I ended up getting the Trifox. It does have 3 ports in the headtube, allowing for the internal dropper cable.
Overall, the quality is v good. I weighted the bare large frame at 912 grms.
Supplied seatpost is rubbish, a good bit less than 30.9, so loose in the frame and slipped during 1st ride. Dropper in there now.
The rear brake threads were tight, and I needed to add washers to the caliper bolt as the hole in the frame was not that deep.
The rear derailleur exit port was poor. I needed to dremel out the insert so I could feed in the outer casing.
I got the 740mm trifox flat bars, seem good quality and I weighed them at 152 grms.
Threaded BB is nice, 73mm so no spacers required.
2.35 maxxis tyres fit fine with good clearance.
The rest of the build was XT/SLX mix. Wheels are ztto microspline hubs with carbonbearm rims. 1450 grms. Snail china xtr chainring copy is nice.
Looks great. How do you like it? Any reason you still went with Trifox instead of one of the alternatives that martocom posted? Considering one of these.