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Specialf.

Shopping advice. HELP me PLEASE
« on: June 30, 2023, 03:42:49 PM »
Good evening everyone, I've been following this discussion for a while, and now I'm also considering buying a no-brand frame.
I have already had experience with the mtb in the past, I had 2 front frames arrived from a Chinese site, the thing was still in its infancy about 10 years ago and my experience has been very positive.
now I'm tempted to try again with a bdc frame, but as was the case with mtb, chinas are narrow in size.
I'll explain better.
I'm about 1.90 tall and having a tall crotch and a short torso, I pedal high on the saddle, but at the same time I don't like too much difference in height between the saddle and the handlebar due to back problems, in fact I still have a specy roubaix which is an "endurance" bike.
Now I see that all the brands make road bikes named like this and are characterized by geometries that give a more comfortable posture
basically they have much more STACK and the head tubes are longer to give a higher starting position.
Seeing the geometries of the most famous brands, I got an idea of the measures I'm looking for, BUT here I discover that the various Chinese brands with measures don't abound especially on the front of the bike.
My question is, has any of you seen any Chinese chassis that might have the characteristics I'm looking for? also gravel.
If yes, could you recommend some? Thank you.



batwoman

Re: Shopping advice. HELP me PLEASE
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2023, 06:53:27 AM »
Hi there,
I have a similar morphology, hence I was looking for a bicycle with higher stack and less reach. On the roadbike side I just went with the TanTan Seraph FM639 (in Geometry Geeks you can find the data under FM619 which is the frame without the integrated handlebar).
On the Gravel Side, I am riding a GR029 (always from Tan Tan) but would have wished to go 1 size higher. In general all Gravel Bikes have higher Stack and more relaxed position. I quickly gave a look at the GR044 and it seems similar. The biggest difficulty will be to find a bike in a big size as you are 1.90. Do you have a frame already which you can take in comparison? I selected the data of the old bike in Geometry Geeks and did a comparison.


ENEP

Re: Shopping advice. HELP me PLEASE
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2023, 08:25:09 AM »
Carbonda CFR1056 in XL maybe?
Great quality. Falls into the endurance category of road bike frames. Up to 32mm tires for added comfort. Can be cable routed internally or externally and also bought with or without an integrated cockpit. Customized painting available.

http://carbonda.com/road-frames/125.html

The CFR1056-thread on CT: http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,2982.0.html
« Last Edit: July 10, 2023, 08:27:54 AM by ENEP »

Serge_K

Re: Shopping advice. HELP me PLEASE
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2023, 09:37:35 AM »
Absolutely every chinese frame has a geometry chart available, you can just look at stack and reach.
Don't get a gravel bike if you want a road bike, it rides different from a road bike.
If you want an endurance road bike, get that.

geometrygeeks.bike/ has a lot profiles you can check.
https://bikeinsights.com is also super helpful, you can visually compare bikes and the brands section shows you lots of chinese brands you probably havent considered.
If you want to go full nerd, https://www.bikecad.ca is a great resource to understand bike geometry.

Depending on how much you want to spend, a real advantage of titanium frames have over carbon is that is that you can get them bespoke. If you have back problems, maybe get a bike fit and a bespoke ti frame, and never look back. Life's too short to ride bikes that aren't comfortable, we're not pros.