I also predict a growing interest in chinese frames directly imported by end users. Especially (danger rant following) once Chinese businesses  realize that proper websites with prices information and not thousands of emails sent forth and back are the way to sell stuff.

I think there will be a transformation going on. Today big company import complete bikes manufactured in china. All those bikes are the same but cheap - a wonder of mass production. In the future we will have custom bikes on the cheap ready for the end user to order.

Hi this is Thomas reporting live from Germany on how my MTB build is evolving.

Currently at the planning stage i settled upon an IP-036 frame for my upcoming bike build. I´m aiming for a light bike but wont count grams, especially since most of the super high end items are fairly expensive here in Germany. So probably XT will have to cut it.

Colors you ask? Well there is is a vision (colorwise) attached here.
(Sorry carbondude for using your image, if thats a problem ill remove it asap)

Stuff to figure out
What wheels do i want?
- 2014 N-SS IP-HR930C
- 2014 high-end DSS IP-HR930C
Both sound fine. Hookeless is supposed to be a bit more rugged. For Everything else all the items from iplay sound alike to me. Any advice?

Missing something ?
Iam going to order frame, wheelset, seatpost and handlebar from china. Any extra nitty gritty i should get with my order? Like essential replacement parts hard to get here in Germany?

Whats next?
German customs are a bit bureaucratic.. have to talk to an army friend of mine and see if i can get the order through to an army PO. Don´t mean to do tax evasion but  bureaucratic evasion.