Tideace NEW Gravel Frame: GR201

[MongooseMan]

I ordered it from TanTan. I've already got the tracking number. Handled everything with Vivian over WhatsApp.

Ordered 7 april

Weird, I dealt with Vivian via email. Will mail her now.

[neodym1337]

Just 13 working days after placing the order and the frame is already painted!

Looking good!

I have an order for a size 56 frame with TanTan (Jessi via email) from 31st March, no update so far.

[Eddy-haideli]

Thanks for all the members supporting.

We will have the updated GV202 mold carbon suspension gravel bike frame available sooner.

The private mold we will keep selling only for Tideacebike.

And we will make a groupbuy and choose one lucky guy for free of the new mold in the group on May.

We will show more information on next month.

Many thanks.

Eddy
Tideacebike

[rasch]

Looks good! Is the geometry chart available already?

cheers

[Eddy-haideli]

Yes.

[rasch]

Finally some decent gravel geometry!
Thanks for that.

I'm curious to see how big is the market niche for this frame! I think it's the first time I'm seeing such. So far only had 1 person questioning about gravel microsuspension. But happy to see there is some risk from ur end on trying sth new.

[MongooseMan]

Ok, mine is now ready and shipped

[gloscherrybomb]

I wouldn't call it microsuspension, looks significant! I think this would be an all out adventure bike rather than a racer.

[rasch]

I wouldn't call it microsuspension, looks significant! I think this would be an all out adventure bike rather than a racer.

I didn't mean this was microsuspension I just said that I only had a client once mentioning such feature on a gravel frame. Never had even anyone asking for a proper suspension like this. People tend to go to MTB when they need such shock absorption. Hence my curiousness/applause to explore a potential new market share.

[Asco]

That looks like a cool bike, but also one that has essentially zero overlap with the current model. Might be worth starting a new thread.

A full sus gravel bike with only 50mm clearance is a bit odd. It also doesn't look like you can push the clearance much further - the shock is already very close to the tire (assuming that line represents a 50mm tire).

[Chamomile]

Gosh, just buy a short-travel XC bike/frame and put dropbars.
Once you're into real fullsus (with air shocks and forks), maintenance's not different. So why not go for a real bike specifically designed for the kind of terrain where you already need a mature suspension and big tires?

[AJR75]

I ordered it from TanTan. I've already got the tracking number. Handled everything with Vivian over WhatsApp.

Ordered 7 april

Ha - I ordered 7th April as well with TanTan. Hopefully hear something this week. I'm documenting the build for the old YT if anyone interested. I'm a complete noob to this kinda thing so its not a How To vid - more of a heres what I did  - youtube.com/watch?v=3i6iXBJcv3U

[gloscherrybomb]

That looks like a cool bike, but also one that has essentially zero overlap with the current model. Might be worth starting a new thread.

A full sus gravel bike with only 50mm clearance is a bit odd. It also doesn't look like you can push the clearance much further - the shock is already very close to the tire (assuming that line represents a 50mm tire).

Sounds odd initially but if you have suspension do you need wider tyres? Probably not. It's a new angle for sure... but I wonder if, like in MTB XC, the long term future of gravel is full sus.

[gloscherrybomb]

Gosh, just buy a short-travel XC bike/frame and put dropbars.
Once you're into real fullsus (with air shocks and forks), maintenance's not different. So why not go for a real bike specifically designed for the kind of terrain where you already need a mature suspension and big tires?

The obvious answer is geometry. I have a Cannondale F-Si hardtail which is a crazy light frame... I was half tempted to turn it in to a dropbar gravel bike but the geometry just doesn't work.

[patliean1]

Consistently warm weather is back here in Chicago. I did an update video on my GR201

UPDATE - TanTan GR201 Gravel Bike / 9VELO GV45 Gravel Wheels