New frame: Longteng RD301-D

[kwantani]

No, unfortunately.

I just got my frame!  Did yours come with a seatpost clamp rubber stopper?  Mine didn't come with it...

[kwantani]

You got special treatment 
I got nada 

They do offer a simple sock.  My frame got delayed a bit and they sent it to me to compensate - it's just a basic zippered black bag. 

My unboxing video coming soon!

[PLA]

You got special treatment 
I got nada 

On the plus side, you can scramble eggs in your bottom bracket area while riding.

[Ahodesu05]

Here's an unboxing video: https://youtu.be/UbQkuAkxCgQ?si=4PachminTt-CH0Nh

Hopefully I'll be able to do a build video next, and then some ride review.

First impressions: I'm impressed, it's more refined than what I expected!

[Edit: in case the URL above doesn't display, here is a link: https://youtu.be/UbQkuAkxCgQ?si=4PachminTt-CH0Nh]

[PLA]

loving that video

[Ahodesu05]

What am I doing wrong?  I copy and paste the URL but it doesn’t show…  I pasted the link with the link button first, and then manually, but neither seems to work.

[kwantani]

Same thing happened to me. No matter how I post the URL link, nothing would shown, frustrated.
I don't think you did anything wrong.

What am I doing wrong?  I copy and paste the URL but it doesn’t show…  I pasted the link with the link button first, and then manually, but neither seems to work.

[Ahodesu05]

The links are showing now, I  posted from my phone instead of PC, who knew!? 

[kwantani]

weight on mine. Did not removed the plastic shipping axle tab from frame nor fork.
415g fork
1160g frame
size 52

[Serge_K]

1160g for a 52 is much more than advertised. What's included? i see you weight the fork with the thru axle, for example, you should substract it. Ditto for the frame if you included it?
The plastic cable guides should weigh almost nothing, but maybe 15g? The derailleur hangers, front and back, are probably one? And the bottle cages bolts? Is the down tube sock included?
My 268 was 1160g in matt black, 1190g in gloss black, with cable guides, with both derailleur hangers, and bottle cages bolts. Medium.
According to LT, there should be a several hundred gram difference between the 268 and the 301.
Yes, white paint weighs more, but still...

[Ahodesu05]

1160g for a 52 is much more than advertised. What's included? i see you weight the fork with the thru axle, for example, you should substract it. Ditto for the frame if you included it?
The plastic cable guides should weigh almost nothing, but maybe 15g? The derailleur hangers, front and back, are probably one? And the bottle cages bolts? Is the down tube sock included?
My 268 was 1160g in matt black, 1190g in gloss black, with cable guides, with both derailleur hangers, and bottle cages bolts. Medium.
According to LT, there should be a several hundred gram difference between the 268 and the 301.
Yes, white paint weighs more, but still...

Yeah my 52 weighs 977 without removing any of the plastic guides and bits (with metallic gray paint though).

[Chamomile]

Hello road people. I'm just occasionally browsing frames in here.
I'm kinda concerned about BB. It's a bit unclear from pics, but it seems that the BB is made of two thin and narrow separate hubs with thread (similar to "Factor Ostro"). Alignment can be a problem, sure, but I'm more worried about the reliability of such an approach. I'm not familiar with T47 BB road frames, so unsure if this's a common practice among chinese manufacturers and if the whole structure can hold under lots of load in a continuous manner.
So, I wonder if this construction is somewhat reliable or if there're any failure statistics already.

[Mlesna]

The T47 is the lastest standard and, from what I hear, universaly praised. The alloy inlets make it way easier for the hole to be round and in spec, than with pressfit aproaches. Also, it is large and acomodates for bigger bearings. It is one of the many pros for that farmeset, imo.

[Chamomile]

Yes, I understand and have no problems with T47 as a standard, it's a good improvement.
I'm worried about mounting these small aluminum pieces in this particular (and some similar) case within a carbon matrix. Even fancy brands had problems with a proper adhesion between aluminum and carbon, and here, the contact surface is even smaller (compared to the most common bulky one-piece insert approach), and it's chinese (with quite random QC) manufacturing.

[Mlesna]

It looks rather narrow, thats true. Only time will tell, I guess.

I am more concerned about the longevity of the closing machanism of the downtube latch. It has to hold the momentum of a waterbottle. Any opinions on that, anyone?