Meezo Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) From original postSo.... finally i have the time to start this. There's been many of talk about is it actually worth it, are they any good, what the difference and all the bleh bleh. OK so I'll start by saying this, i take absolutely nothing away from all the known name brands, manufacturers, local bike stores, importer locally and abroad not to mention any as there are many here in SA alone. My main motive behind going the Chinese carbon route was purely based on i do not have a lump sum of cash to splash on buying bikes complete all my bikes to date were either under 3k or i built up over a period of about 6-12months. Another reason being i was always one for the plain sort of clean look, and a blank carbon frame gave me just that. Before i pulled the trigger on my frames, i first did a lot of reading rbr and mtbr being the main source of my information, links to follow. and from what i read i knew that the product these guys offer seems to be legit, and in most cases you get more than what you pay for. So right that's all the nity grity out the way here's what i got/built/ordered. My current frames i ride, FM098(ROAD) and FM056(29er MTB) NB! I'm not here to push anybody/namebrand down simply just to give information to the many a pm's i've received, and not only pm's i'm in the process of building up another 2 29ers from people who simply just loved what they saw in mine. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOOD OR USEFUL TO ADD THEN DON'T..... PROCESS:My road bike was ordered through a place called Deng-Fu(http://dengfubikes.com), person i dealt with there was Tony. We were sort of the first group buy on these frames on a site http://www.velobuild.com . The group buy consisted of 10-15 members and we paid around $480 per frame, included paint(S-Works Venge in Green Style). I ordered 3 of them, 2 BSA and 1 BB30. 1 for me, as well as 2x50mm carbon clinchers, 2 Carbon Handlebars and 50 bottle cages, 1 for my brother @babse, and a close friend @yazzo. @yazzo went a step further on he's frame more details here. http://www.velobuild...n-non-di2-frameMine and @babse here. http://www.velobuild...098-green-matte My mtb is a FM056(29er) bought frame a place called Hong-Fu, person i dealt with was Jenny. I had to wait a bit for my frame, as i wanted it UD Matte, i'm full of ****. For @babse i ordered him a FR213 from a place called flyxii person dealt with was Amy. He's finish is UD gloss. LINKS :mtbr : http://forums.mtbr.c...9er-640919.htmlrbr : http://forums.roadbi...0-a-272806.html shooo they at 6.0 already.velobuild : www.velobuild.comebay : search 29er carbon or carbon road frame pics to follow, i will get @babse @yazzo @riaz to post pics of there bikes on here too. the FBI got us too Tracking http://www.trackmyparcel.co.za/http://www.17track.net/index_en.shtml Edited August 20, 2014 by Meezo babse, XanderMoore, Brendoz05 and 9 others 12
rouxtjie Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) the FBI got us too :ph34r: fekkers They can take our fred, but they can't take our freeeedoooooom Edited May 22, 2013 by rouxtjie jatho, LucyXu, Bianchisti and 6 others 9
Meezo Posted May 22, 2013 Author Posted May 22, 2013 fekkers I can take our fred, but they can't take our freeeedoooooom any update on your frame rouxtjie
rouxtjie Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 any update on your frame rouxtjie1st week in june, XT/XTR groupo arriving tomo...licking my lips, cannot wait anymore Forced to be doing the monster on the rigid SS this weekend, eina Meezo and nimbo 2
LOOK695 Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 Did you ever got around to posting some wheel pics? I had just started a thread on chinese wheels for some more research and......
Meezo Posted May 22, 2013 Author Posted May 22, 2013 50mm carbon clinchers... Tubbie pics to follow. Ps i had/have absolutely no issues with the novatec hubs. nellie and LOOK695 2
LOOK695 Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 50mm carbon clinchers... Tubbie pics to follow. Ps i had/have absolutely no issues with the novatec hubs.Thanks. And now we need a proper review. That matt finish looks very nice
Meezo Posted May 22, 2013 Author Posted May 22, 2013 Thanks. And now we need a proper review. That matt finish looks very nice @scotticus post review, obviously once you ride them. Tubbies for @babse, he's still looking for tyres(tubbies). LOOK695 1
'Dale Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 fekkers They can take our fred, but they can't take our freeeedoooooom BraveRoux!!!! BogusOne and rouxtjie 2
'Dale Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 50mm carbon clinchers... Tubbie pics to follow. Ps i had/have absolutely no issues with the novatec hubs. Weight of those hoops, Meezo? LOOK695 1
LOOK695 Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 @scotticus post review, obviously once you ride them. Tubbies for @babse, he's still looking for tyres(tubbies).Meezo, where did you buy these?
Meezo Posted May 22, 2013 Author Posted May 22, 2013 Weight of those hoops, Meezo?Tubbies(claimed) = 1390gClinchers(claimed) = 1630g Meezo, where did you buy these? carbonspeedcycle
rouxtjie Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 Anyone heavy riding chinese carbon?what is heavy? how many kg's?
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