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

gb155

My FM015 is 90% cobbled together now, will start adjusting the bars, saddle, cables etc now

cabbage1879

Nice wallpaper. :?

sloppyschleckonds

Option Click wrote:

Hurrah, my FM015 arrived yesterday!
On first inspection it looks very well finished and the paintjob, although not complex, has been done well, and certainly a bargain at $60.

Just need to decide whether to 'brand' it or keep it clean.

Apologies for poor phone pic...

Looks good, could have some fun with branding :twisted:

campagone

Came across this frame on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Super-Light-C ... =RTM687476

Does anyone know if its a branded frame in disguise?
Has internal gear cable routing and all.
If anything it looks a nicer frame than my FM028

amaferanga

gb155 wrote:

My FM015 is 90% cobbled together now, will start adjusting the bars, saddle, cables etc now

So you get a frame with 'aggressive' geometry and then put a stem like that on it :?

mcrdave

campagone wrote:

Came across this frame on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Super-Light-C ... =RTM687476

Does anyone know if its a branded frame in disguise?
Has internal gear cable routing and all.
If anything it looks a nicer frame than my FM028

thats a new one, not seen that before, wonder how heavy it is in 57cm, have asked for geometry. cheers for the heads up on that

EKIMIKE

amaferanga wrote:

So you get a frame with 'aggressive' geometry and then put a stem like that on it :?

I agree. Cue excuses and spacers. Ultimately it doesn't matter to us, whether the guy will like his bike as much with a gert spacer stack or find it uncomfortable without one is where it does matter. There were enough spacers on the knock off 'trek'....

My advice is never buy a bike that doesn't fit you.

ademort

Finally got my Chinarello built up looks ok to me, what do you think.e[img][/img]
By ademort at 2011-07-24

By ademort at 2011-07-24



Ademort

speeder1987

ademort wrote:

Finally got my Chinarello built up looks ok to me, what do you think

Wow , I love it

Aggieboy

ademort wrote:

Finally got my Chinarello built up looks ok to me, what do you think.

Ademort

Finally! :roll: Looks lovely. Fake parts look good as well. Ride report soon?

ademort

Aggieboy wrote:

ademort wrote:

Finally got my Chinarello built up looks ok to me, what do you think.

Ademort

Finally! :roll: Looks lovely. Fake parts look good as well. Ride report soon?

Be patient Aggieboy, ride report tomorrow, big ride planned. Would have gone out today but was busy with the kids as they come first.
Ademort

cabbage1879

Looking good ademort. Any chance you can put up the email addy you used?

sloppyschleckonds

ademort wrote:

Finally got my Chinarello built up looks ok to me, what do you think.e[img][/img]
By ademort at 2011-07-24

By ademort at 2011-07-24



Ademort

Slightly understated, but maybe some red bartape?

petemadoc

Understated is not the word, but it looks pretty sweet.

I had my first ride on mine this evening it felt light, responsive and very fast. I'll post some finished pics with a full ride report when I get a chance. So far I've been impressed throughout the build and first ride.

ademort

Bought the frame from here http://www.aliexpress.com/fm-store/900790 $630 including postage money well spent if you ask me.
Ademort

ademort

First ride out today, Wow, it really is amazing, great accelaration on the flat it absorbs the bumps in the road really well. For the money i am delighted, if you can get a better bargain for the price then i have yet to see it.The only minor problems with the frame when it arrived were paint in the bosses, down tube and seattube but that,s easy to sort out. There was also paint in the small hole under the BB where the front mech cable goes through the frame but again thats easy to sort out. I also felt a little rough patch inside the seattube area which prevented me from fitting the seatpin but a few minutes of sanding and that problem was sorted out too.The frame is well finished as you can see in the pictures and i would def buy one again.
Just some info for anyone wanting to buy a chinarello, firstly they do not come with bottle cage screws or the downtube derailleur adjusters so you will need to buy these yourself. Also as i found out you may need to buy extra long nuts to secure the brake calipers to the frame depending on what make of calipers you have. BB is English thread, seatpin is 31.6mm and you need a band on front mech. If you now have a braze on front mech you can buy an adaptor size 35mm and you also need a seat clamp size 34.9mm.. Hope i have been of some help with the extra info.
Ademort

P_Tucker

ademort wrote:

First ride out today, Wow, it really is amazing, great accelaration on the flat it absorbs the bumps in the road really well.

I've written an outline for a review for mine which I'm willing to sell to CyclingPlus for a reasonable fee:

- I can really feel the power being transferred to the road - its so light and responsive.
- The curved seat-stays really absorb the road vibration making me less fatigued at the end of a long ride.
- the slightly relaxed geometry made those long rides far more comfortable
- It corners like its on rails.
- E-ev-ven o-o-ver cob-b-bles the asy-y-met-t-tric sta-ays ma-ake it fee-eel li-ike you-ou're ri-id-ing on-n a-a tr-ra-raaack
- the asymetric design means that the force I apply to the bike will be balanced evenly across the entire frame, resulting in less force dispersion, greater efficiency and, of course, more speed for me!
- We did a quick calculation and worked out that the frame achieved 110% efficiency by channelling cross winds through the frame and into the pedal stroke, whilst at the same time maintaining uni-lateral stiffness throughout the main triangle

I'm definitely going to get a silver standard time on my favourite sportive next year.

Herbsman

ademort wrote:

Finally got my Chinarello built up looks ok to me, what do you think.e[img][/img]
By ademort at 2011-07-24

By ademort at 2011-07-24



Ademort

You've put the tyres on upside down for a start.

ptr_

Herbsman wrote:

You've put the tyres on upside down for a start.

Agreed.

The valve should be between the W and A of Schwalbe, but thats just jealously talking - looks gorgeous!

Crankbrother

The decals are also in the wrong place ... £3-4k to the left would be better ...

cabbage1879

ademort wrote:

Bought the frame from here http://www.aliexpress.com/fm-store/900790 $630 including postage money well spent if you ask me.
Ademort

Cheers mate, i've sent them a few emails in the last 2 weeks but haven't heard anything back at all.

:?

ademort

ptr_ wrote:

Herbsman wrote:

You've put the tyres on upside down for a start.

Agreed.

The valve should be between the W and A of Schwalbe, but thats just jealously talking - looks gorgeous!

I am gonna have to change the tyres or i,m not gonna sleep at night.
Ademort

petemadoc

Here's mine pretty much finished, I'll post a full build list in the "your rides" section



Brought through carbonzone, custom decals from spincollective.co.uk

Need to buy a new saddle, I put a new Arione on to begin with but didn't suit so it's got my tatty old one on for now.

A guy off road bike review gave me the illustrator file for this and I thought it was pretty cool.

P_Tucker

ademort wrote:

ptr_ wrote:

Herbsman wrote:

You've put the tyres on upside down for a start.

Agreed.

The valve should be between the W and A of Schwalbe, but thats just jealously talking - looks gorgeous!

I am gonna have to change the tyres or i,m not gonna sleep at night.
Ademort

The red of the tyres doesn't match the red of the frame. This disgusts me.

kfinlay

Pete I really wasn't sure about your design at all but I'm glad to say I was wrong as the graphics and full build have come out looking great. Good Job!

yaya

cabbage1879 wrote:

ademort wrote:

Bought the frame from here http://www.aliexpress.com/fm-store/900790 $630 including postage money well spent if you ask me.
Ademort

Cheers mate, i've sent them a few emails in the last 2 weeks but haven't heard anything back at all.

:?

Beware of scammers on Alibaba website....just google "Alibaba scam" and you'll have a good afternoon worth of reading

Maybe it is just me but I find that buying "branded" products that are not manufactured by or licensed from the actual brand a bit odd, not to mention illegal...

By selling these knock-offs cheap these companies show us that the manufacturing costs are not that high anymore (although I would still argue that higher manufacturing costs = higher quality, in general), so why cant they spend a few more dollars on making their own designs and brands????

If there was a factory that was making Porsche Knock-offs, branded as Porsche, at 30% of the real Porsche price, would you buy from that factory? Assuming that the answer is no, why would you buy a fake Pinarello then?

P_Tucker

yaya wrote:

If there was a factory that was making Porsche Knock-offs, branded as Porsche, at 30% of the real Porsche price, would you buy from that factory? Assuming that the answer is no, why would you buy a fake Pinarello then?

Yes. Do you have contact details?

P_Tucker

Anyway, my Chinarello shortly before I christened it in Mid Wales somewhere. As you can see, my choice of seatpost/bottles is beyond reproach.

petemadoc

kfinlay wrote:

Pete I really wasn't sure about your design at all but I'm glad to say I was wrong as the graphics and full build have come out looking great. Good Job!

Thanks Kev. Still needs a nicer saddle and different cages and definitely some nice wheels when I can afford them. Have to admit it feels a bit weird, almost embarrassing riding a frame you've designed yourself. Might put some more stickers on it, some Belgian flag wraps or something, don't want to overdo things though.

petemadoc

P_Tucker wrote:

Anyway, my Chinarello shortly before I christened it in Mid Wales somewhere. As you can see, my choice of seatpost/bottles is beyond reproach.

special K? You trying to drop a dress size.

Bike looks 5hit hot