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Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
Received my er9 groupset in the mail today. After having built a bike with RX12, im particularly impressed with the finishing quality of the RD and FD. The surface finish is very nice. It seems a bit more polished than the RD and FD that come with the RX12 groupset. The RD does have a serial number, so it seems it's one of the later units. Hopefully, it doesn't fail on me. Still waiting on the frame that this is going on to. I'll post an update then. September 29, 2023, 07:40:44 AM |
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Re: TanTan TT-X38 Build
I’m unsure what to do. Start a dispute? Ask Aliexpress for a partial refund?I would start a dispute, it's the only thing we can do to help raise the QC standards... October 08, 2023, 07:10:06 AM |
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Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
I cannot for the life of me get the RD cable through the chainstay. A cable housing is no problem. But the electronic cable plug is rather long and stiff and it seems there’s a bend in the cable entry port at the rear drop out that I just can’t get the plug to pass. What’s more is that my internal cabling tool is useless for this bc you can’t connect it to the electronic cable in any way. So I keep taping it to shift cable housing and try to pull it through from both ends. But no success. It tears off every time. I managed to get it through. In the end it was the frame's fault really. There was some sharpish edge preventing it to go through. I rolled some very coarse sandpaper into a longish roll and inserted it like a small file and sanded it smooth. After that, I managed to pull it through upon the first try. October 12, 2023, 07:33:52 AM |
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Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
Perhaps start a thread about how to collect coins on Aliexpress? Techniques, tricks, other ways?
October 12, 2023, 02:11:21 PM |
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Re: TanTan TT-X38 Build
HAHA I was waiting for someone to flag. I sent this to a buddy who is all about aesthetic and knew it'd be the first thing he said too! I feel your pain  It's like choosing between two evils. Fucking around with sealant or riding around knowing that some ppl will notice  I'll await your next photo
October 20, 2023, 02:38:00 AM |
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Re: TanTan TT-X38 Build
So I took off the rotor. I see no wear marks on neither the hub nor the rotor splines. I applied a Layer of textile tape between the rotor and the hub splines. Torqued it down. But I still get play if I want to. I might try and apply some Loctite bearing retaining compound between the splines and see if that fixes it. Apart from that: One cool thing about this frame is that because of the shape of the downtube it actually shields the lower headset bearing from road spray. Maybe if you ride in torrential rain and through huge puddles there might be some water ingress. But just riding on wet roads with a bit of rain leaves the lower headset completely dry and free of dirt. On my VB-R218 the lower headset bearing is shot after doing a few wet rides this season. October 30, 2023, 02:17:46 AM |
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Re: TanTan TT-X38 Build
Update on my centerlock rotor issues. I tried tape, I tried Loctite 601, I tried threadlocker. It helps but it doesn't solve the issue. Incidentally, I talked to two friends of mine who both only realized upon me asking them that they also can make their centerlock rotors rock back and forth on their hubs if they try. It really seems to be a centerlock problem that everyone just agrees to leave alone. Even DT Swiss themselves answered to a guy on a German speaking MTB forum and basically said that it's a problem of tolerances between different manufacturers that is annoying but doesn't pose a security risk and therefore should just be ignored. I have another set of lockrings on the way which I will try together with micro shims and see if that solves the issue. If not, then I'll consider this case closed anyhow. I don't notice it when riding. Braking is fine. It doesn't look like there's wear on either the rotor or the hub splines. I guess it's just another case of the bicycle industry inventing a new standard and then failing to meet its tolerances.
November 02, 2023, 06:26:22 AM |
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Re: TanTan TT-X38 Build
Short follow-up on my steerer tube issue: I opened a dispute on Aliexpress and after 3 weeks of sending photos, documents about acceptable tolerances etc. I got a refund of 100 Euro + 20 Euro because the seller sent me a cockpit of the wrong size (400x100 instead of 420x90). Now I'm going to cut the steerer, sand down the areas which are out of specs the most and then send the fork to a carbon repair guy who will produce and glue in an alloy insert to strengthen the steerer. Btw this is my frame (chameleon blue/purple & matt black): November 24, 2023, 07:49:32 AM |
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