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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Tavelo Aero Frame
« Last post by Nadeshiko on Today at 02:47:57 AM »
Very fair point about the current pricing of both Winspace and Tavelo. But if they are both in fact sourced by Adapt, it's a shame we don't see more bike builds and conversations on their frames on this forum. Especially if we are to assume the quality/fit finish is nearly the same if true.

The question becomes:
1. Does Adapt not (easily) offer up B2C sales?
2. Are people generally just not interested in their frames?

If it's the latter then it's odd to use the Winspace open-mold talking point if people just aren't interested in Adapt's offerings to begin with.

I have contacted people i know in the industry and the answer is:
Adapt does not offer (easily) B2C sales at all. You need some pretty deep connections to get them to entertain such an idea.
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I've had an L-Twoo ERX groupset for about 9 months now. I've never been super impressed with the shifting precision but for the price I wasn't going to complain too much. Today I put a new cassette and chain on and when doing so I noticed that the derailleur cage looked bent.  The bottom pulley sits further outbound than the top.  Immediately I figured the derailleur hanger must have be bent somehow, not sure how as this bike has never been off the trainer, but nonetheless, that was my first thought.  Before pulling the bike out of the trainer and into the bike stand I figured I'd throw on the 105 derailleur I had on the bike before putting on the L-Twoo groupset, it lined up perfectly. I then put the hanger alignment tool on, it is also perfect.  The only remaining thing is that the L-Twoo derailleur is bent somehow, or maybe it is just like that by default (which would be a bit weird). Can any of you out there with L-Twoo ERX drivetrains have a look and see if yours looks like mine?  It's hard to photograph but you should be able to see what I mean in the attached image.
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I installed the old design on 5 bikes, and i cracked one non drive side arm at 6 or 7nm. Racework is largely useless to deal with. They made so many mistakes in my order with them that i can't remember the exact count. Beyond the cranks, i bought 12s chains from them, they sent me 11s, the bar tape they sold me is the absolute worst i've ever used, and more. They refused to warranty anything, including the crank arm even though it was low torque (they dont tell you what torque to use, btw), but i managed to buy a replacement one for cheap enough - abnormal, but at least i still have 5 cranksets to use and not 4, for now anyway -.
We've put around 5k km on all these cranksets so far, i'd say. to avoid cracking more crank arms, i'm using 5nm and an obscene amount of threadlock. It's been working.
Either way they updated the non drive side design.
I wouldn't recommend them, goes without saying, but to be fair, i'm happy with the cranksets as long as it's not broken - kind of like i'm happy with my ltwoo er9 when it's not broken, the problem being that out of 5, 2 broke for no reason -, and their 3d printed saddles are nice too.
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nice. did you get the ultralight version or regular weight?
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Purely aesthetic reasons yes, the gloss on that frame works really well, and they did a very nice gloss (it's a tad heavier btw, as is always the case afaik). You can kind of see the carbon underneath depending on the light, too.
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Seka Spear
« Last post by TribesMan on Today at 01:52:15 AM »
Spear in L is basically exactly the same as Pinarello Dogma F 56.

LR on the other hand is a bit longer and lower. Comparable to old Canyon Aeroad M or Giant Propel ML.

I like this staggered sizing options, maybe L could be even a bit more relaxed, it would fit more people.
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Component Deals & Selection / Re: LTWOO RX and GRT compatiblity
« Last post by kbernstein on Today at 01:34:42 AM »
Without having them in hand I can still confidently say they would be compatible. It would make absolutely no sense for them to specifically make them different pull ratios
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has anyone else ridden the FM609?

I have ridden a FM066 and a LTK118, thinking of getting a FM609
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I bought one black matte and one black gloss. I recommend the black gloss. Didn't entertain custom painting.

Thanks for the info, just curious, why do you prefer the black gloss over the black matte?  For aesthetic reasons or paint quality?
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Couple of concerns and annoyances.  Spare parts, battery replacements, hoods are not available.  Every time you want to connect to check battery life or make changes to the group, you have to wake the system with the charging cable plugged into a power source.  There is no external wake feature.

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.
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