Chinese Carbon Framesets on Ebay or Aliexpress
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Postby jules21 » Fri May 29, 2015 1:24 pm
there's little points like that which show the difference in attention to detail compared with a name-brand frame. you get what you pay for. as a racing bike/frame, it suits my purpose nicely. i prefer the matte black styling too.
i've seen no evidence of generic frames failing catastrophically. as noted in the article linked above, they're often built by the same companies who build for the big brands. my frame seems well built. i'd say the talk of unreliability and danger to your safety is mostly just scaremongering by those whose businesses are threatened.
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Postby warthog1 » Fri May 29, 2015 4:21 pm
I agree. Whilst I don't own one there have been a number in the bunches I ride with. I have heard of failures with name brands (not catastrophic) but not generic, probably in large part due to the smaller numbers, but there you arejules21 wrote:
i've seen no evidence of generic frames failing catastrophically. as noted in the article linked above, they're often built by the same companies who build for the big brands. my frame seems well built. i'd say the talk of unreliability and danger to your safety is mostly just scaremongering by those whose businesses are threatened.
My next frame will be generic. Resale value on new bikes is non-existent so it makes sense to me to reduce the outlay.
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Postby AUbicycles » Fri May 29, 2015 10:52 pm
I spoke to a mechanic today who has built hundreds of generic Chinese frames and showed me a few he just got in. He said that the quality has been really good, you can expect them to be heavier as they 'over manufacture' and they may miss some attention to detail, such as removing the bladders, but his experience has been really good.
For wheels however this has been a problem with a lot of wheels having failing as a result of heat buildup and delaminates and blows out. Light Bicycle (wheels) however was suggested as a brand with more reliable quality.
Of interest, it appears that there are different sellers / agents, however the bikes from many different generic Chinese brands are often coming from the same factory.
On quality, as Jules21 suggests, it is easy to understand brands who warn against. The 'brand names' also are responsible for QC and have their name on the line and a responsibility to rectify. With wheels it appears to be more likely to get a dud purchase and it would be a disaster to have a catastrophic failure while riding (brand name wheels can fail, but do have a better reputation).
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Postby Crawf » Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:36 pm
Have owned FM098/FM099/FR316, all take 28mm tyres.Paddles wrote:I'm starting to do a bit more research on them now, I particularly want something that will fit 28mm tyres so if anyone has friends with any of these frames and it looks like 28's will fit in then can you let me know what frame they have, thanx.
Also, do not buy a frame on Aliexpress, the buyer protection is non existent. Ebay/Paypal looks after the buyer, Aliexpress look after the seller.
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Postby AUbicycles » Fri Jul 03, 2015 7:10 pm
Even then, there is security / certainty buying from brands directly, not only quality, also consumer rights.
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