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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Lightcarbon: LCR018-D (endurance all-road)
« on: March 11, 2026, 08:24:12 AM »
Quote from: jstrawks on March 10, 2026, 03:01:44 PM
LC puts their reputation on the line by sending Luke a frame. Luke puts his reputation on the line with whatever follows. He risks his livelihood if he doesn't look after his reputation. These statements are only worthless if reputations are worthless.

He just gave this frame, he never built up, a glowing review.


He also gave og evkin a glowing review when he was sent a broken frame and they had to replace it. Then he fixed the frame with 1 layer of UD. Really don’t think it was a risk for lightcarbon to send him a frame. I wonder how bad the frame would have to be to get a negative review from him

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Mondince new 2026 Aero Gravel
« on: December 02, 2025, 10:58:05 AM »
Quote from: Joey on December 01, 2025, 12:48:38 PM
Jumped on the bandwagon, picked up the SPCYCLE G026 on Aliexpress for like $450 tax in. Not a huge fan of the looks of it, but in the market for a gravel frame, virtually identical geometry to Canyon grail, and couldnt resist the price lol.

Im 183cm with a 86mm inseam, picked up a size M based on the Canyon sizing chart.

I got a g026 with grey paint on 11/11. Delivered to usa 11/20. Total cost after all the 11/11 discounts(coup,rak,paypal) was just under 350 for a painted frameset. No seatpost or bars included in that. Frame and paint is very good qc. Just the bottom bracket seems off, somewhat hard to install. I could very easily cross thread the Bb and getting it in straight took some attempts

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-368 Aeroframe
« on: November 06, 2025, 01:12:38 PM »
Quote from: mchaggis on November 05, 2025, 08:34:41 AM
@patliean1 thanks for the video, very informative.  Interesting to see your observations about with the saddle offset - this should work in my favour since I wanted mine further forward anyway.  Hoping I don't get the same issues with facing on the brake mounts, may have to spend some time cleaning them up.

Mine should be ready in a few days... just in time for Winter  :-\

I couldnt quite make sense of the bit of the video about seat offset and top tube. In my mind the only thing affecting seat offset is seat tube angle. Nothing with the front of the should matter.

If he is shifting the seat back because hes not getting enough reach with the seat forward, does he mean the geometry chart misrepresents the reach???

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild AERO GRAV Frame
« on: October 29, 2025, 11:53:22 AM »
Quote from: shy-b on October 29, 2025, 10:45:59 AM
Did you give them a RAL number?

No i just emailed photos of what Id like and they said we can do that. I really wasnt too concerned because its really a common color, especially for gravel bikes. But yeah velobuild managed to fuck it up

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild AERO GRAV Frame
« on: October 29, 2025, 08:47:41 AM »
Quote from: Cape_Kirk on October 29, 2025, 03:45:29 AM
Did you read my post before? I said, that I know what I paid and what I can expect. The use case of the forum is to share experiences. Well I had bad experiences and I shared them. Do what you want to do with this information.

They did much better than anyone should reasonable expect. Props to velobuild for that paint job. Meanwhile I had a much more simple request and I got fucked by velobuild

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild AERO GRAV Frame
« on: October 28, 2025, 11:01:24 AM »
Quote from: Cape_Kirk on October 28, 2025, 10:25:49 AM
...more from my site:

I bought another AERO GRAV frame for my girlfriend with a custom paint job.
VB shipped the frame without sending me a picture beforehand. I chose a paint job from a factor vam and they made a clownish paint job, which you can find in the VB-gallery (blue/purple/orange).
They say it looks the same... After countless mails back and forth they won't admit that the paint job is not slightly how it should be.

I know it is a cheap paint job and you can't expect too much from it. But VB shows again that the customers opinion more or less does not matter.

Please be careful with custom paint jobs and be sure to get a picture of the frame before it is shipped!

That honestly looks ok to me.

I asked for a simple matte beige/ sand color and velobuild gave me the worst paint job Ive ever seen. Looks much more pale yellow/piss color in person. I painted over it already and did an ok job.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Anyone ordered from Yohobike recently?
« on: October 22, 2025, 02:31:20 PM »
Quote from: Serge_K on October 22, 2025, 09:23:51 AM
Not only I don't agree, but that's just absolute gaslighting. Just because you buy garbage from thieves and donkeys doesn't mean we all do. Not every OEM is a POS.

Not sure how you felt gaslit by that? Its as if all of your closest friends you meet from messaging bikestore9811137656 on aliexpress

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild AERO GRAV Frame
« on: October 19, 2025, 02:45:27 PM »
Quote from: pavlo.k on October 19, 2025, 12:49:10 PM
how much torque do you have on the top cap(headset preload) bolt? I had to crank it up quite a bit just to get rid of the play while rocking the bike back and forth but i can still feel some play under heavy braking.
The original compression ring is aluminum, very thick and probably requires a lot of force to compress. I feel like at this point the torque is already beyond of what I would consider acceptable.

The c ring is not a tight fit on the steerer tube. I couldnt get headset preloaded until after I wrapped the steerer with aluminum foil

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: ZTTO XDR cassette
« on: October 15, 2025, 03:46:54 PM »
Quote from: Dark17 on October 15, 2025, 03:24:20 AM
Installed my ztto 10-33 12 speed to my wheelset just now.

Looks good so far. Lighter than the advertised weight (237 advertised and 207 on my kitchen scale).

Silent so far with my KMC 12 speed chain. There’s a bit of problem on shifting from 10-12 cogs but it also exists on my 105 cassette. Will check if it will still exist on my next bike and rule out hanger problem.


So your using a shimano group set and chain ring, kmc chain, and xdr cassette? And that shifts ok and it shifts into the 10t? I might have to try that for my next cassette

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: "One bike to rule them all" - lightweight/aero frameset recommendations
« on: September 25, 2025, 10:35:38 AM »
Just get a TCR if you dont want a bike from a oem

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Elitaone Carbon Seatpost Crack During Install
« on: September 22, 2025, 07:05:02 AM »
Quote from: Bigbobby1482 on September 22, 2025, 03:02:48 AM
The elita one manual that came with your seatpost

Never received a manual with any of my 3 seatposts from them

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« on: September 19, 2025, 08:43:54 PM »
Anyone confirmed the tarmac seatpost from Hylix or HY or whatever fits in the X68? If not, Ill probably order one and check for myself when my frame arrives

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 11 years anniversary promotion 9.24- 12.24 2025
« on: September 18, 2025, 06:13:46 PM »
Just confirmed a DT Swiss 350 freehub will fit into XMCS Hubs

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: XM Carbon Speed Race Frame - The wish list
« on: September 18, 2025, 06:12:33 PM »
I think he just needs two layup options

A cheap T700 tank and a premium T1100 option. Not sure if he could achieve this with one mold to cut down on production costs. Seems they are able to do so with their wheels

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« on: September 17, 2025, 02:15:24 PM »
Quote from: SkylarRnD on September 17, 2025, 01:57:14 PM
This bike sucks down hill. I have no idea why Im getting such a wobbly, uncontrolled feeling. I just threw on a buddies carbon wheelset and went up and down a local hill where I can get up to 40mph. Around 30 it feels like a wiggly noodle while cornering. It starts to shake at 32mph and I have to gently pull the rear brakes. Wheels are balanced well, headset is snug with zero play. Ive tried the knees on the top tube, shifting my weight fore and aft, pedaling constantly,  and keeping my weight off the saddle and only on the outside pedal...nothing helps.

Ive reached out to Vivian to see if she may have an answer bc it feels very unstable and unsafe.

Anyone else figure this issue out?

Do the handlebars turn freely? I once had an issue where headset and frame rubbed, this was enough to throw the stability off. Crazy such a small amount of rubbing resists the self centering of the front wheel

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