Terrible service, I really regret buying from them. I hope that my frame arrives in OK condition, I was expecting a decent product and good service in case it wasn't. Sadly, it seems that winspace has gone cheap.

Hopefully there's no issues for you but keep us posted!

One week ago today, I told Winspace that if they did not ship the replacement frame by March 28th, I would file a dispute with my credit card company but would cancel the dispute if/when I receive the replacement frame in acceptable condition. I wanted to do this because, as I told them, "My bank allows 60 days from the charge date to file a dispute, and this window is closing soon."

They did not respond directly to this email but emailed me back 4 days later to confirm that they received my frame back and that "upon the inspection, the BB area you complaint, is within our standard." On April 1 they emailed me to tell me the replacement had shipped. Then they started emailing me at 6am (my time, 9pm their time) on April 3 to tell me that they could not proceed with the shipment unless I cancel the dispute. I did not cancel the dispute as they have sent me no proof they shipped the frame and I have not received anything. 

Maybe this is a bad habit but almost every time Winspace emails me, I copy/paste it into ChatGPT and ask if they're acting sus. ChatGPT pretty much always says, yes. In this case it also said, in bold letters, "Do not cancel the dispute until you confirm the shipment is real." along with a few other helpful things including, "That sounds like a classic pressure tactic to get you to drop the dispute. If you cancel it, you may lose any leverage you have to get your money back if they continue to delay or don’t ship at all."

It also all seems ridiculous, considering I gave them advanced notice this was going to happen, and they never directly responded.

800-1000 is still relatively cheap, the elite velo tt disc is 700, 950 for the wheelset with an 80mm front. HED is 1300 for the low end disc, vision is 1800-5000 depending on the model for just the disc, reserve is 3500 for the whole wheelset.

Regardless, I'm trying to be on as much of a budget as I can without feeling like the bike will explode under me .

HM, i am riding the below wheel for over a year now..

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/DX28-28mm-wide-rear-tubeless-8_62458106416.html?spm=a2756.trade-list-buyer.0.0.771076e9fao3ty

It gives no info on the Freehub and then it just says 25mm wide. Is that internal or external?

The goal would be to run 30/32mm tubeless in the end. It's quite unfortunate

the problem is that the C ring should not rotate when steering but stay firm in the position and the cable should follow the movement.

The incision shown in the fork steerer confirm that your ring moves and dig the carbon, I assume it's not pressed enought during assembly

As an electronics guy, I'd love to see somebody try to dig in and do that.

Would it be doable? I'm not an 'electronics guy' per se but I do like a good tinker. hence building the wheels myself.

My assumption is I can just wire in a second button cable to the the existing wire connections?? and hopefully the electronics part of the shifter is small enough to rehouse in a 3D printed bar end shifter with the new cables going to the levers on the base bar. Well that's the theory..