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Yeah. Direct from Ican. They were great over email. The newer Grado frame looks great too.

Lightcarbon seem good value and are getting decent reviews too but I’ve not used them. Although did come very close recently.
 
there are cheaper ones like Airwolf which are around£400 or so but can’t comment on them.

Ican are more high end and comparable to the likes of a Trek/Specialised frames costing £2500 or so. so technically cheap even if not cheap cheap.
 
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Took the Giant with me out to Tuscany last week and rode around Siena doing the majroity of the sectors from L'Eroica or Strade Bianche. Lots of climbing, some dubious route choices by Komoot, but a good weekend.

Bike was fantastic, although the tyres I used were Terreno Mix in 50mm, and weren't the best for the loose stuff, although they'll probably be good round here with a bit more mud, having the suspension certainly helped, did an 80mile ride on the Thursday and although tired in the legs, my body felt absolutely fine considering about half of that distance was off road. Shifting was a bit off all week, so reckon the mech hanger has got bent in transit on the way out annoyingly.

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Shifting was a bit off all week, so reckon the mech hanger has got bent in transit on the way out annoyingly.
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Pretty new isn't it? I'd have thought it'd have come with the Transmission range derailleur to avoid the need for a hanger
 
Yeah, but it's still got hanger as you can adjust the length of the wheelbase to allow bigger tyres to be installed or having more nimbleness.
 
Would have preffered the orange of the lower model. got the mech hanger tool on earlier, slight bit of misalignment, although i've never used one before, so will see how it rides later.
 
One of the most annoying things about bikes the various colours per level. I quite like the approach of the new Mondraker model where they have released 4 colours and they're all available in each level. Makes stock a little tricky to manage and probably why it was so hard to buy anything, but still a better option.

Quite why i liked buying chinese frames. You get to choose whatever you want.
 
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