Looks very simply and streightforward. I like it ^^
What cassette are u using? the XTR 11-40? 9kg for a chinese full sus is quite impressive

Yeah sorry, wasn't intentional. My Austrian blood simply pushed me to that action.

Well, i mean i can really understand going with a suspension fork for compliance and gears for comfort, but simply(if you can afford it) get a rigid fork(80€ tapered, thru axle and carbon) and get a singlespeed cog to simply try it out. I plan a weightweenie XC rigid build and contemplate whether i should just punch singlespeed and save quite some weight or go with XTR mech/shifter and a e13 9-46 cassette. Currently use thre singlespeed rigid without any problem on easy trails

Willst du ne Federgabel haben? Bzw. wie viel soll für dies Schaltung investiert werden?
Mein Rigid-Singlepseed mit den alten 2.1kg Laufrädern auf 8,8kg mit Pedale.

If the frame arrives, make some shots.
I'm curious how the disc hongfu looks like.
Also a pic of the complete build of course ^^

For the money of a compressor booster you can almost get a cheap compressor. i got one for 80€ since i like to spraypaint much stuff and i knew that i had to switch to tubeless at least on the MTB.
I was really surprised that you chose the Maxxis tires for a road TL setup. I generally don't like Maxxis tires for some reason and have always liked Continental and Schwalbe.
I guess you will order the Schwalbe Pro One? If you want to have a ridicilously fast tire consider the Vittoria Corsa Speed TLR. Worlds fastest procudction tire. There is also the Hutchinson Galatik(or sth like that) but i hear ride quality is stiff and it's too expensive for it's performance

Seems really strange, huh? Well i said braking is poor, but i'm used to excellent alloy rims or pretty powerfull Shimano deore disc brakes on my mtb so a lot is "pretty bad" in my opinion.
i don't think that the weight has such a impact since, as i said, the stiffness really makes up for it.
I mainly love them since im more of a aero-geek, so weight and cornering ability isn't all that importnat. Braking needs to be sufficient and not more. For mountians i use disc brakes or alloy rims
and it all sounds quite a bit exaggerated

I had Ican 86mm wheeels for a month to test. Braking with the provided pads was...sufficient but not confidence inspiring. Quite stable in crosswinds, awsome sound/look and very stiff. Though on the heavy side with about 1850g they accelerate nicely. One thing was strange that the sideflex was in the corners so bad i actually rubbed the brake pads a few times. Mind you that im not a fast descender.
But weight, braking and sideflex aside i absolutely loved them. Especially with a aero frame

I'm happy if i can help ^^

Please make a small review when the wheels arrive. I'm so curious about how a affordable wheelset that weighs around 1500g performs. Not that i want to not recommend getting tires locally, but literally paid twice the price compared to my preferred online shop. So even when only ordering a 10€ tire for my commuter and 6€ shipping, i would still pay less compared to the shop price of 20€.
Don't know where you live but if it's near Germany, bikecomponents.de is a really awsome shop with very good prices and exceptional customer service

Me too, but on my MTB i use a 110mm -17° stem since i love a aggressive climbing position. A 55cm frame size should work just fine. i got a 54cm frame and I'm 182cm tall. A longer stem and ur good to go

please do so!

No prolem
Calvin

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/Kinlin-XR270-road-bike-wheelset-700C-road-bike-aluminum-alloy-wheelset-super-light-similar-Performance-with/32808777790.html?spm=a2g0s.8937460.0.0.54a82e0ea30vHH
Kinlin makes some very lightweight wheels. these ones are pretty much on Mavic ksyrium level with the pricetag that is less than from the asksiums
Frame choice is alright though i heard of someone that they are pretty flexy but quite comfy. And well...they are quite popluar on aliexpress
Handlebars are okay. A friend of mine had a crash where he slapped them really hard with all the weight in a turn onto tarmac and they cracked but he could ride home. They didn't scatter into a thousand pieces though
Love the new R8000 groupset. Good choice!
forget the tires. Cheap ones are still even on aliexpress crap. Michelin dynamic sport? hell no. consider at least a schwalbe durano or perhaps a Schwalbe one or continental gp 4000
the innner tubes are plenty cheap at decathlon. paid 2.5€ for the pairs. bought 10 tubes and probably will order more since they work just fine and are so cheap
Perhaps consider a -17° stem? or is it too racy? i think it might add a bit of agility

Smile Team ST-F119
Clearance for up to 40c tires. It is labeled as gravel-frame, so geometry should be really comfy. Though on the pics, it looks relatively sporty. Far from racy, but still sporty enough IMO.
Disc brake only, thru-axle or QR, tapered steering tube(you could theoretically use a MTB fork if ya wanted to ), BB386(FSA afaik), Toray 1000 CF, 1000g in size small, you can opt for 650b weels with 2.1in tires, 70 headangle(as slack as my XC)

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/New-Modle-Carbon-Gravel-Bike-Gravel-Frame-with-700-40c-Tires-Cyclocross-Disc-Frame-with-Brake/32825306170.html?spm=a2g0s.8937460.0.0.JVFMUI

Go with the superlogic one. Though i use several rockbros products and every single one has a good finish and didn't break apart, I never tried their handlebars. they are absolutely fine most probably. The superlogic one simply is better known and 2 mates of mine use them. no cracks, decent stiffness, quite light and so on.
I personally would go with 3k finish since its slightly stronger than UD carbon. its only the finish, so diffrence should be really small, since the main part is UD anyways. if you don't like "look it got carbon"-look, go with a UD finish.
I personally use RXL SL aero carbon handlebars. quite short reach, matte ud finish, very rough internaly routing, but the outer finish is superb(for the price). You can pretty much not go wrong with all the bars that appear when you sort products by order on aliexpress. but shy away from asiacom. seem to crumble under stress. i got a integrated one for my XC rig and it holds up just fine, but doesn't feel as solid
Hope, this helps

Does anyone know any lightweight expanders/compression sleeves for carbon steerers? Currently i got a FSA one that works just fine, but i was hoping it to be a bit lighter. Maybe sth out of titanium on aliexpress? Can't find anything particularly lightweight

I got my carbon handlebars for my fully and my XC from either Rxl SL(look really nice IMO), elita one(also got my seatpost from them)and toseek(again interesting design)
Every bar ran me about 15€ or sth. Definitely below the 20€ mark

You could also have a look at IXF cranks. Mine also came with a BB for BSA and were right about 29.17€, though no chainring included.
Feels quite bombproof, but also quite heavy. No fancy hollowtech prbly a full cast aluminium crankarm. Also, you have to torque the bolts quite a lot in order to secure them properly. At 10 nm, I slipped the left crankarm off while on the commute. No accident and no stripped thread but now i torque them down to a bout 12-13NM

I'm all about that pedal efficiency ^^ I always feel uncomfortable on relaxed postions and start to get back pain. Slammed and -17°
I'm sorry, wrong name, it's actually Motsuv. Motsuv is kind of a "brand" on aliexpress that sells aluminium alloy(7075 series afaik) chainrings for cheap. 30-38t for about 7€ or sth. They also got oval options and for diffrent BCDs