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I waited a couple of days, hoping you'd get a few more suggestions, finally started typing and then get myself ninja'd.

I have an SPCycle G028 that I've built up for bike-packing / light-ish touring. I've fitted a rear rack, Bluemels Basic mudguards (a pain to fit) and GRX 820 2x mechanical - 48-31 chain rings and an 11-36 Goldix cassette.

The frame is a little more aggressive than your Velobuild, but probably solvable with the right stem and bars combo.  It's also very heavy: 1305g for a Large/56, painted and with accessory bolts, without hangers, and 498g for the forks. So quite a lot heavier than advertised.

It has down tube storage (find your own bag) which I can fit a multi tool and BBB Doubleshot pump in, but spare tubes, patches, basic first aid kit have to go elsewhere. It has quite the array of accessory points/rivnuts, though you'll need to get creative to fit full-size mudguards and a rack. Routing 2x mechanical outers and hoses wasn't too bad - I have separate bar and stem, routing hoses externally to these.

My intended use is 70% road, 30% off - basically the UK's National Cycle Network. I'm running Caracal 45's on 25mm internal width wheels; and hope to avoid mud. 🙂 The G028 gives plenty of room for these plus the mudguards.

For winching up hills fully loaded it's overgeared so I've ordered but not yet fitted a replacement 11-39 cassette which should work ok with GRX. I'd also go 46-30 if I had my time again, and may yet change here too.

On the road it's very stable, very unexciting and it's perfectly capable for gravel /unpaved bike paths. As a load carrier it's pretty good with around 12kg on the rear, 3kg up front, plus my 82kg,  but I wouldn't trust much larger loads to the seat-stay rivnuts, particularly on rougher ground.

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Can I ask whats bad about the navigation?
Is it sluggish? How does the screen update woensdag navigating?
I”m about to buy a cc700pro, mainly for navigation but you made me doubt.
Is the screen fluid like a  recent smartphone does while navigating?
A couple of irritating things: if you import a route in FIT/GPX format it discards all of the POI's, so you lose your turn information along with cafe stops, audax/sportive check-points etc. It then generates its own turn directions, but these include lots of false turns - basically any 90 degree bend in the road - which are a distraction for when it pops up a real turn. Also there's a big lag whenever you page through your screens to the navigation page, which can cause you to swipe or hit the Page button again and skip past it. And once you're back on the map/navigation screen it takes a couple of seconds to redraw your position and route. It's fine if you just stay on the map page. One nice thing: It will automatically zoom in as you approach a turn. It's not terrible for the modest price, but by any other standard the overall experience is mediocre. I'm ok using it on roads that I'm familiar with, where I might just need an occasional reminder. I'm not so sure about using it on unfamillar roads and routes - there'll be some missed turns and stops to consult the phone.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: IIIPRO ROTORS
« on: March 27, 2026, 04:54:12 PM »
Does anyone know the actual weight for these rotors in 140mm and 160mm?
https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005010764777755.html
They look light, but AliExpress weights are usually... optimistic.
Mine were 98g and 114g respectively plus 10g each for the lockrings. Used with Shimano R8170 calipers and L05A resin pads on steep, technical, if fairly short road descents and they've been as good as gold.

Just swapped them out for Galfer Waves to trim a few grams and I'll be happy if the Galfers are nearly as good.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: ICAN FL1
« on: March 04, 2026, 08:47:39 AM »
Muqzi on Ali for axles buddy :)
Couldn't have put it better myself. (Probably because I copied you). 3000km on mine and problem free.

To Op:
Here they are: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006778954376.html

Btw, lovely paintwork, looks fantastic and a good frame weight. Should build into a fabulous bike.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: ICAN FL1
« on: January 13, 2026, 06:46:03 PM »
I have 30mm GP5000 clinchers on 24 innner. They're a 32mm WAM after 2000km with a clear 7mm all round.

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Messaged them regarding the Integrated Bars and it's more expensive than your usual OEM bars but cheaper than XMCS, Farsports and the likes. I want to try them for my next project.

I like the look of these too. Did you go ahead, and if so, what was the price - approximately - and were the weight and geometry as advertised?

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@jonathanf2,

As you can see on the picture, the geometry also for this two frames is nearly the same, not endurance.
I think the value for the headtube for the FL1 in the tool is wrong.
On the homepahge the value in size 56 is 155 mm not 182 mm.
Correct. I have an ICAN FL1 in a 56 and the headtube is indeed 155mm. It's a very good frame, I'l happily recommend it, but it's not an Endurance geometry.

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I'd personally not buy any road frame without disc brakes and clearance for 32mm tyres. It's getting much harder to get good rim brake wheelsets now and higher volume tyres are just nicer to ride. The choice of groupset would influence whether fully internal routing was appropriate as I wouldn't want to run mechanical brakes with full internal routing. Getting a T47 threaded bottom bracket also makes life easier.

I've personally had a frame from Light Carbon and am happy with the quality, and currently have a frame on order from Mondince.

i strongly agree with this advice.

I've just up/side-graded from rim brake to disc. Rim brakes are great, but for most of us the advantages of disc brake bikes with wider clearance really mount up. Obviously, if your primary goal is to win the UK National Hill Climb Championships then it's rim brakes all the way, baby!

I went for an ICAN FL1 frame for my first build, which I'll happily recommend. Why?
  • It's well made, with smooth internal surfaces and carefully machined interfaces - bottom bracket, headset and brake mounting points - meaning that it's easy to build with and, so far as I can tell, it rides well. 
  • It's largely non-proprietary - T47 BB, FSA ACR compatible headset and round seat-tube. This gives you lots of choice for compatible 3rd party components, such as cranks, handlebars and seat-posts. (It only misses out on the UDH standard for rear derailleur hangers - so buy a spare or two). 
  • It's cheap! Not Airwolf / Twitter cheap, but cheap.
  • It's relatively light.
Aesthetics really do matter though and you might not like the old-fashioned non-dropped seat stays. Equally, if your heart is set on SRAM then UDH is pretty much a must. As others have mentioned, geometry needs to be in the right ballpark, so try comparing your Cannondale against some of your candidate frames using a site such as geometrygeeks.

You mentioned buying parts incrementally, which makes perfect sense. However it would be smart to pin down decisions on frame and therefore both bottom bracket standard and internal vs semi-external cable routing, cranks and groupset before you buy anything. This way you avoid some painful incompatibilities down the line.

For a budget limited build, the decision, in roughly increasing levels of cost, between these hydraulic disc groupsets:
  • L-Twoo or Sensah mechanical
  • Shimano 105 mechanical 12 speed
  • Ltwoo or Wheeltop electronic
  • SRAM/Shimano electronic
is a really interesting one. Any of these options can be made to work, and your choice may come down to the level of discount available. I stretched my budget by going for Shimano electronic which made cable routing and gear-shift tuning much easier and probably bought me reliability, but purchased from AliExpress which might make any future warranty claim a challenge.
 
For BB's: all can work fine, but I would choose a frame with either a threaded BSA and hence 24mm steel (or Ti) spindle cranks or a T47 and 29mm aluminium or 24mm steel spindle cranks. These are likely to be the most straightforward options.

Choosing compatible parts and trading off cost/weight/reliability on different components is a big part of the fun. It's not essential, but it may help you (it will!) to document your decisions as you go in a build-list spreadsheet.

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I mean, cracking two 1/2 price posts is the same as cracking 1 expensive post. So, I got a great deal on this learning experience, lol.

Unfortunately, as far as "expensive mistake" goes, the expensive part was THEN ordering a titanium seatpost to replace it! So, yeah, there's a high price for ignorance.
Well that's interesting. Thanks amacal1 for owning up and drawing some more attention to this. I had no idea. I've just purchased an Elita One post for an Ican FL1. The FL1 frame has not one but two slots in the seat tube  - one at the front and one at the back. Doh! Studying Bigbobby1482's photo of the manual above I need to mount the clamp sideways. That's going to mess with my OCD.

PS. Fancy box but no manual with my Elita One.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: ICAN FL1
« on: September 14, 2025, 02:12:42 PM »
Frames arrived and most of the parts required for the build.

Could someone confirm the bolt lengths required for shimano disc calipers with 140mm rotors or knows the frame thickness  https://si.shimano.com/en/dm/RADBR10/install_brake_caliper#xd_991fd65585931a99-18952947-17110754f5e--67e0
The frame thickness is 20mm. Well, mine is.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: SROAD lightweight cassettes
« on: June 28, 2024, 08:57:57 AM »
I have an 11-speed 11-32 SROAD cassette. It's been on my main bike for two years, it's just coming up on 16,000 km and I've had no issues whatsoever. It's used with 4 waxed chains in rotation and pretty well looked after.

Died after 16,600 km. Developed the familar click/creak, which serves me right for my praise back in April. Nonetheless, pretty good service.
Inspection showed that the spider/carrier had cracked alongside several of the rivet holes. The material here is very thin, so in hindsight an obvious weak point.

I've installed the identical SROAD (now sold as SPEDAO) replacement I bought nearly two years ago, but in future would look for a cassette with a more robust interface between aluminium spider and steel monobloc.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: SROAD lightweight cassettes
« on: April 27, 2024, 05:10:22 PM »
I have an 11-speed 11-32 SROAD cassette. It's been on my main bike for two years, it's just coming up on 16,000 km and I've had no issues whatsoever. It's used with 4 waxed chains in rotation and pretty well looked after.

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