Looks great. Interested in hearing how it rides after a couple of weeks. The weight, especially the frame weight, is holding me back currently.

Quote from: jn46 on October 26, 2026, 08:04:37 AMJust ordered a medium from Jack. I feel the same about in frame storage, so will probably zip lock bag a mars bar and spare change and forget about it. It's become a tick list feature across the board. At least with the 376 there isn't the weight of a bottle to wear down the cover and cause rattling over time, which I think is likely going to be a problem even on high end western brands. It was my deciding factor to get this over a Grow or GRT. I think Scott have got it right with the new addict gravel, despite potential water ingress.

Same feeling for frame storage. This frame made it to the top of the short list just because the bottles are not attached directly to the storage lid. But I really dislike the higher placed bottle holder. Would just love this frame without the frame storage! Probably will be waiting for some other frames to come out, hoping the trend for in-frame storage cools down a bit.

The lightcarbon is a bit too short in reach, would need a 120/130 stem.

The velobuild aero gravel frame has no downtube storage, but i would like wider tire clearance.

Are there any gravel bikes with the latest geometry and tire clearance WITHOUT frame storage available? To me it looks like every bike now has it and to be honest it also feels like I constantly read something about rattling, breaking or falling off.

I personally do not have a problem with carrying my spares either on me, in a saddle bag or frame bag. Also, I see lots of advantages for not having frame storage: weight and frame stiffness, nothing extra with a chance of rattling or breaking, no water ingress,... Especially mid to long term I would be afraid of not being able to source spares.

Are there frames without storage still available? I really don't want to have the Crux 5 as only option.

Quote from: ElRey on October 14, 2026, 02:57:19 PM
My frame arrived today. Mid build so will share pics and ride thoughts idc. For, now, in case of interest:

- paint job on the whole really good. Very impressed with detail. A bit of imperfection around the storage compartment but not a massive deal.
- weight of XL frame with (2 colours) is 1370g with UDH attached but nothing else
- weight of fork 473g
- weight of 38mm riser bars 374g

So far the build is going ok- BB threads clean; bearing seats looks good, but some way to go.

Only issue is Peter sent me the wrong bars - sent the riser bars when i ordered the flat ones. Correct stem length and width at least, but a bit annoying as that's 25mm extra rise i didn't want and I was already going to be slamming the stem. Thankfully I had a low stack headset top cap from Aprotobike,com that i hadn't used so have managed to offset some of the rise by using that instead of the topcap supplied. See photos - now that's what you call a slammed stem...

Really looking forward seeing the full build of the XL as other builds are mostly of smaller frames. And highly interested in the final weight, 1370g for the frame alone isn't on the lighter side...

Looks great, interested to see real kife photos of frame and tire clearance. Also couldnt figure out from the pics so far if there is a fender mount bolt hole behind the BB (all other dlfender mounts seem to be there). Looking forward hearing some feedback of the people who ordere it already.

Any news on this?

It's a shame those sizes (xl and xxl) aren't available! Anything similar on the market?