At that price, why not get something like ELVES Vanyar?

Make sure you use some carbon grease when installing the seat post. Also, if it has paint or clear coat over it, sanding it down to increase the grip of surface area may help.

It is still in my radar but haven't order it yet. It actually has holes for rim brakes so you can convert the frame from disc to rim braking anytime you like. The alloy wheels they come with can handle both disc and rim braking. You can custom make a carbon wheel that can do both rim and disc braking, if weight is not an issue for you.

Yeah, I saw the holes and was hoping that it wouldn't be the case, but alas. This kind of solution seems to be way too janky even by my standards, so I guess I will be passing up

Sorry, since these rims are OEM for big brand, we can not list them onto our website. We offer them at this on sale price since our factory has thousands of them available in stock, we can ship the rims in 3-4 days after order placed. We are confident in our rims quality, so we offer 2 years warranty.

We can build the wheels with.carbon spokes or Sapim CX-Ray spokes

Attachment is for the weight reference

Thank you for the information, I think I'll contact you regarding some wheels 

Well I been hearing from multiple sources that frame sizes are becoming over sized. And you can no longer believe the "size" and you actually have to look at the geometry and actually numbers

The "size" number has been subjective for long time - the same person could ride size 54 bike from one brand and size 56 from other brand. Going by geometry is the best way to choose a frame. Tho it seems to be true that because of current trend of road bikes (less stack, more reach), people end up using size larger frames than usual.

Current build list looks like this

Living in Europe sure is expensive 

Still missing some stuff like handlebars (will figure them out eventually after I get proper bike fit), cables, cable housing and pedals.

I don'tt want to make a new thread, so please don't kill me for a double post.

I was browsing Aliexpress as usual and found these wheels:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002368594848.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.2.749b2e5bBy7hZy&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21EUR%21€%20848%2C36%21€%20695%2C66%21%21%21%21%21%402100bb4c16617180101313465ecc09%2112000020357475494%21sh
Roughly 720€ (with VAT included, seller claims that you don't need to pay VAT upon checking out, so it works out to around 570€) for wheels with flat carbon spokes and DT350 hub, which is fair bit less than Elitewheels BWS. Does anyone have any experience with the Explorer brand? They offer few different weave patterns, including the same marble look as Elitewheel Drive, on top of that they have a wide range of hubs, which makes me think that they lace wheels in house rather than just rebrand them.

P.S. I am not affiliated with that company or anything like that.