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Re: Where is everyone from? carbonazza -> Brussels, Belgium
January 21, 2015, 05:35:09 PM 		1
Re: Lightcarbon LCG071-D Build
Quote from: Noladutch on September 28, 2023, 09:36:04 AM
Wow. I would just take a deep breath and relax I bit.

Lets put your frame into what you can truly buy for that 660 bucks. In my world you just bought a surly with a free headset stem and seatpost. Now look at your purchase. Would you rather a surly? Not me.

Lets go higher end well than a thousand bucks cheaper that a steel Rodeo Labs or Fairlight still with the free stuff.

The other thing when you had the stuff out crapping on the holes not being perfect did you take the time to measure the BB? Do you have a problem? And with what exactly? With a 40.8 you do realize that is less than two human hairs from 41. A human hair is .17

Everyone likes to crap on the frame without measuring the bb. The other thing press fit works when ALL things measure right not just the frame. Some brands of bb have the same problems making circles. The thread together or all the others are designed to fix problems. You only need them when you do have a problem.

I personally would just install a bb that measures what it should and ride it. You should order from a brand that offers t47 next time odds are that is what everyone is going to.

Nice bike certainly nicer than my old surly trucker.

Yeah I agree for $660 it’s quite good. All the complaints I have, have solutions. I really just present my review of the build to provide some contrast to the overly-rosy reviews from the YouTubers. I chose this frame because I was led to believe this frame was exceptionally high quality despite the price. And while it’s not bad, (especially compared to some of the competition) it has significant flaws I hadn’t expected that need attention in the workshop.

I’ve taken the bike out for its first ride, it’s a fine bike! Crank is no longer binding so much, hopefully I start feeling better about it as a whole.

Oh and for the record, the mallet was not used on my bearings, I just desperately need to clean up in my workshop  ;D
September 29, 2023, 11:53:14 PM 		1
Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
Quote from: rasch on March 20, 2024, 01:14:12 PM
let me know how it goes with the customs. I was thinking about buying that set but am afraid of customs here in BE
Not BE but GER, but will let you know if it may help you. They package will arrive with transit throug NL. Last time (magene 505 base) the postman at my door charged me around 13€ on an 250€ order. But i can't rember what value they wrote on the package. This time it is 83€  :D
March 20, 2024, 01:48:37 PM 		1
Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
Quote from: rasch on March 20, 2024, 01:14:12 PM
let me know how it goes with the customs. I was thinking about buying that set but am afraid of customs here in BE
I tried it with 2 orders in the previous sale. Both were about 200 EUR and I did not choose the prepaid shipping option. Both orders were stopped by customs and I had to pay extra both times. I had to pay 10-15% of the value, so still lower than what you would have to pay on Ali. The biggest part of those costs were handling cost for the shipping company. VAT was very little...
Customs do take their sweet time in handling the shipment. So you can expect that will add 1-2 weeks to the delivery times. I suspect this is maybe to discourage you from ordering this way... But they probably also just have a lot of work with all these packages.
March 21, 2024, 03:46:41 AM 		1
Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets i am from BE and rideing the er9 groupset, I payed an extra 30€ on tax. They put the price lower without asking them .

But what I read about racing it in kermesse ... I don't know but if you pay 400€ you really can't compare it to shimano or sram. the groupset is okay but not more than that. I wouldn't recommend it to people who really want quality. I was riding this weekend in bad weather and the shifting reactions where just bad. Sometimes you just have to shift like 10 times before the RD reacts to it.
March 21, 2024, 12:56:52 PM 		1
Re: Rim brake road bike frame with at least 28mm tire clearance haha, no, I am German, living in Berlin. Belgischer Kreisel is the German term for riding in two rows in crosswind with rotating riders in front as in a time trial.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgischer_Kreisel

but I'll definitely have a look into your frameset suggestions.
March 30, 2024, 02:43:42 PM 		1
Re: Yuanan Carbon fiber wheelsets Year end discount promotion Via WhatsApp.c. 650usd for c.1300g wheelset with 45 depth 31 width, plus shipping.
April 04, 2024, 02:09:02 AM 		1
Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
Quote from: rasch on March 20, 2024, 01:14:12 PM
let me know how it goes with the customs. I was thinking about buying that set but am afraid of customs here in BE
the mailman rang a few minutes ago. Had to weigh everthing before i rememered to tell about the tax and so.
Price as declared was 83€ and i payed 19% VAT (15,77€) and a 6€ handling fee from DHL. So in total 21,72€ on top of the original price.
April 05, 2024, 08:27:17 AM 		1
Re: Lightcarbon: New LCR017-D (or Yishun R1058-D)
Quote from: rasch on April 08, 2024, 09:08:14 AM
It's great to see that support was nice at least :)

I'm about to pull the trigger on one of those too though geometry seems a tad too aggressive. Now just wondering if I should pair it with 45mm or 50mm wheels ahahah

If it's too aggressive, you can look into a yishun r068d, which is what I ended up doing for a build. It's a good frame.
April 08, 2024, 09:18:59 AM 		1
Re: Lightcarbon: New LCR017-D (or Yishun R1058-D)
Quote from: rasch on April 08, 2024, 09:08:14 AM
It's great to see that support was nice at least :)

I'm about to pull the trigger on one of those too though geometry seems a tad too aggressive. Now just wondering if I should pair it with 45mm or 50mm wheels ahahah

I couldn't decide either so I got a 55 in the rear and a 45 in the front!
April 08, 2024, 09:22:48 AM 		1