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Winspace G2 (Light Do it all bike)
Here is my 99% completed Winspace g2. I have to redo the rear derailleur housing, I should have ran it all the way through to the back but didn't. Theyre not meant for fully internal mechanical routing, but it can be done. This is my 4th "Chinese Carbon" frame set and it is by far the best (5th on the way). The build quality is as good as one can ask for. I had no issues building it, everything was faced nicely, no issue with the headset bearing seats. Which is the weak spot for "Chinese" frames, you can always just shove a BB in if it's not quite right. If the headset seats are done too poorly the frame is basically trash. The paint finish is great, there's a few spots here and there that aren't the cleanest. However I can say the same for my Matte canyon and Evil frames. You can only be so picky before one is just being unreasonable. Built this as a comfortable do it all bike, loved the round seat post, threaded BB, plenty of mounts and loads of tire clearance. It turned into a "lightweight" build half way through. Without sacrificing usability of the bike or going with super expensive components. Im very happy with the bike given its build quality, weight and price. Total weight came out to 6.82kg with pedals, cages, and an ass saver to offset the fact that I didn't have bar tape. The build came out to ~$3100, there's a few hundred grams to be saved, but I would have to replace components with ones 3-6x the cost of the existing one. This is the perfect middle ground in my opinion. Build List; Winspace G2 Medium: $1080 Light Bicycle AR25 with Bitex Hubs:$864 (1080grams) Elilee XXE Crankset 165mm: $320 (296grams!!) Wolf Tooth 38t Chain Ring: $30, used (77grams) Ltwoo GRT with ZRace brake Calipers: $305 Sram XPLR 12-71 Cassette: $100 New take off Zitto Chain: $26 Onirii 160mm Rotors: $40/pair (102g) Aliexpress Seatpost: $26 (136g) EggBeater 1 Pedals with Titanium Spindles: $70 (240grams) Ryet 3D Carbon Saddle (163grams) Lexon/Ryet Gravel Bars: $124 Carbon Bottle Cages: $16/pair (16grams each) Carbon Seatpost clamp:$15 (5grams) Panaracer Gravel King Slick 37c: free (bike bin) FSA Bottom Bracket: Free (bike bin) TPU Gravel Tubes: $8 Bar Tape: $6 Titanium Bolts: $40 Rode it around the block and it felt great! Just need to redo the housing and finish my other bike (which has an interesting issue) before the other one arrives.    
January 09, 2024, 01:42:55 AM |
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Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
I had the chance to take this bike for a little spin last week and I ended up doing a 75km testride. This bike is just fantastic, not sure what else I can say. Comfortable, yet responsive and no noticable weaknesses. For this build I decided to go for a mullet setup which I still need to get used to. Somewhat overrated for the area where I live. Everything is flat as a pancake and coming from a roadie, this setup doesn't go fast enough to my likings. Might change to a SRAM XPLR setup to see which one works better for me. Parts list:
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Re: Which gravel wheels?
Do you have a link to these?This is peter from Carbon Speed. We offer different combo custom wheels and we haven't listed all onto our website. April 14, 2024, 01:35:44 PM |
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