Finally, my first gravel-bike

I recently built a gravel bike based on a chinese Triaero Graro carbon frame, XL size for my height 190cm.

The total build price was $2,000, of which $900 was the frame and $200 were the low-cost carbon wheelset Kore Topgun SL50. I am very happy with this build, the frame looks good and has no problems or defects, I asked the seller for minor changes in the painting of the frame, a seatpost without offset and a 420*90 dropbar, my wishes were fulfilled.

The bike's weight turned out to be 8.5kg, and I'm quite happy with this result.

My task was to build a comfortable and fast bike for riding around the city, I used to ride an XC MTB. In my opinion, the gravel frame and 40mm wide asphalt tires have become a good combination for my task. Since I often have to drive on sidewalks / bad roads, I still don't have enough comfort and I'm thinking of buying a wider triaero carbon wheelset with inner width of 27mm instead of 23mm as it is now, this should slightly improve comfort.

A few other components:

Shimano XT M8000 11-42t casset

Shimano GRX 812 RD

Shimano GRX 810 Crankset

Alugear 42t chainring

Shimano GRX 600 brakes with Shimano Ultegra 8170 calipers

Shimano mt800 rotors

HT PA32A pedals

RDS chinese carbon saddle

Continental Contact urban 40mm tires