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To each his own, but I'm more interested in what Wheeltop + Rotor can come up, that has the potential to be really good and give the 2 patent spammers some problems down the line.

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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.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: the new Van Rysel RCR-F
« on: March 31, 2025, 01:23:01 PM »
If the question is in aero only then there are plenty of ridiculously shaped frames from China which are usually stupidly stiff, thus unridable beyond very good roads.
What would be your prime examples for that?

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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?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: the new Van Rysel RCR-F
« on: March 29, 2025, 09:29:06 AM »
From what I've seen in the Tour magazine online review (without wind tunnel test) it's really stiff, with a harsh rear end and very little flex on the seatpost.

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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?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: TAN TAN X67
« on: March 24, 2025, 03:24:19 PM »
Terrible looking frame!
'fuck the set stay junction is too complicated and expensive  to replicate lets stick a hunk of metal on there that kind of looks the same'  ;D
I mean, it is a lot easier to make like this, if they'd add something like this made out of carbon (but a separate piece) you wouldn't have any potential issues regarding EPS molding on the drop seatstays with that more complex construction. If they refine it a bit and add a carbon piece instead of a metal or plastic one it's IMO a reasonable idea.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Gusto 2023 DURO EVO
« on: March 20, 2025, 11:55:23 AM »
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.

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The predecessor model was produced by workswell.  I would assume that they are still working together as the frame looks very similar.
However this model is not in the workswell catalogue.
And also workswell stopped selling single frames to us private people.
Thanks for the answer. I see, kinda sad that they won't sell single frames to private people.

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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.

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Frankly it looks good to me and I see the seatstays as more of a style pick.
With Tour magazine style testing with a lower body only dummy they might have a negative aero impact, but IRL with you pedaling constantly and the dirty airflow around your legs the impact should be minimal. It's a bit similar with aero seatposts, IRL less important than people think (they still have an impact) and the added comfort of a round seatpost is something that most people should value higher.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Pardus bikes
« on: February 25, 2025, 01:03:44 PM »
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.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Pardus bikes
« on: February 24, 2025, 03:34:17 PM »
I agree.  The frameset looks like a very good deal.  The frame also looks familiar but can’t figure out where I saw it.  Headset area is what looks so familiar to me.

Looks very tempting to get.
Storck Aerfast? Edit: looking at it longer it reminds me more of a slightly updated Orbea Orca Aero, with a more hourglass shaped head tube that looks slimmer in the mid section.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Pardus bikes
« on: February 24, 2025, 11:14:45 AM »
They make the Storck aero frames (who have a deeper fork), so the quality of their aero bikes should be good. Do they also make the Storck Aernario? The geometry seems to be different than the one that their (similar looking) climbing bikes have.
As always, a team riding a Chinese bike is always good news (Incolor now also have an Italo-Romanian CT team riding their frames) and they seem to have some of the best Chinese aerobikes, alongside Bross.

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Lmaooooo, this is just a Titici Alfa, literally the exact same bike
I think this one was actually presented earlier, IMO Titici is using the same frame.
The Sava climbing frames also seem solid, the revamped version of the Dreammaker (2.0, if you will) that Joe from Panda Podium showed in his YT video of the last Shanghai bikeshow is still not on the market.

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