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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New frame: Longteng RD301-D
« on: September 23, 2024, 07:47:23 PM »
Quote from: kwantani on September 23, 2024, 03:15:19 PM
I think moving forward 2025 and beyond this LT/Tantan will be the common platform for the "all road" genre.

Regarding 'all road' genre with the frame, it reminded me of the youtube with the post below - and makes me think about the relationship between Ribble and LT bikes:
https://youtu.be/f54R-QxLjvM?si=LigXQFmskOAMKpXF
(From 00:00 to 35:27)

Quote from: INSVNX on September 20, 2024, 04:46:48 PM
I plan to buy the RD301 too. So far contact with Alisa has been great and she is very helpful. Here are some of the photos of their show bike (size 52). Nothing special but it's cool to see how the fully asembled frame looks like. I think it looks really good!

Another interesting thing that I found... On one of the photos, you can see (top right) the frame from Ribble? I did not know, that they are producing frames for Ribble, I've only heard about Argon.

And, the geometry comparison of the two frames(RD301-D and Ribble allroad sl r which is mentioned in the youtube) is also preeeeetty intersting - fork geometry looks almost same.
https://bikeinsights.com/compare?geometries=66cc79bd7a85dc001b8dba12,66a7a6c2aa2eff001a7b207b,

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New frame: Longteng RD301-D
« on: September 21, 2024, 07:09:11 AM »
Quote from: Hillhater on September 18, 2024, 02:45:53 AM
Hi, this is my first post on this website.

I am considering buying this frame and have already had a discussion with Alisa (LT Bike manager).

Everything seems good, but I didn't get a picture of the fork from her, which I need to decide whether to choose FSA ACR or SMR.

Alisa said its headset supports FSA's ACR but didn't clearly state whether it supports SMR or not.

As for me, I prefer to use semi-integrated routing (SMR system) due to my handlebar bag, which requires a round tube handlebar. Also, SMR is easier for maintenance.

So, could anyone share a picture of the fork to find out if it supports SMR?

You can check out the difference between ACR and SMR from the attached file—whether the front hydraulic hose comes from the fork's tube (ACR) or from a hole in the fork (SMR).

P.S. I think the most similar big-brand frame with this one is cervelo soloist.
https://bikeinsights.com/compare?geometries=66cc79bd7a85dc001b8dba12,638b574ffd9930001c384c91,&builds=66d2879b155f46001bbe75dc,,


Among the pictures of tantancycling FM301, I found SMR-like routing.
http://tantancycling.com/index.php?_m=mod_product&_a=view&p_id=1146

So, if those frames are same one, it means RC301-D also support semi internal routing..


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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New frame: Longteng RD301-D
« on: September 19, 2024, 07:08:22 PM »
Quote from: kwantani on September 19, 2024, 04:37:44 PM
Try to understand more on this "open mold"...

Q: One mold share by many factories? in this case the same mold used by LongTeng and TanTan? or same mold, same factory makes same frame, putting different labels?

Q: Who own the mold? multiple ownerships? How does the arrangement works if it's shared?

From my understanding, open mold means open for every factories - bought the mold(or design) from a frame design company. So it can be considered LongTeng and TanTan use identical mold (or mold's design) made form same frame design company.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New frame: Longteng RD301-D
« on: September 19, 2024, 06:34:43 AM »

I found a frame from tantan cycling, which seems identical with RD301-D.
http://tantancycling.com/index.php?_m=mod_product&_a=view&p_id=1146

So this frame seems open mold frame..

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New frame: Longteng RD301-D
« on: September 18, 2024, 05:55:53 AM »
Quote from: Serge_K on September 18, 2024, 05:12:30 AM
I built 2 268. SMR. Having built 9 such chinese bikes, i'm yet to see the ACR system on any of them.
I would get Alisa to confirm though.

It seems quite optimistic.

Thank you and please share the result when you receive.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New frame: Longteng RD301-D
« on: September 18, 2024, 02:45:53 AM »
Hi, this is my first post on this website.

I am considering buying this frame and have already had a discussion with Alisa (LT Bike manager).

Everything seems good, but I didn't get a picture of the fork from her, which I need to decide whether to choose FSA ACR or SMR.

Alisa said its headset supports FSA's ACR but didn't clearly state whether it supports SMR or not.

As for me, I prefer to use semi-integrated routing (SMR system) due to my handlebar bag, which requires a round tube handlebar. Also, SMR is easier for maintenance.

So, could anyone share a picture of the fork to find out if it supports SMR?

You can check out the difference between ACR and SMR from the attached file—whether the front hydraulic hose comes from the fork's tube (ACR) or from a hole in the fork (SMR).

P.S. I think the most similar big-brand frame with this one is cervelo soloist.
https://bikeinsights.com/compare?geometries=66cc79bd7a85dc001b8dba12,638b574ffd9930001c384c91,&builds=66d2879b155f46001bbe75dc,,

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