Chinese Carbon MTB > 29er
2014 RIP 9 RDO Replica?
Chinertown Idiot:
Okay so the "Tell em what you want" thread: http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,20.0.html got me to thinking.. and what I really want is a 2014 RIP9 for a third of the cost. I mean it IS one of the absolute most popular / most respected 29er frames around right now. If I was producing and selling these Chinese carbon frames that seems like a no brainer (if I'm already replicating frames anyways) to choose the most popular one out as your model?
Anyways.. yeah.. make one and I and lots of other folks will be buying it.
I understand dome might be upset by such a request but I see little point in beating around the bush at this point. We all know that research and development is not what these Chinese carbon guys do. Many of the Chinese frames are known and preferred by their similarities to big name brand frames. Cat is out of the bag. I want a cheap RIP 9.
Carbon_Dude:
Specifically, I think you are wanting the RIP 9 RDO since that is the carbon model. Below is a picture. Since I'm into XC riding, the RIP 9 RDO would be overkill since it has way more suspension travel than I would need. Also, the Chiner bikes tend to stick with 100mm rear travel XC designs because they are not really designed to take big hits or big drops. Personally, I am surprised that none of the Chinese vendor have come out with a DW-Link style frame, for me a Turner Czar replica, but in Carbon, would be ideal. Up until last year, Turner did not even make a carbon frame, but now they have a carbon Czar . The Czar is a 100mm XC oriented design.
Here is a picture of a RIP 9 RDO:
Here is a picture of the XC oriented Turner Czar that I would love to see a Chinese replica of:
Chinertown Idiot:
Yes.. That's what I meant, the new RDO RIP. I changed the title to reflect that.
Yeah.. It is more bike than I really need too to be honest.. but I already have a high end hardtail.. When I get a full suspension, I want to go bigger and maybe work my into some gnarlier trails eventually.
I'm not even certain that these Chinese suppliers are at the point where they could replicate the frame, anyways. The new RIP RDO uses bad ass headset bearings for it's pivots. Pretty sweet, but I'm only assuming that might would be a challenge for the Chiner guys.
Rigid_Bloke:
Doubt they could produce that kind of quality in the pivots as you pointed out, but I would indeed buy one of they did.
Izzy:
--- Quote from: Rigid_Bloke on May 09, 2014, 12:01:41 PM ---Doubt they could produce that kind of quality in the pivots as you pointed out, but I would indeed buy one of they did.
--- End quote ---
This.
As absolutely sweet as it would be to get a Chiner RIP9 for about 1k.. The RDO has bit of innovation that I would think would make it rather difficult for the Chinese guys to reproduce. And that is a beautiful thing. Means big companies need to actually innovate if they want to stay around.
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