really matter! I suspect I know the answer though: it won't be any faster....not that it matters.  Who wants to be first home anyway - particularly when 75% of my rides are solo.