Orient Express - Cheap Chinese Rims / Wheels / Forks / Frames / Cranks / Etc

To anyone who has ordered wheels from cn*carbon, from the day of order to delivered, how long did it take? Thanks

Two or three weeks for both the sets I've ordered, can't remember exactly. The first pair took about 10 days before they shipped because I asked for custom 28/28 drilling. The 2nd pair took about 5 days before they were sent out (nothing custom about those ones).

I think the actual shipping bit only took a couple of days then in both cases they sat in customs for about 4 or 5 days.

You can speed the process up slightly by keeping an eye on the tracking and calling them once customs charges have been raised, rather than waiting for them to post you an invoice.

Oh, also worth noting the first pair arrived with an invoice from "carbonspeedcycle" so I'm guessing cncarbon are just a reseller. Good service and solid wheels though.

Yeah, that's been my experience too. Bought one for my fixed gear and one for my brother's bike. Haven't used my spare yet, but my bro's having no issues with his one either. Very easy to adjust and seems solid. Only way to improve imo would be little angle markers like Thomson, but nothing a bit of tippex won't fix :)

Thank you very much, they seem good value so will order a set soon!

Are any of the main manufacturers making decent carbon cross frames?

flat mount, thru axle, racy geo?

Cheers for posting about the fork. BXT looks fairly legit.
Just ordered one as it should better match the head tube diameter of my Pre Cursa (46mm at the ends) and the stock fork looks a bit weedy.

can you weigh it when you get the chance please. I am looking to swap my replica VCLS out for something lighter

I don't have any scales at my disposal :/

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Is avaiable also with offset? Because I can't find it from the same dealer

The eBay listing has "degrees" I went with 5 which I take to be 5mm offset. There's a 25 degree option though no pictures of that. Wasn't pictures of the matte finish either though mine is nice and raw. I'd give it a go

Semi cool pic of my FM-066SL in "climb" mode. Usually has 50mm Chinese clinchers. Need a good in-line to replace the Thommo.

Great carbon/padded SMP find by @ZenithE

Anyone try Chinese helmets?

I saw the making video of this, showed commitment for the gram

+1 for my spexcel gilet, everything I hoped for considering it was £15 #gettheraphalook

Anyone try Chinese helmets?

cant remember what these were a year ago but these are getting a bit pricey

did you end up going for the 25 'degree' post? keen to see a pic if so. debating between that and this from the same seller. 10 grams heavier, probably more fiddle to adjust saddle, but cheaper and more finishes available http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cycling-bicycle-Road-MTB-bike-New-type-350mm-full-Carbon-fiber-seatpost-/321752320851?var=&hash=item4ae9eecb53:m:mn4R8KjEQMS_z2ZsKL7gf5Q

Uh, this is way better, I like it. Sincerely I do not look at the weight but the quality, do you recommend it?

the link i posted? ive not bought anything yet. just window shopping at the moment trying to decide which to get. they also have this (terrifyingly) cheap 8pound inline.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cycling-bicycle-MTB-Road-bike-400mm-Carbon-fiber-seatpost-dia-27-2-30-8-31-6mm-/221712901480?var=&hash=item339f1e6568:m:mqlGNYQ4OBat_T5yebuKL3g

anyone have any experiences with any of these other posts?

Weighted all of them, 540g, each.

Got a GUB branded C-Originals G14. It's pretty decent. It has that foam thing that protects your head in a crash.

How are you getting on with the seatpost? Still alive? Planning to get one after backing out of getting the same as @TurtleRecall. Wanted to make sure it hasn't stabbed you in the posterior.

Thanks again! Decent weight for chunky, uncut fork with an alu steerer - will probably be slightly lighter than a Dolan Alpina F-04 with steerer a similar length.
Looking forward to mine arriving.

My bum remains intact. It's actually doing a great job. I've put some carbon paste on it but it didn't slip before that. The clamp is so simple, makes adjusting your saddle or swapping it an absolute breeze. And looks great in my opinion. Don't know about weight, there'll definitely be lighter but it's still really light. Weight weenism aside, gets the thumbs up from me.