carbonzone-china
stuff4jas
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Hi
Has anyone had any dealings with this company?
Loooking to possibly buy a frame from them and will be gratefull for any feed back.
Has anyone had any dealings with this company?
Loooking to possibly buy a frame from them and will be gratefull for any feed back.
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Hello mate, think there have been a few threads on here about these guys of late (+ some pics of built of bikes), by all accounts they seem incredibly good value.I like shiny bikes - especially Italian ones.....!!0
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General consensus is they are very good value and some are the same frames the big brands use with a different paint job.
Danger is you'll get hit with an import duty and VAT bill. Here's the thread
http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=127510160 -
Also info on roadbikereview forum - 4 threads with LOTS of info - I read them and the overall feeling I came away with was they are generally good buys but don't be surprised if you need to do a bit of fettling with fit and finish when building the bike.
Initially I was really keen and thought I could build a Ferrari bike for Mondeo money but the more I looked into things, for me it wasn't worth it and I have decided to buy a Canyon Ult CF 9.0 for £2100 but building a chinese frame to the same spec would be about £1900 - the extra £200 for me is worth it for less hassle, warranty and a better frame (I could even get a Rose bike with similar spec for £2k).Kev
Summer Bike: Colnago C60
Winter Bike: Vitus Alios
MTB: 1997 GT Karakorum0 -
Yes, excellent. Carbonzone are Schenzen Greatkeen, and they make several thousand carbon fibre units for the European/North American market each year.0
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stuff4jas wrote:Hi
Has anyone had any dealings with this company?
Loooking to possibly buy a frame from them and will be gratefull for any feed back.[/quo
Hi,
I bought one just after christmas. It came in about 3 weeks and I could track the parcel.I paid no tax as they mark it as a sample .
I am absolubtly delighted with mine. It rides extremely well. V stiff and light. Build quality is as good as any bike ive seen. I also bought carbon handlebars which are just as good. All cable routing is internal with internal tubing so threading cables is easy.
I cant recommend them enough. What else can you get for £300.00
I had a cannondale system 6 before and this is way better. :0 -
Berk Bonebonce wrote:Yes, excellent. Carbonzone are Schenzen Greatkeen, and they make several thousand carbon fibre units for the European/North American market each year.
I think that DengFu come under the same umbrella too.0 -
yothsr3 wrote:stuff4jas wrote:Hi
Has anyone had any dealings with this company?
Loooking to possibly buy a frame from them and will be gratefull for any feed back.[/quo
Hi,
I bought one just after christmas. It came in about 3 weeks and I could track the parcel.I paid no tax as they mark it as a sample .
I am absolubtly delighted with mine. It rides extremely well. V stiff and light. Build quality is as good as any bike ive seen. I also bought carbon handlebars which are just as good. All cable routing is internal with internal tubing so threading cables is easy.
I cant recommend them enough. What else can you get for £300.00
I had a cannondale system 6 before and this is way better. :
Details please
Which supplier/contact did you use? Any issues with the build? Did you fit the headset yourself? Which model did you go for?
Pictures, pictures pictures!0 -
I have bought differents items to him in a same purchase to put on my bike. After about 1 month I have received the parcel. The wheels are not right, rims are very poor quality : The brakes moove when i brake. I have look to the brake surface there is a bump on it !
Secondly the stem received is not round to tighten the handlebar. Then when the bolts are tighten the handlebar can moove ! :oops:
Thelast item are not recevied since 6 months they said that they have no stock. I have contact them to inform the problem for the items but they don(t do anything
Very bad seller !0 -
I have not used them but have seen good reports on them. I can recommend Carbon_Bicycle on Ebay where I bought my frame £275 delivered. Not fettling required everything fitted together perfectly. 1,100miles so far no problems. they dan be creative as far as import duty and VAT is concerned!
Here is a link to one of his frames I was thinking of building next.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300736724208? ... 1423.l26490 -
After reading on this forum I recently ordered (and paid for) a frame, wheels and some other stuff from Carbonzone. Last week the wheels arrived but I haven't heard anything about the rest of the stuff. Since I only got one tracking number I expected that all things would arrive together. Carbonzone has until now been very fast i responding to messages but are now ignoring me...
You guys who have dealt with them before, is this normal behavior from their side or should I be worried...?
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I think for a lot of these companies there is a messenger-type chat facility available and often that works better than emailing back and forth for hours/days delay between correspondence. See if you can do that.0
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To ease your mind, they never ship wheels with frames etc as they are oversized then.
If you order from these guys you will get the goods.Living MY dream.0 -
Sollen wrote:After reading on this forum I recently ordered (and paid for) a frame, wheels and some other stuff from Carbonzone. Last week the wheels arrived but I haven't heard anything about the rest of the stuff. Since I only got one tracking number I expected that all things would arrive together. Carbonzone has until now been very fast i responding to messages but are now ignoring me...
You guys who have dealt with them before, is this normal behavior from their side or should I be worried...?
Thanks
The thing is, the culture of Chinese customer service is very different from ours. They don't like to be the bearer of bad news, so if there is a problem, or you contact them with a problem, they prefer to only contact you back when they have an actual resolution instead of saying; 'we're looking into the issue, but we don't have an answer yet'.
I will probably be buying a RB006 frame (Scott Foil type design) from Carbonzone via ebay as a summer project.0