New frame: Longteng RD301-D

[kwantani]

for my cover, there's nothing need to be "aligned", the cover closed and locked snugly. Just with bare hand I can lift the cover so easily. Mostly likely the whole piece will fell off easily over a bump. Currently I'm tying a velcro strap over the downtube to strap it down just with a piece of mine.

UPDATE: Long Teng now blamed the excessive paint on the edge of the cover  and downtube that prevent the cover to be locked securely, want me to use a rasp to grind off the excessive paint on the edge along the cover and the downtube opening 

[Ahodesu05]

for my cover, there's nothing need to be "aligned", the cover closed and locked snugly. Just with bare hand I can lift the cover so easily. Mostly likely the whole piece will fell off easily over a bump. Currently I'm tying a velcro strap over the downtube to strap it down just with a piece of mine.

UPDATE: Long Teng now blamed the excessive paint on the edge of the cover  and downtube that prevent the cover to be locked securely, want me to use a rasp to grind off the excessive paint on the edge along the cover and the downtube opening 

Well, here is how mine looks: https://youtu.be/eT8vtAXO97c?si=5btSdcJY2rwItIvu (internal storage updates at 7:15). It's not a big issue for me, fortunately.

[kwantani]

here's my final completed bike.

[kwantani]

@Ahodesu05 Regarding the rear wheel play.... just another guess, may not be the frame nor the wheel, could be the TA causing it? I'm going to try the TA from my previous bike (Java Fuoco), see if that fixes the play.

[planet_sammy]

@Ahodesu05 Regarding the rear wheel play.... just another guess, may not be the frame nor the wheel, could be the TA causing it? I'm going to try the TA from my previous bike (Java Fuoco), see if that fixes the play.

Sorry, what is "TA" ?

[BeR]

Sorry, what is "TA" ?

Thru axle I guess.

[Serge_K]

here's my final completed bike.

Well done! make sure you put helicopter tape / clear protection tape on the frame where you have that strap for the top tube box, otherwise your paint WILL be eaten away, and the paint job will quicly look awful (been there, done that...)
And while i dont understand how that down tube box would need a strap to keep it locked, consider using a large bit of helicopter tape to wrap all around, so it's closed shut, and invisible. But obviously it'd mean you can't open it anymore.

[planet_sammy]

Well done! make sure you put helicopter tape / clear protection tape on the frame where you have that strap for the top tube box, otherwise your paint WILL be eaten away, and the paint job will quicly look awful (been there, done that...)
And while i dont understand how that down tube box would need a strap to keep it locked, consider using a large bit of helicopter tape to wrap all around, so it's closed shut, and invisible. But obviously it'd mean you can't open it anymore.

Or an unpainted box, i think the problem here is the paint...

[Serge_K]

We know that Long Teng OEMs for Argon 18. Look at the Argon 18 all road bike in this video, with down tube storage
I'm not saying it's the same frame, it's just, you know. Funny. To me at least.

[kwantani]

Long Teng now blamed the excessive paint on the edge of the cover  and downtube that prevent the cover to be locked securely, want me to use a rasp to grind off the excessive paint on the edge along the cover and the downtube opening 

[Hillhater]

Because I ordered the frame, I asked to Alisa about is my frame free from the downtube storage cover issue.

And the attached video was the answer from her.

Does it look fine?

[kwantani]

that video shown nothing.
Try to mount a bottle cage to the cover, then insert of water bottle that's fully filled. Try insert and pull out the water bottle repeatedly to/from the cage (this is real world usage), see if the cover doesn't fell off.                                                 

See my earlier post with video that demo how easy to lost the cover.

Because I ordered the frame, I asked to Alisa about is my frame free from the downtube storage cover issue.

And the attached video was the answer from her.

Does it look fine?

[Serge_K]

Long Teng now blamed the excessive paint on the edge of the cover  and downtube that prevent the cover to be locked securely, want me to use a rasp to grind off the excessive paint on the edge along the cover and the downtube opening 

It's an OEM frame that does zero marketing, you're not dealing with Trek. I really doubt they developed a frame with a closing mechanism that doesn't work, starting with the fact that argon 18 has had these things on their frames for years (I have a friend with a TT bike from them and it's got such box too).
So, I don't think it's unreasonable to use a jewellery file or sand paper to grind some paint. I bought a whole set of jewellery files because frames often need some work to facilitate routing, bars especially, it's standard practice really.
If you use sand paper or a soft sanding block, you can easily grind off paint following contours. Any DIY shop will have these and they should cost 3 bucks. If you don't want to use sandpaper, get a Trek