It looks like they painted your battery to match the frame, is that anything special you need to ask for? My battery is in the mail but I just assumed they didn’t paint it because it shipped only a few days after my order and separate from the frame.
They painted only battery cover. Dengfu orders batteries from a different manufacturer and they are shipped separately from a different location.
Okay, makes sense then. So I'll likely have a painted cover as well, that's good to hear. I was hoping it would be color matched. How long did it take from time you ordered to when they shipped it? I know they gave a generic 3 weeks but was interested in a real world experience. I'm right around the 10 day mark right now.
One more thing I forgot to ask - did they include a chainstay protector at all? I'll order one now if not. I know LC includes them with some of their frames but wasn't sure about Dengfu.
Nope, you have to buy it somewhere.
where did you order?
Cao Alice from dengfu.
Same person I got too. Still waiting on mine to ship… ordered Sep 11, was hoping for it to ship last week but no luck, it was some national holiday in china on Thursday. Really hoping for this coming week. This my impatience after STILL waiting on a bike since I first ordered my Lightcarbon frame on May 30th and waiting for a bike ever since.
send some contact?
It’s just their Alibaba storefront.
x.alibaba.com
This is not a SRAM t-type, they mount quite differently, removing the hanger completely and having the TA go right through them. They are supposed to be compatible with any UDH frame though.
After a lot of back and forth with the Dengfu rep at the conclusion of which we agreed to disagree, I have a UDH rear triangle now on the way. I never knew this frame was offered in anything but UDH, but apparently you can order it either way.
Sorry, but I don't know. I think Shimano has rotors with magnet but you also need special speed sensor.
Yeah the sensor is what I’m struggling to find, I wonder if Bafang discontinued it or something, none of the usual places show it for sale at all. Can’t even find a part number.
What..? I just checked dengfus website and there is no mention of two different versions? It just says "UDH rear hanger". No mention of anything else and why would anyone order it without UDH compability?
Thank you for validating my sanity here, you wouldn’t believe the back and forth I had with them on Alibaba chat last night. They were gaslighting me saying if I wanted UDH I would have had to specify that, and acted like UDH was “less popular” assuming why would anyone want that. They tried originally putting all the blame on me, saying that’s what I ordered implying I was dumb for not specifically asking for UDH and offering to paint me up a new rear triangle piece for the discounted price of $180 (Instead $220) before shipping.
I certainly don’t ever plan to deal with them again. Never planned to either, but used it as a fallback after a disaster with Lightcarbon waiting 4 months for a frame that kept getting redesigned. I’d still rather work with Lightcarbon based on this experience, at least they were informative and seemed to understand their products better. Also seem to have better build quality and components in their frames (Bearings/hardware). All I’ve seen people say now is to immediately replace the E82 rear axle because it’s such trash it’ll bend on your first ride. Inexcusable.
Sucks they’ve had so many issues with the 971 because I agree they’re a good company making quality products and Jim is great to deal with. I think that VPP design attempt just had some fundamental flaws given how many times they’ve tried to fix it and they should probably just start fresh on it. If they eventually come out with a successor to the 971 for another all mountain/light enduro style frame I’d probably consider it for my next bike.
Looks good, is that the matte finish? Wish I didn't let them talk me out of matte. Did you have to specify you wanted UDH? I had quite the disaster with that....
That’s right, the matte white. I couldn’t decide on a more creative colour so this will work.
lol, I just ordered off their Alibaba listing for it, on a listing that specifically says UDH in the description, and they sent me a non-UDH frame and blamed me for not specifying I wanted UDH. They told me the other one will always be the default unless you specifically ask for UDH, and UDH is “not very popular right now” lol.
I actually have one on the way right now from them. Fieldebikes seems to be one of best distributors for this sort of stuff.
