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Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
dsveddy:
--- Quote from: jonathanf2 on May 23, 2024, 06:25:31 PM ---I like AliEx for little things like this.
FYI - the ZRace XG calipers have been working fine at least for road. Nothing wrong with LTwoo calipers and they might be better if aero is a priority, but since I focus more on climbing I prefer the weight drop of the XG calipers. I've been using them on both my mechanical Ultegra and ER9 bikes with no problems so far.
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I run an XG on the back and a dura ace from EBay on the front—aero where it matters more
jonathanf2:
--- Quote from: dsveddy on May 23, 2024, 10:40:05 PM ---I run an XG on the back and a dura ace from EBay on the front—aero where it matters more
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Why not go full Dura-ace front and rear?
Walter-sobchak:
--- Quote from: jonathanf2 on May 23, 2024, 06:25:31 PM ---
FYI - the ZRace XG calipers have been working fine at least for road. Nothing wrong with LTwoo calipers and they might be better if aero is a priority, but since I focus more on climbing I prefer the weight drop of the XG calipers. I've been using them on both my mechanical Ultegra and ER9 bikes with no problems so far.
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My experience with the xg calipers was fine for the first installation. But upon trying to rerun lines a second time, I found the threads to be very soft and stripped them trying to crush an olive. That and the ability to block the brake fluid with the hose placement (shown in trace velo video) was also annoying.
dsveddy:
--- Quote from: jonathanf2 on May 24, 2024, 12:15:12 AM ---Why not go full Dura-ace front and rear?
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Money, I found a random “salvage” DA caliper on eBay, and that was still like $100, which felt like an incredible score at the time.
The other thing is that one of my XG calipers started leaking, which is why I needed to replace it in the first place
Now that I have a setup that’s super light, works well, and is reasonably aero, I can’t be arsed to troll eBay for another deal, and then fork over another $100 for a DA caliper that may or may not work.
jonathanf2:
I actually found some decent deals for like-new dura ace calipers on eBay. Now that the cycling bubble has burst, there are a lot of top quality shimano components on sale.
I installed a more recent copy of XG calipers on my ER9 bike and they work really well. On more recent copies of the calipers, someone on YT posted a review showing they fixed the oil port hole by making it slightly bigger. The only other reason I swapped to those calipers was due to having problems running a 140mm rear rotor with LTWOO calipers. The 140mm adapter plate was refusing to line up properly. With XG caliper no adapter was necessary.
My bikes are definitely starting to look like an mis mash of components!
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