Bought this to build up as a do it all commuter and part-time tracklocross rig. The frameset shipped and arrived quickly, and was generally well packed. Once out of the box I noticed some minor blemishes and paint imperfects, but these things happen. That said, this condition nets a 4 star review at best. The bottom bracket shell facing was heavily painted and the chain-stays had some tiny paint pitting imperfections 🤷🏼‍♂️. The BB shell required facing and chasing, so plan for this if you are building this up from a frameset. My BB would absolutely not thread in without it. That said, things otherwise came together nicely, and it does what I'd hoped - capably hold 38mm gravel tires with some room to spare. I swapped out the stock fork (which looks nice and is feather weight) with a carbon adventure fork and think this combination would hold 2.1" tires if I was getting weird, on a 49cm frame, no less. That's another thing, pay attention to the sizes and overall geometry on these things. I usually ride a 51-54cm road frameset, and the 49cm bl v3 measured up to be the best fit for me of the line-up. This 49cm's top-tube is over 2cm longer than my other 50cm track bike, for example.

I'm anxious to put some miles on this thing very soon!

Really like the look and color scheme of the new black label v3 with less writing on the frame. But the real upgrade for me is the bigger tire clearance for a more multi purpose bike.