What do you think of the "suspension"?

Difficult to say anything conclusive after such a short amount of testing and especially since I don’t have a similar bike to compare to but to me so far it seems to do about the same as the suspension block on my Bromptons. So it takes up chatter from the road and based on gut feeling alone the back feels more supple than the front.
I am considering a suspension fork or a stem for the front…

Nice built! Love the color. You don't have brake caliper aero cover on the fork. Special order? How the overall built went?

There is the aero cover, you should see it on the photos if you look carefully. That was/is actually one of the problems of the build; the wheeltop caliper is too thick to sit properly under the aero cover and the front disc rubs because of that. I decided to grind some material off of the inside of the aero cover to make the caliper fit better but it’s still not perfect.

The front fork also came with three accessory mount rivets not compressed on. That seemed like a problem originally but I happened to have a set of rivet pliers already that fit and I was able to tighten them myself.

Other than that the only issues I had with the build were my own mistakes, e.g. originally ordering the wrong type of bottom bracket and misplacing some front hub end covers from the front wheel.

Nice looking build.

What size of frame did you get and how tall are you/your legs? Was looking at that frame as well but I think even the L might be too small for me.

I’m 174cm and I took the M sized frame based on a bike fit I had done and Lightcarbon’s recommendation.

From my interactions with them it seems they are happy to offer pretty much whatever you want so I’d assume spares should be fine. Haven’t asked that though

I have now all the other parts gathered, still waiting on the frame and wheels.
Just today I got a confirmation that my frame is ready form the paint shop and will be sent out later today. Wheels are somewhere in transit.

Just to update here, I've ordered all the parts (and some others too) and will start a new thread here for the build itself when things arrive.

I‘m no expert but prices seem quite high, I got some of the parts for less. Doing research could safe you some money. Also the wheels seem expensive for the weight. I suppose you should be able to get cheaper and equal quality for sub 600€.

I’m doing a build with similar components and will be targeting 1800€.

Lastly haven’t seen a gravel build sub 8kg yet. I would suppose you would have to buy different components. Around 8 plus should be possible. I’m at 8,35kg (calculated) and my wheels are already 200g lighter

That’s exactly why I was asking for advice. Which components did you choose then?

I am just about to start my first gravel bike build and have the following in my plan. What do you think, are these reasonable and would you change something here?

Frameset:
Ican Graro (EU warehouse)
https://icancycling.com/collections/carbon-frame-eu/products/graro-eu
- Includes seatpost and fork
- 828€
- 1560g

Wheels:
Ican G25 (EU warehouse)
https://icancycling.com/en-nl/collections/gravel-wheels-eu/products/700c-g25-gravel-wheels-eu
- 709€
- 1510g

Groupset:
Wheeltop GeX with carbon levers
https://wheeltop.com/products/wheel-top-eds-gex
- 599€
- 960g

Handlebars:
Ican HBG01 integrated
https://icancycling.com/collections/handlebar/products/hbg01
- 182€
- 450g

Crankset:
RaceWork including BB
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006794337930.html
- 150€
- 625g

Cassette:
ZTTO 10-44t
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006352923823.html
- 88€
- 333g

Tires:
Specialized Pathfinder 42
https://www.all4cycling.com/en/products/copertoncino-specialized-pathfinder-pro-2bliss-ready-700x42-nero-para
- 90€
- 1100g

Pedals:
RaceWork SPD pedals
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005931515865.html
- 25€
- 348g

Saddle:
Ryet 3D
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006678046650.html
- 40€
- 160g

Brake discs:
Cheapo and light (Trace Velo recommendation)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32878710242.html
- 11€
- 140g

Computer mount:
Cheap carbon
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006947196557.html
- 10€
- 20g

All of this should come up to about 2724€ and 7206g.

Missing still is a chain (perhaps 250g and 40€?), bar tape (70g and 10€?) and the tire sealant (100g and 20€?).

Would you choose the same parts and if not, what would you change? Am I missing something obvious? My wish is to have the whole bike under 8kg and under 3000€.

EDIT: I have also reached out to Lightcarbon about their new LCG087-D which looks extremely interesting, but since there's no pricing publicly available I'm not sure if it is a viable alternative.