They are definitely out there in Australia, I was looking at a weightweenie sse from 2013(?)~ with full 11s sram red that was $1600.
I personally wouldn't trust a lightweight climber frame from the budget chiner brands, you'll notice on most frames they have a lot more carbon than needed which is most likely due to them not trusting their manufacturing process which is fine when you're going for an aero bike but when it comes to climbing it is counterintuitive.

Again I keep a close eye on the market and not much comes through... I'm in Melbourne by the way.

I have no specific weight target; I'm not looking to go crazy light, it's just that I currently own a SSE from 2017 with disc brakes - I went back to Europe, rode the SSE Hi-Mod rim brake and it was a totally different beast. I know the frame is slightly different and my bike in Europe had more carbon components but man, coming back to my SSE in Melbourne, it feels and handles like a tank. Heavier (probs 9kg), less stiff etc. Will look into VeloBuild I think!

Hi team,

I've been digging around in this forum, a lot of interesting info! I thought I'd just come out and ask about the following.

Keen to buy a carbon frame to build a lightweight bike for climbing. Here are my specs... I'm looking for a pretty traditional style frame, similar to a 2014-2018 Cannondale SuperSix EVO. Rim brake only! QR front & back. I don't really care about wide tyre clearance, I'm happy to run 23/25mm tyres. As for the bottom bracket, no specific requirements apart from the fact that I want something easy to service (BB86?). No integrated nothing, I want to be able to easily source parts and I also want a bike that's easy to build and easy to work on.

The CS-066 from CarbonSpeed looks like it could fit the bill but I was curious to hear about other recommendations from the community.

http://www.xmcarbonspeed.com/Productinfo.asp?f=1272

Keen to hear if anyone has different ideas or feedback!