Author Topic: The 100€ gravel alu frame from QI-Long actually arrived and its ok-ish quality.  (Read 158 times)

kazuviking

It took 42 days to get here by train. It was packaged in two layers of green sack, one layers of cardboard and enough bubblewrap and tape to annoy me.
PROS: It was über cheap and good tolerances. The fork is 100mm, rear dropout 135mm, bottom bracket straight as it can.
CONS: The paint was chipped on multiple places because of the garbage handling during transport, the frames "internal" QC doesn't seems to exists, landfill headset bearings and ok quality derailer hanger.
The BBs threads was cut after ordering as it was not cleaned out of the water/oil mixture, threads painted over on one side and most metal shawings left inside(took me a while to clean it). The fork/headtube doesn't have the holes de-burred on the inside, the first bottle cage rivet limits the seatposts insertion depth to only 275mm. Removing a star nut from the fork is impossible because of the rivet and metal.
Dont have the parts to fully build the frame yet but what i cannot see wont bother me. Not the best image quality but its usable. Don't have images of the BBs threads as i cleaned it yesterday and the cups are impossible to remove without snapping my cheap zrace bb wrench.

How it looks.

The remaining metal bits in the headtube top and bottom.

The fork.

The seat tube.



« Last Edit: March 10, 2025, 01:41:00 PM by kazuviking »