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Thanks, this is good input! Im totally clueless when it come to road/gravle bikes, so I maximized size thinking i could always replace the stem etc later on. Since I have to learn this new type of bike i guess that making too eratic changes in start wont make huge impact (except avoiding soar hands and back for too long reach). I will follow your example here :)
I would definitely get an additional 0mm offset seatpost if I were you, it's only 35$. Even with separate bar and stem you still route the brake hoses through the stem internally so swapping up the stem is a pain in the butt. You will have to detach the brakes, remove handlebar tape, then reconnect everything and hope you don't have to bleed the system again. Also those spacers might not work with a regular aftermarket stem so you might have to source another stem from VB if necessary. Swapping the seatpost on the other hand takes 5 minutes if you need to shorten your position

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Hi, first time poster on the forum here. I have been reading here for a while and got tempted to make a gravel bike. Parts and frame are ordered, so a good day to sign up here and get involved. I’m a 193cm tall and around 100 kilo, I have been riding mountain bikes for a few years but need something a bit more speedy. This build will be used for commutes on tarmac and gravel.
This is my first build, so I might have done some dumb choices or forgotten something important, but hopefully my

Aero Grav XL, +2 cm setback, 12cm stem (none integrated), 440mm  bar.
Senicx PR3 Gravel Bike Crankset 40T chainring 175mm Crank 10/11S Speed 24MM
Senicx T47-85.5-24R-Ceramic botom bracket
Wheeltop EDS GEX groupset
YBN 12 speed chain
Elitewheels Gravel wheels
Shimano RT86 160mm am 180mm rotors
ZTTO HG 12s 11-50 ULT SR cassette
Maxis Rambler 45C tires

Internal frame housing damper
Bartape
Carbon paste
Extra spacers for stem.
Cables and cable hosing
Grease
Tubeless valves and sealant
Pedals
Saddle

I would like to have mudguards but unsure what to get. If anyone have a advice or se anything wrong missing in the build, then please let me know

I'm same height as you are and I've recently ordered an XL as well. It looks like you are going to end up with a pretty long position. For a reference, I'm currently riding a lightcarbon gravel frame that is 2cm shorter than this one and I'm running 110mm cockpit and 15mm offset seatpost. For this build i've opted for a 100x420 cockpit and i've ordered both 0 and a 20mm offset seatposts just in case.

I'm not giving you a fit advice of course, just be sure to double check the geo since the frame is really long.

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I've been using my er9 for 5 months now and it's alright. I really hate the shifter buttons. They are mushy and a little hard to press. I also have egr and it's a night and day difference when it comes to buttons. Are there any hacks to make the buttons more "clicky"? Its summer here luckily but when Im wearing gloves I can't really tell if i pressed the button or not.

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: LCG071-PRO
« on: June 04, 2025, 12:35:49 AM »
Previous gen frame also had 53mm clearance stated. I currently run 50mm tires with a room to spare.

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Sensah/Sentyeh just dropped the 1x13 speed mechanical groupset. I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned in any of the Shanghai Bike Show videos!

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808934029304.html



Nice to see new stuff coming out but this this is just way to heavy for a performance build and too expensive for a budget one.  565g for the cassette and it only goes to 45T. 

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I've been experimenting with a wax blend for a bit. Tried a super low oil content wax with some hard lubricants mixed in. Overall it's ok but the main problem I have is that the wax is just too brittle and it's flaking off the chain. I tried mixing in some microcrystalline wax (around 10% of total wax volume) and it improved it somewhat but still not that great.
Looking for tips.
Thanks

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Light carbon new release for anyone interested

I wonder how microsuspension works with those chunky chainstays. I remember back in the day when microsuspension was a thing on XC bikes like orbea oiz and cannondale scalpel they used paper-thin chainstays and it actually did work. On this frame it just looks like a gimmick and a potential failure point.

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Thanks, well done!

to remove the BB, i'd get a very long lever, and 4 hands. One person in charge of making sure the tool stays engaged with the teeth of the BB maybe wearing thick gloves to avoid pinching (or use a woodworking clamp with rubber contact points, maybe), and a long (long) tube as additional handle over the tool itself. That way you can smoothly apply enormous leverage / force, and it should work.
Same method to remove pedals that have almost fused into crank arms. The elegant answer is not to hammer on the tool, but to use a mega long lever arm.

I've seen t47 tools with a clamping rod which should solve the problem. Haven't use one myself but will definitely get one once I have a t47 frame. It's a shame everyone is moving to t47, I'm personally not a fan of glued alu inserts since the bb shell debonded on my Canyon Spectral a few years back. It's also much easier to install and remove bb86 bb with a simple 20$ tool from ali and you don't have to worry about the corrosion or stripping the threads. And of course it's lighter

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How did you manage to get this frame? I contacted Ican about it but they refused to sell it b2c

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I would also like to hear the opinion the taller guys who own this frame. The geo look ok on 58 apart from the headtube that's crazy short. I don't think theres a stack number on the geo chart but when compating fork length and a headtube to my current lightcarbon frame it looks like I will end up with a 4cm shorter stack in addition to this frame being quite a bit longer

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I have their gravel frame with a chameleon paint and after two years it holds up great even though i rode it through some chuncky stuff.
The complaint I have though is that part of the fork on the crown was not clearcoated and it appears matte which is annoying. makes me think that there's not much in terms of paint QC during the manufacturing

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I don't own these particular frames, but I do have a Lightcarbon gravel and a VB-268. Contrary to what some might believe, the VB frame is of noticeably higher quality in every aspect. However, I wouldn't recommend building it with a mechanical groupset, especially if you're using an integrated cockpit. It's possible, but it can be a major hassle. You'll likely end up with less precise shifting and other issues like tight or unbalanced steering.

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Somewhat interesting update on paraffin wax for bikes:
I've been waxing my bike chains for years. Many, by now.
Last year, i started using the fanciest paraffin wax i could source, from a professional seller. Very low oil content, i think pretty much lab grade, whatever that really means. I have now ridden thousands of km with the stuff.
I get virtually no wax residue in the cassette, chainrings, pulleys.
In the past, with wax pellets i bought on amazon / supermarkets that were marketed as multi purpose paraffin wax (i assume mostly bought to make candles), i had instances where i had to remove wax residue between cogs, because it was causing mis-shifts. And the pulleys needed degunking regularly (mostly big flakes rather than outright gunk). It wasnt bad, i assumed it was normal, because it's wax after all.
But i've realized that this is entirely gone.
Now, does that mean my chain / drivetrain last longer? No idea. I have to test chain wear (i'm only on chain #2 on my LT268), but it's not like i'm on chain #6, and as a chain lasts for thousands of km, i really dont keep track over time of how long chains last in any scientific way.

But i thought i'd share here that paraffin waxes DO differ. Without additives, whether that makes a difference to lifespan, idk. But my drivetrain is always clean AF, it's really just black dust / incredibly thin black flakes that come off my drivetrain. It's so, so nice not to deal with oily and gunky drivetrains. My rotors are now way nastier than my drivetrain, funny enough. Because if i rub my rotor with my calf, i get a black mark. W the chain, virtually nothing.

what kind of paraffin did you buy? Or any specific keywords I need to use to looks for the "lab-grade" paraffin? When I initially switched to wax, I tried using paraffin and candles with and without ptfe but it never felt right. the chain was quite noisy and the wax didn't bind to the chain very well so it was just grinding of the chain very quickly. I switched to silca since then and it worked fantastic but I'm tempted to give pure paraffin another go simply because I don't really like that silca is black and it's making my drivetrain look dirty.

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that's a nice looking frame. Luckily for my wallet there's no size for a taller rider

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