🔔 Pre-Order Now: Tideacebike NEW Mold 32er XC Carbon Hardtail Frame

[Cloxxki76]

This thread started December 24, 2025 with the promise for shipping by end of March.
In just two weeks, it will be half a year since december and 3 months past end of March.

Has anyone received their frame yet? Please report here or private message. Love to get your PM either way.

I've asked Tideace with questions to understand to which extent they could update their mold(s) to make it an easier product to choose and endorse, but no response on that.
Some clever tweaks could make it the hottest thing on the market, like 22 years ago the Surly Karate Monkey, then the only viable 29" frame set. It was weirdly tall, but it worked and came in 4 sizes.

Meanwhile, Big Rock on Alibaba has a 900 gram T1000 32" frame on sale...size Small only...
Pricy, but it gets a lot cheaper if you order together with a few friends.

The Tantan Saraph frame is $299 (order only via email) but really requires a 120 mm fork and the geometry is more restrictive than Tideace's. Longer chainstays and all about long climbs and long downhills, not as suitable for flatland trails IMO.

I'd love to have a well designed alu frame, quite frankly, if the price is fair.
How'd you guys consider a 100 mm corrected alu frame? I could order batches of 50 per size, but I really don't look forward to the logistics.

[RiP]

The first batch of the frame itselt in L size and black matte color was ready to ship over a month ago, it seems. The delay, at least in my case, was because of the 32er carbon fork that keeps having it's prodution date postponed. I guess other buyers who, like me, went for the 32er frame+fork are on the same boat...

[Cloxxki76]

Cheers!
I would have expected someone to just go for the Intend Samurai or Wren forks.
Perhaps there just were very, very few orders and all included the fork.
Weird to not have any steel/alu prototypes before it, accept people's money before a mold is made, and then run so late with what seems a relatively simple and established product in a fork.

44 mm offset is on the short side for 29", for 32" in my opinion really too short. Else I'd be waiting for the fork as well.
When going rigid, I may just get a 500/51 or 510.51 fork and add a crown race spacer and/or external lower cup to get to ~520-530 mm.


Meanwhile, Big Rock has the Small 32" for sale now on Alibaba. They don't plan to offer an XL, perhaps their market focus is all on Asia.

T1000, 980 grams painted.
15 mm shorter chainstays, 1 degree steeper head tube, shorter head tube.

[RiP]

My frame is apparently on the move, finally!



@Cloxxki76, do you know the rear hub spacing for that Bigrock frame?

[ErvanFinland]

Hi everyone,

First of all, thank you to the community and all the members here.
We really appreciate the open discussions, honest feedback, and shared passion for riding and bike tech.
This kind of community is exactly why we enjoy being involved in forums like Chinertown.

With the holidays here, the Tideacebike team would like to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎄🚵‍♂️.
We hope you’re enjoying some well-deserved time off — and hopefully getting a few rides in as well.

We’d also like to share something new with the group and invite interested members to join our pre-order for a project
we’ve been developing specifically with modern XC and downcountry riding in mind.

🔔 Pre-Order Open: Tideacebike NEW Mold 32er XC Carbon Hardtail

FM-XC832 | XC / Downcountry Hardtail MTB Frame

Hello,
Newbie here. Interested in this frame. Do You have these L size frames in stock?
If I order one now, how long does it take to get it shipped?
No fork, just the frame.

[RiP]

Hello,
Newbie here. Interested in this frame. Do You have these L size frames in stock?
If I order one now, how long does it take to get it shipped?
No fork, just the frame.

According to the lastest info I have, the frame only option in L size, in black matte finish, is ready to ship. The glossy black takes about 1 week to ship, and other color options should take at least 1 week to ship also...

[ErvanFinland]

Ok, ordered the matte black L-size frame yesterday straight from Tideace factory web page.
Now we will see how this goes.

[RiP]

Great! Can you share your plans regarding fork and wheel choice for your build?

[ErvanFinland]

Oh no... let's not go there.

I'm a wrong doer.

I have a Marino steel frame and fork on order and it is going to be an xc bike.
This is going to be a flatbar gravel with pretty short carbon fork.
Allmost all the parts for both bikes are coming from Aliexpress.
Got Koozer hubs at home and carbon rims on the way for the xc, Gravel has Tanke hubs allready, but havent ordered rims yet.
I have Teravail Camrocks for the xc, but havent found skinnier gravel tires yet.

[Cloxxki76]

My frame is apparently on the move, finally!



@Cloxxki76, do you know the rear hub spacing for that Bigrock frame?

148 mm.
Lots of developments on the Big Rock. I think I may have part of an effort by many to convince them to put greater effort in the design.
Just like the TideAce and Tantan, the Big Rock fits a full size longer than what you think you're buying. You're going to end up stretched out or with a much, much shorter stem than on flagship 29" bikes.

I just published an article on Reddit to explain where designers go wrong. Tideace knew about it, but didn't adjust their plans. They did change their BB drop from 58 mm to 82 mm and did raise their seat tube length to at least fit better for the people that the top tube/reach will actually work for.

https://www.reddit.com/r/32inchbikes/comments/1ufqzwa/reddit_exclusive_the_basic_work_that_professional/

[RiP]

Oh no... let's not go there.

I'm a wrong doer.

I have a Marino steel frame and fork on order and it is going to be an xc bike.
This is going to be a flatbar gravel with pretty short carbon fork.
Allmost all the parts for both bikes are coming from Aliexpress.
Got Koozer hubs at home and carbon rims on the way for the xc, Gravel has Tanke hubs allready, but havent ordered rims yet.
I have Teravail Camrocks for the xc, but havent found skinnier gravel tires yet.

Well, let's say we're on a similar path... 

[Cloxxki76]

I'm hearing via-via that the Tideace fork is still not in production. But people have paid for it long ago?

Tideace are trying to offer a 490 mm 29" fork in stead. That's a bad, bad, bad, bad, idea, unless you actually understand what this does to a bike designed for 531 mm. The BB may still be tall enough (because it's made too tall to begin with), but the angles steepen ~2º and at the seat tube angle this poses a problem. Very few people can ride a bike fitting that way, and the L become long fitting even for an XL.

[RiP]

My frame finally arrived, L size in black glossy finish, weighs 1380g on my cheap AliExpress luggage scale (with chainguide, rear TA, UDH and seatpost clamp).


Just put the rear wheel on to get a sense of size, see attached picture... 

[RiP]

I'm hearing via-via that the Tideace fork is still not in production. But people have paid for it long ago?

Tideace are trying to offer a 490 mm 29" fork in stead. That's a bad, bad, bad, bad, idea, unless you actually understand what this does to a bike designed for 531 mm. The BB may still be tall enough (because it's made too tall to begin with), but the angles steepen ~2º and at the seat tube angle this poses a problem. Very few people can ride a bike fitting that way, and the L become long fitting even for an XL.

Right now, I don't know what's the current state on the 32er fork, as I've stopped asking them for updates. My original order from mid April was for a 32er frame and fork, at the time the fork was supposed to be available by the end of that month, but it's availability was continuously postponed. At some point I was offered that fork swap to the 29er version, which I didn't accept and kept believing the new availability dates for the 32er fork they were telling me. Until I stopped believing, cancelled that original order and placed a new one just for the frame in mid June. So, I guess I lost 2 months trusting the fork was going to happen and it never did... 

[RiP]

I've just noticed on the AliExpress listing where I bought my frame that there's already a review from a customer in Poland for a complete bike, using their frame and fork (I guess with the 29er fork swap): https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005011547348520.html