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26er & 27.5 (650b) / Re: Meinier 24” MTB build
« on: March 14, 2025, 05:00:02 AM »
Hello, unfortunately, my experience with this seller hasn’t been great. I also ordered a 24" carbon frame with a carbon fork from him. He offered several painting options, and my daughter liked one of the chameleon paints. I agreed to the surcharge and sent the payment at the beginning of January..

After some time, he told me the painting was finished, but it was completely different from what we had ordered. He admitted the mistake and offered us a new selection of chameleon paints, explaining that he had to change the painting shop. However, the same thing happened again, and in the end, we received a paint job that wasn’t even close to what we originally wanted.

At that point, I decided to accept it and asked him to proceed with the shipment. A week ago, he sent me photos of the finished frame with logos, ready to be shipped. Since then, I haven’t received a tracking number. He occasionally replies, saying he will send everything "tomorrow," but obviously nothing has been dispatched yet. So I still believe I will get the frame sometimes but after more than 3 months it is hard even just to believe...

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New Gravel Frame Ican Graro
« on: December 10, 2024, 12:34:05 PM »
What color code did you order? Is that pearl white?

Yes, it's pearl white YS775-1.

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New Gravel Frame Ican Graro
« on: December 09, 2024, 04:22:39 AM »
Hello, I just finished my build this weekend, I'd like to share some thoughts with you. The frame quality is very good, no sharp edges or other imperfections inside, headset fits well, seatpost, BB all OK. The paint quality is good too (I mean the colour paint itself, not work), I ordered pearl white + clear paint in some areas. This year I raced Addict gravel and I liked the "road" geometry, GRARO has the same geometry. I also considered NOAH but I did not like the weight and the geometry was completely different from what I was used to. Communication with Peggy was good until the moment the frame was delivered, we fine tuned all details. She only did not understand (or did not want to understand) that I wish to have the frame faced so the brake mounts and BB were not machined after painting and she did not accept my complaints about paint quality. I also ordered with road handlebar 110/420 (420 = size at hoods, almost 440 at drops), the gravel handlebar is too much for me. I preferred 110/400 to be more aero :-) but it was not available, on my Addict I had also 420 mm, so it was not a deal braker.

POSITIVES
Weight (1007 g in size 56 painted)
UDH (the frame is supplied with standard UDH hanger, I purchased direct mount UDH on aliexpress for Shimano)
Geometry (for me)
Frame quality
All fits well, no problems during assembly
Delivery term was kept and shipping was fast

NEGATIVES
Thru axle head on front fork looks awful, the fork surface is flat, no cone inside, should be hidden in the fork IMHO
The bolt rivets in areas with clear paint were painted black without masking = terrible black circles around it. Peggy just told me I should start liking it when I complained...
Obligatory 15 mm spacer under the stem to cover the brake hoses increases STACK but I normally removed it, it just does not look so smooth
Not all sizes of stem/handlebar combo available
No facing of brake mounts possible
Not all decals under the paint (the one inside of front fork is gone as I wanted to removed the paint from the brake mount and I covered this area with masking tape to protect the paint and when removing the tape the decal was removed too)
The computer mount is useless, made of weak flexible plastic material, moves all the time up and down, better no mount than this one
No FD hole plug for Di2 cable

TO CONSIDER
If you wish to use larger chainrings (50x34 oval in my case or 52x36 round), then ask for the FD mount higher than standard - I did it thanks to one previous posts here
Do not order clear paint...
Spacer under the stem is 15 mm
Ask for removing the bolt rivets from the fork if you do not need them

If you wish to see more photos or need to measure something, just let me know.



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26er & 27.5 (650b) / Re: BXT 24" build
« on: November 07, 2024, 03:32:22 PM »
I am also considering this frame from BXT but with carbon fork. I do not think that my daughter needs a suspension fork for her style of riding and it adds weight too. But it seems that nobody produces 24er thru axle carbon fork, they have just standard QR version. The only one I have seen is on WOOM off5. Has somebody of you came across any 24er fork for thru axle?

About the length of cranks and fitting in general I found lot of inspiration on hupcc.com. They have completely different approach and prefer 28" wheels even for small frame sizes. So another option for a kid's bike (and an alternative to HUP) could be getting Chinese TARMAC SL8 clone or DOGMA F clone in size 44 (43). HUP suggest 44 size for 138+ cm body height. And the geometry is almost the same. Starting with flat handlebar and 26er wheels (if they fit) would be better for us. Standard open mould frames usually start with size 49 and it is too big.

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I use 50/34 oval chainrings from ROTOR. Do you know if they fit with standard road chain line? I run 12S Ultegra di2 and if I play with the spacers and extend the chainline, then the FD will not work as setting the H/L limits is very limited. Another point is that I need to move FD relatively high (for equivalent of ra 52T chainring), it is not possible in some cases as the FD mount is not high enough.

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