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

I spoke to the seller, he insisted the frame, forks and rims were carbon....

lol

All the whole bike offers are scam. There's a Colnago Pista lo-pro for $800.

So $483 ($408 plus $75)?

£300 may be over the limit for me. I will give it some thought.

What about customs on top? What's the cost?

They marked my wheels as a sample with a value of $30 so there was no customs charges.

So, let's say another £100 max.
Roughly the same Chinese carbon wheels go for on the UK eBay.

Cheers for looking into this Dammit.

The price is right but I think I'm going to bow out of the wheelset.
The tart in me would rather wait for the right wheels, otherwise I'm always going to need to buy another pair of deep carbon.

If I can get the low profile rims included in someone else's wheel box I'll take those. If not, I'm not sure paying over 50% of the rim price for delivery is sensible at this present point in time.

The delivery cost is a killer- it was a bone of contention last time, when I suggested "one big box" Farsports baulked, with no reason given.

$548+75 still only equates to 385GBP, which in my view is perfectly reasonable for a complete wheelset.

However, that's 385 I could put towards a wheelset which was exactly what I wanted rather than just a temporary fix for my deep carbon needs.

what if you don't know what you want?

Consult a life coach.

or keep your money until you do?

Anything back from the carbon lady about my single rim dammit?
Also if i have to pay for my own delivery cost i think im going to have to pass. Id happily put in to cover part of the cost if bundled with someone else though.

or keep your money until you do?

I can look after his money and invest it wisely for him in the interim.

Hi all

I'm a newbie just registered after following this thread for a while.

I contacted Farsports for a quote and the 20mm Tubs sound great but more expensive than I was expecting.

I've been quoted 528 USD and 65 USD P&P for the FSC 20T, Hubsmith Hubs, CX RAY spokes, Sapim nipples (940g +/-30g) ... Goddaamn they sound PIMP!!!!

I'f I jumped in on the Bulkbuy with you guys (assuming I can that is), how much can I expect to save?

Not reread the thread today so forgive my laziness .... :)

Cheers
P

Wouldn't it make more sense to bulk order the rims and build them here?
Cos shipping wise they could chuck quite a few in 1 box, and the wheel build additional means you have less of a choice of hubset...

Yeah, quite possibly.

I'm getting a rim only quote also, maybe bring in 3 or 4 sets to make it worthwhile (I can pass them around at a slight profit to peeps here) ..... but mainly cause I really fancy the DATI hubs which barely anyone seems to be using but are supposedly very good.

Just to be clear - when I say, "I can pass them around at a slight profit to peeps here" .... I mean in my lil ole town oop north, not here on the board ....

I figure by adding a few squids to each set, I can offset the P&P cost a little, thats the main headache in dealing with China...

I'll leave this here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ladies-carbon-monocoque-trekking-hybrid-touring-frame-/261021092730?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item3cc611cb7a#ht_1723wt_1189

Those 20mm tub rims wont last more than 6 months.

FACT

Is this off for the time being then Dammit?

No, still up for doing it- just being a bit crap at updating this thread.

Rosmal- that price is a single rim, so total cost would be $255 unless we can get your rim in another box.

I suspect that probably prices it beyond your interest however?

In terms of what I might get, the CX wheelset is where my interest lies.

T_V, you would like a track tubular wheelset?

Those 20mm tub rims wont last more than 6 months.

FACT

How do they fail Dov?

noticed a bit of flaking on my break surface the other day

Yes - still interested

Spotter- can you chuck a picture up?

How are you getting on with that Gatorskin tub?