Yes, it is indeed freshly waxed. The chain was making an enormous amount of noise though when it was cleaned to just metal.

yep that's it, then. no big deal, just bike your bike and it'll stop after 30min or so once all the excess wax breaks off and the chain starts to move freely.

Can't comment on their 2x stuff but the 1x options are great. High quality and no chain drops (obviously).

slick

My Yishun R086-D review is live

YouTube Title: Yishun R086D Review - Budget Perfection

disappointed by the lack of any obscene jokes in this one

I am in a similar situation as you but I did not get a response back from my inquiry to yishun.  Did you just use their inquiry form online?

kitty is always responsive to me. try her.

kitty (dot) jiang (at) yishunbike (dot) com

Received aero socks today. Obviously can't try because it's below freezing and unlikely to notice a difference, but wouldn't this stitch line sticking out pretty much negate the aero gains all on its own?

They feel excellent otherwise

Mine have the seam on the rear..

I'm glad you went ahead with this frame. This thread was getting very tiring.

Wishes for the build, looking forward to final result.

No one is forcing you to read it. If you find it tiring, just move along.

Maybe I was wrong, I actually found a photo of Elves aerodynamics research and development department.

Yishun/Light Carbon - Best value under $1000. I would take a $700-$800 Yishun over an $1100 Elves everyday of the week. The downside is Yishun doesn't exactly offer paint options, and their frames lean more towards all-around than aero. The performance however cannot be overstated.

Lightcarbon will gladly do a custom paintjob for ya, though! I think they might even commission an artist for you to do something entirely custom, if you really want.

Yishun .. well .. I got my forks in gloss black lol.