Finally received my frame after around 2 months since order time. I ordered exactly on 27th of march and recieved order comfirmation the same day. I ordered size 55 with Cema ceramic bearing BB, SP03 seatpost, and 420/90mm handlebars. After around a month and a half i recieved an information that frame, fork and seatpost are ready but handlebar production would take another month so i swapped to 420/100mm and recieved the frame 1st of june, total price was around 890$ including all fees and delivery to Poland. The build was pretty straightforward and I only had problems with internal cable routing as left side cable hole had very tight tolerances and required a lot of effort, I alos plan to cut my seatpost shorter as the included one is way too long for this frame.
I used aliexpress for majority of my other parts and below is the total list of them with prices that include shipping and taxes:
-Frame: Lightcarbon LCG074D size 55 (890$)
-Seatpost: SP03 model included with frame
-Handlebars: included with frame in size 420/100
-BB: Cema brand ceramic BB purchased from lightcarbon
-Groupset: Ltwoo egr electronic groupset from 80 designer store (300$)
- Wheels: Elitewheels gravel aero+(500$)
- Disc brake rotors: VXM rotors from aliexpress(12$ each)
- Cassette: Goldix 11 speed 11-42T(25$ leftover from my trainer and used with old bike intending to finish it off before swapping to 12 speed)
- Chain: Shimano ultegra 11 speed chain(20$)
- Seat: RYET carbon seat(31$)
- Bar tape: Supacaz violet-blue color(23$)
- Tires: Specs pathfinders TLR 45mm black sidewall(47$ each)
- Cranks: Shimano grx 610 1x 40T crankset(74$)
- Pedals: Shimano M520 spd pedals(24$)
-Misc itesm: Batteries for shifter, batteries for RD, mr.ducky, chainstay guard(30$)
Total cost: around 2000$
Total weight:8,5kg(pedals and bike computer mount included)
Majority of parts were bought on various discounts and with coupons while waiting for the frame, only managed to get around 150km on this bike atm.
Overall the ride feels great, you can feel the micro suspension work especially on rougher terrains but it makes the front fork feel quite stiff in comparison. I had some problems with seatpost and handlebar screws slightly loosening but it only happened for first 2 rides and stopped afterwards. Still planning to change a few things around the bike but frame size 55 feels very good for 182cm height, I would love to see them ship with shorter seatpost but that is something i can always cut off so no real issues there.
For total weight of each component
Frame: 1250g
seatpost: 250g
handelbars: 450g
fork: 550g
I will also post few more bits of information that might help people:
All rightcarbon tourque values are for dry conditions but they do include locktite on majority of their screws from what i could tell.
45mm tire feels just right and 50mm might be very close to pushing the limits so i would recommend going 48mm max if you plan to ride in muddier conditions.
With 40T 1x chainring i seem to have around 13-14ishmm distance from the frame but im not sure how much realistically the frame flexes with micro suspension and how far it can be pushed
Downtube storage area is extremely narrow so not much will fit in there(i had troubles putting more than spare TPU tube and patchkit in the included bag, my multitool was too wide and my pump too long and made the bag too stiff to insert back)
