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Re: Chinese cycling clothes
Darevie bibs with cyclamen coloured pad is my favourite bibs among others. Great fit, long to the knee, padding up to 150 km is comfortable. Definately I will buy again. After riding in a few years in spexcel jerseys where the zippers started to fail i orderd a bunch of ykywwbike summer jerseys as i wanted coloured through fabrics. I didn't get to many rides in them before the outdoor season were over. Sizing were equal to spexcel, fabric is thin summer quality, sewing looks OK and and they use what looks like sturdier zipper. Considering the price i'm pleased, time will tell how they hold up  /Hakan February 07, 2022, 02:00:47 PM |
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Re: Spcycle New Mold G068 Carbon Gravel Frame
With spcycles handlebar.
July 24, 2024, 02:32:25 AM |
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Re: Spcycle New Mold G068 Carbon Gravel Frame
You’ll have to tell us about the ride quality, and how you liked it. I am 179/83 and got the frame in size S. Personally, I find their sizing recommendations somewhat on the large side. I am pretty happy with my size, very sporty ride, while still being stable in the front (I only tried the 55mm trail setting). I live in Switzerland and have ridden 600km so far, about 60% gravel/CX-light and 40% road. The 45mm tires in combination with the 25mm inner width Elite Gravel wheels are great - very capable off-road. Frame clearance is about 8mm on the side with true to size 45mm tires. With the Conti RS tires its about 2kmh slower than my Venge - while being 20mm higher and 20mm shorter in front. On the downhill with 70kmh its rock solid (with balanced wheels). The handlebar from SPcycles was only okay, as the rivets for the Garmin mount were glued in crooked - so i had to file them flat. The screw sits still not flush.... Otherwise, no complaints for the price of 120USD. Middle of the road with respect to flex. Bought it in 80/450 to match the progressive frame geo. In conclusion: I can only recommend the frame, paint is great (except around the bottle cages and overspray on the brake mounts) and rides very well so far. Looked very clean on the inside. I am now thinking about selling the Venge.  Its a pretty good do-it-all bike when paired with wide, fast rolling tires. I hope that helps. July 30, 2024, 03:22:11 AM |
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Re: Spcycle New Mold G068 Carbon Gravel Frame
@frnchy How do you like riding quality of the frame? Is the power transfer ok? In other word is it stiff enough to build a fast bike? I'd say it's definitely stiff enough for whatever fast build you'd want to do. No BB or other frame deflection that I could feel or see evidence of when I did some sprints on my first few rides to test it out. My handlebars are pretty flexible though so muscling around the front end gets a little squishy, but that's build dependent, if you put on a super stiff handlebar I think the front end would keep up. Stiffness aside, the frame rides fine, there's nothing remarkable about it either positively or negatively in that regard. Ride quality is so much more dependent on contact points, wheels, and above all tires, and it's definitely more comfy with the 50 mm tire 650b setup than with my 30 mm 700c wheels. If you want more detailed and better-written analysis, seek out reviews of the newest Canyon Grail, the geometry is the same and that has a lot more impact on ride feel and handling than frame stiffness. October 22, 2024, 05:58:34 PM |
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Re: Spcycle New Mold G068 Carbon Gravel Frame
For anyone interested in tyre clearance, I mounted my new XMCarbonspeed 28mm int / 36 ext wheels into the frame with Tufo Thundero HD 48mm tyres. Don't have actual width measurements as I don't have a caliper. There's about 6mm of clearance all around in the fork and about 4mm at the chainstays. You could go slightly wider on the fork if you wanted (probably 50mm max) but I'd say it's just about on the limit at the rear for general gravel use (that is, only go wider in super dry conditions). EDIT: update - measured width on the tyres is 48.5mm. October 24, 2024, 04:34:31 PM |
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Re: Spcycle New Mold G068 Carbon Gravel Frame
Guys, have you seen a new iteration of G068 frame? Namely G069. It seems to have different fork: I covered this earlier in the thread. New fork was being tested, and is now ready. But if you still want clearance, go with the flip chip one. November 14, 2024, 01:51:52 AM |
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