Who on BR has bought a 'cheap' Chinese carbon frame?

Percy Vera

EkO wrote:

There is a special tool available, I work for a Sealey stockist and I know that they make a set for it.
http://www.sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuilder.a ... results=16

But I'm sure there will be a cheaper version in Machine Mart or similar? Maybe even ask a local car bodyshop or mechanic, they may have one you can use for 2 seconds?

Cheers for that!

Flamez

You need a rivnut tool to tighten up the bottle screws

Crankbrother

I am very much liking the turn in this thread ... Cheap is just that in the end ... No warranty, no comeback other than badmouthing on the web ...

It's the eqiivelant of the zip busting on your no-name jeans ... But feel free to post the pics of your piss stained pants ...

Anonymous

Crankbrother wrote:

I am very much liking the turn in this thread ... Cheap is just that in the end ... No warranty, no comeback other than badmouthing on the web ...

It's the eqiivelant of the zip busting on your no-name jeans ... But feel free to post the pics of your wee-wee stained pants ...

I had the same problem with the bottle cage bolt holders in my 2.3k titanium frame to be fair...

Percy Vera

Crankbrother wrote:

I am very much liking the turn in this thread ... Cheap is just that in the end ... No warranty, no comeback other than badmouthing on the web ...

It's the eqiivelant of the zip busting on your no-name jeans ... But feel free to post the pics of your wee-wee stained pants ...

And I could have bought the exact same frame with Veloce and a DeRosa badge for £2k. Instead I paid £300 for frame only.

I'm not bad mouthing, just letting people know and getting advice. Luckily I did as I may be able to fix it my end. I think most people think it's worth a punt at those prices. If it had of been a DeRosa I probably would have brought it back to the shop and they would have sent it off.

Carbonzone have said to send it back and they will cover Shipping if it's a defect, but I don't think I'll bother. I'll try that special tool and if that doesn't work I'll try some super glue.

father_jack

I'll try some super glue.

Wouldn't use cyano, I'd use epoxy.

Percy Vera

Father Jack wrote:

I'll try some super glue.

Wouldn't use cyano, I'd use epoxy.

Cheers for that!

brettjmcc

Percy,
No idea where you live, but I have a RivNut tool you can borrow. I am in Essex. I also build cars in my spare time... totally agree on the epoxy.

If you want slightly cheaper, try somewhere like www.cbsonline.co.uk , or the dreaded eBay.

Brett

pjm300

right, i think i'm going to buy a carbon frame for the missus and build it up with second hand components.

will be a 50cm frame - which frame would people recommend for someone coming from an occassional ride on a crappy mountain bike?

petemadoc

pjm300 wrote:

right, i think i'm going to buy a carbon frame for the missus and build it up with second hand components.

will be a 50cm frame - which frame would people recommend for someone coming from an occassional ride on a crappy mountain bike?

I think that the FM028 is generally considered the more sportive/relaxed geometry style bike as it has a slightly longer head tube so I'd go for that. It'll still be a massive change for her if she's not ridden a road bike before.

ShutUpLegs

pjm300 wrote:

right, i think i'm going to buy a carbon frame for the missus and build it up with second hand components.

will be a 50cm frame - which frame would people recommend for someone coming from an occassional ride on a crappy mountain bike?

Boardman?

pjm300

PeteMadoc wrote:

pjm300 wrote:

right, i think i'm going to buy a carbon frame for the missus and build it up with second hand components.

will be a 50cm frame - which frame would people recommend for someone coming from an occassional ride on a crappy mountain bike?

I think that the FM028 is generally considered the more sportive/relaxed geometry style bike as it has a slightly longer head tube so I'd go for that. It'll still be a massive change for her if she's not ridden a road bike before.

do you have a link for this frame?

Velonutter

pjm300 wrote:

right, i think i'm going to buy a carbon frame for the missus and build it up with second hand components.

will be a 50cm frame - which frame would people recommend for someone coming from an occassional ride on a crappy mountain bike?

My daughter is 5ft 6" and I bought her the 48" sloping of this model, they aren't listing anymore that size but a quick message to them might turn up some more: -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-12k-Car ... 25637e56bb

Turns out to be a brilliant frame, really really well built.

pjm300

thank you

spasypaddy

has anyone bought a cheap titanium frame?

petemadoc

pjm300 wrote:

PeteMadoc wrote:

pjm300 wrote:

right, i think i'm going to buy a carbon frame for the missus and build it up with second hand components.

will be a 50cm frame - which frame would people recommend for someone coming from an occassional ride on a crappy mountain bike?

I think that the FM028 is generally considered the more sportive/relaxed geometry style bike as it has a slightly longer head tube so I'd go for that. It'll still be a massive change for her if she's not ridden a road bike before.

do you have a link for this frame?

The common place to buy the FM028 is from Dengfu bikes here

http://dengfubikes.com/product.asp?id=2&classid=21

You can also get it from carbonzone on ebay I think

STEFANOS4784

Watch BBC2 now, very interesting.

waterford123

Nothing relevant to say. I just wanted to be the 800th post. F**k im bored.

GoingCarbon

Wow, 800!

I started this post a while back, hopefully now that I have my frame and almost all the components my FM028 will be built before this thread reaches 1,000

warrior4life

Has anyone any idea about this frame? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 3632wt_912

I love my cervelo s1 but Im getting back pain, I dont have that much £££ so have to look at all options as a replacement and this caught my eye.

Monty Dog

warrior4life wrote:

Has anyone any idea about this frame? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 3632wt_912.

It's a Dengfu FM028, plenty of info above

warrior4life

Ahhh, Many thanks.

What about this company?
http://www.swiftcarbon.com/category/com ... tml#photos

damitamit

Update on my order.

Ordered a FM028 non-isp in matt 3k finish from Carbonzone on the 6th June. Also got a headset, spacers, seatpost and spare mech hanger.

It was shipped by Echo on the 16th and to my surprise it arrived yesterday, the 21st. No customs charge as it was declared as a sample with low value.

Opened it up last night and everything is there. Frame is perfect apart from 2 slight marks. I'm ok with this as they are very small and it seems a matt finish will mark easily.

I didn't think it would arrive so quick (and painlessly) so I haven't even sourced all the parts yet. Still need to get a compact chainset (SRAM Rival), shiftes, barrel adjusters and a rear mech.

It will be a winter build with muguards. Will post photos when the build starts...

Poulsy

warrior4life wrote:

Ahhh, Many thanks.

What about this company?
http://www.swiftcarbon.com/category/com ... tml#photos

Looks like same as the Ribble Stealth and De Rosa R838

See my post on this thread

http://www.bikeradar.com/MTB/forums/vie ... 5a11083b8c

petemadoc

OK so after months of faffing around I finally ordered a De Rosa/ Ribble stealth style bike through carbonzone on ebay. £360 posted Will keep you posted how it goes.

warrior4life

Poulsy wrote:

warrior4life wrote:

Ahhh, Many thanks.

What about this company?
http://www.swiftcarbon.com/category/com ... tml#photos

Looks like same as the Ribble Stealth and De Rosa R838

See my post on this thread

http://www.bikeradar.com/MTB/forums/vie ... 5a11083b8c

Thanks for posting me in the right direction

liamb93

the question is will you be happy with it ? while the quality is there sometimes frames fail whether they are made in china or italy , i would recommend paying that bit more and having a moda (made in derby) they are very nice looking bikes and dont cost that much to buy and being british parts and customer services are easy to get hold of.

mcrdave

Sorry to burst the bubble Liam but I'm 99% sure the Moda frames aren't made in Derby, they're probably made in the same factory as Carbonzones plus the after sales service from Carbonzone has been good so what's the advantage of paying more for the same product? Most people on here I'm sure would love to buy british but not just for a set of stickers on the same product and a £300 / 400 markup.

damitamit

Couple of pics:

Well packaged...


Frame and forks..,

Velonutter

Here's my daughters bike finished now, frame is a 48cm from Carbonzone and came in at 1040g, forks were 325g.

Delivery was 5 working days, all the threads were nice and clean, alignment appears perfect and for £210 + £45 delivery I honestly can't complain, they threw in a free headset as well.

After placing the order I placed another order for the Carbon Bars, Carbon Seat Post, Carbon Stem, Carbon Spacers and Carbon wrapped seat clamp all for £70 including postage, unfortunately they couldn't add it to the order as it had already been despatched!

My daughter has done about 600 miles on it now and she is really quite pleased and noticed the difference from her previous Kinesis, she is riding it from London to Paris next week, 375 Miles so that will be a further test for it.