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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Any Chinese company doing new desing TT / Triathlon frames ?
« on: August 20, 2022, 12:05:38 PM »
Bumo. Also looking for this.
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Wow! You must have some sharp seat bones
And how are your wheels?
I thought that was a picture of mine.
Cracked in the exact same place under similar conditions.
Seems to be a weak spot for that saddle
My EC90 is relegated to the smart trainer now.
I can't speak to these road cassettes, but I bought a wide range MTB cassette specifically for the weight, and it skips in the smallest cogs. They keep offering to replace it, but at some point, what's the point? I also broke a tooth off the largest recently.
I was heavily considering an ICAN A22 prior to purchasing my VB-R-168 however there were a couple of things that put me off:
- On ICAN's site it states that they recommend an 25c/28c tyre however when I asked them more details on this they said a 28c would not fit and a 25c is the max size. I have 24mm internal rims (Farsports Gravel) and need to run at least a 28c tyre so this was no good
- I had a limited budget and the frame was a good few hundred euro's more than the VeloBuild
- The import and shipping costs for the ICAN were also significantly more than the VeloBuild - I think in total for a completly custom paint job on my 168 I paid around €750 inc. shipping and import, whereas the ICAN was coming out closer to €1300 for which I couldn't stretch the budget to.
No, because that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that nobody has claimed any recently delivered frames are as good as his. Which would be very unexpected if they really were facing all new frames to the same standards.