About St Martin, the new range is just on shops from few weeks, so nobody really knows what it worths. But that seems good!
You should be fine now. If it works for Alex jumelin it'll work for you
A few years ago you would see St.martin parts breaking left and right but they changed things up and they are much more reliable nowadays.Ares is good also, I don't see anyone complaining about there parts.
concerning Ares, unfortunatelly it's not always goodLast year, a friend of mine broke his S-Kill frame in less than 2 or 3 months, doing only flatland (at Master level).And the reply he got through the shop coming from York Uno was something like: "it's not possible to break that frame because Uchie never broke it". And no replacement frame , no discount on a new frame, nothing.So York Uno is called "F*ck Uno" now lolActually that was quite the same story than way back: http://www.global-flat.com/smf/index.php?topic=32757.0And from what I read sometimes on a french fb group about flatland, many riders experimented blow-ups of Ares A-Class soft compound tiresAbout St Martin, the new range is just on shops from few weeks, so nobody really knows what it worths. But that seems good!
From experience the Jumlin seat/post combo was the worst I have ever rode. (who would put their name on this sh*t???) The seat points up in your nuts and the post SNAPPED in half. I also taco's one of their peregrine copy gears. I would stay away. I am using one of their chrome stems now but it will die soon i am sure. Not impressed!