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Hello guys,
I want to buy this frame but I'm unsure about the size.
My height is 187cm and i have long legs and arms compared to my upper body (89cm inseam length). In the past I have ridden size 56 frames and end up with a high saddle height and long stem. I was thinking that for this frame i could maybe get away with a size 58, which would make the proportions of saddle height and bar stem better and maybe even a slammed stem would be possible.
What do you guys suggest?
58 sounds fine for you, go for it

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I hadn't heard of this seller before but their lineup is very interesting for me since they offer to put a brake track on a lot of their rims, first time I'm seeing more modern rim widths and shapes with a brake track ;D. Since rim brake is very niche for modern bikes there are not many options around and the few that are usually tap out at 28mm external at the widest point and even 21mm internal is rare. I'll look into getting a set of 30mm ex/23 int rims next week. Cheers

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: QILEFU - Safe or avoid?
« on: March 22, 2026, 03:11:22 PM »
Somewhere on this forum I read a review of this frame from that very company and the poster said he was very satisfied. I don't remember who posted it or which thread that was but I remember looking them up afterwards because of it, maybe that guy sees this thread. There's a chance this is actually a fine product, consensus on counterfeit frames in general is to stay away though. Lots of duds to be had even at 2-3x of that price and even if the frame is structurally safe it's often an inferior product (a lot heavier, bad ride quality).

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-368 Aeroframe
« on: February 01, 2026, 10:45:40 AM »
Question

I'm thinking about converting my 368 into some sort of hybrid TT bike. We have local-ish TT races in the summer, and entry is free. So why not  ;D

Any thoughts about the cockpits? Clip-on aero bars? Riser kit? Not sure what would be most effective and practical.

Thanks
If you want to keep a normal stem+drop bars and use clip on aero bars you could get one that clips onto the stem although I don't know if those work with just any stem. In any case reach wise you normally want your elbows on the pads and if you clip aero bars onto the handlebars I'm fairly certain the pads will be too far forward unless you use a much shorter stem.
You could replace the current cockpit and get something like the winow base bar + aero bar combo. I think it works with any normal stem although they have some specific stems for that as well. It's fairly expensive but has good adjustability as far as I can tell.

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I don't have anything to add aside from Magene being trustworthy and Xcadey leaving accuracy to random chance which is a shame, however power2max eu shop recently had a massive price cut as high as 250€ on all of their products if I'm not mistaken and their 144 bcd track spider is now 440€ for the ng eco. Road ng eco spiders are now 340€, ng spiders 540€. For NA things are looking less rosy

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In your situation I would first continue to try and find bikes to test ride before I buy anything because lord knows what geometry fits you. Bike geometry refers to the bike frame's tube measurements and angles between tubes, when people say geometry they don't refer to buzzwords like 'aero' or 'climbing' but rather the likes of 'endurance' (shorter and taller) and 'race' (longer and lower), there are aero endurance bikes and non aero race bikes :D .
Ask in that cycling club if you could test ride bikes size 58-62 as a starting point or maybe go to a bike shop to test ride something and see how the geometry of whatever you just tested stacks up against the cube or whatever else you're looking at. The site geometrygeeks.bike lets compare frame geometries, a bike's geometry is also not set in stone because you can always alter it through changing stems, spacers. I definitely would not buy that cube blindly without testing.
For big brand fakes like that pinarello you linked its generally speaking not advised to buy these because very often they are lower quality and its morally questionable. If you do want to go that route there are threads on that topic, don't buy blindly it's risky.

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Thanks for the pictures, looks good!

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Hello
since some of you guys will be receiving their frames in the near future I would appreciate it if you could post pictures specifically of the frame's front end, the headset cover and stem situation and how it looks when you slam the stem as much as possible with either of the covers they send with the frame.
I'm interested in the frame because I'm looking for a long reach frame but as it stands I would need size 58 in reach and size 55 in stack. The 58 with a stack of 591 is at least 20 mm too tall but maybe I can make it work with a -17° stem, from looking at the pictures I'm just not sure how many spacers you need to add between headset cover and stem because you surely can't slam the stem on there.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame
« on: September 15, 2025, 02:24:01 PM »
I don't know about max torque but I use 7 nm on both screws and it's never slipped so far

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Tideacebike

what a coincidence I stumble upon this thead after I built up and an old tideace frame I had from like 2018 as a gift for a friend who wants to start road cycling  ;)

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Lightcarbon has a bunch of DM rim brake frames, none of them particularly light. Other than that I can only think of fake Pinarello rim brake frames, companies like TanTan, Hygge, Spcycle and Velobuild have lighter rim brake frames but no DM brakes.

edit: by chance I found https://www.speedercycling.com/Carbon-Road-Bicycle-Frameset-SC-R48V-_p347.html which is light and has DM brakes. That may just be the one

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