I’m struggling to find any decent cyclocross bikes in stock in the UK so considering ordering a Chinese frame. Any experiences? Budget is about £1500 for a full build, maybe more if I push the boat out. Was thinking about ordering some wheels at the same time to save on shipping.

Looks great - thanks for the info. Do you have any more details about the frame?

Weight Weenies has a thread about this. May be worth checking out. [image] Chinese Open Mold Gravel / CX Bikes - Weight Weenies

This is a super useful thread - thank you.

It’s my first cx bike so n=1 but I’m really enjoying my Vitus Energie with full cx1, picked it up for a similar price to what your looking to spend.

@jezza323 frame is a workswell bike wcb-c-112. It is identical to a cx028, gr029 or a fly fr-609 (rear derailleur hanger is differrent). They also all look identical to the Flanders Forte but the Flanders claimed weight is 75 to 100g lighter for the frame so not 100% sure. I have just ordered a fly …

Just a thought…how about the Inflite linked below? This is from the US sote, but I know theyre available in the UK as well. Edit: found the UK site. Looks like they have a carbot bike with Sram Rival for 2049 pounds. AL and sram apex is right at your price point. [image] Inflite CF SL 6 …

yes thats the correct frameset, Workswell WCB-C-112 my BB has also been amazing, better than many name brand frames. Its a straight bb30 with a machined alu insert to seat the bearings (with retaining clips as per regular bb30). 20,000km with the same pair of basic rotor branded bearings and smooth…

@jezza323 Thanks mate. I was worried the rear derailleur cable would rub on the inside of the chainstay. Good idea on crossing the cables as well :slight_smile:

mine seemed to route pretty well from under the bottom bracket straight through the rear exit without touching anything. Will depend on the exact routing on your frame I think. My other china frameset (Tideace) is a full run outer due to its routing

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This is my Chinese CX bike, just over 20,000km travelled, couple of CX seasons (we dont get many races here though) and plenty of gravel. Was about $800AUD for the frameset when I bought it a few years back, I am just running Chosen branded wheelsets from Merlin in the UK, they are cheap and have been solid for me

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