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Re: Spcycle New Mold SP-R088 Carbon Road Frame
Quote from: simo8891 on April 03, 2025, 10:54:45 AM
1st post but joined this forum looking for a more 'budget friendly' frame that I won't see on my regular club rides and will be suitable for cruising around the Chilterns in the UK.

After the feedback on here decided to get this frame.

My frame apparently departed 3 days ago, so should be in my hands soon, likely next week, with any luck.

Planned build:

R088 size large UD Glossy (liked this look a lot on others builds)

Ultegra R8020 shifters and R8070 brakes
GRX 812 derailleur
CSM8000 Cassette (11-42)
Dura Ace 9100 Crankset 
Pass Quest 1x chain ring

Have all of the groupset parts together now.

for wheels I am thinking of these:

https://www.xmcarbonspeed.cc/products/t1100-carbon-spokes-700c-tubeless-26mm-internal-wide-disc-brake-road-gravel-bike-carbon-wheelsets-with-20-20h-straight-through-version-hubs

Need payday to arrive before I bite the bullet on them.

Finishing kit wise need to see whether I want to run the elita one SL8 bars (which are in customs) or a separate stem/bars like I do on my other bikes.

Hoping once built that this is a fairly lightweight 'all rounder' type ride.

Not seen anyone build this frame with mechanical yet, so hoping that the one extra cable to route through the frame/bars is not too much of a ball ache.

Nice! Welcome here :). I also chose this frame as my first build in years. I have build up around 6 Bikes myself; but that was around 20 years ago. Dealing with chinese frames was a pain in A back then.You will be the first one here to set it up mechanically. Curious to see how it works out; shouldnt be a problem though.  I hope this build goes smoothly. Still contemplating Wheeltop groupset/Di2 /Sram electric or mechanical. Depends on what I can get my hands on I guess. I ordered the XL frame in Pearl White. Going for that Bora Hansgrohe look
April 03, 2025, 12:42:34 PM 		1
Re: Spcycle New Mold SP-R088 Carbon Road Frame
Quote from: simo8891 on April 03, 2025, 10:54:45 AM
Not seen anyone build this frame with mechanical yet, so hoping that the one extra cable to route through the frame/bars is not too much of a ball ache.

Welcome to the forum and good luck with your build! Mechanical shouldn’t be an issue. The bottom bracket area is quite tight but still enough space to run all the cables. If you are running separate bar and stem and use the headset cover that comes with the frame routing the cables through the headset shouldn’t be too difficult either.
April 03, 2025, 02:43:34 PM 		1
Re: Spcycle New Mold SP-R088 Carbon Road Frame Mechanical shouldn't be an issue. If my ER9 ever dies, I'll just replace it back with Ultegra mechanical!
April 03, 2025, 03:23:51 PM 		1
Re: Avian Handlebar Quality? Now that every new bike under the sun has full cable integration, product differentiation is done on weight. Problem is, you can crash badly on a bike if the bars snap, in a split second. Because you had the vanity of wanting to shave 30g on that cockpit.
Also, noodly bars aren't nice.

You can't beat physics.

To the risk of sounding like a boomer, does it make sense to obsess over lightweight components there? It's not even something you can flex about to get laid.

May 28, 2025, 08:26:00 AM 		1