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325racer

China frame sold as new frame from Thesis
« on: June 25, 2018, 10:57:45 PM »
Carbonda CFR505 being sold as Thesis OB1.  Well at least it sure looks identical.

https://thesis.bike/pages/the-ob1

http://www.carbonda.com/road/gravel/cfr505.html

What do you think?



carbonazza

Re: China frame sold as new frame from Thesis
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2018, 06:09:10 PM »
What do you think?

https://bikerumor.com/2018/06/07/upstart-brand-thesis-will-ship-ob1-gravel-bike-straight-to-your-door/

From the comments below on that page:
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Thanks for chiming in. Our OB1 chassis is indeed based on the much-loved Carbonda CFR-505. I personally worked on site with their engineering and production teams to implement over 100 changes and improvements, and we’ve gone through several iterations to get it right. Would love to hear more about your experience and build, so please feel welcome to drop me a direct note via https://thesis.bike/pages/contact. Cheers! – R

100 changes ! Curious to know which ones :o

325racer

Re: China frame sold as new frame from Thesis
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2018, 09:45:19 PM »
And odds are those are rolled into the standard Carbonda frame.

carbonazza

Re: China frame sold as new frame from Thesis
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2018, 05:11:56 AM »
And odds are those are rolled into the standard Carbonda frame.

Sure! As we all now know, ideas there should benefit all and not only some happy few ;) ?