Did a little "render" of how this might look fully built up. For anyone who might be interested

I've now ridden this for 200km and here's my take so far:

Handling & Geometry:
Fairly well balanced, although the front is prone to a bit of understeer in my view. This is probably a personal preference, and would make for a more stable steering experience compared to something with a steeper steering angle. After you get used to it it's actually quite good when cornering on the loose stuff, less twitchy compared to some of the racier options out there when going down sharp descent. But I prefer a little bit more active steering closer to road bike control. No toe overlap with Sphyre shoes if anyone wants to know.

Stiffness and responsiveness:
Short chainstays make for fairly rapid response, although my comparisons with other race gravel bikes would suggest it's not as stiff in the BB area, as the power transfer feels softer compared to i.e. the Kanzo Fast and my Lightcarbon. Read a page back from someone stating the bike is very stiff which is not my impression at all. Although I wouldn't go as far as to say that it's spongy, it's for sure not as stiff as my Kanzo Fast (which is known for it's rather stiff/ harsh character). Integrated handlesbar is fairly rigid, not harsh but not overly stiff either, well balanced.

Build experience
All went smooth, including setting up the brake calipers (which can be a bit hit or miss depending on the facing). T47 BB went in smooth and sits flat against the shell. Frame is completely latex moulded and has a perfect inside finish. Seatpost, handlebars and fork however use a bladder moulding tech so the routing through the bars was a bit messy, almost lost my routing tool in there and had to use some force and arm grease to get it unstuck. Overall though it went together just fine, headset was well done without too much play in the bearings and so far not seatpost slippage despite what some people have reported about Velobuilds previous designs with d-posts. Not overly excited with the UDH hanger, in tandem with my GRX derailleur it's made removal of the rear wheel way more fidgety compared to my other bikes, partially this might be due to the clutch and design of the derailleur though. Also not too happy about the 1.5pitch on the UDH thread as it makes it more difficult to find a direct mount replacement over on aliexpress (most seem to be 1.0mm thread pitch)

Setup:
Frame: Velobuild Race Gravel
Handlebars: Velobuild Integrated
Gears: GRX 1x11 11-40t, Ultegra shifters
Brakes: GRX calipers, 160mm + 160mm Rotors
Wheels: Farsports gravel wheelset 35mm
Tires: Rene Herse Snoqualmie 44mm (on gravel 2.0bar front, 2.5bar rear, on pavement 3.5+4.0bar)
Cranks: Easton EC90 SL
BB: AliExpress scraps

Hey Velobuild, my birthday is coming up!!!

Here's my wishlist

Need to haves

• T47 internal/ BSA - Because I'm more of a "shower with the bike type" as opposed to "hammer my bike type"
• 50-53mm clearance - Hello Thunder burts!!!
• Top tube mounts - Ride time= snack time
• Frame bag mounts, 2-3 on top tube, 1 on downtube for stabilization - Aero bikepacking?!
• Chainstays 420-425mm - Sporty rear
• Trail around 63-68mm - Sporty front

Nice to haves

• 27.2mm seatpost - Elite One for the win!
• Fender mounts - For when the world collapses and I go AWOL
• Aero tubes - For looks
• Sub 1000g - Because 3 (digits) is a magic number?

I would be super curious as well. I have a spcycle g056 that is great but I want a more road oriented bike. I messaged through the website 2 weeks ago but no response. Maybe inundated from the holiday.

So I got in touch with them and after some back and forth:s they claim the clearance is 6mm on each side (rear) and 7mm (fork) when using a 38mm tire. So that should mean a total clearance of 50mm rear, 52mm fork tire clearance. So squeezing in a 40mm gravel oriented tire might just work which would result in a very capable allrounder!

Whoops, seems like they went to the wrong shelf on that one!

I'm really curious about this bike, or Tantan FM301 or whichever. When you get the chance it would be interesting to see the actual max tire clearance.
Looks like it could be the ultimate allrounder if you could squeeze in a pair of 40mm gravel tires, very sporty rear at 410mm chainstays!

Update:
For anyone who's looking at the Tavelo brand, the Adapt AT-B01 is indeed the newly released Tavelo Attack.
It is also sold under the brand name "Niche Legend 4".

Adapt also make Tavelo's gravel offering known as the Tavelo Wild, it's not listed on adapts website but goes under the name FM-B04-GR.

Cool to hear the riding experience is so positive Honda!
If anyone else orders this frame it would be lovely to see more photos of the internals (BB, up headset area and possible down the downtube etc) to get a better idea of the construction quality.

cheers, and stay kind, we create the world we wanna live in, in every moment, right

Hi all, my frame arrived today. The paintjob looks brilliant and in general I'm pretty pleased with it.

Was a bit concerned about the headset, so I immediately assembled it. I also have a slight rub of the top cover / frame. Probably will file that cover down. I do not seem to have any issues with the bottom bearing, altough the gap is pretty small. One thing I noticed is that the area is unpainted. Maybe this is making the difference?

Another observation was that I can only insert the seatpost until the area of the seatstays. Will need to cut it. Was ist the same on your frames? Attached some pictures

Would you be able to take some photos of the internal finishing of the frame? Through the BB with some light to expose wrinkles etc, head tube from above/ below with a light, down the seat tube etc? Would be so helpful

Cheers