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I am interested in this groupset and was about a new aero frame. So complete bike at competitive price fits with my idea of both, as a bike and spare parts.
Do you have a contact?
Thanks a lot for your post and help!!

I saw this bike on aliexpress, but price was not so good, also saw this https://28goods.com/products/twitter-r12-pro-disc-brake-with-wheeltop-eds
And this twitter r15 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3256806382207768.html
I know, that people buy this bikes directly from factory, or maybe from alibaba, but don't know how.

This would be great if enthusiasts here in the USA had access to the bikes listed in the catalog sheet you posted.   Twitter USA does no have any offerings with EDS on them.   Perhaps this catalog sheet is for other English speaking countries and the USD is just for reference, or autofilled in the price boxes. (Just guessing)

On Aliexpress, there are complete Twitter EDS bikes starting around $1500 up to about $4K.   Appears to still be a decent deal, but the overall weight of these bikes are heavier, by pounds, versus what I ride.

I know that this prices are actual for Easter Europe, and people buy at this price. I think, that the prices in USD is only for convenience, I saw prices in CNY, and they are almost the same.

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Today i saw this Twitter bikes catalogue, interesting that full carbon bike with wheeltop eds tx costs 950 USD, I wonder how much a wheeltop costs for a factory.
Rival upgrade kit I can find for around 1000 USD, 1525 - 905 = 620 USD difference between rival and eds versions, so 1000 - 620 = 380 USD for eds? Maybe lower, because rival also has a wholesale price.

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Yes - you select the number of speeds in the app when setting up - it supports at least 10/11/12 (maybe more?).
Luke TraceVelo in last video mention that after software update - it supports from 7 to 13 speed.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame
« on: April 07, 2024, 10:34:24 AM »
I had to apply a good amount of grip paste to get the expander plug to prevent slipping. I torqued plug to 6nm and it's fine.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame
« on: April 03, 2024, 11:45:34 AM »
it's odd, typically the torque specs for seatposts of that nature are much higher. On my LT it says max 12nm on the clamp, and frame, seatpost & clamp systems look very very similar. The seatpost stopped slipping when i applied proper torque (i think at least 8 from memory?) I always use carbon grip paste & didnt have to be more creative than that.

I torqued my seatpost to 4nm and it's good, but I'm pretty lightweight.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame
« on: March 22, 2024, 03:09:56 PM »
It looks like Hygge is just one more seller that is friendly and supportive when they want to sell you something, but the opposite when you need them to fix a problem.

Congratulation, you discovered a typical seller/brand that sells very cheap products.

They (and many others) sell a frameset, sometimes with a handlebar, for 450-550USD, it's 3-5 times cheaper than cheapest options from a big brands. And for me it's strange to expect, that they want to spend 50-100USD to replace handlebar with bad paintjob. With these cheap chinese frames you just play roulette, with high risk, high reward.

And about handlebar, I suggest you or forget about it, or start to write them on social networks, aliexpress chat, mail etc. This might lasts weeks. If you still can - open aliexpress dispute.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame
« on: March 22, 2024, 09:16:26 AM »
Well, I would recommend anyone thinking about a Hygge frame to look somewhere else. This brand is very dishonest and WILL NOT HONOUR THE 24 MONTH WARRANTY they claim on their website.

Like I said before I noticed a lot of little bubbles on the handlebar last week. After looking it up this is probably microblistering and is because of bad paint preparation and moisture trapped under the paint. This will show as bubbles after a while.

I contacted Hygge on Aliexpress because the bike is only 7 months old and has done a little over 1.000km (it was not used during winter).

They straight up denied warranty because according to them it is impossible that paint defects show up only after 7 months and they also claim paint defects are no reason for warranty.

I also went to their Aliexpress store page and looked trough the reviews. They seem to be having a habit of denying responsibility of wrong deliveries or frames that get damaged in transport.

I am actually really sick of all these crappy brands and sellers that are supposed to give 24 months of warranty, but if you need it act like nothing it's wrong so leave it to the customer to spend a lot more money to fix the sellers problems.

Can you show a photo of these bubbles?

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Does anyone know, which type of needles and olive the EDS TX uses? Their website says that these parts are proprietary, but on video, they look very similar to sram or magura.
Or if they are really incompatible with already existed models, where can I get a spare? A quick search on aliexpress showed nothing.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame
« on: March 20, 2024, 09:41:47 AM »
So, it seems I am once again unlucky enough to have a problem. My handlebar has developed all these little bumps in the paint, especially on the exposed top part where there is no bartape.
I have searched a little and have found this is called "microblisters"and is because of bad prepping before paint. Moisture is trapped and after a while it come to the surface and pushes the paint up.

I have contacted Hygge and will keep you updated...

How much flex does your handlebar have? Does it flex, or is it stiff as alloy handlebar+stem?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame
« on: March 17, 2024, 07:26:58 AM »
I finally built the bike and take one week of riding on a trainer, everything work nice, no creaking or clicking, seatpost doesn't slip despite the fact that I did not use grip paste and cut seatpost so clamp doesn't contacted with grippy coating.

The build was relatively easy, no stuck cables or bad threads, calipers and bottom bracket are align.

But there was a several nuances during the build:
1) Sharp edge where cables exits from handlebar (under the "stem" area), not enough to cut housings, but enough to scratch them and make routing process more difficult. So i sanded it.
2) Expander plug fit in steerer tube very tight and i can't extract it without tools, so i sanded some material from plug. But i think, this is plug problem, not steerer tube, because expander plug from my old bike fits with no problem.
3) Stuffing four housings in headset pressing ring was real pain in my ass, there is enough space for them but no more than that.
4) Computer mount, which comes with handlebar is flexy, and I'm afraid it might break on bumps. Here some video only with garmin edge 520
https://photos.app.goo.gl/6zJ4M9U8mGiqyUYu8
And with 200g bike light
https://photos.app.goo.gl/h3aWyDJYAE5Yg76n8
So I'm looking for more rigid computer mount.

But overall it's a good frameset, it's stiffer in bottom bracket area than my old Jamis Xenith Race (2014), handlebar shape nice and comfortable, laser decals looks amazing.
Final weight is 7.685 kg with pedals, bottle cages, computer mounts and sensors, I took into account all the components that are attached to the frame.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Wheels upgrade
« on: March 14, 2024, 01:21:04 AM »
What's the widest rim they have? I don't see any wide ones on their webpage
I wrote them on AliExpress, and they send this list to me.
So I ordered 32mm wide (actually this rim 32.5 in the widest point), 45mm deep, 26mm internal widrh, with bitex hubs.

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how much have you guys actually paid for ER9? I'm seeing 475 which imo is still not that good of a deal

Why? Cheapest 105 di that i can find costs around 750USD, it's 35% more than ER9, and with shimano you don't have shifting customization, like adjustment to each cassette cog  and various cassette speed. You literally get 105 di2 equivalent with a price 35% cheaper, and some risk of sudden death.

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Short review of the updated ERX version from ChinaCycling.

youtube.com/watch?v=tq-Jat7ZmGQ



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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame
« on: January 21, 2024, 12:01:59 PM »
I think they did a new fork design with changeable inserts. Picture from their last Facebook post:

I'm guessing this is one of early versions, because if you look at the reviews on aliexpress - you will see, that the early models (until 2023 summer) came with inserts, and the newer models have glued thread.

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