In this context, I find the ekar 9-42 cassette very well suited for 1-by 13 speed road drivetrains!

This, I think they have actually figured it out when it comes to 1x road drivetrains. When they launch WRL Ekar later that year that will probably gain some traction.

For Pardus and Bross, the probably cheapest way to get them is via UAE from https://www.uaecycle.com/collections/roadbike
Otherwise Avenger/Hongfu should also be mentioned. The Avenger Shuttle and the Shuttle SL are sold als complete bikes. The weights on the website should be taken with a grain of salt, according to what they have told me the Ultegra version of the Shuttler is 6.82 kg and the SL 6.7kg. https://avengerbikes.com/collections/carbon-road-bike

There are also some other brands and shops trying to sell you full bikes via aliexpress or alibaba, but with some of them I'd take things with a grain of salt.

I ride a size medium (500), 105mm stem, 380mm bars. The frame geo fits me very well, but I also had a bike fit prior to purchase to get everything dialed. 174cm, 82cm inseam.

Nice. I'm 183cm tall with an 88cm inseam, so i fear that size L might be a bit too low/too much of a seatpost to handlebar drop for me.

I have about 4k km on mine and it is an all round great bike. I don't know what I would want more out of a roadbike.
I did the built myself and let me tell you, the build quality is top notch, nothing to complain about. E.g.cable routing through the fork was a breeze and the BB shell I right on the money. I did not want to faff around with shitty tolerances, so the slightly higher price did not bother me at all, mind you, I got it on the black friday deal.

Looks good, what size do you ride?

Bumping this one because I'm temped to pull the trigger on a fully built SLC 3.
Has anyone here ridden it? Does it feel faster on the flat then say a TCR or Emonda?

Sorry to bump an old thread, but they look good.
They seem to have a decent presence in Italy too, around here I see 1-2 kids from a Youth team from Laives (right next to Bolzano) riding on them.

Hello!
Does anyone know who makes the frames for Benotti bikes, specifically the Fuoco Aero SL?

The geometry can be found on geometrygeeks: https://geometrygeeks.bike/bike/benotti-fuoco-aero-sl-2024/
It is know tat Schmolke get their frames from the Korean manufacture Wiawis (they come from Archery and also make lots of carbon bows) while Storck seem to be Pardus bikes/OEMs with a deeper fork (I assume their climbing frames are also from the same company, the opposite would make little sense).

The Benotti would be a nice bike and the prices aren't even that high (in the Cube range for fully built ones), it would just be interesting to know who actually makes them, as those small German companies (Benotti have absorbed AX-Lightness) who where there during the peak lightweight rim brake era with their superlight carbon components don't seem to actually design their own frames nowadays.

I did message Pardus today to see what they say.

Was also messaging a shop in HK re the ER:ONE which quite fancy and is lighter and a lot more $

Cyclegears? Yeah, they have lots of cool stuff, here in Europe ciclisti.cc has almost the same array as them and there is that one French guy who's a Seka distributor who also sells Winspace, Elves, Avenger and Ican frames.