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Re: Spcycle hardtail M028 Well, it arrived a week ago and I managed to get it built up over the weekend, and ridden a little. it's the XL, 21", measures up 20.25" centre BB to top of seat tube.

Bought via aliexpress, ordered 29th April, but ordered it painted so expected a bit more of a delay. finally delivered 13th June, though it should have been a few days before but parcelforce in the UK are rubbish.
I was a bit late getting it built as it needed a boost chainring. Thought I may get away without, as I have with a few boost frames, but no, non boost hits the chainstay. Even with boost there's only a couple of mm clearance when running a 34T, wouldn't want to go bigger/oval, but think the recommended max for the frame is 32T anyway. This also means that the boost wheel adapters for 142 wheels doesn't really work that well and the chain drops when on the large sprocket. Normally not a problem, just use another spacer on the disc, move both axle spacers over to disc side and re-dish, that is unless you have the centrelock boost adapter, like me, then you can't shift the disc over any further :-/ it'll need a proper boost wheel then....

Anyway, not a bling build, all parts I've had on various bikes over the years. mostly XT, mix of 10 speed cassette, 11 speed mech, and 11 speed sram gripshift, manitou minute's at 120mm that need a reshim as they're set to a very basic trail damping (one of the great things about ABS+ damper is tunability)

Rides like a bike. short stays are a bonus, makes it easy to lift up and over things. Relatively roomy, have a 80mm stem in there, but will play about with different ones to see what works best. Steering with the 120mm forks is quite neutral, though I'll need to see what it's like once I've fettled the forks a bit more to give me a little more support.
Broke a couple of strava PR's, on descents and traverses, so pretty capable. I've not got the legs to better some of my climbing PR's, but it's quick all round and feels solid under power. ;-)
June 23, 2022, 03:49:15 AM 		1
Re: Want to build up a MTB-ish Gravel or Gravel-ish MTB. Please help! A challenge with the MTB frame route is limitation on front chainring size.  Most likely it is 36T or smaller.  Gravel frames will have something similar to 46T. 

An example of one build with MTB frame http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,2837.msg20146.html#msg20146
June 23, 2022, 08:41:06 AM 		1
Re: Want to build up a MTB-ish Gravel or Gravel-ish MTB. Please help!
Quote from: Eljay on June 22, 2022, 09:30:05 PM
I'm new here and was hoping to get some help / guidance w/ a project.

As stated, my goal is to build up a MTB-ish Gravel bike or Gravel-ish HT MTB on a reasonable budget.  I'm thinking:
Reasonably lightweight
Flat bars
Wide 700c (or narrow-ish 29er) wheels,
Aggressive (for gravel) geo - maybe something a bit longer and around 68-69 degree HA resembling a Cutthroat, Fezzarri Shafer, Sonder Camino, etc.
Long (for gravel) dropper

I have some useable gravel components so my 1st choice would be to find a a gravel frame that fits the bill, but I have not found anything like this in the Chinese carbon market as they all seem to be pretty much the same standard geo, but if anybody has seen anything like this please let me know

The other idea is to pick up a HT frame where the geo is in that neighborhood (something like an Epic, Alma, etc.), a suspension corrected rigid fork, preferably non-boost so can use current wheels, or maybe even pick up some new wheels if too big of a pain to convert current non-boost rear wheel to boost.  Based on my research so far, this is probably a more likely scenario, but would love to find a vendor who sells as many of the components as possible under one roof and would maybe even install the headset / BB (if PF) to save me the trouble!

If anybody has any suggestions, leads, or ideas on the best frame / vendor for this project, I would really appreciate the input.  Thanks!
I've got the exact same idea as you! I think I've settled on this Lexon Scale frame which i think is beautiful and can take a 40T chain ring, the geometry is quite dated though. but the large chain ring is super nice! What do you think?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003394218912.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000014.4.4f8d407bLO2MsZ&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.40050.281175.0&scm_id=1007.40050.281175.0&scm-url=1007.40050.281175.0&pvid=f704bbd7-ab8b-4484-9703-0c9b57df6d89&_t=gps-id:pcDetailBottomMoreOtherSeller,scm-url:1007.40050.281175.0,pvid:f704bbd7-ab8b-4484-9703-0c9b57df6d89,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238116%232002&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000025582545314%22%2C%22sceneId%22%3A%2230050%22%7D&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21KRW%21%21436577.0%21412652.0%21%21%21%21%402101d1bb16560527882601313e29af%2112000025582545314%21rec

June 24, 2022, 01:59:00 AM 		1
Re: Want to build up a MTB-ish Gravel or Gravel-ish MTB. Please help! You can get a screw together BB that works in the press-fit shell.  Wheels MFG makes very nice ones.  ZTTO has ones that are ok - mixed experiences with the bearings but they are cheap/easy to swap out.  https://ztto.aliexpress.com/store/group/BB386-PF30/1101423688_513462284.html
June 30, 2022, 01:11:17 PM 		1
Re: Options to slacken out my OG-EVKIN CF-052 29er frame For integrated forks the only angleset out there I'm aware of is 9point8's slack r
June 30, 2022, 02:15:09 PM 		1
Re: Options to slacken out my OG-EVKIN CF-052 29er frame
Quote from: Eljay on June 30, 2022, 12:06:55 PM

I just pulled the trigger on a OG-EVKIN CF-052 which has a 69.8 HA  . . .
Does anybody . . . have any idea if I can use an angleset or spacer puck?  Thanks for your input!

https://9point8.ca/collections/slack-r-kits
July 02, 2022, 07:26:46 PM 		1