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I really like the curved top tube but not so much with it continuing into the seat stay. I personally love the Sklar's signature design.

https://www.sklarbikes.com/gravel-grinder-all-road-monstercross-bikes

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: ZTTO MTB M1 Boost hubs 28H 54T Ratchet
« on: February 21, 2021, 10:24:40 PM »
I suspect that the replacement ratchets  ztto sells could be different possibly better made than what is in those hubs. The hubs are pretty generic around AliExpress with many different names and logos

Ever consider matching these hubs with the ZTTO 56T rachet upgrade kit? Your high-torque & rough-trail ride review would compliment my long-distance & heavy-load review.

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What is up with the chain in that second photo?
Looks like a nice setup.

Shimano CN-NX01, a 1/2x1/8 chain for SS/Fixed Gear biked. Also known as 'olive chains'.

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Component Deals & Selection / 2x Chainrings
« on: February 19, 2021, 02:59:19 AM »
I'm in the market for 2x chainrings, to be more specific...

110 bcd,  46T/30T (I'd like oval but round would do)

I would go for Shimano GRX crankset but they're all out of stock. And Absolute Black is absolutely too expensive. Anybody have any recommendation, doesn't have to China-made, just not Absolute Black price.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: ZTTO MTB M1 Boost hubs 28H 54T Ratchet
« on: February 17, 2021, 11:32:05 AM »
@AliExpress Test Pilot, I got interested with your 'skipping' ratchet. I have actually been testing the ZTTO 54T ratchet upgrade kit on my DT Swiss 350 hub. And I have great success. I've already done a 1,000km review of it here.

http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,3078.0.html

I am 165lbs. I do a lot of long distance rides (70km or more) and we do have a lot of climbs. Bike is a full-rigid 29er XC.

I'm currently in the middle of a follow up review, going for 2,000km. My trail riding had been somewhat limited the past 3 months because the island I go to for that is closed due to COVID. So the follow up review is mostly paved and gravel roads. I'm also conditioning & training myself for bikepacking and had been adding weight on my bike, incrementally every week. This week, I've been riding with an extra 6kg (13.2lbs) so I'm pretty close to your weight. And my target is lugging 12kg by the end of March. As of today, I'm at 1,362km mark and so far the engagement is just wonderful. Should good weather prevail, I might hit the 2,000km by mid March. Clearly, I can't match the punishment you put on your setup but I will be on the look out for that 'skipping' you exerienced.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: XCADEY XPower-S Power Meter €219
« on: February 06, 2021, 09:52:21 AM »
@Carbonazza, I have the same blue oval Deckas chainring too.

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Component Deals & Selection / REVIEW: ZTTO Single Speed Conversion Kit
« on: February 05, 2021, 10:39:30 PM »
I converted my gravel bike to a single speeder last July 2020. But let's backtrack a bit more.

Where I lived, SS conversion kit wasn't easy to find. In fact I didn't found any. I've scoured a dozen LBS for a couple of months and still couldn't find one and it's not even COVID related. I did came across one Fixed Gear shop but they only got fixed gear specific. So that's also out. I've contacted some bike shops in another city, they're out of stock (COVID related). And US-based shop have shipping difficulties due to COVID. Short story, Ali-Express to the rescue. Cost me just under US$20 per SS Kit. Comes with spacers, cog & lockring. You can buy their chain tensioner with a kit or separately. I didn't get the tensioner 'coz my frame had a horizontal dropout. In comparison, Surly, my first option was $40 spacer & lockring set, $30 cassette cog. I got 3 ZTTO kits, 16T, 18T, 20T. I wasn't sure if I will be good with a 16T or 18T but the 20T was for the mtb, which will probably be later this year. So 3 ZTTO kits for the price of 1 Surly kit... it's a no brainer even if stocks were available. At the time I got it, it only came in purple. And I eventually spend more purplelizing (if that's even a word) my bike.

The review... I've installed the 18T and you'll be happy to know that I got around 3,000km on it. I've paired it with 3 chainrings, depending on my rides. A 40T round and a couple of ovals, 36T & 42T. I've done gravel rides, muddy rides, roads (a few century & a double century) and even some light trails. Got rained on and even rode beside the sea. And I think you all know when the hills come, single speeders are gonna have to mashed it up. Suffice to say, it was ABUSED. Pictures 1-3 is the unused 16T and Picture 4 is the abused 18T. Doesn't look abused... do I need say more? That one 3,000km picture is enough to say it is worth more than what it costs.

And it now comes in red. Oh, btw, they are aluminum.

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Finally got a thousand kilometers (1,015km to be exact) on the ZTTO DT Swiss Star Rachet 54T upgrade kit. Took me longer as it had been raining the past couple of weeks and cutting my rides few & short. Anyway here's the results.

As you can see from the picture, the outer edges of the ratchet showed some wear. You can see the color changed from silver to bronze. For comparison, refer to pictures on the original post, the 18T rachet had seen pretty much close to a thousand kilometers as well before the upgrade. The springs are pretty much unaffected. Performance is still very good and unaffected by the wear.

Is it worth the US$32.60? To be honest, I've never seen a used original DT Swiss 54T Star Rachet to make that answer. And judging from the wear, I'm probably going to get a few more thousand kilometers from it. But at that price, you can probably get 3 upgrade kits as compared to only 1 from DT Swiss. So I'll leave the decision to you.

So there it is. The thousand-kilometers review of the ZTTO DT Swiss 54T Star Rachet upgrade kit.

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I finally got a reply from Adam.

Thanks for the assists carbonnaza.

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So I did.
My last message from her was 2 days ago.

Thank you so much.

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Strange, I got a few replies from Wing this week and last week...

I'm thinking maybe our mail got in their Junk/Spam folders.
Could you ask Wing to check?

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its a bummer i missed the presale i want to get the pricing and order one of these but no one seams to be replying to my messages. I sent an email to info@carbonda and sales1@carbonda.com last wednesday. would the reason they're not responding be that their new year holiday is coming up in February or do i just need to wait longer?

I've also not received any replies from those email addresses and I've emailed them like 3 or times already. None on any known Chinese or international holidays. I also always check my Junk/Spam mails.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Chromoly road frames?
« on: January 19, 2021, 02:56:02 AM »
I've personally saw a Tsunami Seaboard (raw version) last 2019 and I have to say I really wanted to buy it. The only reasons that stopped me was they didn't have my size and I was in the middle of a business trip. Although I have to say I wasn't privy with the components as I wanted to convert it to an SS.

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Very helpful guys, thanks a bunch... btw, are you guys shipping via EMS Express?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Price & availability check...
« on: January 17, 2021, 10:23:01 PM »
I'm kind'a out of touch with the Chinese cf products for a while now. And just want to know the current pricing of a road bike frame set. Doesn't have to be exact prices, just a ballpark figures.

I might as well check out the stock availability. Are most Chiner frame sellers have stocks or there's a waiting time due to COVID?

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