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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: LTWOO eGR
« on: May 17, 2024, 07:01:29 AM »
Quote from: trcycling on May 17, 2024, 02:54:27 AM
So, now I’m wondering what calipers might be compatible with the LTWOO levers. I know that early on they were bundling with other makers calipers, so I’m guessing the piston ratios are probably common. Maybe Shimano compatible since they went with mineral oil. If so, that would be great since apparently pretty much all Shimano calipers are compatible including across road and mountain groups.

Basically any Shimano caliper should work - pick up a set of their basic MTB ones for your post mount fork.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: WheelTop EDS TX Full Wireless Groupset (Chinese SRAM)
« on: May 16, 2024, 04:30:04 PM »
Quote from: kbernstein on May 16, 2024, 03:20:07 PM
Inspired by sharks? The chinese are now doing meaningless bullshit marketing, they are learning so fast!
Is it 1x only?  :( No word on clearance or capacity, would be nice if you could purchase the gravel RD with road levers and FD and run something like 50-34 11-42

Looking at the model names, there will be 'GS' and 'SGS' versions of both the carbon and aluminium rear derailleurs. Clearly they're ripping off Shimano's MTB/gravel naming scheme here, where 'GS' is a medium cage and 'SGS' is a long cage.

The models listed are:
GX-RX6700-GS
GX-RX6700-SGS
GX-RX7701-GS
GX-RX7701-SGS

In Shimano's latest 12-speed GRX (for example), the GS supports up to a 10-45 cassette, and SGS is used for 10-51. Looks like a similar scheme will be used here.

There's also a TX-R7101-SGS derailleur mentioned there - TX is for road, but SGS is long cage. It might be that this is a wide-range 2x option.

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Which gravel wheels?
« on: May 07, 2024, 03:58:38 PM »
If reliability is the key criteria, get one of the OEMs like FarSports to build you up some wheels with Sapim CX-Ray spokes, Sapim nipples and DT Swiss 350 hubs, then pretty much any bike shop in the world has access to spares for you. I got my wheel specced like that from Farsports for $850 USD shipped to Australia (including no spoke holes). Tubeless set up was extremely easy (just put tyre on and pump up with track pump).

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Magene QED 12spd groupset showcased in Shanghai
« on: May 05, 2024, 07:21:28 AM »
Certainly interesting if they can get a product to market and throw some good support behind it (support historically for Magene products seems... lacklustre). For example, see this thread:

https://chinertown.com/index.php?topic=4221.0

The P505 certainly seems to have been a success for them though and they've at least shown with that that they can make a reliable product.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / LTwoo rim brake / mechanical 2024 refresh
« on: May 04, 2024, 01:45:36 AM »
From LTwoo's 2024-25 catalogue, looks like all the rim brake levers will be refreshed to match the design of the hydraulic levers (with the Campagnolo-style thumb shifter than the older Shimano Sora-style thumb lever in the awkward spot).



Mechanical derailleurs getting a refresh too - different graphics but hard to see what's changed mechanically.



R9 gets the holographic decal treatment



More minimal design continues down through the product line:



A slight graphical refresh on the gravel rear derailleurs but looks mostly the same



Still no sign of an electronic rim brake lever so Wheeltop likely to be the only Chinese player in that space for a little while unless Sensah springs a surprise.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
« on: May 04, 2024, 01:34:02 AM »
Another interesting tidbit from that catalogue, looks like (probably as expected) we should see new ER9 soon to match new ERX.


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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
« on: April 09, 2024, 04:01:27 PM »
Quote from: pecampbe on April 09, 2024, 03:44:21 PM
So the ER9 can be set up with 12 speed? I always see it advertised as an 11 speed groupset.

Yes - you select the number of speeds in the app when setting up - it supports at least 10/11/12 (maybe more?).

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
« on: April 06, 2024, 12:39:45 AM »
Review of the new ERX from Local Alien / CLIFF on YouTube:



The new FD cage is a different shape from before. He's reporting less chain drops from front shifting compared to previous ERX.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: VeloBuild VB-R-268 frame
« on: April 04, 2024, 04:41:40 AM »
Quote from: OlieSimpson on April 04, 2024, 03:47:08 AM
I've got the FarSports Gravel wheels that seem to fit your requirements, 24mm internal width, 30mm external width, 50mm deep, built with Sapim CX-Ray spokes on Bitex hubs, final weight around 1450g and cost around 700 USD. I got them without any internal holes so no need to rim tape to run them tubeless with UD matte, stickerless finish, however you can also get them in gloss and other fininshes. 7,000 km's put on them so far and they've been great!

To add to that, I got the same wheelset but with DT Swiss 350 hubs instead (849 USD in total) and they've been excellent. 1396g for 50mm deep, no internal holes made tubeless setup extremely easy.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
« on: March 24, 2024, 04:03:57 PM »
Quote from: kbernstein on March 23, 2024, 01:48:29 PM
I only see these aliexpress.com/item/32825340170.html at 530€ shipped without chainrings, I can get rotor crankset for cheaper. That's pretty bad when 105 with 4iiii is 300€ and not much heavier around 730g
Magene P505 and Zrace RX are also both more expensive and i've heard bad things about both (cranksets, not PM itself)
Such a shame how uncompetitive the chinese are for midrange cranksets imo. It should be right up their alley with casting and milling but nobody is doing affordable, modular and not ridiculously expensive sets.

What about the Sigeyi Axo and their rebranded Fovno Aurora Pro?

https://www.sigeyishop.com/product-category/power-meter-crankset/

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: WheelTop EDS TX Full Wireless Groupset (Chinese SRAM)
« on: March 23, 2024, 05:01:18 AM »
Delays on the aluminium rim-brake version to July 2024:

https://twitter.com/wheeltopjapan/status/1770967843984773405

[Notice and Apology of Delivery Delay]
There will be a delay in the delivery of the aluminum grade TX-RA6100, which is compatible with wire pull brakes, in the EDS TX series.

▼ Applicable products
TX-RA6100

▼ Scheduled release date
July 2024

▼ Reason for delay: Due to production adjustments due to the sudden increase in demand for EDS worldwide.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: WheelTop EDS TX Full Wireless Groupset (Chinese SRAM)
« on: March 22, 2024, 06:45:11 AM »
Quote from: biceryder on March 18, 2024, 07:45:22 PM
Came so close to pulling the trigger on one of those from the same retailer.  I will wait till mid-summer or early fall and pick one of the rim brake sets up after there are more end user reviews.

That's my strategy too - once a few more are in end users' hands and there's some real-world feedback I might consider the rim brake version on a spare bike.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Elita One Saddle
« on: March 18, 2024, 03:16:53 AM »
I've been using this one for just over a year now:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005027020275.html?spm=a2g0o.order_detail.order_detail_item.3.63eef19cFqQW4Y

I love it - favourite saddle I've used so far (out of many!). It's quite flexy, but no signs of cracking or anything like that.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
« on: March 17, 2024, 08:06:20 PM »
Quote from: coffeebreak on March 17, 2024, 06:25:16 PM
Am I blind or there really is no rim brake version of ER?

No rim brake version. Seems like Wheeltop is basically the only Chinese option for electronic and rim brake.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Puncture proof Continental Gatorskin tyres any good?
« on: March 17, 2024, 03:39:54 PM »
If you hate riding, they're great. If you enjoy riding, use almost anything else. Even today's race-ready tyres (GP5000, Pirelli P Zero etc.) score well on puncture resistance tests, and then if you're going further down that route, try something like a Pirelli Cinturato or a GP5000 AS.

It's worth considering tubeless as well for additional protection.

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