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Re: Velobuild Quality Control
Quote from: blublob on May 23, 2024, 01:11:09 PM
I would honestly just expect no quality control whatsoever from velobuild.

Most if not all my Chiner (frame) parts had QC stickers on them somewhere. Whether that means that somebody actually checks tolerances or whether there's just some bloke applying them to make customers feel good - I don't know.
Anyway, I've not dealt with Velobuild in the early days - only started buying from them in 2022. But ever since then I have followed the VB threads here closely and they dealt reliably with all warranty claims from what I can tell - even if it takes a while sometimes. And since they do seem to respect their warranty and ship out replacement frames and parts, you would think that they're making some kind of effort at least to not have to deal with overly many of these issues.
Also, Chris told me that all their parts undergo testing according to the ISO 4210 testing protocol. However, providing documentation of ISO 4210 fatigue tests is obligatory if you wanna sell bike parts in most countries, AFAIK. No matter how cheap the stuff is. So that is not really a distinguishing factor.

But on the flipside, you will find plenty of horror stories of bad QC from the big brand's frames. This is the internet. People are very vocal here when they have issues. And very rarely are they screaming about it when stuff just works. Though this forum seems pretty balanced most of the time. :)
May 24, 2024, 04:25:55 AM 		1
Re: Velobuild VB-R-218 Conti’s premium tires are made in Germany. The GP5000 specifically says so on the tire I believe. The lower tier tires are from Asia. Vittoria used to be made in Italy but now they’re all from Thailand. Schwalbes are made in Asia as well I believe. Not sure about their top ranking tires. I’m not saying this is a bad thing in terms of quality. For me it’s rather about supporting my local economy, wages and working conditions and maybe for the stuff to have a slightly smaller carbon footprint.
May 30, 2024, 03:56:08 PM 		1
Re: Carbon Speed Gravel Frameset Giveaway! Enter.

I'm in the process planning a gravel build to get my wife into cycling. This would come in quite handy :)
June 13, 2024, 03:43:14 AM 		1
Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets Roughly 3.500km and 24.000 shifts on my er9, here. Haven't touched anything ever since I sealed the cable plug on the RD. No issues with water ingress nor with cables coming loose. I'm riding the occasional cobbled road, which we got a lot of here.
Very little battery use, which is a pleasant surprise. I'm using branded higher quality batteries. Well, I like to believe that they're higher quality at least.

I will say that while it shifts fine, I'm not blown away by the shifting performance. It's okay for what it is, but my Campy 12sp mechanical is still in a different league in comparison. And the 11sp Ultegra that I rode on a rental bike was better as well. I consider myself fairly experienced in how to set up a groupset. I've been doing this for around 15 years. Maybe it's because I'm running an 11-34 cassette which is the extreme end of what the RD parallelogram arm/upper pulley can track well.
June 18, 2024, 03:13:17 AM 		6