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Chinese Carbon Road Bikes => Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components => Topic started by: owen1388 on January 03, 2026, 07:19:29 PM
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Hey all. I haven’t seen to much about the Evolve Cima. Thought I’d put this out there for interested parties.
Finally got the first ride on my new Cima today. Size ML.
I did a mid grade build with some stuff I had and some new parts. Rival E1 shifters and older D2 RD and FD.
Frame - 777g with hanger
Wheels -1319g with valves and tape -Elite wheels Drive 2 50d.
Bars -335 - Krueza 120mm x 40mm wide
Post - 156g 380mm x 10mm offset
Cassette - 309g force 10-36
Crankset w/ power meter - 705g Force 165mm with XCADEY PM and D2 force chainrings 48/35
Rotors - 146g x2 i dont remeber. Sram I think?
Tires - 279g x2 Vittoria Corsa Tubetype 30mm
15.5lbs with pedals, cages, garmin mount.
Frame was immaculately packaged. The users manual is excellent. All the spare parts were well packed and organized. Definitely feels high quality. The frame is beautiful. Perfect paint. Well threaded and faced BB and brake mounts. Etc. build up was simple enough. Internal routing was simple besides me crossing the brake hoses and setting them up Euro style by accident at first. The angles of the exit points on the bars are annoying but not insurmountable with a good pick and some finesse.
First ride. The bike feels like a rocket. Stiff but responsive. Climbs very well. Unfortunately it was 28 degrees today in NY so I couldn’t give it the juice on the descents. I am a bit nervous about its descending. The handling is very different than my 54cm SuperSix Evo 3. You can see how steep the head angle is. The front tire is almost touching the downtube. Front center is very short. I’m hoping it can stay composed at high speed descents.
Overall very happy with the bike so far. Pics attached.