Carbonspeed CS-GR01 gravel frame build thread

[neobiker]

I took the bait and merge two brands

Astana Qazaqstan for the win

[neobiker]

Niiiiiiiiice! is the paintjob good? looks great on pics. I dont think many OEMs are able to do such a paintjob on all the components.
Definitely brings an extra 10 points of bling.

I don’t have the expertise to judge if it is really good or excellent. Do you have a few points I could check to provide you a score?

To my naked and easy eyes, the paint is awesome. The only downside [which was expressed by Peter] is that is might be hard to insert the seatpost, so I might remove a bit of paint for a full insertion.

I am honestly really happy about the paint job, it was the main selling point to my wife as well [I bought 2 frames

[SillyMochi]

I took the bait and merge two brands

Astana Qazaqstan for the win

Was that painted directly by xmcarbonspeed? Seatpost, handlebar and all?

[bremerradkurier]

Built up and ready to ride at 8.77kg.  Sunny day in the mid 70s F, high 20s C-time to rock and roll and play the song of the angry AF bees in the freehub.

[bremerradkurier]

I don’t have the expertise to judge if it is really good or excellent. Do you have a few points I could check to provide you a score?

To my naked and easy eyes, the paint is awesome. The only downside [which was expressed by Peter] is that is might be hard to insert the seatpost, so I might remove a bit of paint for a full insertion.

I am honestly really happy about the paint job, it was the main selling point to my wife as well [I bought 2 frames

I had the same problem with seatpost insertion on my frame.  Put the wedge in a vise and used sandpaper around the front edge of the seat post to remove material from the inside of the wedge.

[bremerradkurier]

The Thicc Slicks were so fun. Roll great at 50 PSI front, 55 rear and smooth out everything from cracked asphalt up to expansion joints and make a quality woosh tone that makes you want to give them more watts. 

Leaned over a bit and they plant like rock climbing shoes.  Grabbed a good fistful of brake doing break in cycles and not even close to skidding.

[JonMS]

Wasn't this supposed to be a gravel bike? 
38C slicks - I didn't even know they come that wide!

Pirelli make a 40C road slick

https://www.pirelli.com/tyres/en-ww/bike/tyres/catalogue/p-zero-race-tlr/40-622

[neobiker]

Was that painted directly by xmcarbonspeed? Seatpost, handlebar and all?

Yes!

[bremerradkurier]

8.7kg with pedals and a mid tier groupset looks like a super competitive weight/cost ratio.

New Ridley halo gravel bike at a 9000ish Euro price point with 1 x Red is only in the low 8kg range with pedals-with the same tires I'd probably still be under 9kg.

https://bikerumor.com/ridley-astr-rs-gravel-bike-balances-race-ready-speed-all-rounder-versatility-review/

[Macedingle]

So with the inner rim width at 26mm, my Schwalbe 38c tires  are a hilarious 38.9mm wide and about 36mm tall-can't wait to see how far I'll be able to lean it over in turns.

Have you been able to test ride the bike and wheels yet?

[bremerradkurier]

Have you been able to test ride the bike and wheels yet?

Rides great and appears to offer real aero advantages compared to my non-aero optimized road bike (my OG Evkin CF025, Di2, integrated handlebar with 31mm deep rims, Conti GP 5000s in 28c).

Same 3km no stop Strava segment rode a day apart was two seconds fast on the road bike but took 14w more average power to do so, both based off of Stages ND power meter data

I do have one small, maddening issue to resolve with a howling front wheel/disc rotor.

https://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,5302.0.html

[Macedingle]

How would you rate it against your OG Evkin?

[bremerradkurier]

How would you rate it against your OG Evkin?

Worksmanship is much better and T47 is a big plus over BB86, but to be fair my OG Evkin is six years old now so of course not as clean on the inside.

[neobiker]

I just finished to build he frame, and here is my observations:

1. Paint choice consequences (part my responsibility). This is the most frustrating part of the build: I had to sand the paint the seat post a lot to make it enter into the frame. Moreover, it was also really hard to put the shifters on the handlebar, I had to destroy the paint at the curve of the handlebar. Solution: only paint the upper side of the seatpost, and only paint the stem and the part of the  handlebar from the stem until the shifters clamp area.


2. Handlebar design. I find two issues: it was impossible to pass the cable inside the stem, and there is not enough space underneath the stem for the 4 cables to pass without being squeezed. I could not pass the shifting wire while the handlebar was installed. Hopefully, I manage to make it work. It took me a lot of experimentation to find the solution haha.


3. I am not a fan on the design of the derailleur hanger with the double screw system.

Basically, I spent a lot of time (a few days more than my usual builds) because of the paint, but it looks gorgeous otherwise

[bbqaddict]

Hi guys,

I just finished a build with this frame and am left with quite a gap below the bottom spacer and frame. Peter said someone here may know what's up. Does anyone know what I may have done wrong or if there is a fix for this?