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Frame is here. Everything looking fine. Bottom bracket screwed in super smooth, seatpost and storage cover fit snug and tight, frame looks clean on the inside.
All parts included. Didn't weigh anything because is really don't care.
Without any stickers, its looks boing. So i made some graphics. Gonna call it WYDE.

The pathfinder tires measure 56,5-57mm and have huge clearance. Threw in the 61mm mtb wheels and they would probably fit as well.

If someone in Europe is interested in this frame, i'm willing to sell it. Immediate availability.
I just put in an order for another bike and probably won't build up the FM376 anymore.









Looks great, but I would need L. What other frame did you order ?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Zen Carbon Wheels Xiamen
« on: September 13, 2026, 11:52:35 AM »
Received, installed and went on a 80km ride this morning on my new 60mm wheels; I am not a fast rider so aero gains are hard to evaluate for me but the upgrade on the feel side from my 50mm csc wheels is significant. The ride quality is so much better, even though I went from 40mm (Hutchinson caracal) to 32mm tires (Michelin power cup, 35mm mounted). The road buzz is significantly reduced.

Which exact wheels you got ?

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That would be a nice frame with 75mm BB drop and 74 STA. Stack is on Lower but this can be adjusted with spacers. But still 10-15mm more wouldn't hurt in larger sizes.

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attaching frame and handlebar geometry

Shitty geometry with slack angles and outdated 67.5 bb drop. Times we where riding ok 23c tires are long gone.

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I would go with fm336. It's a gravel bike but the geo is great, even slightly more aggressive then new synapse

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Karvon Wheels
« on: September 05, 2026, 05:06:46 AM »
why would anyone chose those when you have serenade, zen or tagoola way cheaper and with very good track record, customer service and customization options

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Cassette 11-46 and no cog 14 is such a stupid choice . You don't even get 1:1 with sufficient chainring, but you get big Jump from 15 to 13. This gruppset makes no Sense.

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Nice with more than 100% price hike, compared to old version though ::)
That price and there are certainly better ones available.

What better ones are available? Because from what I know there is not a single reliable Chinese PM except magenem xcadey is mediocore at best, rest is crap.

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It looks that there is a new upgraded version of leoseek power meter

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EQFJSvo

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Does anyone know of or have experience with any carbon wheels that have a larger internal than 28 mm or even 32 ?

Did you even bother to try to search the forum yourself or just went straight for a new thread? There ton of reviews of wheels like that on this forum and all over the Internet.

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Reach & stack on L is great. I'm 182 cm and would run 90 mm stem. My back angle is already in the more agresive <140°. Not sure why would i need a crazy long stem, I wouldn't even reach the bars.

Sounds like you're sitting waaaay to the back and/or have short hands

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Are these the ones you mean? https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005011954627437.html They are quite expensive, though!

I think he's talking about these I just found this on AliExpress:
AR XRLP Light Gravel Carbon Wheels Ratchet System 54T NBK bearing Hub 32mm inner Width CXRAY Hooked Bicycle Carbon Wheelset
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EyN8oto

I got them for under 500$ during sale with coupons.

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Just to add one more thing to the BB drop discussion. Few years ago I had specialized diverge E5 comp with 85mm bb drop. I used it as a gravel and road bike with 28c tires. I really loved how this bike was riding and I never had a problem with pedal strikes. That's why I think current era road bike should have 75/80mm bb drop and gravel bikes even more. It makes the ride so much more planted and confidence inspiring, really like I'd during high speed road descent on hairpins. Great for those those tight corners. It's also great in terms of aero because your whole body is lower, so the drag is lower.

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I believe @GPLama suggests the Sigma and Lezyne radar units as solid alternatives.

It's chinertown so I wrote about Chinese options. I'm sure if he tests igpsport Sr mini he will like it. It's better then magene, and magene wasn't that bad in his tests.

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I literally said "I get that you dont like the short reach, i would also want it a bit longer" so, we are on the same page there 😅

I do like steep seat tubes though. 74.5deg ideally for me. And yes, both reach and seat tube angle affects top tube horizontal length... But the reason to have steeper seat tube is rather to get correct placement over pedals then to make top tube shorter. In this case toptube should have been 10mm longer while keeping ST-angle 😊
I also think HT-angle and fork rake is better to change for reactiveness of the bike. As long as stem is not extremely long, its ok.
I would probably be fine with 80-90mm stem, on this frame.

I'm 187cm but would need to use size 56 due to stack. With such a short reach I would need to pair it with 120 stem

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