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Endurance Frame recommendations - Airwolf YFR066 or spend more money I'm looking at getting an endurance frame as a relaxed road upgrade from my gravel bike and have been eyeing the YFR066 by Airwolf. https://airwolfcarbonbike.com/product/yfr066-airwolf-carbon-bike-frame-700c-disc-brake-road-carbon-bicycle-frame-roadbike-frame-carbon-road-disc/

Any reviews on this brand or recommendations for another frame, before I pull the trigger on 11.11 deals?
Frame is about $600, but I am willing to spend $750, if that amount will be enough to get me better quality.

Any help here is appreciated!
Note, I plan on purchasing on the di2 groupset from Merlin or aliexpress and already purchased a yuanan wheelset from Leon, who posts here.
November 10, 2023, 01:48:22 PM 		1
Forum Slowdown - Spam Bots
Just wanted to keep you all updated... I am aware of the site slowdowns happening over the last few days and am working on implementing a fix.

We upgraded the forum software, got the new super fast server... then bam.. hammered by relentless spam bots and the site slows to a crawl. Frustrating.

Hopefully it will be taken care of by end of day tomorrow, just wanted to keep you all in the loop. Really trying to avoid having to  use those annoying "choose which squares contain a motorcycle" things but we may have to go that route.. not sure yet. I'll try everything I can to avoid doing that so if you see those start popping up... I had no choice.

Sorry for the inconvenience,
-SN
July 22, 2025, 07:51:41 AM 		1
Re: How to get into wheelbuilding Back in the early 70s, I built my first wheel.  For my first few builds, lacing went OK, but tensioning, and getting the wheel round didn't go to well.   
Then I purchased a book written by Jobst Brandt on Wheel building.   It gave me my foundation on wheel building: lacing, spoke tension, truing, and getting the wheel round.

For my wheel builds these days, I have the following:

- Numerous and different spoke wrenches for various nipples.
- Park Tool Nd-1 Nipple Driver,  another brand offset nipple driver and a straight blade nipple screw driver.
- A couple of dish checking tools.  (My Park stand has this capability, so I seldom use these anymore.)
- Different types of spoke prep
- Wheelsmith Tensiometer.
- Park truing stand with dial indicators.
-  I use online spoke length calculators.

* the equivalent of all of tools needed to build wheels can be purchased on Aliexpress.
August 07, 2025, 10:02:24 PM 		1
Re: How to get into wheelbuilding I'm a big fan of Roger Musson's wheel building book:
https://www.wheelpro.co.uk/wheelbuilding/book.php


It's a bit less theoretical and more practical than the Jobst Brandt book. He also shows how to build a basic truing stand and dish gauge. I've built a couple wheels following his guide and it worked out well.
August 31, 2025, 11:47:03 PM 		1
Bike Frame Index - My database on Chinese carbon frames Bike Frame Index - My database on Chinese carbon frames

I discovered this forum in July and have spent an intense few months reading threads and bookmarking information while researching my own (road) frame purchase. To make sense of it all, I compiled my notes and bookmarks into a database that might be useful to others, especially people new to buying bike frames from China, perhaps doing their first road frame build: bikeframeindex (dot) com

What it is:
A summary of my research comparing popular Chinese carbon road frames on here, Weight Weenies, YouTube and Reddit. Each entry synthesizes what I found across hundreds of forum posts about geometry, quality, reliability, and value. It's of course quite biased toward my own priorities, and i'll underline that I am quite risk averse, but I've tried to capture trending issues and recurring themes from community discussions.

What's included:
  • Technical specifications and build comparisons (index page)
  • Tire clearance, BB standards, compatibility details (index page)
  • Community feedback synthesis/trends, mainly from Chinertown threads (ratings page) with quality and reliability patterns I noticed
  • EDIT: A two-tier ranking, between frames which seem to have overwhelmingly strong feedback and other frames, some with mixed feedback or too few entries
Limitations:
Some emerging frames like the Lightcarbon LCR018-D aren't included - first deliveries are just hitting the market now, so there isn't enough feedback yet. I've mentioned the new Tideace frame, not more. The selection reflects frames with more history or community discussion at the time I was researching. Some models like the LTK 268-D is “bundled” within the VB thread and has fewer entries but some of the mentions suggest it could be a notch better in terms of build. To call this dataset statistically significant would be wrong, but the level of knowledge and dedication on here and other forums makes the feedback highly credible in my opinion.

What's next:
I plan to add more frames in quarterly batch updates as feedback accumulates. If there's interest, I'd welcome community suggestions for which frames to research and add next. I’ve not considered Gravel frames or TT frames, just because I don’t look for any. I own my dream build gravel bike so road frames was top of mind, but if the site seems to deliver on its purpose- helping others in my shoes, I won’t exclude adding other categories over time.

No commercial interests:
No affiliate links or monetization - this is just my research notes made public. I've added placeholders in the code for Google ads in case I bother with that later, but no plans currently.

Check it out and let me know your thoughts. Constructive feedback welcome. This is an iterative process, meaning that I've published a MVP with the ambition to improve on it continuously.

bikeframeindex (dot) com

Edit/updates:
Actions taken regarding feedback below, which is very helpful in improving the site. Focus was on the "ratings" page where I've scrapped the points leading to the ranking and instead created two tiers which are neutral amongst the frames. Some minor tweaks and typos corrected.
October 12, 2025, 11:32:52 AM 		1