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The frame is a Carbonda 696 with a PF bottom bracket and a few other tweaks. They are painted in the US and you're right, the price point is attractive if you need a whole bike.
You can head to the Carbonda thread to see what all the customers think. You can probably skip over any build issue since that should be taken care of by OBED. I would have bought an OBED if I needed a whole bike, but went with a frame from Carbonda because I already had half the parts in my garage.
bearlyfinish wrote:the price point is attractive if you need a whole bike
@edraven
When I priced out my build, the cost was almost the same as buying from Obed. That was a like for like GRX di2 bike. I used an Obed sale price and not the retail price. Little things like compression plug, helicopter tape, bar tape, rear caliper bolts, spacers, etc add up.
But I ended up going Carbonda because I already had a seat, stem, cassette, crankset, power meter, and 2 wheelsets. Plus I had all but a few tools needed. If I didn't have all that, I would have just bought the bike from OBED.
@GCCyclist
There's a lot of people who are fans of the frame. And as long as OBED offers a configuration you like, it's a solid product. OBED does run sales and they are a partner with a lot of large triathlon organizations - so you might want to check with the local tri club if they get discounts on the brand and join the team (Quintana Roo is the tri bike brand, but OBED/QR/Litespeed are all the same company).
RLB wrote:So strange to me that a company would change its name... crazy, everything is offensive to someone today I guess even having the same name as a river can trigger people.
dangle wrote:
Uh, the Ocoee Massacre ring any bells? Large group of white people murdered somewhere between 30 and 50 black people for trying to vote. Then burned down their homes and chased them away. Over 250 people were killed or lost everything they had that day.
Today is the 100th anniversary of that dark day.
RLB wrote:Uh...and this bike company was involved in this how? The name "Ocoee" predates the disgusting event you are speaking about its actually a native American word for a fruit of some type. My name is Ray, Im sure that some people with the same name have done horrible things should I change it? or better yet do I get credit for the amazing people also named Ray? its all just so silly anymore, people dont care dont help each other... name changes and temp social media profile pics "prove" what a good person you are.
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