Looking for a frame

Started by james7, November 01, 2026, 11:26:25 AM

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james7

Hello,

I'm looking for a gravel/allroad frame.

Parts I have and can use:
- Shimano 11 speed GRX 600 shifters, RX 400 hydraulic brakes, GRX 812 derailleur, M8000 11-42 cassette
- Shimano R7100 crankset in 165mm, Deckas 40t ring (running 1x), shimano BSA bottom bracket
- Elitewheels Gravel SLR 38mm (with quickrelease adapters, but it came with thruaxle), Continental terra trail 40mm tires
- Ryet 3d saddle, 27.2mm Elitaone seatpost
- Shimano Discover 90mm stem, 400mm bars

Existing bike is a Decathlon Triban GRVL520 size S. Pretty good, except it uses quickrelease instead of thru axle. The geometry is very aggressive for gravel (542 stack, 390 reach). About 80-90% of my riding is about 40-60km and 800m elevation rides, on road. I don't ride much on gravel, and when I do it's not particularly extreme. The 40mm terra trail tires are enough.

Bike fit position is 720mm saddle height, 50mm setback, 50mm bar drop, ~650mm saddle to hood reach, 400mm bar width

I would like to have:
- thru-axles
- internal storage
-the options for a colorful paint job (no black bike)
- bosses for bags (at least top tube)

The big question I have is that almost all of the Chinese carbon frames I see are full internal routing with the cables through the headset; Will this work for mechanical shifting?

Thanks!

james7

I did a bit of research and have come up with a couple options:

Current:
Seat Tube: 480
Top Tube: 540
Head Tube: 130
Head Tube Angle: 70.8
Seat Tube Angle: 74.5
Chainstay: 425
Stack: 542
Reach: 390

Mondince FM376 in size S
Stack: 555 (13mm higher)
Reach: 385 (5mm shorter)
$580 usd

Light Cycling GF06 size S (or whatever it's based on)
Stack: 549.5 (7.5mm higher)
Reach: 382 (8mm shorter)
$649 usd

Light Cycling Pace GF07
size S
Stack: 540 (2mm shorter)
Reach: 369 (21mm shorter)
$649

Size M
Stack: 560 (18mm higher)
Reach: 376 (14mm shorter)
$649

Lightcarbon LCG87-D size S
Stack: 541.7 (0.3mm lower)
Reach: 369 (21mm shorter)
$ ???

Any others I should consider?