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I'm fairly sure Bianchi "Reparto Corse" carbon rimmed wheels are all stock Yuan An stuff too.

Interesting, what makes you think that?
If I had  to guess, I'd say chances are that they are made by vision - Bianchi's in-house Velomann alloy wheels use Vision hubs (carbon wheels have unbranded hubs from what I could see at the store), also sometimes they use Vision wheels instead of their own Velomann wheels (I just bought Specialissima Comp and instead of 33mm deep Velomann carbon wheelset it came with Vision SC30 wheelset).

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It's an epic quest to find a new frame that fits all the requirements I'm afraid.

I got a rim brake bug myself couple of weeks ago, so I picked up a ~2012 alloy Boardman Comp. Frame is quite heavy at ~1.8kg, bit it has BSA bottom bracket, round seatpost (larger than 27.2mm though), plenty of room for 28mm tyres because the frame uses longer reach brakes.

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It's paltry, poultry is chicken :)

I can recommend LT268, because i ride one and it's awesome. in 54 it weighed 1163g in matte, 1191g in gloss. It feels very stiff with Airwolf 36cm cockpit (allegedly full t1100).
Interestingly, they are releasing the 301 which is very similar in looks & geometry, but takes 38C (I have mixed feelings about that) and weighs <1kg. I assume it's just as stiff, but that's a question worth asking Alisa.
Crit means tight corners / breaking / acceleration, right? Are you sure you want a 1250g frame? The systemsix is meant to go fast in a straight line, it's not a crit bike, afaik.

If you want something more aero & more aggressive, i recently also built 2 winow FM368. I liked building them less, but my 2 friends riding them like them a lot.

The store you're looking at is called Ruichuangda Bicycle Store & their ratings are below average. I wouldnt order from them.

Plenty of people ride alloy Caads or Allez Sprint bikes which are even heavier, weight isn't that much of an issue for crit racing

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I went through this thread and could not find the answer. Apologies if I missed it, but regarding the kit we need to bleed the brakes, do you guys know if we need a particular Ltwoo kit? I have the below kit that says is good for Shimano and SRAM. I was assuming that ltwoo would use the same fittings, but I am unable to confirm.

This kit will not work, I have the same kit and I ran into issue with fittings - they were too thick (lol) to thread into calipers. I ended up buying Jagwire Elite bleeding syringes for Sram.

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Speaking of cranksets, are there any on Aliex with 30mm spindle for BB386 type bottom brackets? I can only find the fake Ingrid copies and I don't like how it looks.

Are you set on the 30mm spindle? If not, Fovno Aurora Pro would work

Anyway, I ended up ordering the Riro crank arms. With 50-34 chainrings the total weight should be around 560 grams

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I have the Riro/Racework (updated version) carbon crankset on two bikes and they work great. Though I had an installation problem on my non-Shimano BB bike. No matter what I'd do, every time I tightened the crankset, it would lock up. On my Shimano BSA and PF BB equipped bikes I can tighten the crankset no problem. I'm guessing it's an issue with the bearings being bigger with non-Shimano BBs? I tested it on both a non-Shimano threaded BSA and threaded BB86 BB and had the same issue.

How is the aluminium spindle holding up?
Truth be told I have a BSA BB frame that needs a new crank, been looking at GXP Red and older Dura-ace cranks but they're still quite a bit more expensive than Riro... And Shimano is probably more likely to fail, considering the bike will see rain, lol

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"You're making mother of all cranksets, Lexon, can't fret over every chainring!"

Carbon crankset with carbon + alloy construction chainrings. Super lightweight, but eye watering price tag comes along.

Anyone brave enough to try it?

P.S. Riro carbon crank that was shared a while ago is down to ~130 euros with chainring included. It's less than what I've paid for alloy Fovno Aurora Pro crank with Racework chainring.

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Has anyone seen a full carbon fork, 380mm axle to crown for rim brakes and fender mounts on Ali? I may or may not have a project bike that needs a new fork

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You're right about Tiagra compatibility with 11 speed, forgot that groupset.

It seems like Shimano kept the same pull ratio for 12 speed mechanical 105 shifters, so it's compatible with 11 speed stuff too, which explains why Sensah was able to do that

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My apologies for this post, but there is no way you are 199cm tall and ride a 80cm middle bottom bracket to saddle top fit.
I am 195cm with 96cm inseam and run 87cm middle bottom bracket to saddle top - for sure you will end up with a similar number, if not slightly more.

Well, they didn't say that they measure saddle height from the center of BB — might be measuring from the top of the pedal during the upstroke.

IMO, the correct way of measuring saddle height is from the top of the pedal during downstroke, measuring from center of BB doesn't account for different crank arm lengths, which absolutely affect your saddle height

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I'm using ultegra 11s shifters with GRX 400 RD too. So by that logic Shimano would work with SRAM RDs? I'm not entirely clear where the indexing part is set.

I believe the answer is no, at least on the road groupsets. Cable pull ratios are different between two brands. Hell, you can't even mix 11 speed and 10 speed Shimano road parts because ratios are different, on Sram you can.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: TPU vs Latex innertube
« on: March 17, 2024, 10:01:22 AM »
I'm still torn. Latex is def cheaper and easier to install but for me they never held air for more than a day. I think they'd lose pressure on a long (for me) ride. I'm gonna try tubeless and see what happens

I believe RideNow TPU tubes are cheaper than any latex tube on the market. And doesn't lose pressure nearly as easily either.

I don't think latex tube would lose enough air to worry about, unless you ride for 8 hours non-stop, but I've had plenty of times when I had to inflate tubes twice in one day - in the morning to get to the work and in the evening to take a ride after work.

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They are good against flats, but they're terrible for riding - heavy, slow and a massive pain to put on. Pirelli Cinturato Velo, GP5000 All Season are better choices.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame
« on: March 16, 2024, 07:52:31 AM »
Finally build finish my bike after 4 months. Just completed 60KM on it. Smooth ride just having a bit of play at the headset while braking.

Sub 7kg with Di2 ulterga R8170, Magene PES 505 power meter, Superteam 50/60 wheelset, Ryet 3D Carbon saddle and Onirii SPD SL pedal.
What an absolute unit of the bike. Did you paint the handlebar yourself?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Wheels upgrade
« on: March 13, 2024, 01:12:27 PM »
I have ICAN Aero 50 and Elite SLT (not edge). The Elitewheels is a proven, well loved brand and Edge is a fantastic wheelset by all means if you read reviews. However between SLT and Aero 50, the Aero is simply better in the way it rolls and sound it makes. The SLT hubs are incredibly loud. And I guess Edge also has those loud hubs. Aero's are almost silent comparatively and I love it for that reason. They have also stayed true for the longest time compared to any other wheelset I have had.

Very light, accelerate reasonably well and keep up the speed exceedingly well. Don't think you will unhappy with either. From my experience, in future if I am to choose between ICAN and Elite I think I will go with ICAN.

SLT wheelset has pawl hub, Edge has ratchet hub.

P.S. Sound is subjective, for me the louder the hub, the better. Serves as a bell for unaware people and an alarm clock for the neighbours   8)

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