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Re: AliX Carbon Road Rims
I would not buy from a seller with such a bad score...
November 22, 2022, 07:18:02 AM |
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Re: ZRace Disc Brakes
I'm thinking it might be an issue with my Ltwoo GR9 gravel shifters I'm using. They don't seem to play nice internal drop bar cable routing. There's no way to modulate brake pull on the shifters either. I'm going to try swapping the GR9 shifters for a pair of Sensah shifters and see if that helps. If not, I might have to just buy a pair of Shimano shifters, which I'm thinking I should have done in the first place. Welcome to the wonderful world of Chinese groupsets... I must say the sensah SRX Pro groupset and those hybrid brake callipers looked good in the beginning, but I too am now questioning my decision... I think it would have been better if I went for Sram or Shimano in the first place... Especially if you buy used, you can do good deals... You can get second hand 11 speed ultegra shifters and combine them with a GRX rear derailleur for example... After a few weeks with my new BR-05 brakes and Jagwire compressionless housing I am beginning to feel deterioration in the rear brake, and I think I might know why... The open end of the brake cable housing is pointing upward where it is connected to the brake calliper. This means water and dirt can get inside and create extra resistance for the cable... I have ordered these rubber dust covers to put on there, but I don't know if it's not already too late  https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000154839195.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.0.0.38381802HfMcOW November 28, 2022, 11:48:22 AM |
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Re: ZRace Disc Brakes
Yeah, I don't get whey they don't include dust covers. Mine arrived today and I am going to install them asap... I use a lot of water on my bike when washing (just normal garden hose, no pressure washer) and sometimes spray the callipers for quite some time to get all the dirt off. So it is no surprise some water/dirt will get into the outer housing. But I know it is the cable and not a problem with the calliper because they worked great in the beginning (and the front one still does. But you absolutely have to swap the pads. The original pads are crap. I use these: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32786421682.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.5.46eb7bb8CwkWEq&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21EUR%21%E2%82%AC%206%2C61%21%E2%82%AC%203%2C57%21%21%21%21%21%402101d68d16697213937682386eacfd%2163395555738%21sh November 29, 2022, 05:30:27 AM |
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Re: ZRace Disc Brakes
I think it has to do with the method of shipping. Big items with DPD shipping I guess first take a slow route (boat, train, truck??) to Europe and are than handed to DPD. I today received a frame I ordered on 10 november... 2+ weeks of no tracking and than at once yesterday it was in the DPD system in my country and delivered today... Ordered the wheelset on 01/11. Also with DPD but the tracking says it is only registered with dpd but not received. The small stuff gets put in a bag, put on a plain and flown to the country of the receiver... November 30, 2022, 09:50:11 AM |
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Re: Groupset News
Yeah, 510 for us here in the EU...
December 06, 2022, 10:07:12 AM |
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Re: building wheel with straight pull hub: d411/412 spoke hole offset?
Since it is hard to find much info on spoke sizing for these hubs I thought I would pen down my experiences here: I have built 2 wheelsets with these hubs. For the first one (I did last year) I calculated the length myself and the spokes where much too long. I checked with the seller on Ali where I had bought the rims (since they also offered entire wheelsets with those hubs and rims) and they gave me the spoke lengths and they were about 2 mm shorter I believe... Those worked... A few days ago I have built the second wheelset with slightly deeper rims and spend hours researching and measuring and calculating. I measured the drawings of the hubs in autocad to get the dimensions and I found that the flange distance that is stated in the info I found is mostly way too big. I measured the flange distance from the inner row of spoke holes to the center. The flange distance is way smaller than. Working with these measurements I ordered the spokes with a little fear in my heart, but they seem to be spot on. For my 581 ERD sized asymmetric 30x30mm rims with 2,8mm offset (3mm larger than stated to account for the nipple head. I measured this myself with 2 spokes and the spoke threaded in the nipple flush with the slot in the head) I used 288mm spokes for the front and 286 and 288mm spokes for the rear. December 08, 2022, 04:00:30 AM |
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Re: Chinese Carbon 29er Pic Thread.
So I finally finished my OG-Evkin CF-052 frame  10,2 kg without bottlecages and pedalsEdit: Because of a bad alignment of the BB shell the frame has developed a crack above the BB. Getting the seller to honour the warranty is proving nearly impossible after a month of false promises and long silences. I really advise against OG-Evkin. December 10, 2022, 04:44:39 AM |
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Re: ZRace Disc Brakes
Jagwire Road pro I think. Just look for Compressionless in the description. Should be 25-30 eur for the set
December 10, 2022, 09:07:19 AM |
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Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
I like this one: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003148022772.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.25271802FKFsA0
December 14, 2022, 01:02:10 PM |
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Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
Yeah, the Rhinowalk bags are great, but they have gotten so expensive (for EU shoppers) And most of them you can find on Amazon for not much more. December 23, 2022, 02:18:47 AM |
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