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29er / Re: Should I get the 057 or 256??
« on: June 25, 2014, 05:56:13 AM »
Hi carbonazza,

You know what, LB website doesn't work if you are in China, when you click their website link, you will see like attachment. I didn't lie. But happy for all, their is a lefty wheel builder here in China.

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29er / Re: Should I get the 057 or 256??
« on: June 24, 2014, 09:36:34 PM »

May be we can give Honsen the benefit of the doubt.
Until we see what kind of frame I get.
So far, everything looks to go well.
Ok, the moment of truth will come after my first big jump, ending on a sharp corner.

T1000 and T800 is just the stiffness of the carbon fiber.
The fiber/resin fraction, and how the sheets are layered in the various parts of the frames are more important.

My choice may look odd today. But end of May, I was turned off by Peter when he told me there was nobody building wheels with Lefty's hubs in... China.
This didn't give me a trusty image as I just saw a couple of hours later that light-bicycle was building them.

Then from the posts on mtbr at that time, the leading time for the IP-256 was quite worrying.
They did not even reply to the people who ordered them anymore.
So I tried Honsen as Leo was responsive and very competent too.

Why I told you nobody building wheels with lefty's hubs in China is I have never seen anyone has these hubs available to build the wheels, maybe you don't know Light-Bicycle doesn't share their things with other factories or companies, even we both located in Xiamen, they think we are competitors. Or you can ask Hongfu, Miracle or any other company if they have the lefty hub available or not, except LB.

About the lead time for IP-256 frames, I think almost guys know Iplay firstly mentioned and made these frames sold last year, this is the newest model, so the lead time mainly depends on factory. Now the production for this frame is getting regular and we start to ship frames to customers, the lead time from Honsen is short  when you ordered yours from them relatively.

We ship items what we have in stock to customers in the first place.

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29er / Re: Should I get the 057 or 256??
« on: June 23, 2014, 10:16:39 PM »
The HM-256 http://honsenbikes.com/product_list.asp?id=371
Which is very similar to the IP-256 discussed here.

Yes, not just similar, they are same. Actually, it is illegal to use T1000 for any factory, because T1000 is only legal to use for military in China. It is impossible for any factory or any private person to use these top end carbon fiber sheet. So we never declare our frames are made with T1000.



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IP-018 and FK-018 frameset is available now:

http://www.xmiplay.com/ProductDetails1682

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29er / Re: Chinese Carbon 29er Pic Thread.
« on: June 17, 2014, 10:20:51 PM »
Yessir. That would be the one. I found it but couldn't get the pic to load--said it was too big. I've sent peter and email but haven't heard back yet. Do they reduce shipping if you combine orders?

I don't get your email. Did you send it to me? Or my colleague ?

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Hey Peter, can I ask how much they cost?

Look nice but one thing I noticed is they are the same weight as the 29er 30mm hookless. Shouldn't the 27.5 rim weigh less than the 29? Even if ever so slightly?

Hi buddy,

The 30mm hookless rims are 23.5mm depth and 30mm width, these 650b rims are 25mm depth and 35mm width, obviously the weight won't be much different.

We will make the 650b hookless rims in 27mm width soon, the weight will be lighter, around 370+/-15g /piece

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 IP-HR735C hookless rim weight:

XC version: 400+/-15g
AM version: 440+/-15g
DH version: 500+/-15g

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29er / Re: Should I get the 057 or 256??
« on: June 08, 2014, 08:09:38 PM »
There are a few things that hold me back from getting a 256:

- more expensive then the proven IP057
- no reports on 256's tire clearance yet
- a 19" will probably be close to 1100 gr so not that much lighter then a IP057 of the same size
- I don't like the cover under the Bottom Bracket. The IP057 does fine without.It seems to be an ad hoc solution to a problem they ran into.
- I want to run 1X10 and don't like the Direct Mount for the FD
- Pay now and wait two months! for delivery.

If that helps, in a drawing from Honsen, there is a tire of 58.4mm width.
It looks to be the maximum.

Although I shared your concerns on the FD mount and the bottom cover.
I ordered it from Honsen, as they look to be the ones who build/design it.
And their lead time was shorter(...hopefully).

We will have the frames available in 7 days from now on. And the frame was not designed by Honsen, it was designed by our factory. Iplay showed IP-256 SL in the first place last year when the frame hasn't been available, because I think this super light model frame should be the most popular one in future.

And the guys ordered from Iplay months ago, and there was some problem with the production arrangement, so the lead time was long. If you ordered the frame from us on June 1st, I will ship the package to you in 2 weeks, because the availablity is getting normal now.

Anyway I hope you can get the frame ASAP and love it.

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What is the weight of these two rims?
I can't find them on http://www.xmiplay.com/

I am thinking of 35 mm OD 30 mm ID in front and the narrower one in the back
The weight of 30mm hookless rim is around 410+/-15g /piece
35mm hookless rim is around 440+/-15g/piece
See attached picture

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What is the weight of these two rims?
I can't find them on http://www.xmiplay.com/

I am thinking of 35 mm OD 30 mm ID in front and the narrower one in the back
The weight of 30mm hookless rim is around 410+/-15g /piece
35mm hookless rim is around 440+/-15g/piece

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Yes, the RM80C 80mm rim sample will be available next week.

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I asked the factory to make the thru axle samples for the IP-010 frame , IP-018 fat carbon frame and FK-018 carbon fat bike fork.

As soon as the frame and forks are available, I will have them to be tested, and then I will ask the factory to make the axles in black color. The IP-010 in 17'' and IP-018 in 18'' will be available in 20 days

These axles are made in same factory as the axles for 100x15 mountain bicycle fork and 142x12 thru axle frames, they are light and stiff


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Sure, we do testing for each fame and rim before they are through QC passed.  I will let you guys know the test report for our fat bike rims

Thanks for your attention

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