I had an airwolf frame in large. I'd need to check the number but that was 786g new. Mine cracked relatively quickly but it was a lively bike to ride. In the end my build was 7.6kg rigid. Lots of others had good experiences with that frame but I never have good luck. Any carbon frame and Ti frame i've owned has cracked somewhere and none of which were chiner (except the airwolf).

I don't come on here often but I think i'll give that SPCYCLE frame a go. I have lots of parts on my cannondale flash which could go over to that frame and i plan to build some 1kg wheels with those carbon/ti spokes to see if they're any good.

You could consider Tito or Titan still. Both are not badly priced and I have found both customer service responses to be prompt. Titan is about £950-1000 for a custom Ti frame. I am going to go down that route soon.

Unfortunately, i am still waiting to hear back from Airwolf. They have been fairly responsive on Aliexpress and they basically asked me to send my email to another addressee. But i have note heard back from them yet.

I have taken the bike apart since the RHS chainstay snapped randomly right where the internal cable guide for the reach mech cable runs.
No my wheels have been damaged and probably the derailleur. Haven't bothered inspecting stuff yet!

@nicklej Your pic sent me running into the basement to look for frame cracks after recently abusing the Airwolf. Thankfully no issues here. Fingers crossed for you. My aftersales experience has been good (although only for broken cable port covers).

I'm now 2 months in and my only real issue has been with the Magura Brakes. They have been a pig to get right BUT now I have bled them really well, worked with tight clearance around rotor and got some high quality (KoolStop) pads on they are incredibly good.

Haha glad yours is okay. I only noticed the crack initially because i thought it was weird that this line kept appearing after i wiped it down. I thought maybe my nuts were sweating down onto that sectiona nd then i had a reality check that my nuts don't sweat that much!! 

What issue did you have with your brakes? I am running MT8s on my bike and they're great - I have SwissStop pads and will get some more soon. I just had issues with the fork (not from Airwolf) which is that i get a lot of resonance through the fork so may have to add a small lead weight to change the resonance
 frequency. Overall, i am loving the bike. I will keep riding it as it is and monitor it. I ride every day for 40 miles minimum so easy to "feel" when something isn't right!

So I am 3 weeks into riding this frame and have done just over 1000 miles all told. The most “extreme” riding I’ve done is in the New Forest UK, not very extreme…!

Anyhow, have developed a hairline crack between the upper exposed seat tube section where it curves onto the downtube. My seatpost has plenty of length in the frame so I’m disappointed in this frame right now. It’s a shame because it looks lovely and rides great too.

Have contacted Airwolf this evening so will see what there customer service is like

I am using a Trifox one and have done 1000 miles on it in the last 3 weeks since owning it. It’s good and looks decent too. I did have a problem with the disk brake faces though. They were not parallel with each other and neither were parallel to the rotor so took a while to sort out.

I also have this frame and first impressions are good. Just finished it last night but still waiting on some final bits before the bike is “complete” (saddle, pedals and new seatpost clamp).

I agree about the imperfections in the frame. The upper and lower bearing areas on the head tube looked a little more ropey than expected. However, fitting their own bearings and setting the preload, it all worked without a hitch or any notchiness. The frame was wrapped so well and arrived in 6 days to the UK but I just went for the black option with the intention of perhaps painting it in the future. 

I am British and ride the South Downs way often as I live near the start in Winchester. This rig is designed to be a very light hardtail. I use the bike to commute hence the G-Ones and rigid fork but will Chuck on a RockShox Sid when I’m on the downs and some Mezcals. For my typical rides around the new forest too, this current setup works great where the terrain isn’t demanding.

Bike as it stands is 7.63kg and was a blast to ride home last night! My only mistake was that the E13 XCX cranks use a larger offset on the chainring whereas I have a standard 3mm offset boost chainring. I didn’t check that in advance.  This means the chain line isn’t quite right so there is a bit of noise to the drive train however, it is still rideable and shifts well but I will sort that out to prevent chain from wearing too much. I am using a rigid fork from trifox. It looks lovely and is very stiff. If anyone else out there goes for it, keep in mind the post mounts will need facing as my calliper was not parallel to the rotor so took a little longer to sort out.

All in all, I am very happy with this bike. I’m am 180cm tall and the large frame is just a smidge too big for me personally. I can make it fit but I have always found myself on the cusp of medium and large frames. I’ll ride with this for some time but may eventually swap components onto their medium frame instead.

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