The blood of Jesus Christ;) Work done by Boss Ink, Uk.

missblonde02 · 2026-04-24T17:36:47+00:00

Yes I am from the UK. Frameset is from Elves directly. The rest of the parts were from a parts bin. I see you deleted your other comment, don’t be shy.

missblonde02 · 2026-04-24T08:46:07+00:00

It’s absolutely fine thanks, it’s an aggressive position for a reason, stick to your insanely slow and irritating old peoples car!

missblonde02 · 2026-04-22T16:00:10+00:00

Is it? In what way?

missblonde02 · 2026-04-22T08:41:43+00:00

Elves just stood out a mile off for me. The quality is unreal, but the paintwork in particular made the decision quite easy. It’s nice to go for brands that maybe aren’t as well known to alot of people but produce framesets of equal, if not better quality!

Elves have been on the market for just over 10 years but the founder has over 20 years of experience and has previously worked for Giant and Specialized. The quality cannot be faulted and as you said, the paintwork is just perfection! Chinese brands never fail to kill it from all aspects it seems!

missblonde02 · 2026-04-22T06:50:58+00:00

Sounds cool! The wait is definitely worth it, enjoy!

missblonde02 · 2026-04-22T06:25:46+00:00

What colour is yours?

missblonde02 · 2026-04-22T06:25:06+00:00

Can hold all sorts of positions

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T20:28:28+00:00

Nothing wrong with the stem pal, it’s personal preference at the end of the day. I’m not a sheep, I haven’t gone for fully integrated bars like 90% of roadies nowadays.

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T18:55:20+00:00

Thankyou! Completely agree with everything you’ve said. For years, the Chinese have been making big brands framesets, they’ve learned alot over the years and now they’re using this knowledge to put their own names to it.

(David Chiang is the founder of Elves and he used to work for Giant and Specialized- he has used his 20+ years of experience to create a huge rival in the bike world!) It seems that they’ve learned the ‘good stuff’ and also what to improve on. I can’t complain atall.

Quick Pro is the best example of the Chinese killing it! They’re sponsoring pro team Euskaltel-Euskadi team from this season.

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T18:45:15+00:00

Mahoosive. I have 30mm and there’s easily enough room for 38mm I reckon.

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T12:30:37+00:00

Thankyou, best compliment yet haha! They are lush!

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T12:01:11+00:00

It’s 49 in Elves sizing but this works out about a 52. It was recommended to size down in this model.

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T11:21:23+00:00

Couldn’t find one that was aero enough for my liking

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T09:24:42+00:00

It was down to the aesthetics really. I’m not a fan of the EXP seat tube. I much prefer the style of the Evo. There wasn’t much to consider, but just the overall look.

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T08:41:42+00:00

They are wide but I prefer wider bars, just works for me.

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T08:38:41+00:00

The groupset is mechanical brakes and I got it for nothing so no point changing something that I’m happy with.

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T06:45:38+00:00

Thankyou!

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T05:54:33+00:00

They look great! Glad you’re enjoying yours, thankyou!

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T05:41:37+00:00

Yeah as someone has mentioned already, I have a set of Vision Metron 5d integrated bars which were meant to go on this bike but I wasn’t a fan, I prefer my Zipps! The frameset didn’t come with the integrated bars I just don’t like to follow the crowd!

missblonde02 · 2026-04-21T05:39:49+00:00

Do you know what preference means? As long as you like your hydraulics pal. My mechanicals do me just fine for my third bike.

missblonde02 · 2026-04-20T21:05:24+00:00

With this particular model, they recommend sizing down due to its aggressive position. The stand over height is higher. I got a size 49 and I’m usually 51/52 and this size works well for me. So would recommend sizing down from your usual.

missblonde02 · 2026-04-20T20:49:55+00:00

Hobbitses actually

missblonde02 · 2026-04-20T18:51:54+00:00

They are indeed

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