Had my first long ride with Peter's wheels and they are amazing! Loved the hub sound. Can't recommend enough! The whole process was really easy and they arrived in the given estimated time.

I've been considering a triathlon bike for my first 70.3 which will be in the next year and this frame seemed like a good value.
I came up with 2 potential builds (one slightly cheaper using PASS QUEST chainring and ENLEE rotors instead of their SRAM's counterparts), but since I've never built a bike from scratch I'm not sure if I selected incompatible parts or something which simply won't work. Could you help me reviewing it, please?

One concern that I have is that this 1X setup might be hard for me on the climbs (although the course has only 450m of altitude difference over the 90km), since my FTP is a bit low still 150W. However, I have almost a full year of training ahead to improve, so maybe the 50T chainring won't be an issue.

I have placed some parts which I already have available from my road bike, such as the wheels, tires and saddle (will look for a triathlon focused one soon), so I'm considering using those in the beginning and replace them with best suited parts for triathlon in the following months. I'm thiking about getting 65/80 wheels from Peter (Carbon Speed), an ISM saddle (no idea about the model yet) and conti 5000s. If you have any suggestion, please, let me know!

Here's the link for the Google Sheet with the mentioned builds: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fES4X-LiPKhs_fiS6qy5EmR8PGFpCd6POgR4Y5Vlm0Y/edit?usp=sharing

Does anyone know if XMC is already offering an integrated handlebar? Last time I heard about it it was on their plans

I'm new to the forum and to the whole chinese cycling world, please take this into consideration.

I was going through the messages on this thread and similar ones and noticed that the safety aspect of buying those "heavily inspired" bikes (or straight up clones) isn't discussed much. Are those Seraph/TanTan clones really safe to ride?

And maybe a bit off-topic, but are there good value for money chinese brands that don't bother about copying frames (do their own or open molds), but are solid and can be trusted regarding quality and safety? I know about the ones such as Tavelo, Seka, Yoeleo, Winspace and etc, but those seem to be a bit "pricey" already