Sorry didn't see you quoted me sooner. I was only able to take a bike out for 15 minutes. The frame quality seems very good, very clear paint, no sharp edges, every opening on the frame was also clean. All the openings for cables, etc. was very precise. The bike came in just under 8kg without the pedals. I kind of hoped for something a bit lighter, but I didn't go full weight weenie on it at the same time. The tires are tubeless. In terms of the paint work, they painted it for me. I also asked for a special font called "Steiner", which turned out super nicely. I sent them the decal I wanted in the correct font and they did it for me. See in the attached photo how we communicated the paint requirements. The cost of painting depends on what exactly you want, mine ended up being $125 because of decal, so $710 for the bike with shipping and paypal fee included.
Now to my post opener... I ran into a big issue with the rear wheel. I bought the Hunts from a bike shop in Europe as new take downs. The rear wheel bearings and freehub are toasted or something is very wrong. I can't backpedal, the chain just goes slack. Also, if I try to pedal normally the entire axle turns, instead of the wheel turning around the axle (not the thru axle, but whatever the internal wheel axle is). The coasting works fine though. So not much for riding until I get replacement parts from Hunt. They use Novatec hubs;d oes anybody have any idea what is going on with this rear wheel? I couldn't use the wheel from my gravel bike because I have 160mm 6bolt rotors there and couldn't swap. Very frustrating having to wait even longer!
