During the internal inspection, Sorry - forgot to take photos, so just the text:


To make it clearer - these are very very minor flaws, the mechanic said that most well-known brands have much more major issues

- Definitely not a single shape mold because the back triangle is glued on, but that's completely normal
- The main thing that the mechanic noticed is that the carbon sleeve under the bearings is not the same width everywhere - in the front part it is 1/2 smaller than in the back, but this is only noticeable visually, after assembly I did not notice anything
- In the upper tube there are two glued patches at a distance of ~5 cm from the headset - it is difficult to say why they are needed, perhaps just for better stiffness - so it might be even good


- The frame is clean inside and looks good.

- I can confirm that the frame feels good in my hands, it is stiffer than my Yoeleo R6, maybe like the Supersix Evo Hmod, or maybe better.

 In general, I am very satisfied with the frame. If there is anything new, I will update the post.

Lightcarbon feels like much better quality, but the specific model has boxed downtube which is pretty ugly if you start to think about "aero".

Tantan x68 is well know sl8 replica.

If you prefer quality and the boxed downtube is not a problem - I would choose lcr.

Ordered: Geometry looks pretty progressive for 535 frame: reach is long - 399, but stack is not too high. 0-offset is available also.

"Aero" has different meanings the days. Aero handlebar - one. Handlebar which put you in aeroposition - totally another story.

For the second one - imtos or ascent aeroo

Canning isn't shoulding.

Do you mean that the same frame from ali and not ali is not the same?

Even Velobuild have been using EPS for years, i think unless you buy utter garbage today / very old stock of something, everything will be EPS moulded

It is hard to say. Let me give you an example: spcycle has something like a "new 2026 R066" frame called tantan R65, but it doesn't seem to have EPS. It's the same with many ali frameworks: EPS is mentioned, but it's hard to believe, but it's a pretty fresh framework.

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