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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: ICAN FL1
« on: August 13, 2025, 12:31:15 PM »
Regarding speed wobbles....

I've ridden my FL1 roughly 5600km this year and routinely do Cat1 and HC climbs near me. What goes up, must come down...so I've done a lot of descending at 70+ kph.

I've experienced speed wobbles exactly once which I attribute to a confluence of events unrelated to the frame itself: I was fairly cold descending, there was a particularly strong crosswind in exposed sections of the descent, and my wheels were somewhat deep with bladed carbon spokes.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 10 years anniversary special promotion
« on: May 07, 2025, 02:31:07 PM »
My second set of wheels from Peter arrived yesterday. About a week and a half to arrive to Vancouver, Canada.

D45CU-28 T1100 rims 20/20H UD paintless
Black color in-house hubs 20/20H 36T rachets enduro steel bearings center lock straight pull for 100*12/142*12 with Shimano HG driver
3.8mm carbon spokes

I weighed them at 1131 grams.

I set them up and raced a crit last night on them, which had a bit of a kicker through the start/finish line. Quick on the climb, generally stiff, and confident through the corners.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: ICAN FL1
« on: April 25, 2025, 10:47:50 AM »
Ive taken mine on some 1-2k stretches of very light gravel that I've encountered during a road route. I think the frame can handle it fine; would likely use a different set of wheels if I were intentionally seeking out gravel segments.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: ICAN FL1
« on: April 23, 2025, 08:55:25 AM »
XM carbon speed - T800-28 50mm front/55mm rear depth with 5mm carbon spokes.

Also ridden the wheels 1500 km. Absolutely love them as well.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: ICAN FL1
« on: April 22, 2025, 01:44:35 PM »
I've ridden mine approximately 1500 km. I absolutely love it. I feel super fast on climbs and it descends and corners really well. Raced a cat 3 crit on it last week and it felt fast and good in the corners. The race came down to a sprint and I had my best placing in over 2 years, so it seems to sprint well too.

Only downside is that the paint is a bit fragile. Already chipped a bit on the underside of the chain stay from rocks kicking up off the ground.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: ICAN FL1
« on: February 18, 2025, 10:31:37 PM »
Finally finished my build a couple of weeks ago. I waited to take it out until I thought I had a clear day and of course got utterly soaked. The shite weather notwithstanding, I am super happy with the ride. It feels super responsive, stiff and fast, especially as compared to the Orbea Orca I had been riding for a couple of years. The Fl1 feels like a proper race bike. I originally got it for big mountain climbing, but based on how fast it goes especially with these wheels on the flat, I'm definitely going to do some crit racing on it this year.

Final weight with pedals, cages and computer mount is about 7.2kg.

Specs: FL1 size 52cm
Shimano Ultegra 12 speed Di2
Elilee 165mm carbon crank
Xm carbon speed 55/50 28 external width with 5.2mm carbon spokes
Lightcarbon integrated bar/stem 38 by 110

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 10 years anniversary special promotion
« on: November 14, 2024, 05:30:09 PM »
Quote from: toxin on November 14, 2024, 04:41:27 PM
Could you take closer pics of the hubs?


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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 10 years anniversary special promotion
« on: November 14, 2024, 03:26:02 PM »
Received wheel set from Peter earlier this week. As expected, Peter has been super helpful and responsive.

Details:

Front D50CU-28 T800 rim 21H Rear D55CU-28 T800 rim 21H UD matt
Carbon Speed Custom hubs for carbon spokes 36T rachets steel bearings center lock straight pull for 100*12/142*12 with Shimano HG driver
5.2mm carbon spokes

Roughly 1340 grams before I mounted tires, discs, cassette.

They look great...hopefully I'll be able take them out for a spin sometime soon.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Affordable lightweight frameset (not Winspace SLC 3)
« on: October 22, 2024, 02:17:18 PM »
Quote from: Dave on October 22, 2024, 01:12:33 PM
ican fl1 or flyee?


I went with FL1 based on price and aesthetics (round tubes, classic seat post collar). I have not built it up yet so I cannot report on ride quality.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Affordable lightweight frameset (not Winspace SLC 3)
« on: October 21, 2024, 10:40:32 AM »
Quote from: KaiDeus on October 21, 2024, 05:55:31 AM
What is the T47 spacing on the Fl1? Is it 86mm?

Yes - 86

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Affordable lightweight frameset (not Winspace SLC 3)
« on: October 18, 2024, 12:25:42 PM »
Here are some pics of the ICAN FL1 fork and headset bearings.

I have a few questions for the forum:

1. The stated max front rotor size is 140mm. This should be fine for me as I'm around 65kgs, but I'm curious why this frameset could not take a 160mm rotor. Any ideas?

2. Would you have any reservations about using the supplied headset bearings? Would it be worthwhile using something like an FSA before I put this bike together?

3. I take it that this fork doesn't require a metal crown race?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Affordable lightweight frameset (not Winspace SLC 3)
« on: October 17, 2024, 05:13:40 PM »
With the disclaimer that this is my first bike build and that I know little about carbon frames in comparison to many others on this forum, I'm impressed with my initial inspection of the FL1 frame.


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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Affordable lightweight frameset (not Winspace SLC 3)
« on: October 16, 2024, 08:13:49 PM »
Received ICAN FL1 today. Took approximately 3 weeks from order to receiving (British Columbia, Canada), including the weeklong Chinese national holiday.
Deets:
Size 52 in chameleon 19818C paint. $979USD including shipping ($135), extra hangar ($8) and two bottle cages ($11.50 each)
Weights:
Frame including various clamps, bolts, hangers - 875g
Uncut fork - 362g
Seatpost - 188g
Headset and compression plug - 120g

XMcarbonspeed wheels on order. Need to purchase groupset, handlebar, etc.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: TAVELO AVRO Gen-1 Integrated Handlebar VS Avian Falcon II
« on: October 14, 2024, 06:25:13 PM »
Would anyone have a recommendation for an OEM integrated stem/handlebar?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Affordable lightweight frameset (not Winspace SLC 3)
« on: October 02, 2024, 11:45:52 AM »
Quote from: jonathanf2 on October 02, 2024, 11:10:28 AM

The Big Rock Sohtea just has the ugliest branding, so my vote would go to an ICAN FL1 even if it weighs a bit more. It's cheaper and has all the modern amenities.


I pulled the trigger on the FL1 a few days ago for basically this reason. I'm not planning to build it super light -- I'm drawn to this frame as much for the Aethos-esque aesthetics as for the low-ish weight -- but hope to achieve 15-ish lbs with 2x12 and 50mm deep rims.

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