Hi there,

i would like to built some cheap gravel bikes for my club and not all of them want to invest in a carbon frame.

so , any aluminium framesets outthere, 142x12 mm rear and hyrdaulic discbrakes / Flatmounts...

Any help is appreciated..
Armin

Seaboard GR02. But not that much cheaper than a carbon frame...

A few stores have the seaboard with free shipping. $302 shipped is not a bad deal.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804983820581.html

Quote from: 00Garza on October 04, 2023, 09:55:56 AM
A few stores have the seaboard with free shipping. $302 shipped is not a bad deal.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804983820581.html

That's the cheapest I've seen, but that store only has a 92% rating. Not sure how much of a risk ordering from them would be.

Thanks guys....they usually are made for around 75 USD 95 with fork...so it is not really a steal, but i can work from that point...
thanks!

Quote from: rockerplates.de on October 05, 2023, 02:16:30 AM
Thanks guys....they usually are made for around 75 USD 95 with fork...so it is not really a steal, but i can work from that point...
thanks!

Damn tell me where I can find that

The seaboard GR02 is a great frame btw. Raced at the national gravel champs with it

I like that frame ship from England
https://www.merlincycles.com/merlin-malt-g2x-gravel-frameset-197832.html

I have one merlin bike, it's good frame... not cheapest

My Seaboard GR02 frame arrives next week. Customer support from the mentioned AliEx is actually pretty good. I usually also only build carbon road frames. But geo for GR02 is spot on, wheight not bad, and below 300.- (inkl. transport) - there's no well built carbon gravel to compare. At least not quality ones (Yishun, Speeder etc)

How do you think of the Seaboard sizing?
It claims the 50 or 53cm frame for people around 180cm.

TIA

I went for 56 - it's pretty close to my SPCycles 053D and not that far off my upcoming Yishun road project (in 55/56). I like reach comparable between bikes - so more racy. I'm 187cm with long legs and short upper body.

I went with 50 riding tarmac SL7 in size 52-54. It's on the small size imo. But the quality is insane at this pricepoint. It has a very solid feel when riding it to.