First inquired with Waltly at the end of January. Dealt with Sumi. She was very responsive and friendly. Submitted my plans and made down payment in early February. Drawings were approved a few days later. Just received my frame, along with a carbon fork and titanium seatpost and stem last weekend and put it together. Some pics of the build process:
Frame and parts
Build pics
Finished product:
Total price came out to about US$1300, including frame, frame logos, fork, FSA headset, titanium stem, titanium seatpost, and Chinese domestic shipping. Build went relatively smoothly, though installing the internal cabling was a pain and I had to bodge the front derailleur cable run a bit because I didn't notice on my original drawing that the front derailleur cable hole in the frame was only suitable for Di2 cabling and certainly not for compressionless cable housing. Weight including pedals came to about 9.3kg.
Parts used for the build all came from Taobao，including:
- PRO Vibe Aero handlebar
- Giant Fleet SL saddle
- Giant bar tape
- Ultegra R8000 shifters and derailleurs
- 105 11-32 cassette, 105 chain
- Stone 50-34 chainrings
- Sigeyi AXO power meter (110 BCD) and crank
- Shimano SPD-M520 pedals
- Onirii cable-actuated hydraulic disk brakes
- Jagwire cables, housings, and 160mm centre lock disk rotors
- Timibike handbuild 50mm carbon wheels with DT Swiss DT350 hubs
Super satisfied with the result. The frame and sandblasted logos looks great. Bike is a perfect fit for me (obviously!) and feels great to ride - super quick, too, as I went for a 25km ride this morning and averaged 34km/h! Can't wait to put more distance on it.
