Just ask the seller for a "No tax" shipping and he will help you out - Be prepared that the shipping cost will be around 100$ then to Europe.

Karsten

Every start has an end and this is the end of me riding my first chiner, the good old CS-036. to be honest I did not ride that particular bike that much due to the way too much flex in the rear triangle. My new MTB is already in my garage and in 4 weeks I have ridden more than I did in 2 1/2 years on my old chiner. But always something old together with new so my win from last Xmas is rolling beautifully under the new MTB and what is it that I have bought - anyone can recognise?




Karsten

I'm waxing all my chains too and it is the best way to keep your driveline clean and lubricated. Usually I can do more than 300 km on every waxing and the best thing is that your driveline stays completely dry so no dirt is sticking to greasy oil. After a very dirty ride I rinse it off with soap water and and let it dry. Furthermore it is scientific proven that it is the most effective way to lube a chain as well as the fact that it reduces friction and on can gain as much as 20 watts on a road bike.

Here is a few pics of the preparation process, initially I clean the worst dirt off with petrol before I put it in my sonic cleaner for 20 min. After this, I rise it with warm tap water to get all the chemicals off from the Sonic bath. The chain needs to dry the night over in a warm spot and then it is only to cook it in a bath of ordinary paraffin - Same stuff you use for home made candles. I bought 2 kg locally for 10 bucks and it will last for 5 years   I bought a cheap electric cooker for making fries etc and it comes with the possibility to set the temp between 40 degrees C and 250 degrees C. Paraffin melts around 60 degrees C so its easily heated, when its melted in the cooker the chain goes inside and stays there for about 10 min while you tap it gently with a screwdriver so to get all air out and paraffin into all rollers. Then it is only to take it out of the paraffin bath and a good advice, immediately after you take it out of the bath take a rag and remove all the paraffin you can from the surface of the chain. After this let it hang for 30 min and cool down and finally break all the joints loose and this takes a little time. The stiffer the chain is, the better it actually is as paraffin is then into all hidden corners of the chain.

One thing that is extremely important is the need to remove all oil from the chain before dumping it into the paraffin bath!!

This is the incredibly dirty driveline from wife's commuter:





After a little cleaning and some magic in the sonic cleaner:





Then into the paraffin bath:





This is how the driveline looks after about 50 km in rain and snow, I have not touched it since I gave it full treatment:





What you see in the close up of the chain is tiny pieces of paraffin and that is what also lube the sprockets a little bit and keeping it free of rust.
It is a rather big work the first time you clean everything but from there it is only a matter of cleaning the chain in the sonic cleaner and after drying a quick bath in the cooker and I'm good again for another 500 km

Finally, sorry for highjacking the thread.

Watch out for this frame, I do have one myself and especially if you are on the heavy side there will be way too much flex in the rear triangle. Also, there have been seen lots of quality issues with the bushings/bolts in the linkage system. As others are saying, this is an old frame and it is not worth the money even if cheap. I do not use mine any more due to the fact that that the way I ride, I'm afraid it will break.

Karsten

Quote from: karstenhorn on December 17, 2017, 09:21:58 AM

Quote from: tripleDot on December 17, 2017, 09:12:19 AM

Congratulations karstenhorn!

THANKS !!

And me that never have won anything in my life   

Thanks for an early Xmas present

Karsten

Merry Christmas!

The very same to you and yours

Marry Xmas to all here

Karsten

would love to participate but I see no buttons to Social media share here? - My favourite frame right now is a Dengfu FM096

Edit: I had an Add blocker running and that killed the FB/Twitter link - I clicked now


Karsten

If you are in Europe expect a 4% import duty.
If the frame is painted, expect a 48.5% of anti-dumping  (Especially Belgium, Spain, may be Germany)

If it is not painted, fight against the anti-dumping, it took 3 months, but I won.
A friend didn't have that chance, since he accepted the package, but then couldn't prove the unpainted frame was the one in the box(nasty trick).

Then add your VAT, something about 20%.
And a fixed amount like 30€ to handle your custom declaration.

The world is not the same for everyone.

For Denmark that would be about 34%, 9% in customs and 25% import tax. That is if you do not get caught for importing copied goods. Its a obvious copy of a F10 and customs in Denmark are not stupid. I would never take the risk as I could end up with a fine of maybe 2000$+