Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!

[kbernstein]

[Greenred]

Any take or experience on seatpost clamps?
Weight imo is secondary as primary goal is the seatpost never slipping into the gravel frame, potentially damaging it.

Options I discovered out of Carbon fiber (to avoid galvanic corrosion right away I didn't select any Aluminum parts)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005516110044.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004895939912.html

[jfcb]

Any take or experience on seatpost clamps?
Weight imo is secondary as primary goal is the seatpost never slipping into the gravel frame, potentially damaging it.

Options I discovered out of Carbon fiber (to avoid galvanic corrosion right away I didn't select any Aluminum parts)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005516110044.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004895939912.html

They work fine. I never had issues with those ones on my mountainbikes. There are lighter alloy options on the ali market.
note: personally I never had issues with galvanic corrosion with alloy ones. You could just apply some carbon assembly paste.

[Jet the Panda]

I needed to add more side visibility to my bikes and these reflector stickers work great. Buy from Pick 3 & Save for under $2 USD. In fact Pick 3 & Save is now my go-to for TPU tubes, lights and other small items. Some of the item are so cheap, I'm wonder how the f**k are they even making profit? Lol

The buy 3 and save section has disappeared for me

[jonathanf2]

The buy 3 and save section has disappeared for me

Do a search engine search for "Pick 3 & Save Aliexpress." Sometimes Google does a better job searching on that site! Lol

[Tijoe]

Do a search engine search for "Pick 3 & Save Aliexpress." Sometimes Google does a better job searching on that site! Lol

Pick 3 is gone for me too.  I ordered using "Pick 3" 4 days ago. (I think it shows up the first 5 days of each month.)

All I am seeing is their Valentine day "love Delivers" with prices that aren't too exciting to me right now, and the normal "Choice" promotions.

[jonathanf2]

Pick 3 is gone for me too.  I ordered using "Pick 3" 4 days ago. (I think it shows up the first 5 days of each month.)

All I am seeing is their Valentine day "love Delivers" with prices that aren't too exciting to me right now, and the normal "Choice" promotions.

See if this link works. Copy it to the browser directly. I'm not sure if it'll work for other countries, but should work for the US. Also make sure to bookmark it. I have several orders coming through, prices are usually half off or more compared to Choice and direct seller AliEx orders for small items. Even my kids love it since they can buy small trinket items, portable game consoles, etc. Also for those in southern California, I'm getting all my items delivered within 7 days or less and with private courier direct from the AliEx US warehouse.

https://www.aliexpress.com/gcp/300000512/nnmixupdatev3

[Tijoe]

See if this link works. Copy it to the browser directly. I'm not sure if it'll work for other countries, but should work for the US. Also make sure to bookmark it. I have several orders coming through, prices are usually half off or more compared to Choice and direct seller AliEx orders for small items. Even my kids love it since they can buy small trinket items, portable game consoles, etc. Also for those in southern California, I'm getting all my items delivered within 7 days or less and with private courier direct from the AliEx US warehouse.

https://www.aliexpress.com/gcp/300000512/nnmixupdatev3

Yes, this link works.  Amazing. I couldn't find a way to find a path to 3-pick on either my laptop or aliexpress app.

[JohnnyRabbit]

that is basically the same tool to align the hanger

I already have a alignment tool so I'm trying to find the fitting to screw in the compression plug or at least make something similar out of different threaded fittings.

[coffeebreak]

From that pick 3 deals or choice page I have bought numerous $2 bar tapes, especially the ones made by Racework - they are superb. I was expecting them to go bad within a couple of months and since they are so cheap I was going to change them frequently but they held up so well and I am sitting on a bunch of brand new tapes in various colors  . The last relatively expensive bar tape that I bought was a Shimano Pro for $20 ish. Days of buying Fizik or anything are long gone. These $2 bars are as good. The only thing they lack is the finishing tape that's almost worthless. I just use black electric tape to finish the tape.

Edit - Riderace not Racework.

[mirphak]

Link? I have been using these and they are quite good, but a bit rigid when you first install them and you need to really pull them hard so that they blend seamlessly.

https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005005543193752.html

[coffeebreak]

Link? I have been using these and they are quite good, but a bit rigid when you first install them and you need to really pull them hard so that they blend seamlessly.

https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005005543193752.html

I have those which you linked. They look great but I noticed they smell bad pretty quickly (in summer months).

The ones I like more are these -
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNKxWL4

Even better -
https://a.aliexpress.com/_m07dP1y

The second one is currently at $4 but keep an eye out, they go for $2 regularly on that 3 deals page.

The below ones are bad. Shiny, slippery surface. I don't personally like that kind of tape.
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOHCIoq

[TidyDinosaur]

I already have a alignment tool so I'm trying to find the fitting to screw in the compression plug or at least make something similar out of different threaded fittings.

Here you go: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006193326873.html
But it's not really cheap. You can get the entire assembly for not much more. If it was cheaper I would have bought it...

[jonathanf2]

Anyone use this style of drop bar with the loop built-in? Redshift makes one (expensive) and Satori on US Amazon make a cheaper version for $50 USD. I only found one vendor on AliExpress that sells a version similar. It's one of those few instances when it's cheaper to buy locally. The AliEx version cost and weighs more.

AliEx brand drop bar with loop built-in:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805633878279.html

Satori brand on US Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B69W26MR

[coffeebreak]

Anyone use this style of drop bar with the loop built-in?

Satori brand on US Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B69W26MR

I have it on my Journeyer. It's pretty good, I like it. The flare is crazy though and really bad for LTwoo style shifters. I recently switched the LTwoo groupset to Microshift Sword and it's perfect.