Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby winstonw » Sun Jun 30, 2013 7:11 pm
it's been a common problem for members of my club who bought Farsport wheels.
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby mattwilkinson » Sun Jun 30, 2013 7:22 pm
Anyone advise against it?
I am about 60kg and 180cm tall. Will I be able to control it?
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby rheicel » Sun Jun 30, 2013 7:34 pm
Thanks. I thought aluminum braking surface will not suffer brake-rim surface imperfection.winstonw wrote:the brake rim surfaces are no longer parallel, after not receiving any significant knocks.
it's been a common problem for members of my club who bought Farsport wheels.
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby winstonw » Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:14 am
there's been a lot of people on roadbikereview forum and here, including me who have talked their praises in the past.
However, it isn't until you have ridden a wheelset for 3000+km's on testing routes, that you can understand their build quality.
Most people who buy make a stack of glowing comments when their wheels arrive and they've ridden <500k. You rarely hear from them 3000k later. It's just part of human nature that people who buy stuff, then gloat about it, don't like to come back and admit they've bought a lemon.
I admit I've received lemons from Farsports, as have the majority of buyers in Brisbane.
from now on, it is alloy wheelsets for me. keep in mind deep section wheelsets are very rigid and transfer a lot of rough road vibration through the bike. imo, they are definitely not suitable for everyday riding and long training rides, despite many guys using them for that.
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby warthog1 » Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:24 am
Yes you will, I would run 50 at both ends for racing.mattwilkinson wrote:interesting, Does anyone here run a 38mm front with 50mm rear.
Anyone advise against it?
I am about 60kg and 180cm tall. Will I be able to control it?
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby clackers » Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:49 pm
I have that combo - works really well. 50-50 side gusts affected my steering.mattwilkinson wrote:interesting, Does anyone here run a 38mm front with 50mm rear.
Anyone advise against it?
I am about 60kg and 180cm tall. Will I be able to control it?
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby nickobec » Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:49 pm
That is my normal racing combination (I have a 60mm front for TTs and days I expect to have my nose in the wind - not much of that lately)mattwilkinson wrote:Does anyone here run a 38mm front with 50mm rear.
I don't have any issues, though at 182cm 78kg it does take a bit to blow me around.
The first race with the 60mm on front and a gust of wind caught me on a descent at 60kph, it was interesting, lucky I was playing ticket collector.
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby nickobec » Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:07 pm
Done at least 5000km on my two pairs of farsports carbon clinchers, most of that on the 38mm front, 50 mm back combination without an issue.winstonw wrote:However, it isn't until you have ridden a wheelset for 3000+km's on testing routes, that you can understand their build quality.
Until weekend before last, I descended in the rain like Bradley Wiggins, I lost all confidence in the braking. I just did not feel in control.
Swapped out the 60mm for the 38mm front and went racing twice this weekend in the dry without even worrying about it, confidence has returned. Though if it rains next Saturday, got a light weight alloy for the hilly handicap with 5km descent at end.
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby defy1 » Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:12 pm
can you post some pics?winstonw wrote:suppose it depends on the strength and thickness of the aluminium used...but I can assure you both my wheelsets are unusable due to gross brake judder. I've given up on Farsports...not even going to bother pursuing a warranty claim further as I have absolutely no trust in them.
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby ParkertR » Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:44 pm
Beautiful bike mateAndrewBurns wrote:
FM-039 frame from Hongfu. Can't fault the frame, I've ridden it through a few centuries, raced it plenty of times, crashed it once and it's still going just as well as the day it was made. Shipping was about one or two weeks after payment and everything was as I ordered it so I was very happy with their service.
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby winstonw » Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:23 am
I sent the wheels back to farsports ($65 freight to China) and the replaced and rebuilt with new alloy brake surface carbon clincher rims.
I was very disappointed these rims deformed in a similar fashion within 500k, without hitting potholes or doing significant descents.
Farsports is not a manufacturer. They are just a front for a lot of small carbon fabricators...hence why their QC doesn't cut it.
The first hubs I got in my first wheel failed too. They sent me a new set which cost me $150 to have the wheels rebuilt on.
I'm done with Farsports, as are the 400 members of my CC. bad news spreads quick.
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby warthog1 » Thu Jul 04, 2013 2:21 pm
Still thinking about yishun 50 or 60 but have no money anyway.
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby nickobec » Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:35 pm
A few probably have a sideline in building wheels from the same components for overseas companies to rebrand and sell as their own.
There are a bunch of companies like Corecarbon & November Cycles, who source the same components from the same factories in china and build their wheels.
So unless you are buying a big name brand (and even that is no guarantee), your rims are probably are probably made in the same handful of factories as everybody else and quality control is in the hands of the person who built you wheels.
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Postby black4tress » Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:03 pm
I also requested that they replace my rear wheel as its got a similar problem......I think they are ignoring me as it has been almost a week without a reply.
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Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
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