Buying an FM029 from Dengfu

trekker66

I was looking at a dengfu fm029 frameset and had a few questions about purchasing:

Should I choose BB30 or standard threaded? I have heard some bad things about BB30 although I managed to screw the threads on an old threaded shell (is this common?) I guess it will limit what chainset I can use if I go with threaded?

Also I might pay via paypal, although this adds on %4.5, another option is Western Union but I have never used this....any good?

Thanks!

maddog 2

if you go through hongfu instead you can bank transfer, rather than get stung on paypal fees.

I'd go BSA every time. Sure BB30 is lighter but wider BBs/chainsets are the future IMO, so I can see BB30 sliding out of usage. Of the big players, only Sram and FSA make BB30 chainsets, so you're limited there. Sram are fine but FSA doesn't have a particularly good rep. Most new carbon frames run wide BB shells to maximise stiffness there.

Calpol

I recently bought an FM029 from Dengfu. It was a fairly painless process. I paid with paypal. I also paid no VAT or import duty. At the time they only had BB30 available but did offer to send an adaptor. In the end I didnt bother with the adaptor and fitted BB30-Megaexo cups. I know what some people say about BB30 but so far its ok. I loctited the cups into place and used a home made press. You can see my finished bike in Your Road Bikes.
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=12943843

brearley

I also bought one from Dengfu using paypal. I went with BB30 and haven't had any problems. All in it came to £320 as no import duty was paid. delivery was just under 3 weeks with the majority of time actually in the sorting office.
Ride quality is good and I've had zero issues with mine. I raced mine weekly throughout the summer and had no problems. With the ISP version I find it a bit vertically stiff which doesn't help much for longer rides so if I were to buy again I'd go for non ISP version.

trekker66

Thanks for the help,

I've heard a few people say about the ISP being a little hard to take on long rides. I was trying to keep the cost down and was told that the ISP and non- ISP are the same price. Should I just buy a carbon seat post? Any recommendations for one would be great!

Thanks

Calpol

trekker66 wrote:

Thanks for the help,

I've heard a few people say about the ISP being a little hard to take on long rides. I was trying to keep the cost down and was told that the ISP and non- ISP are the same price. Should I just buy a carbon seat post? Any recommendations for one would be great!

Thanks

My non isp FM029 came with a carbon seat post