Quote from: brnrth on February 13, 2025, 08:30:50 AM
For the SL8 Clone I'm thinking of size 52 with a 90 / 100 stem or 49 with a longer stem. If anyone has roughly the same dimensions and gets on well with a particular setup (even with other frames), I would be happy to get some advices. 

I'm the same height as you at 173cm. I would go with a 52cm frame. My TFSA SL6 clone and my R088 SL8 clone follow the same Tarmac geometry and both my frames are 52cm. You could probably go 49cm if you want a more racier/stiffer setup. My TFSA frame has a slammed stem, while my R088 setup is a bit more relaxed. I'm using both 90mm stems, but I could probably go 100-110mm if I wanted to be ultra aggressive with my fit.

Quote from: Akadrak on February 13, 2025, 09:38:04 AM
Hey, Can you please tell me the total cost to EU? Any taxes? Thanks!

Shipping to Germany: 150USD. Tax included, door to door service.

Yeah the Specialized fitting calculator can't be accurate. I am 183.9 with a 89,5 inseam and it wants me to go size 61. The biggest size they got lol

Quote from: Chriasp on February 13, 2025, 12:45:36 PM
Yeah the Specialized fitting calculator can't be accurate. I am 183.9 with a 89,5 inseam and it wants me to go size 61. The biggest size they got lol

Well I'm 178cm and my SL8 is a 54cm

Quote from: momento on February 13, 2025, 01:42:51 AM
in my experience, buying 2 frames, they use only one box (bigger), but the shipping price is adjusted to the volume of the bigger box and the greater weight ... there is still a saving in costs

I got an update from TanTan, they can ship 2 frames in one box. shipping costs change from 150$ to 200$. All in all a saving of 53$ per frame

Hello, I am in NL in the Eindhoven area, I may be interested on 1 frame...

Quote from: yanko_mr on February 14, 2025, 04:43:45 AM
Hello, I am in NL in the Eindhoven area, I may be interested on 1 frame...

Nijmegen here, almost ready to order What are you going for (which size and design)?

Well Tan Tan have confirmed to me that they actually manufacture this frame

Can someone please enlighten me? If I want to paint the frame myself and need the visible carbon as a basis for the paint scheme, what do I order? Is UD matte the right one? Can you see the carbon here? Or do you need "raw carbon"? Unfortunately, I don't understand the differences. Is the "UD matte" selection just a transparent primer over the carbon?

Can't speak to tantan particularly, but generally UD matte has a matte clearcoat, raw carbon is just that.

Hi all, wanted to share I placed an order through Tan-Tan for a size 56 frame in the raw glossy finish. Excited to see how this will look, and I will share my build as it progresses. Building it up with the new SRAM red groupset so hoping for a sub 7kg build. Cheers!

Quote from: Sander2177 on February 14, 2025, 07:25:13 AM
Well Tan Tan have confirmed to me that they actually manufacture this frame

Interestingly, Seraph's page now says "made in Tantan" as well...

Hi all,
How the hell do you adjust the saddle inclination on this seat tube when the saddle does not have the hole ?
I cannot strenghthen the anterior bolt.
This kind of seatpost is the same on TanTan and Taiwaneisen and identical to SL8.
Thanks!

I'm curious how these different manufacturers source the same frames if it's not coming from a single factory? Did they get the actual molds, 3D scanned a frame or built a mold from scratch using the CAD files?

Quote from: MTB-Addicted on February 14, 2025, 01:05:44 PM
Hi all,
How the hell do you adjust the saddle inclination on this seat tube when the saddle does not have the hole ?
I cannot strenghthen the anterior bolt.
This kind of seatpost is the same on TanTan and Taiwaneisen and identical to SL8.
Thanks!

Your saddle doesnt have a cut out? You could buy/ make a super short allen key. They make stubby allen sockets, but that also might be too big.