$500 Gravel Bike Frame: TRASH or TREASURE? Uboxing and In-Depth Review!!
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Are you in the market for an affordable gravel bike frame? Look no further! In this video, I unbox and inspect a budget-friendly Chinese carbon gravel bike frame that won't break the bank.
At first glance, this cheap gravel bike frame looks promising. But can it hold up against its more expensive counterparts? I'll give you my honest first impression after checking out the quality of the frame and exploring its features.
Join me for an unboxing and initial inspection of a carbon gravel frameset that might just surprise us all. Whether you're a seasoned biker or a newbie looking to get into the world of gravel biking, this budget-friendly frame might be just what you're looking for.
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You can checkout the Frame here - www.lightcarbon.com/lightcarbon-new-gravel-frameset-with-integrated-handlebar_p170.html
Hi there, not sure if you've already got 100 comments about this already but I love your chinese carbon builds, chinese groupset reviews and hope you'll do one for the upcoming L-twoo ERX electronic groupset. As a younger university student, chinese frames and chinese electronic groupset might be the closest I can ever get to high-level enthusiast groupset without committing a crime. Cheers bro! Loving your content always!
Hey Jourdain, hope you are doing well. Very interested in a gravel build myself, so will be following this intensely and thanks for everything in so much depth as usual.
Hey Scott! I'm doing good thank you... trying to pump out at least one high quality video a week! How are you doing?
Good to hear you are interested in the gravel build, I want to do some more gravel riding this year so I'm excited as well. The bike is fully built already so the videos will be coming very soon 👍🏽
i have an XC full suspension MTB frame from light carbon. i've ridden that thing on some of the most ridiculous downhill trails in Georgia and North Carolina (well under biked). Took it like a champ.
Wonderful video. This was one of the main information source to make my decision: Will buy one this evening with integrated stem, so I can keep my Decathlon bike packing bars.😅
i'm bought this exact frame two years ago. Amazing to ride, comfy, versatile. Nothing to say.
Great to hear!
Bought this frame a couple of years ago, raw carbon (I did my own paint job), along with the LC wheels. ProX is the same wheel but they started marketing them under their own name. Put it together myself and have no issues with the bottom bracket or headtube - no squeaks or loose bearings. Routing the cables wasn't too much of a hassle but did take some fiddling. Highly recommend this frame, pretty robust - and I weigh 220 lbs. I run it 1x because it suits my location. They have great pre and post sales support.
Great review and great frame at a affordable price.
Glad you enjoyed the video 👌🏼
That bike in the background looks magnificent!! Love it
Cheers man. It's a 1984 Raleigh that I fully restored. THis is an old video but it's shows the bike - th-cam.com/video/egC5duTzEAA/w-d-xo.html
@@JourdainColeman Lovely thanks for the link! I´ve recently restored a few old bikes myself and equipped them with "modern" parts. Didnt use the old and trusty shimano parts tho. I opted for the cheaper Sensah groupset and it rides like a dream now. I´m pretty sure your viewers would enjoy a restomod series on your channel. Anyway keep up the great work!
Im curious how the falath pro is riding? I've been tempted by their evo model but I can't see me using larger than 28mm tires so the extra clearence would probably be a negative rather than positive. I'm hoping to see a good comparison in the next few weeks otherwise i will just pull the trigger on the pro model, though the ICAN A9 is also an interesting prospect.
Bought and built up a commuter bike based on this frame. Done some heavy duty single track and done 1000 miles on it. I absolutely love it. It is solid and comfortable, it’s not sketchy or racy but it does inspire confidence and is comfortable. Did 100 mile rides back to back and handled it very nicely. Paint job is really good got mine in the grey and looks slick
Forgot to say thanks fella would not have bought without your review keep it up. Looking forward to more feedback on the Falath evo
Also you can specify the seat post to be match painted and this looks good
Glad toy hear the bike is working well for you. It's really good value considering the custom paint. I can imagine the seat post being the same colour is pretty unique as well 👌🏼 also good to hear the videos have helped you 👍🏽
Hey bud! How tall are you? Did you have to size down from your typical frame size with this bike after looking at the geo charts?
I have the LC 917
MTB frame ..love it
Good to hear it's working well for you 👌🏼
I own the same frame and I used to work in an F1 team where one colleague allowed me to scan with X ray the frame and I was told it is a very very well built frame. In my case the BB and the headset are perfectly round. The only thing I did wrong was masking the brake caliper contact surfaces before to paint it and they were not perfect but that was my fault.
Good to hear you have had goo experiences with this frame!! 👍🏽
@@DanTuber to check if there are any cracks in the carbon parts after a race. To make sure the carbon parts have been properly built. To don't need to strip assemblies that are sealed by the FIA to check their condition ...
How many stem soacer did the frame come with? What do all of them together measure? Thanks for the video, great information!
Hi Jordon, after a lot of research into Trifox frames decided to order a Trifox X18 frame. Waited 6 weeks for delivery to UK, looked nice frame, built it up, went for 1 ride and kept hearing cracking noise. On my return i investigated and found that the seat downtube between the seatstays and the bb there was alot of carbon delamination as it was really soft. Complained to Trifox and after a couple of correspondants they never replyed to me again. The frame now sits on my turbo as it is too dangerous to ride on the road.
Personally i have learnt a very expensive mistake that never but from direct from China as for the average person you may not get your money back and guarantees are worthless.
I've heard that Trifox is pretty much the bottom of the barrel though 🤷♂
So which makes are better?
review on the velobuild cx 002 ? I'm looking to build a affordable/cheap cyclocross bike for the next season.
A few people have mentioned velobuild before. I'll check them out 👍🏽
Those BB tolerances don't look too good, I think. There is a 0.8mm variation which is a lot.
Smash in a screw together pressfit BB and it will be most likely fine. One of the benefits of PF over threaded.
Let's see how we get on in the build 👍🏽
@@JourdainColeman Still might work out fine. I have a high end shop around the corner and they too have bikes for € 10.000 with creaking bbs coming in.
Hm that caliper looks quite cheap, also not the right tool to measure the BB fit
Yeah I need some more advanced tools... I need to message Hambini 🤣
Do you have a link to shop or model for research purposes?
And the list goes on... Java, Sava, Twitter, Sunpeed, Trinx, Lexon, BXT, Mountainpeak, etc.
All of those except BXT are only in the Philippines or asia market.
Ouch, I got BXT😢
@@Paulklampeepswe have sunpeed and trinx in Argentina too.
Saw a twitter frame on AMAZON US
I take it back. 800 USD for integrated bars,seatpost and custom paint,is pretty good value. Light carbon and Carbonda are two of the best carbon manufacturers in Asia. Did the 800USD include customs? Looking at LC and ProX for CX build with sensah SRX 1X. Thanks Johnny
Does any one have the lcfs947, how does it hold up?
I have a LCR006-v and it’s the only bike where the crankset spins so freely. the build of it is very solid aswell
have you built the kabon gravel bike?
Yes, video is love on my channel
BTW it aint CHEAP, its Inexpensive #stayclassy Also did you ask for the Lightcarbon logos also?
Yeah, it's still a lot of money but less than the western brands. I didn't ask for the logos but they sent the frame for review so happy to have the logos 👍🏼
First! Finally ffs.
👀
You sent metallic British Racing Green and you got a Chinese Winspace G2 green in return 😂
I had not seen the green Winspace before... nice colour 👌🏼
@@JourdainColeman if you are keen, do check out Cycling Tom’s Winspace G2 and/or Ride Adelaide’s Winspace G2.
They both got sent the same colour. Very similar to yours although it’s hard to exactly pinpoint as colours vary from device, screen setting, camera used, editing like colour correction and whatnot. It’s really hard to tell. But your bikes’ metallic green do look somewhat of a similar shade 💚
I'll have a look. Thanks for pointing it out 👍🏼
I bought a BXT gravel frame this past winter for a similar price. I'm impressed with the quality, and very happy with my build.
It's good enough that it makes me question whether I'll ever buy another bike from a major brand, or just build my own Chineseium bike again.
Got a BXT too, did you have problems installing the front derailleur?
Good to hear the frames are working well for you 👌🏼
@@yankomaldonado6084 I went with a 1x setup, but this frame requires a fd with a built in cable stop. GRX is the only one that I know of.
@@dennismicallef9350 I used the Sensai Empire with a cable end mounted not the best/prettiest but it worked. I think the new Ltwoo also have cable stops
Most major brands get frames from China but to their specific requirements . Then painted with their brand logos
seems more manufactured than organic
1X setup is for slow gravel cyclists, don't compare it to cassette tape players just because you're slow 😉
Only place i'd have a 1X is on a mountain bike.
Depends on the terrain one rides, doesn't it? I ride 2x, but could see that someone riding hilly trails might not benefit from that.
Even pro road bikers use 1x during Paris-Roubaix so that's a bit silly to say isn't it?
I have 2 Bikes with SRAM AXS.
1 by And 2by.
And theye have the exakt same "Entfaltung""Übersetzung".
The 2by has 12 gears more, but it's almost the same like 1by.
BB is completely out of specs....
not worth it
why ?
@@nicokop7078 why would you cheap out because of 300-400 bucks? Established brands offer lifetime warranty on carbon frames
@@gitgudchannel it's not cheaping out if it's more than one can afford...
@@DjCringefest if you can't afford carbon then alu + rim brakes are the way to go
@@gitgudchannel rim brakes on a gravel, fantastic idea.... And "lifetime" warranties have a ton of loopholes. Well, you can always hope 🤞
Do yourself a favor: buy a steel bike. Or titanium. Or aluminum. Don't waste your time and money on this epoxy plastic junk.
Explain plastic junk, everyone has his or her own preferece
@@nicokop7078 carbon fiber composite bullshit with oval bottom brackets, mismatched holes and voids all over the frame, that eventually turn into cracks, propagating under the paintjob for your eyes not to see. Loud blabbermouths and GCN shills are marketing carbon bikes as next level space ships made out of wonder material with wondrous properties. In reality what you are getting is poorly designed, unreliable crap that is designed to fail, so you can buy the next model once it's released.
I work at the bike shop and it pains me to see what cycling industry has turned into these last 10 years...
Sure. Carbon fibre is "plastic".
I'll buy a steel bike when F1 builds a steel monocoque.
@@dennismicallef9350 F1 analogy doesn't work here. Try harder.
can you give some details as to why rather than just making a comment.
If you’re gonna spend money on a nice bike.
It would be better to save up $8000 than waste $800 on cheap carbon.
I currently rode a 2021 Alloy Diverge Elite E5. Like the reason for this video, I want to upgrade to a carbon frame with internal cabling but on a tight budget. Having watched this video I’m thinking that this may actually be doable. So do you think I could order one of these and take it and my bike into a shop and have a mechanic move everything over? Thanks
I want to do the same... but buy components and build it myself..mechanical groupset.
I did actually buy the frame and had it built. Had it since January and have only been on 2 fairly longish rides, the rest has been commuting but it’s been great so far. The company were great to deal with, quick responses from Wendy and it arrived a month before I was expecting. Really impressed at it all.