So got some time riding this frame on both road and gravel. I don't feel slammed and not fully relaxed. This could be because my shifters give a longer reach even though I added spacers. This frame has a longer top tube so might be great for some. I feel kinda in the middle of gravel and road bike. It's not bulky and far from an aero bike.
Chainring spacing is important. Shimano chainrings fit with no spacers. Shimano crankarms with my 46x30 chainrings needs 1 spacer. Need 2 spacers with my goldix crankset. I shouldn't need spacers if I go 1x on Aliexpress gxp crankarms.
Didn't have huge issues during assembly. Running front derailleur cable through its ferrule was impossible with the ferrel screwed into the frame. Handlebars were pretty easy to run hoses. I didn't need to fish line to get 4 hoses through the openings. I used hydraulics instead of compressionless which was so much nicer to run cables but tons longer to get the feel I wanted from bleeding.
The frame does fit 38mm tires I'm sure 40mm is possible but would be extremely close to the chainstays.
Not happy the frame only came with saddle clamps for 7x7 rails. I had to buy 7x9 clamps from another company. I hope they fit because some 7x9 clamps for this seatpost are stupidly priced.
Paint- was going for blue purple black snakeskin. I tried to get a pealing look but it failed to look good in some spots. I used plastidip as always. The plastidip alway rolls back on me on the top tube because my knees rub the frame. This isn't the pealing look I'm not happy about. I like how the gravel dust looks on the frame.
Shifters - Shimano 685
Calipers - shimano 805
Front derailleur- sensah
Rear derailleur- ultergra rx
Crank - Shimano 105 5800
Chainrings- bikinggreen 46x30
Cassette- sram 11-26 and an aliexpress 11-34
Saddle - amazon
Wheels - Speedsafe 30mm 25mm inner hookless
Tires - panaracer slick 38mm
Weight 7.925kg
