New frame: Longteng RD301-D

[Ahodesu05]

Anthony Turgis of Total Energies just won the gravel stage of the Tour de France on the Enve Melee, very similar in geometry to this bike frame

[PLA]

similar geo as in they both fit kinda wide tyres

[kwantani]

I'm ready to pull the trigger for LT R301D...
size 52, 2 colors paint job (white/red) with "龍腾" logo/decals. Paint job coast $100 extra.
With handlebar/TA/HS/Der-hanger/freight/Paypal fees all come out total of 845usd shipped to door.

[kwantani]

rough sketch....

[jb3112]

New forum member here, and starting a new thread after posting about this in a thread on the LightCarbon LCR017-D (https://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,4309.255.html).

Long story short: I snuck in to the Taipei Bike Show today to check out some Longteng and LightCarbon frames, and at the Longteng booth, I found out that they have an unreleased frame which is undergoing testing: the RD301-D.  Here is a short video that I took, and a few pages from their brochure with its geometry: https://imgur.com/a/XvH327j.

Appearance wise, the 301 doesn't break any new ground, but a few things stand out:
- It has an aero profile but is under 1000g weight
- The geometry (especially stack) sort of sits between an upright endurance bike and bikes like the Velobuild 177 and 268, Winspace SLC 2.0 and 1500, Yoeleo R11 - this geometry is a sweet spot for me [edit: the geometry seems comparable to the touted all-arounder Trigon AR01]
- Whoa, max tire clearance of 38!
- Cool little storage space on the downtube
- Threaded T47 BB
- Per their rep Alisa, it's made with a mix of T800 and T1000 carbon

This frame hasn't been posted on their website, and Alisa said it will be released "in a few months" once testing is complete.  The 54cm has passed their tests and is available if anyone is interested - you can email Alisa at longtengalisa@163.com.

Peace out!

[Edited to add reference to the Trigon AR01]

Is longteng and lightcarbon same frame ?

[kwantani]

RD301D  is coming along nicely, just finished painting. Should be shipped out next week.

[Ahodesu05]

Mine will be shipping shortly as well!

[Tsunami]

According to Alisa, the 58cm frame will only be available in a few months time, too bad :/

[kwantani]

All done! ready to ship out.

[Mlesna]

All done! ready to ship out.

This is all very exciting! From this picture it seems like, there arent screws on the top tube? Do you know anything about that? And does anyone know
how the compartment on the down tube closes? is there a mount for a bottlecage on the latch itself?

I might build a first time Chinese bike with this frame for my bff, she is 167 cm tall, so I might go with the size 470, I think. Any opinions on that? I took here existing road bike as a template and talked with her what she likes/dislikes about it.

best wishes and thanks a lot to everyone on this thread and this forum. absolutly love it!

[Ahodesu05]

This is all very exciting! From this picture it seems like, there arent screws on the top tube? Do you know anything about that? And does anyone know
how the compartment on the down tube closes? is there a mount for a bottlecage on the latch itself?

I might build a first time Chinese bike with this frame for my bff, she is 167 cm tall, so I might go with the size 470, I think. Any opinions on that? I took here existing road bike as a template and talked with her what she likes/dislikes about it.

best wishes and thanks a lot to everyone on this thread and this forum. absolutly love it!

Here are some pics of my frame sent to me by Alisa - you can see that there are holes for bolt-on top tube bag. The frame has been shipped and should arrive soon.  I'll try to share an unboxing video.

Btw I requested metallic gray using a Pantone code, but it looks almost white in the pic.  Alisa assures me that they used paint color that matched my Pantone code, fingers crossed!

[PANW]

I’m really looking forward to seeing your and kwantani’s build. I’m struggling to decide between the RD301 and the ICAN Flyee. Thanks for the update

[kwantani]

unboxing videos

https://youtube.com/shorts/inDMUuM9NjE?feature=share

[kwantani]

I try to share a youtube unbox video link and this site is not allowed me to share, came out a blank post. Frustrating!!!

pics for now...

[PANW]

Looks good. What are your initial impressions?