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Re: XM Carbon Speed - "Gran Tourismo" Frameset
So I finally managed to put together the bike and have a first test ride... Impressions: Geometry is way different than any other road bike I've been riding so far - quite upright, feels extremely comfy, but I can still fold into a aero position nicely... Fits me like a glove I'd say... I know I run quite a pile of spacers at the moment - unfortunately need them due to injury but from my ride yesterday I'm confident that I will be taking out about 10 mm by the end of the year... The bike feels quite snappy but the upright position gives an impression on beeing high up - will take some time to feel as comfortable going around corners at speed... I guess I'll have to learn cornoring in the drops  Surprisingly positive: No toe overlap whatsoever - actually quite some room (even though my shoe size 48 is quite big for my body size at 183cm)... Only downside: I'm having a bit of a hard time to get the saddle into the right position - not sure if it's also slipping a bit due to the clamp mechanism... will try again and maybe go for a big pile of carbon gripper... (But actually I believe I didn't torque to spec - the build was going over several weeks) Long story short: Very lovely ride... Here's the Parts list of the final bike (and afterwards the thoughts of why I've gone down this route): Frameset: XM Carbon Speed - size 56 Groupset & Brakes: Shimano GRX Di2 1x11 (Brake calipers might be swapped for 4-pot-brakes later) Handlebar: Pro Vibe Aero - 420 mm Stem and Headset: Ritchey Comp Switch (also tried the WCS Switch - could get a neater routing with the Comp Switch) Chainring: Alugear 40 T Golf Dimple Aero Chainring (might be switched to a bigger ring for the future or switched back and forth according to the planned ride) Chain: YBN 11s SL Cassette: ZTTO SLR Gen2 11-46 Still unknown: How on earth will I mount my garmin on this stem/bars combination...? and how can I mount the front light - it keeps on slipping backward on this bars... So there was a quick discussion and several people suggested that this should be 2x as it is a road bike... I still decided to go 1x as i believe this also fits for Aero reasoning (and that thing looks quite aero). My main thought behind it is, that both my daughters are running the same groupset and if anyone of them might encounter a problem and we need quick remedy for their next races my bike could act as a donor... As for cadence: I'm not really sensitive to finding the "perfect" cadence since I just have too much other issues on bikes at the moment, noticed that I switched two gears more often than just one gear at a time yesterday... August 19, 2025, 01:06:25 AM |
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Re: XM Carbon Speed - "Gran Tourismo" Frameset
 This is a photo of Dewa6975’s frame that I downloaded and adapted the logo on to make it look thicker and in a mirror silver finish to try and help some users visualise what could be done quite easily to make the frame look a lot better (to my eye anyway). September 16, 2025, 01:58:47 PM |
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Re: XM Carbon Speed - "Gran Tourismo" Frameset
Got my frame in the mail this week, built it up and took it out for the first ride. I built it up with SRAM red XPLR and XMCS bars. The build process was the smoothest I've had for a Chinese frame so far. Others I've built up are: Speeder SC-55RD, Onirii One, Velobuild AreoGrav, and a Yoeleo rim brake frame a while back. In general the parts included were just slightly higher quality than most. The headset bearings come in their CEMA box, the expander plug seems nicer than others I've gotten and the thru axles are on the lighter end compared to others (I think they weigh the same as the Onirii and 10g less than Speeder, not that 10g matters but to me indicates they are paying attention to details). The only issue with the frame I had was super minor. The drive side of the bottom bracket was very difficult to get the threads engaged. It would have been really easy to cross thread if I just forced it. Once the first few threads engaged it went in smooth. The other side went in butter smooth, so not sure what the problem was. Fork has the brake cable come out on the left hand side, which is good for routing the non-UK way but might be annoying if you want your front brake on the right (I assume there isn't an alternate fork). Brake mounts seemed faced and aligning the capipers was slightly harder than the Speeder but easier than everything else, including my old Canyon Aeroad. Handle bars so far seem great. Super stiff. Geometry seems good and they now have those little bumps on the tops for grip and a nice XMCS logo in front. I've only ridden it for 30 miles so far so can't give a complete opinion on the ride feel, but will say general impressions. Compared to the Speeder and Aeroad it is way less harsh and much smoother. It also feels a bit smoother than the Velobuild AeroGrav. Compared to the Onirii it's similarly comfortable but feels much stiffer. The Onirii is a bit of a noodle and this bike is not. In terms of handling, for me it's the best I've had. It's not twitchy or super racy but it I would and will race a crit on it and I won't be wanting for more. For me it handles like the like the Canyon but less twitch and more stable. The speeder for me just doesn't handle well because I have to add a ton of spacers + positive angle stem so it's feels unstable. In terms of stiffness/repesponsiveness I haven't really done any sprinting to test but it feels rock solid. On the flat/downhill it feels a bit more sluggish than the Aeroad and Speeder, probably the longer chainstays. Uphill it feels really good out of the saddle. Just seems to go when you put the power down. That's probably due to it being lighter but just as stiff in the rear compared to my old Canyon. To summarize: to me it feels like the Aeroad but more comfortable, lighter, more stable, and a tad less twitchy. Once I put some more miles I can give more in depth opinions. This is just based on one ride so subject to change, but I really like the bike so far September 28, 2025, 10:38:16 AM |
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Re: Lightcarbon: New LCR017-D (or Yishun R1058-D)
Here is the Bike Check Video of my Build! 6,7kgs and it is a JOY to ride: fast, nervous, responsive, I love it https://youtu.be/NwwvDuLvlME?si=d86P0DEezh-iomeT October 06, 2025, 02:20:51 AM |
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