Hey everyone, just wanted to drop some thoughts now that I’ve put 1,000km on the frame.

First of all I want to say I'm really enjoying the bike. Coming from an alu gravel bike it feels super fast ! Climbing is much more easier, I feel like I can hold 35kph easy on a flat road whereas before it felt like I always had to push, now with this bike it feels like it's holding the speed much more.

Bike is also very comfortable, did a little weekend trip with it and even after 140k I felt good.

Only downside I found is that the paint is quite thin, the top tube bag rubbed a little on the top tube and there is some scratch marks.

As far as mechanicals, the frame has been super reliable, no seatpost slippage, no disc rub, no weird creaking or anything. Just had an issue with the crankset but not related to the frame.

Would 100% recommand the frame to anyone, as a first time builder, assembling process was easy, and there is no troubleshooting to do even after set up as it just works.

Little update after 6000km, not much to say as the bike is holding up really well.

Just ordered this from lightcycling ! Was debating between this one and the XMCS GRT but in the end, paintjob was really important to me so decided to go this way.

Went with a custom paintjob from their lazer seires but with purple instead of the blue. Really excited to see how it turns out !

Total Price was 960$, 580$ for frame, fork, seatpost, heaset, and internal storage bag, 230$ for paint, 150$ shipping.

Almost have all part already has it's almost a frame swap.

• Levers: ST-R8170
• Rear derailleur: RD-RX827
• Wheelset: Tangoolar AR XPLR
• Crankset: Rpantahi 160mm Carbon Crankset
• Power Meter: Thinkrider PP5 (Took the risk for 70 euros and will see how it reads against my favero RS pedals)
• Cassette: 11-51 Ultralight from goldix
• Chainring: Pass Quest 42T
• Stem: Uno 100mm -7° in silver
• Bar: Uno 380mm gravel bar in silver
• Tires: the big question, still hesitant, for the moment leading choice is 2.2 Dubnitals
• Calipers: ZRace XG in silver

Really interested about the frame and I'm exploring paintjob/decals option as I want this frame to really feel personal. Do you know what is possible to be done from factory ?

Here's a first idea if you are curious. Trying to take inspiration from vintage race car and apply it to a frame

DM me if you want the PSD file to create your own paintschemes

Any update ? facing the same issue

Also how did you manage to remove it ? I'd like to remove the one that is still here to be able to remove the crankset but I cannot remove it. I'm using a shimano casette tool and copious amount of force but it doesn't want to move

Got back to it tonight and realised it's reverse threaded. Managed to take it off !

👀👀

Cannot mount my front light because of the positionning of the gopro mount on a 80mm stem :/

Would anyone be able to design a 3D printable adapter from the proprietary 3 bolt to a simpler 2 bolt one ? I could provide measurement of hole spacing for bolt

First ride done. Was coming from an entry level aluminium gravel frame with the same wheelset and I didn't think there would have been such a big difference.

Road vibrations are almost gone at same tire pressure, the reactivity of the frame is amazing. As soon as I press on the pedal the bike goes whereas on my previous bike there was a slight delay.

Building was quite straightforward. Just had to redo the routing 4 time because my dumbass was routing cable the wrong way. And it took me 4 times to get right 🥲. BB went in no issue, could thread all the way by hand, brake mount seems flat (at least no rubbing).

The only negative I'd find is that there is no rubber thingy shipped with the frame for where the cable enters/exit the frame. So water could get in from the rear di2 cable and also from the front derailler mechanical port.

Bike weight 7.28kg with computer mount, pedals, bottle cages and 32mm GP 5000 AS TR. So with summer tires (Pirelli p zero race tlr rs in 28) bike should be sub 7kg.

PS: please ignore my awful bar taping job. Hardest part of the build 😭