For those who are running the Roval Cockpit. Do you have a nice looking solution? What about those 3D Prints offered for the Spec Allez Sprint in combination with the cockpit??!

A really great summary, thank you. In the last 10 years, apart from one original SL7, I've only had Chinese frames, whether MTB, two gravel frames, and two road bike frames, one of which was also from TanTan. I'm fully aware of the general risks and the special cases that can arise during assembly. I was just specifically interested in this model; I'll ask how they solved the fork issue... Thanks a million.

One more question, since you ride both frames, the original and the TanTan. How does the frame perform at very high speeds? My old TanTan frame became very unstable at 65+ compared to the Specialized. I didn't really feel comfortable on descents.

I'll ride this bike at the Gravel World Championships later this year so every little improvement counts

You lucky one - missed it two times for just a minute. But the championships will be on my home roads, Valkenburg is really great.
Does the SL7 compression ring work with the original bearing? And if so, does the compression ring work with the original Cervelo Headset Cap? Not sure if the Airwolf and the Cervelo one are built identical ...

I wouldn't bother buying an more expensive (original) one, you will probably end up with the same challenge. I did use a vice to trim down material of the top-cap. No way otherwise it would fit.

Shaping the cap was the solution. The headset is doing his work now. Thank you so much

Finally I am working on my Chinerelo again. Everything is mounted and bleeded, but I can't set up the headset. The expander plug wents up everytime. How tight should the expander plug be? 7nm and montage paste didn't work so far.

So, I am a bit confused about my selection Right now - money is Not the point, I am really struggling between a SL8 and this one here.
For me I have mixed emotions with a chinese frame - my TanTan X21 worked 10k more or less superb (just feeling a bit unsecure about 80km/h), but my newer Airwolf/Aspero frame has dozens of problems I don‘t want to face the next time.

So in case of this 268 what do you think about quality?

My other „problem“ will be mounting another stem or cockpit, which will not fit on velobuilds cap. A friend of mine is familiar with 3d prints, but where do I get those files?

Is the Stack measured with or without cap?

One question in between:
Did all of you receive a glossy bar/stem when ordered a glossy frame?

I had the problem that I got these items in glossy while the seatpost was matte...

They say it’s just the paint. But to be honest: this bike is ridden 300km. My TanTan Roadbike doesn‘t have a edge after 15.000km. The support tries it best to avoid it: but in my opionion this the point where warranty claim should be accepted - any Chance to get aliexpress or paypal involved?