ebay carbon hardtail

mel d

hi, thinking about getting a new frame and looking into these frames from ebay, nice price and look tasty too. but has anyone broke ,cracked or smashed 1, aint seen much about them breaking. anyone broke 1 ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-Full-Ca ... 3a6582168b

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-Full-Ca ... 45fa466a3a

cheers for any input

gezzza

Looking at the spec the toptube is very short for the size?

mel d

18" is inch longer than bike i have now, is that ^^ toptube short for a 18" frame?

allthegearnoidea

if you have a search for carbon hardtail, or ebay carbon frames, chinese ebay frames etc. then should bring up a Load of threads on them, was one only a couple of weeks back,

gezzza

its about 25mm shorter that what i would be looking for.

mel d

so average ish top tube is 600 mm on 18 " frame ?

supersonic

About 585 is average. But so manhy other measurements too, like seat angle which can affect your weight distribution. They are good value frames, but just be careful of the geometry.

mel d

cheers chaps 8)

AndyOgy

I'd pay a bit more and go for one of the On-One carbon frames. Uk seller, full warranty and loads of testimonials praising their build quality.

mel d

mmm whippet looks very nice and a bit more roomy,i wonder is it time for new bike..
and like you say uk and warranty.

ThePriory1978

I dont trust all these Carbon frames from China or whatever, just couldn't bring myself to buy one. Get yourself a nice new Piglet or Blue Pig or something...

allthegearnoidea

ThePriory1978 wrote:

I dont trust all these Carbon frames from China or whatever, just couldn't bring myself to buy one. Get yourself a nice new Piglet or Blue Pig or something...

wouldnt suprise me one bit if the piglets are made in the same factory as these!

have a look through here and see how many frames you recognise!!
http://carbon-products.en.alibaba.com/

the majority of frames are made in taiwan/china/hong kong area, then shipped out,
i had an older style carbon ht, unbranded and the same design as the current ones, was just heavier than nows, i got it second hand no idea on previous users riding and rode it for 18 months, really gave it some stick, few lil jumps here and there but a lot of fast Rocky downs, frame waas freat, no complaints at all. only issue i had was when 4rsing about with the club on a small ft high jump, a bad heavy landing collapsed the alloy drop out on the non drive side, carbon was all fine, was the non carbon bit that failed!
oh, am no wippet either, 100kg without pack on,

i'd definately have another!

VWsurfbum

allthegearnoidea wrote:

ThePriory1978 wrote:

http://carbon-products.en.alibaba.com/

looks like that is the company on ebay! looks like there doing a carbon 29er HT now too!!!!

allthegearnoidea

i suspect its one of many fella! there are quite a few factories out that way, i guess they run of the amount needed + say 10% extra incase of quality controls and if not needed are sold on through how ever they fancy!!

mtbr forum guys did a lil group buy on them couple of years back! Very cheap then!!!

VWsurfbum

was thinking about doing something like that on the 29er's, there big news at the moment, and bought at a sensible price, potential to sell quite a few?

njee20

I had one, great little frame, but the TT was very short. I'd have another one rather than a Whippet, if I could find one with a longer TT. Very tempted by one of the "Chinarello" road bikes.

02gf74

^^^ yep - 've been lookng at them too; and as has been said, the TT is sort (I am looking for 600 mm); also I don't want rame made for brake bosses since I am not 100% disc brake cnverted so there is one or 2 frames that meet the above criteria; they happen to be a bit more expensive than the £ 200 ish frames. ..... I am sure given enough time, more will become avaialble.