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Re: *picture heavy* TFSA tarmac SL7 copy - sketchy AF
I received such a frame from a friend of mine. One of the aluminium BB inserts de-bonded from the frame and since he wasn't too happy about the stiffness of the frame either, he decided not to use it anymore. I could do whatever I wanted with it (I build and repair carbon parts on an amateur level). So I cut it in half.

I will post some pictures later, but a few comments first:
The frame was incredibly light, 728g for a size 54 to be exact (no typo). Since I highly doubt that HM fibers are used in such a frame, I suspect that they simply reduced the amount of stiffness layers to achieve such a low weight. Or some precut pieces fell to the floor and the person laminating the frame decided not to use them anymore ;) That's also in line with the owner's feedback who said the bike felt pretty noodly.

The good: The frame is surprisingly well built, the inside in general looks very clean. No wrinkles and almost no voids.

The bad: The rear dropout for the derailleur hanger I find horrible, it is so thin. This was mentioned in this thread already. The connection where front and rear triangle is glued together is done poorly too. You'll see why on the pics. The integration of the seatpost shape in the seattube isn't a showpiece either (an OEM SL7 seatpost doesn't fit, BTW). The BB area is pretty thin compared to other frames that I cut and honestly, I'm not surprised that one insert decided to part ways.

Would I recommend buying such a frame from a manufacturing/engineering perspective? Absolutely not. I'm not squeamish when it comes to carbon parts but IMHO I'd stay clear from such a frame.

728 gram size 54? How that is that a real S-works weighs.

Mine, same size was 823 gram completely raw.

My build is taking forever to complete but it is with a painter long far away at the moment for some really nice colors. Hopefully done sometime soon! Gonna put it on my trainer to test it out

December 05, 2022, 02:53:51 PM
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Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 10 years anniversary special promotion Promotion would still last one week through Dec 24. In future, we will list new products onto our website and shopping mall site: www.xmcarbonspeed.cc

Even after promotion closed, please feel free to contact if you had any question or requirement.

Since Chinese lunar new year is coming soon, we have arranged these T1100 rims for stock through the new year holiday (about 20 days): D45CU-28, D50CU-28, D40CU-33, D50CU-33, D65CU-33 rims.

December 18, 2024, 04:16:38 AM
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Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 10 years anniversary special promotion
Guys, did you order those wide wheels for the road bike?
Is 34.18 too much for a road bike.
I'm thinking about this wide option but I'm worried about the frame (winspace t1550 2gen). Will it fit the frame. I haven't frame yet so I can not measure it.

I wouldn't be concerned. I think winspace took notes from the western brands, and they understates their tire clearance. I am confident my SLC 3 could clear the D50-36, since I have D65-33 installed and have plenty of clearance.

I would be concerned with some of budget chiner brands, since their sales person likely copied the entire spec sheet from somewhere else, and did no confirmation

December 19, 2024, 02:46:53 PM
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Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 10 years anniversary special promotion New 20/20H hubs released. And the T1100 wheelsets some guys ordered before promotion closed would be shipped out in 7-10 days.
January 04, 2025, 10:41:08 AM
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Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 10 years anniversary special promotion A quick teaser. More details later...
Thank you Peter!!

January 10, 2025, 08:32:57 PM
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Re: XM Carbon Speed Race Frame - The wish list This should be final version and we do steepen the STA.
December 03, 2025, 05:45:29 PM
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Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 11 years anniversary promotion 9.24- 12.24 2025 Now we are developing new Ultralight 20/20H hubs for carbon spokes, around 230g/pair, they should be released end of Jan or early Feb. At the same time, we are making titanium freehub for 20/20H ultralight hubs with same rachets design as Tactic hubs as well, so there will be plenty options on our hubs soon.

And we are going to do D78CU-33 same 26mm internal hooked rims 78mm depth , this rim would be released end of Jan or early Feb too.
So we would have 26mm internal hooked rim at 35/40/50/58/65/78mm depths options.

December 17, 2025, 07:24:12 AM
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Re: Quick Pro ER:One
The carbon is 25 mm thick. According to SRAM you need 5-7 mm for the brakes (so 30-32 mm in total). I use 32 mm for the Red Caliper.

Thanks man — I’ve confirmed it’s 35 mm for Shimano.
It’s been hard work trying to find  that out!

I picked up the groupset from the post office yesterday from Anarncee store on Aliexpress
I’ve got some chaser parts as well: rotor lockrings (including a cassette lockring) and the Ultra rotors.

Have a Bikone T47-68 bottom Bracket

I also have the Sixwheel UDH direct mount, shifter clamps and screws, thru-axles, front caliper mount, pivot bolt and caliper screws, bleeding bolt, and hose bolts. Not relevant to this build, but I also grabbed a computer mount for my SL8. Sixweel 11-34T Cassette 148g.

I’ve got an S-Parts kit on order for the DA brakes.

I sold two sets of wheels during the week and have now ordered a 65/65 mm wheelset with 25 mm internal width from Zen, built with THR Industries RX hubs (21/24). With mount them with RideNow TPU tubes and 28mm Maxxis High Road SL Tyres already have these.

DFS Carbon, Carbon Crank 165mm with 24mm Titanium Axles that’s 286gram.
Not sure on PM yet and chainrings yet. Also have not ordered a saddle contemplating RYET ultimate    same as one on my X68 or there 3D copy of the Bjorn Sekta saddle same as on my SL8
Pedal Xpedo Thrust 8 Ti

February 01, 2026, 03:43:27 PM
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Re: XMCS: 2026 Aero and Allround road frames We apply exactly the same prices as XMCS: xmcs price + shipping + 5% paypal fee * exchange rate USD to EUR. We can also sell from stock in NL, but we’re still working on the pricing for that given the extra shipping leg etc.

We will build up the new aero model once it’s available so people can test ride it, incl of course XMCS wheels, XMCS handlebar (little surprise coming here too maybe 😉), XMCS chaingring and cranks etc.

Our website: www.xmcs.nl
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xmcsnl?igsh=eTdhaWlwZThldTM4&utm_source=qr

On the official XMCS website you will see my name as official partner. So you can even google me to see if I exist ;-).

February 05, 2026, 04:09:30 AM
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