Author Topic: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?  (Read 54313 times)

CoreX88

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #330 on: February 13, 2025, 12:45:25 PM »
Hey, Can you please tell me the total cost to EU? Any taxes? Thanks!

Shipping to Germany: 150USD. Tax included, door to door service.

Chriasp

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #331 on: February 13, 2025, 12:45:36 PM »
Yeah the Specialized fitting calculator can’t be accurate. I am 183.9 with a 89,5 inseam and it wants me to go size 61. The biggest size they got lol

Sander2177

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #332 on: February 13, 2025, 02:05:25 PM »
Yeah the Specialized fitting calculator can’t be accurate. I am 183.9 with a 89,5 inseam and it wants me to go size 61. The biggest size they got lol

Well I’m 178cm and my SL8 is a 54cm

Markus_HiHo

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #333 on: February 14, 2025, 02:44:23 AM »
in my experience, buying 2 frames, they use only one box (bigger), but the shipping price is adjusted to the volume of the bigger box and the greater weight ... there is still a saving in costs

I got an update from TanTan, they can ship 2 frames in one box. shipping costs change from 150$ to 200$. All in all a saving of 53$ per frame

yanko_mr

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #334 on: February 14, 2025, 04:43:45 AM »
Hello, I am in NL in the Eindhoven area, I may be interested on 1 frame...

Cnasta

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #335 on: February 14, 2025, 05:20:35 AM »
Hello, I am in NL in the Eindhoven area, I may be interested on 1 frame...

Nijmegen here, almost ready to order :) What are you going for (which size and design)?

Sander2177

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #336 on: February 14, 2025, 07:25:13 AM »
Well Tan Tan have confirmed to me that they actually manufacture this frame

brnrth

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #337 on: February 14, 2025, 08:32:33 AM »
Can someone please enlighten me? If I want to paint the frame myself and need the visible carbon as a basis for the paint scheme, what do I order? Is UD matte the right one? Can you see the carbon here? Or do you need "raw carbon"? Unfortunately, I don't understand the differences. Is the "UD matte" selection just a transparent primer over the carbon?

glepore

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #338 on: February 14, 2025, 08:37:19 AM »
Can't speak to tantan particularly, but generally UD matte has a matte clearcoat, raw carbon is just that.

lazvask14

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #339 on: February 14, 2025, 09:00:04 AM »
Hi all, wanted to share I placed an order through Tan-Tan for a size 56 frame in the raw glossy finish. Excited to see how this will look, and I will share my build as it progresses. Building it up with the new SRAM red groupset so hoping for a sub 7kg build. Cheers!

glepore

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #340 on: February 14, 2025, 12:42:59 PM »
Well Tan Tan have confirmed to me that they actually manufacture this frame

Interestingly, Seraph's page now says "made in Tantan" as well...

MTB-Addicted

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #341 on: February 14, 2025, 01:05:44 PM »
Hi all,
How the hell do you adjust the saddle inclination on this seat tube when the saddle does not have the hole ?
I cannot strenghthen the anterior bolt.
This kind of seatpost is the same on TanTan and Taiwaneisen and identical to SL8.
Thanks!

jonathanf2

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #342 on: February 14, 2025, 01:07:16 PM »
I'm curious how these different manufacturers source the same frames if it's not coming from a single factory? Did they get the actual molds, 3D scanned a frame or built a mold from scratch using the CAD files?

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #343 on: February 14, 2025, 01:18:48 PM »
Hi all,
How the hell do you adjust the saddle inclination on this seat tube when the saddle does not have the hole ?
I cannot strenghthen the anterior bolt.
This kind of seatpost is the same on TanTan and Taiwaneisen and identical to SL8.
Thanks!
Your saddle doesnt have a cut out? You could buy/ make a super short allen key. They make stubby allen sockets, but that also might be too big.

MTB-Addicted

Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« Reply #344 on: February 14, 2025, 01:59:37 PM »
Thank you!
Nothe saddle does not have a cut out.
I will check if I can find an allen key super short