Quote from: mingc on October 12, 2026, 11:36:05 AM
I applied carbon assembly paste between the clamp and the frame without any problems.
You might find that the hairs will very effectively buff the frame and fork and shine them up really well!

You re saying these hairs will rube through the tape I placed on the inner side walls?

Quote from: JensenMacD on October 09, 2026, 12:34:04 PM
You brave soul!

What do the measure on the wheel? Curious to know how it goes. Currently running a 40mm (39 wam) and 35mm (37 wam) Schwalbe g one all around on my gravel wheels. I feel like 40+ wam on the rear is getting risky for mud/dirt clearance.

hey! back tire is about 40,5 to 41mm and the front about 46mm on rims with 21mm inner width.

so still totally fine actually, the knobs and gummy "hairs" make it look worse. but as you can see in the pictures, there is still "some" space in the back (drive side)

Well, if anyone here ever wondered how 45mm/40mm Panaracer Gravelking X1 will look like on our beloved bike 😂 I taped all the inner sidewalls of course. let's see...

Quote from: siwyyo on May 26, 2026, 05:07:56 AM

well it doesn't help at all 
so the question is 81.5 inseam was measured by pressing the book all the way up while standing as it should be? This is also how i measured mine + you need to remember that the shorts insert is another thing that should be removed from that 81.5cm but i didn't personally measure with it.

and the second one i have kinda short arms

Yes, hehe... but I thought I would be better than nothing :-/

I measured my inseam with the ,,book method" all the way up ;-) I guess, I am having long legs compared to other men 🤷🏽‍♀️

Quote from: siwyyo on May 25, 2026, 12:58:12 AM
can you share your height and inner leg? I am 172 and inner leg 80cm and wonder 50 or 52 will fit better

Well, I am 172cm, too - but with an 81,5cm inseam and quite happy with size 52.

well, here is a first picture of mine... still got work to do (bar tape, road bike pedals, some lighter rims etc ... ).

until now:

frame size 52
color: carbon raw matt
tires: specialized mondo 35
TPU rideNow tubes
sram force breaks
Galfer discs 160mm
sram red cranks 165mm
48t garbaruk chain ring
10-50 cassette
sram axs GX (hehe...)
ryet carbon saddle from AliExpress

still 7,8kg with DMR V12 pedals (430gr) and kinda heavy 50mm rims from Airwolf bikes (about 1540gr)

(still recovering from ACL surgery, that's why I cannot ride SPD SL pedals :-/ )

well, now at least it really looks like a evolve Cima ... or the other way around? 

Paid 649$ (febr. 2026)

+ 113$ shipping to GER
+ 34$ PayPal fee
= 796$ in total

should arrive in the next days

Quote from: Ivan on March 09, 2026, 04:18:51 PM
I have to disagree with you. Compare to my Specialized Crux that is longer and slacker it's not that fun to ride. And I had the same wheels/ tires on it.

Interesting - but what could it be, since I am still waiting for shipment I'm just a keyboard warrior but looking forward to compare it to my road bike since bb height, wheelbase, chain stay length is similar or like you said shorter/steeper/lower than a crux 🧐

Any idea what the reason is since I guess the frame size is the same?

Quote from: kjerts on February 16, 2026, 03:48:29 AM
Tried my bike today. All good. 7.0kg with one side missing bartape. Could easily get to 6.8 with normal tires. These are the TLR RS 35mm at a disappointing 405g each. 35g more then advertised.

Very nice! But i need to ask, how did you manage to get a weight of just 7kg? I think the frame is quite heavy with 1100gr in size 52, which I ordered last week! But looking forward to it