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26er & 27.5 (650b) / Re: Buying a frame via a reseller - how to know who is the manufacturer
« on: December 11, 2014, 01:46:12 PM »
thank you for the information Sitar_Ned

Funny/strange that thay own/share the same company
I'm a little surprised that Peter shared such information

I hope they share the same way to build up the frames, even if they could use different mould

looking at the 2013 Super Light 650B Frame from HongFu, we can read
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Item : HF-FM196
that can be an example of shared reference... HF and/or FM 196 ...
who knows

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26er & 27.5 (650b) / Re: Buying a frame via a reseller - how to know who is the manufacturer
« on: December 11, 2014, 01:47:57 AM »
thanks for the welcome  ;)

FM 196 reference confused me too, but no way to get the info from the reseller
not sure the other buyers got it, need to check

I found another manufacturer with "FM 196" reference.. but did not keep the URL link, I've to check again

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Chinese manufacturers making replicas of other Chinese manufacturers.
I hope no  :(

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Plasti Dip
« on: December 11, 2014, 01:40:17 AM »
hi
thanks for the reply
how many "minimum" plasti dip layers is need to be able to remove it easily?
I did a try with 2, and I thought I could remove it in 1 piece but.... no
so I guess there is a minimum nb of layers to have a good result



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26er & 27.5 (650b) / Buying a frame via a reseller - how to know who is the manufacturer
« on: December 10, 2014, 12:27:56 PM »
Hi all

I've just bought a FM-196 frame via a reseller (French) - simply to avoid boring problems with customs (in France we often have this for all goods coming from China)

I want to know who is really the manufacturer but the reseller remains mute on that ...
I found some guys who have bought some frames via this reseller, and comment are very good... and that decided me to buy
but I still would like to know who is the manufacturer
the only sign I could find is a sticker "FM-196" and 17.5"size sticker inside the headtube

so is there a way ( a kind of signature) to find who is the manufacturer?

thanks in advance

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Plasti Dip
« on: December 10, 2014, 12:06:12 PM »
Hi all
I'm also interested in using Plasti Dip for my frame
I've just bought a FM196 UD Matte frame, but I've to admit that the color is not what I expected
all the frames I've seen look black and mine is closer to a brown color than black..

"UD Matte" may be this type of dark brown color, but it's not what I saw.. most of the frame really look blak

Plast Dip looks a good alternive to paint the frame.. if for any reason (warranty return for example...)  I want to change back to the origin, I would have just need to take it off

with a normal paint.. that would be another story...

do you have an example of your paint to show?

thx in advance

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