In the market for a carbon 29er frame and just cannot stump up the £1500 that the main brands want to charge.

I have been reading up on the chinese frames and came across Hong Fu. They get very good reports on MBR forum.

I especially like the look of their 2013 road frame. Looks really sweet!

http://www.hongfu-bikes.com/html_products/2013-new-road-HF-FM066-266.html

Just wonder whether anoyone has taken a punt themselves on a frame from this company.

J

It might just be me, but I can’t see any prices? Might be interested in a hardtail.

They have an excellent reputation on many many forums.

Lots of info here.

that road frame looks amazing!

Nice looking 29er fs, could do with some more spacers under the bars tho 😆
Can’t see any prices either to compare with others.

Wow. Can tou pickup a SS/track n forks from them on a budget?

that looks awfully similar to that planet x n2a effort…..

I bought a road frame from HongFu a few months ago. All went pretty smoothly. Got the frame, forks, bars, stem, seat post, seat clamp, headset, paint job and delivery for £580.

* the cosmic decals have been removed from the wheels now. They’re Hongfu 50mm wheels which I bought from someone on the BR classifieds who had decalled them up.

^ Nice Michael, couldn’t be a cheek and ask for a few other snaps of it could I? thanks

Send me an email and I’ll fire some over. Address in profile.

HOw is it finished and how does it ride?

That red bike above looks fantastic.
I’m amazed this thread hasn’t turned into a chinese carbon argument yet!
Exploding frames, catastrophic failures, carbon splinters in the heart! eek!

found their flikr account, a few videos of them testing stuff on machines. Look’s an impressive setup http://www.flickr.com/photos/hongfu_bikes/page5/

michael when I can afford, could I ask for your help to order the same setup (different size of course).

Cynic-al: Rides very well, although before this my only road bike was a 2010 Trek 1.5 so I’ve no real measure for comparison. Feels pretty solid, accelerates quickly and feels stable at speed. Finish is pretty good, unlaquered so raw looking paint effect. Did have a slight chip in the top tube paint when it turned up which was annoying as I can see it whilst riding but it’s barely a mm long.

@Hora, Yeah no worries. Just fire me an email as don’t post here too often. I spent a few weeks trudging through the hundreds of pages on roadbikereview which was very helpful.

Done 4000+ miles on my FM028, this:

rides pretty similar to my Isaac, this:

That FM066 looks great! Combined with some of their carbon wheels, so tempting!

Where is the best place to buy one of the Hong fu frames- particularly interested in the 29er frame and forks…

Direct I’d imagine…

29er FS is tempting to buy and get some ‘specialist – long ride’ decals made up as they’ve clearly seen an epic and copied it!