[Show/Brief Comment]Shotwind RS3000 - Another Carbon frame from China

First of all, I need to briefly introduce myself to you all. I'm a gravel bike enthusiast from China, and I'm still a sophomore in college. This is my first real gravel bike, before that I was riding flat road bikes with wider tires. For this shotwind, I customized a personalized pink color (I call it "flamingo pink"), and at the same time chose an S-size frame according to my height (my height is 167cm, and the span height is 78cm). After riding her for a week now I want to introduce you to this gravel bike frame from Shotwind.

 

This frame is the result of the cooperation between Shotwind and another bicycle company from China—Trinx. In some youth CX races held by UCI, you can find the same frame with the "Trinx" Logo running on the field. So this frame can also be considered a CX bike.

The geometry diagram for the frameset is shown below. Although the picture is in Chinese, it should not affect your reading, so I will be lazy and not translate it.😜 Compared with Carbonda CFR696, the overall geometric style should be more flexible and radical, a bit like CFR707, but I am not an expert in frame geometry, so I can only ask you to make your own judgment.

The workmanship of this frame is quite good, and the inner wall of the junction of the bottom bracket, seat tube and other pipes is quite clean and tidy (I know a mechanic who specializes in selling Shotwind frames, and almost every Shotwind can achieve similar effects) , I think there is no need to worry about the quality and workmanship of the frame.

In terms of riding experience, I think she will be an excellent gravel bike. Comfortable geometry and excellent workmanship are the biggest reasons for me to accept sponsorship.
However, there are some shortcomings that I think must be pointed out to everyone: the frame uses a bb86 press-fit bottom bracket, a full internal routing layout, and a lack of mounting points. The first two are my own personal taste, maybe you don't agree. But the last point will be bad news for those who need to mount Bikepacking bags. Although Shotwind provides custom services for adding mounting holes, you need to pay more time and money, and the allowable load strength of the holes is not very good (should be just a riveting hole, not pre-embedded aluminum ). But the good news is that Shotwind recently launched a sister frame of RS3000 - RS2800, which has more aggressive geometry, cheaper price, and more mount holes.

In addition, Shotwind has not opened sales channels other than mainland China (it is said that it will be sold on AliExpress in the future), and the geometry of this frame is not particularly friendly to some extremely tall people. At the same time, I have not mentioned the price of this frame. The price of the pure black version is ￥3999(RMB), and the default red-black gradient and blue-black gradient are ￥4299. If you want to customize the painting like me, you need The price is based on the actual painting effect, and the price of a single solid color customization is ￥600.
The above is a brief introduction and loading display of this frame, I hope you will like it. I will write about my feelings about the L-TWOO kit when I have time below.

Welcome.  Thanks for that information.  Your English is good, and you've represented your bike sponsor well.

 

When you have time, please tell us about gravel riding in your area and in China generally.  Also, is gravel riding growing in popularity in China?

That's a nice looking frame.  Do you know if it's available with a threaded BB (BSA or T47)?  I'm shopping for the next combo road/CX/gravel frame for my son; the geometry on this looks promising, though I'm only interested in frames with threaded BBs.

 

Welcome.  Thanks for that information.  Your English is good, and you've represented your bike sponsor well.

 

When you have time, please tell us about gravel riding in your area and in China generally.  Also, is gravel riding growing in popularity in China?

Glad to see someone willing to respond to something I wrote. I would like to thank Google Translate more, it can help me convey my thoughts very well, although the sentence seems a bit blunt.
My hometown is Hangzhou, which is a coastal city in the east of China, close to Shanghai, and it is considered a relatively developed area (I have been to some cities in Germany and Italy, and it seems that there is not much difference from my hometown). There are countless super-large cities like Shanghai and Hangzhou in eastern China, and road bike sports are gradually becoming popular among young people. The culture of cycling is gradually penetrating into the lives of young people. However, road racing is still a strange thing for most Chinese people, and the relevant laws and regulations are not particularly perfect. But generally speaking, road racing in China is in a period of rising development.
Similarly, gravel riding is also accompanied by the rise of road cycling, and gradually spread among some people who love road cycling. There are similar forums like this in China. Although the number of followers may be less than here, the daily activity of everyone is even several times higher than this.
But what is interesting is that in China, roads suitable for gravel cycling are not as widely distributed in cities as in European and American countries, and a large number of paved roads can even penetrate into some economically backward mountainous areas. Gravel roads require players to actively seek and explore. Maybe the Northwest of China has roads that are naturally suitable for gravel cycling, but the long distance and busy work and study do not give everyone the opportunity to go to such a place often.
Therefore, gravel cycling in China is more inclined to "commuting" sports bikes, which allow people who like it to use it to go to work on normal working days, and take a long-distance bicycle trip on weekends. There are more complicated reasons for this, which are difficult to express clearly. But in general, gravel cycling has indeed attracted more and more attention in China, although there are still many prejudices and misunderstandings.

That's a nice looking frame.  Do you know if it's available with a threaded BB (BSA or T47)?  I'm shopping for the next combo road/CX/gravel frame for my son; the geometry on this looks promising, though I'm only interested in frames with threaded BBs.

I asked the guys at Shotwind and they told me that there is no threaded BB for either frame. Because for the factories they work with, it is more error-prone to make threaded BB than press-in BB. He suggested using a lock-in BB to fit both frames (I don't know if this is translated correctly, this type of bottom bracket is for a press-fit frame, where the bushing is threaded to connect the bearings on both sides. Also, there is no thread at the junction with the frame. It's kind of like combining a press-fit BB with a threaded BB).

I asked the guys at Shotwind and they told me that there is no threaded BB for either frame. Because for the factories they work with, it is more error-prone to make threaded BB than press-in BB. He suggested using a lock-in BB to fit both frames (I don't know if this is translated correctly, this type of bottom bracket is for a press-fit frame, where the bushing is threaded to connect the bearings on both sides. Also, there is no thread at the junction with the frame. It's kind of like combining a press-fit BB with a threaded BB).

 

Thanks for following up.  Yes, I'm familiar with the thread-together-type bottom bracket that you describe -- and have used one in the past for a press-fit frame.  Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.  My preference is to find a frame offering BSA/T47; however, I do understand the motivations for frame manufacturers to prefer the press-fit.  In any event, thanks for following up!