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There's a lot to cover. Why are they advertising "1x13", what does this imply? Are they making a "full" groupset with cassette discs and cranks? Are they locking us into 13 speed now?
The crankset looks like the senicx PR4 but it's not, the back of the cranks is different. Calipers are not the zrace ones and I don't recognize the rotors. The pic is blurry but it looks like the levers are exactly the same
I presume they are advertising "1X13" because it is one more gear than Scumano and SRAM sell on their main product lines.   If my memories are current, Campy is the only one selling 13 cog cassettes.   If you look at the majority of the "Twitter's" complete bicycles sold on Aliexpress, the majority of them are listed with Wheeltop EDS in either 1X13 2X13.    I am sure the product is still configurable for 7 to 13 speeds.  If they are putting a complete kit together to sell to OEM builders, then you might as well go with 13 speeds.

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I've been using the TX on my gravel bike for about 500 miles.   The biggest problem I am encountering is with the right hand shifter paddles/buttons.   Proportionately the paddles are too small to shift easily on rough climbs and descents.  When you are trying to shift on rough gravel, it is often difficult to locate your fingers and push/click on the buttons without having your fingers hit both paddles at the same time, or the wrong one.   On a really rough forest road I descended yesterday, too many times, I was not able to push the narrower up-shift paddle, and my fingers would downshift instead.   

If their new gravel group uses the same brake lever/paddles, then to me, there is not much improvement by only updating the rear derailleur and calling it a Gravel Group.  To date, my TX group works fine on my gravel bike.   

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Maintenance, Mechanics, & Tools / Re: Lower headset gap?
« on: May 16, 2024, 07:13:19 AM »
There are 2 different headset bearing designs. One with 45 degree angle and the other being 36 degree angle/chamber.   One really doesn't want to mix and match the different angle bearing to different fork/centering rings.   With the above stated as one possible problem,  gaps are common even when the fork/centering ring and the bearing have the same angles.
(Tolerance stack up.)  Different bearing manufacturers can machine in larger or smaller OD chambers that cause the bearing to sit higher of lower on the fork/centering ring.  The same machining tolerances can happen with the centering ring.   

Almost all of my recent bike builds have a 1-2mm gap. 

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Thoughts on shifter forward play?  For me, It would have been nice if that movement wasn't there but not a deal breaker.

Youtu.be/EnTpydWnZEY
youtu.be/GJAumV2gOCs

I never even noticed that the brake levers can be moved forward.  Non issue to me.  The levers are always where they need to be when I brake and shift.

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Qn for the wheeltop users here. Is it working with the bike computers that you are using?  There are videos showing it working with igpsport and displaying both gearing and battery life.

What about others like Garmin/wahoo/hammerhead?
Does not work with iGPSPORT iGS630.  Tried to get the 630 to be recognized, no go.  Contacted iGSPORT, they said they would add it to the list of software updates.

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Not my experience.  Group indeed needs to be woken up if you weren't using it either from movement or through the shifter buttons afterwhich you can connect your app to make adjustments.  No need to have charge cable attached and plugged into power source.
Nor my experience.  Same as quoted above.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: IIIPRO ROTORS
« on: May 03, 2024, 10:09:02 AM »
Given the prince difference between my rotors and what Shimano charges though, there would have to be quite literally a magical difference in performance for me to try Shimano ones.
Ah, The "prince difference" is what matters, his metal version of rotors obviously are not "prince worthy", and sold only to us commoners.

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Aluminium rim brake does not exist (for sale) yet. Only carbon rim brake and alu disc brake
I could swear that for a short period of time around the Anniversary sale, an Aliexpress store sold a EDS TX-RA6100 kit that had Aluminum shift levers, rather than carbon, and used cable brakes. This was the inexpensive kit I saw that could be purchased for around $400, but they were all sold out.   When I look up these listings,  it says "page can't be found"

In Japan, I see this kit for sale, but my computer wont translate the page, so I can't read the details to confirm aluminum brake levers.


Edit:  There are TX-RA6100 and TX-RA6000 kits listed I am failrly sure one kit has aluminum brake levers.

http://hodaka-bicycles.jp/wheeltop-eds-txra6100-delay/



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Component Deals & Selection / Re: IIIPRO ROTORS
« on: May 03, 2024, 09:20:13 AM »
I have a brand new pair I haven't used yer.  Instead, I am using several other brands of  "floating" rotors with aluminum center and steel outer disc.

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How much have you guys paid for it? I heard on youtube someone paid around 400 dollars (he's canadian but i would still assume USD) but I've never seen it anywhere near that price
My hydraulic brake,  carbon lever kit cost $620, minus $80 off anniversary sale coupon, minus store coupon for around $20, for a total of $522 with free shipping.

Edit: I read that the aluminum, rim brake version, was purchased for closer to $400 during the sale, but there weren't many of those kits for sale and they sold out fast.

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2 days ago, I swapped out my crank set that uses 50 - 34 chainrings to a new set of cranks with 48-32 chainrings.   I shortened my chain my a link, lowered the front derailleur then performed a new calibration on the app for the front derailleur.   Now that I am very familiar with using the WheelTop app, this process went very smoothly.  I had to re-tune 4 of the rear cogs.   Took the bike out for a 17 mile, 1,500 feet of climbing test ride.   I am becoming used to the shifters and had no "human error" mis shifts.   

The more I ride the EDS TX, the more I like it.  (After about 220 miles on the new kit, plus the shifting during my latest tuning, the front derailleur says 77%, rear derailleur is at 71% battery charge.)

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The repeated issues with this groupset are almost pushing me towards disregarding the groupset entirely and move to shimano. As a final and desperate move, I will try it with higher quality batteries. Thanks for the input all.
WheelTop! WheelTop, WheelTop EDS...

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"Planet Cyclery" is going out of business/closing its doors.   (I presume they are another online retailer that didn't manage the past few years very well)

I spent about a 1/2 hour looking at all of their sale prices.  From my perspective, their "sale prices" are still to expensive compared to the deals I get on a regular basis through Aliexpress.

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80mm (3") is probably the shortest travel you will find.     Majority of droppers are 100mm and more.   I believe that this length fits the majority of rider's need to be able to drop the post and have the saddle drop down low enough to sit back and clear the top of the seat while descending.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802945217753.html

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Vendor Discussion & Reviews / Re: shipping times from aliexpress
« on: April 29, 2024, 12:20:23 PM »
Venting again.   It appears that Aliexpress has changed their shipping details.  I used to see my order's shipping progress all the way to when the item was delivered. Now I see Aliexpress tracking my items until they they depart customs, then they list a shipping number.  I plug these numbers into USPS tracking, and 1/2 the time USPS says the number is not valid, the other half it says the number is registered in the system, but no information is available.  For the past month, all my orders shipping progress is no longer visible or available.

Today,  my wife received 4 notifications from USPS that items are out for delivery.  I input these numbers into USPS tracking and there is no shipping details available. then I was able to match up these numbers with Aliexpress shipping numbers, and it appears that these are 4 of my ordered items.   

On top of this, I ordered a Flyweight carbon rim, on March 18th, that had guaranteed 12 day delivery.  A month+ has passed. I asked the seller if they could tell me where the rim is.  Their answer was: "It has been shipped.  Be patient".   The only tracking information I have is that it shipped April 1st. No tracking number listed.  I filed for a refund and the seller has rejected the claim stating the item has been shipped.   Now I have to wait the complete period of time before Aliexpress will approve the refund and admit that the item is lost.   

To add insult, In the past 6 weeks, I had 5 orders that went past the guaranteed delivery, and I was supposedly given the "One Dollar off" coupons.  Aliexpress lists me as receiving the coupons, but when I've tried to use them, nothing happens and my app locks up.  After about 2 weeks, I can no longer find them.   Something is messed up with their software, or they have figured out a way to not let me use the one dollar off coupons.

EDIT:  May 1st - Aliexpress closed my order for the Fiberin Flyweight and started the refund process.  I have one of these rims and like it. I wanted another but  no longer trust the Fiberlin store because of their lack of communication and that they never provided me with a good tracking number.  Makes me wonder if they ever actually shipped the order.

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