Chinese Carbon 1x Gravel Bike – Full build & test

Budget Chinese carbon 1x gravel bike build, including total cost, weight, & parts list. *SIROKO CLOTHING LINK* 10% off - I have been building and riding road bikes for the last 15 years, and I love finding cheaper alternatives name brand parts. I have 2 road bikes (1 rim brake and 1 disc brake) which I have built using Chinese carbon frames and cheap components from AliExpress. Both have been fantastic, and both have many thousands of miles on them. Gravel bikes have massively spiked in popularity recently, so I figured it was time to do a similar gravel bike build on the cheap. The frame was supplied to me by ICAN Cycling, and it’s their X-Gravel frame. Lightweight carbon fibre construction, great gravel geometry, and really nice quality! For the groupset, I did investigate the Shimano GRX 810, but it was FAR too expensive at over £900, so I have gone for the Sensah SRX Pro. An 11-speed gravel specific groupset, paired with a Senicx G