I had great experience with Daniel, answering my questions and followup along the way. Frame was packaged extremely well, heavy gauge cardboard and well wrapped carbon. No issues out of the box whatsoever. I has asked for Gloss over raw carbon and it looks really well. Their paint tech is well skilled. Prior to this I has ordered the Tantan version and the frame came in with crackled paint (not intentional) and it had been foam wrapped to soon so there way foam impression throughout the frame paint as well.
GF07 is what I purchased
Setting up the bike was quick and smooth. I fit GRX groupset on it with no issues. internally routing the cables was easy with the guides. I had to remove the Internal frame storage "doors" to more easily get the brake hose through the bb area. But was able to mount them back on once finished.
BB threaded as it should and was not out of level. some chinese frame makers dont put enough attention here and the BB an sit offset slightly which you wouldnt notice in a short ride but over long hauls can impact a riders biomechanics.
Seatpost slips a bit initially but some carbon prep solved that (I should have uses that to start)
The headset and spacers all worked as they should.
Ride feel, I spent a few rides indoor first tinkering with my fit to get it right (Personal, I forgot to write down my exact measures from my bike I had sold before getting this)
I fit the bike with 2.25 thunder burts that measured 55mm when inflated. I am 75KG rider and had about 20psi in the tires (I can go lower for more comfort likely)
I rode a 20km stretch of fairly chunky railbed and the bike felt more comfortable the faster I rode. This said my legs gave out before anything else. This said riding slow on gravel after my legs fatigued on any bike wouldnt have been super comfortable by any means. I lowered the tire pressure to 16psi at that point and it helped.
Frame felt stiff and no issues when I got out of the saddle to put down higher outputs. I did not weigh it before starting the build so I cannot verify initial weight but complete with GRX and some Aero Raptor gravel wheels I was 8.2kgs
I do not know how to upload images here but this is a thread of facebook that I had shared some build pics on. I did not have the thunder burts yet when these pics were taken
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165025755244105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10165025755404105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10165025755559105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10165025755604105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10165025755289105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165025755449105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165025755694105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165025755784105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
GF07 is what I purchased
Setting up the bike was quick and smooth. I fit GRX groupset on it with no issues. internally routing the cables was easy with the guides. I had to remove the Internal frame storage "doors" to more easily get the brake hose through the bb area. But was able to mount them back on once finished.
BB threaded as it should and was not out of level. some chinese frame makers dont put enough attention here and the BB an sit offset slightly which you wouldnt notice in a short ride but over long hauls can impact a riders biomechanics.
Seatpost slips a bit initially but some carbon prep solved that (I should have uses that to start)
The headset and spacers all worked as they should.
Ride feel, I spent a few rides indoor first tinkering with my fit to get it right (Personal, I forgot to write down my exact measures from my bike I had sold before getting this)
I fit the bike with 2.25 thunder burts that measured 55mm when inflated. I am 75KG rider and had about 20psi in the tires (I can go lower for more comfort likely)
I rode a 20km stretch of fairly chunky railbed and the bike felt more comfortable the faster I rode. This said my legs gave out before anything else. This said riding slow on gravel after my legs fatigued on any bike wouldnt have been super comfortable by any means. I lowered the tire pressure to 16psi at that point and it helped.
Frame felt stiff and no issues when I got out of the saddle to put down higher outputs. I did not weigh it before starting the build so I cannot verify initial weight but complete with GRX and some Aero Raptor gravel wheels I was 8.2kgs
I do not know how to upload images here but this is a thread of facebook that I had shared some build pics on. I did not have the thunder burts yet when these pics were taken
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165025755244105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10165025755404105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10165025755559105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10165025755604105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10165025755289105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165025755449105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165025755694105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165025755784105&set=pcb.1391243469664730
