Cheap bicycle rims for carbon fiber (made in China)

Cheap Chinese Carbon!?! I've never heard a bad review!!!

Don't buy chinese carbon products. Carbon is a great a great product for road bikes that don't get beat on and that's it. For mtn and bmx it is not worth it... throw an aluminum dike off a cliff on to some rocks and you can weld it back together, same with steel and titanium, they can all be repaired. Carbon will shatter and then the bike is ruined. For the price of one carbon component you can buy 3 metal ones, it is not worth it. But if you have your heart set on having a bike that you can blow away buy sneezing, don't skimp. The chinese stuff is made with cheap, brittle resin and cracks easily and generally wont have a warranty. You have to be willing to shell out big bucks for high quality, rock solid parts

uturnCarbon is a great a great product for road bikes that don't get beat on and that's it. For mtn and bmx it is not worth it...

Almost every UCI world cup downhill team runs carbon fiber frames, handlebars, and/or carbon rims, and the number of each they destroy per season is a fraction of the previous aluminum versions they used in the past. The durability argument has long since been disproven.

I haven't heard of the company that OP posted, but tons of guys are running carbon rim from Light Bicycles (another direct order Chinese company), without any issues. If there are, a new rim is less that $200 instead of $1000 or whatever Enve is charging these days.

Light bicycle company. Most legit chinese manufacturer of carbon wheels. I have a pair on my Yeti SB66 and they rule. Go pay more if you want, they are legit. PM or quote me if you want more details / advice. I am in china all the time for product development.

onenerdykidAlmost every UCI world cup downhill team runs carbon fiber frames, handlebars, and/or carbon rims, and the number of each they destroy per season is a fraction of the previous aluminum versions they used in the past. The durability argument has long since been disproven.

I get that carbon is a great material for sponsored riders who get the bikes for free. But paying 4 times as much for a part made of carbon is not reasonable for an average consumer

uturnI get that carbon is a great material for sponsored riders who get the bikes for free. But paying 4 times as much for a part made of carbon is not reasonable for an average consumer

I'd argue its the same demographic as skiers more or less....people with means who make well above the average salary. Its not normal for an average consumer to spend $5,000 on a downhill bike for the weekends when most don't even live near a place to use it.

uturnI get that carbon is a great material for sponsored riders who get the bikes for free. But paying 4 times as much for a part made of carbon is not reasonable for an average consumer

True, they do get them for free but even if you are a privateer racer the cost is justified because you will simply break less parts throughout the course of a season. No one will race a welded aluminum frame that was broken in a crash, so cracked aluminum frames are tossed regardless. All of these teams have proven they break less carbon parts than their aluminum counterparts.

Plus, the retail cost is not always that much for the end consumer and are sometimes the same cost as aluminum. Santa Cruz stopped making aluminum versions of their downhill bike because the costs were the same between aluminum and carbon. And when there is a cost difference for carbon, for most companies that offer a carbon DH frame the retail cost is not that much more than aluminum. Handlebars are about double the cost (at the top end) but can be found for much less. Same goes for wheels.

Where it does for sure get expensive is with Enve, but then you are paying for a super high quality product that is also made in very small batches in the USA. Their products are unquestionably more expensive, but they are not the norm.

CTDI am in china all the time for product development.

So am I, What do you do?

steve0So am I, What do you do?

I work for a company called trimr that makes shaker bottles, our production is about 30 minutes outside of Shenzhen. You?

CTDI work for a company called trimr that makes shaker bottles, our production is about 30 minutes outside of Shenzhen. You?

Cool, I work for Cascade Maverik Lacrosse, and we have factories all over Asia.

steve0Cool, I work for Cascade Maverik Lacrosse, and we have factories all over Asia.

cool we have a few different factories we use but most are in that area, at least thats the only place ive been