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Re: Patty's Long Rant and Guide To Affordable Frames I'm going to be brutally honest here as well. I'm likely one of the "super experienced members" you mentioned. For about a decade, I've been assembling frames and wheels directly from China. My journey began with discovering groups like MTBR, iPlay, Pieter, etc., and eventually led me to chinertown.com Infinite thanks and love to Sitar_Ned!! I hope my contributions have helped build this fantastic forum and gave something back from what I learned here. I'm fortunate to have a well-paying job that allows me to build bikes for friends and family as a hobby, at no cost to them. My goal is to provide them with great bikes at fair prices and to make them happy. I'm historically particularly biased towards Carbonda and Lightbicycle, brands that you amusingly never mention. This isn't because they pay me (they don't). It's because, among all the providers I've tested, they have never let me down. Their products are neither the cheapest nor overly expensive. Moreover, if anything goes wrong, their customer support surpasses that of any Western brand I've dealt with. I understand that some people, like Trace Velo, Joe, to some extent Hambini, many others, maybe you, chasing followers to carve out a living on YouTube and social media. However, this has turned on the marketing machine around here. No-name frames are suddenly sub par, while stickered frames selling at double the price, or even worse, branded frames are the real deal. Persuading folks they need some stiffness and aero benefits only pros might need. And it works! People are seeking broader validation and rely on branded visuals to reassure themselves they're not making a misguided decision. It doesn’t bother me people trying do their thing on YouTube and elsewhere. But your arrival here has sadly contributed unintentionally to the spoiling of the pristine wilderness that Chinertown once was January 31, 2024, 05:19:05 AM	1

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Re: Patty's Long Rant and Guide To Affordable Frames I'm going to be brutally honest here as well.

I'm likely one of the "super experienced members" you mentioned.
For about a decade, I've been assembling frames and wheels directly from China.
My journey began with discovering groups like MTBR, iPlay, Pieter, etc., and eventually led me to chinertown.com
Infinite thanks and love to Sitar_Ned!!
I hope my contributions have helped build this fantastic forum and gave something back from what I learned here.

I'm fortunate to have a well-paying job that allows me to build bikes for friends and family as a hobby, at no cost to them.
My goal is to provide them with great bikes at fair prices and to make them happy.

I'm historically particularly biased towards Carbonda and Lightbicycle, brands that you amusingly never mention.
This isn't because they pay me (they don't). It's because, among all the providers I've tested, they have never let me down.
Their products are neither the cheapest nor overly expensive.
Moreover, if anything goes wrong, their customer support surpasses that of any Western brand I've dealt with.

I understand that some people, like Trace Velo, Joe, to some extent Hambini, many others, maybe you, chasing followers to carve out a living on YouTube and social media.

However, this has turned on the marketing machine around here.
No-name frames are suddenly sub par, while stickered frames selling at double the price, or even worse, branded frames are the real deal.
Persuading folks they need some stiffness and aero benefits only pros might need.
And it works! People are seeking broader validation and rely on branded visuals to reassure themselves they're not making a misguided decision.

It doesn’t bother me people trying do their thing on YouTube and elsewhere.
But your arrival here has sadly contributed unintentionally to the spoiling of the pristine wilderness that Chinertown once was

January 31, 2024, 05:19:05 AM

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