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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Best and worst overall quality/value components/tools/gear from AliExpress?
« on: May 19, 2024, 08:17:15 PM »
Yikes! Mental note, don’t use pedal extenders!
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Lol those holes are the most retarded pattern imaginable, it's almost funny. imagine the donkey who came up with the design.
And the disaster continues. 3rd dead er9 RD. again, randomly and for no reason. Was riding with my friend, who really hasn't used his new bike much, less than ten rides for sure. Dry, 20 Celsius, smooth asphalt, largely flat. 35km into the ride, his RD dies like the other 2. So there's my er9 on which I've put almost 4k km that's working fine (sometimes it charges weird, but at least it's working), and the fifth one isn't being used because the front wheel on that bike broke during a crash and we're still waiting for a replacement.
At which point can I preemptively ask for extra spare RDs? I'm happy to beta test, but we can't be 6 weeks without derailleurs every time one kills itself.
I have to say that I strongly discourage the use of this disc rotor. It completely neglects mechanical simulation and the bracket itself is prone to fracture. Furthermore, the pattern design is a mess, with hollow patterns distributed unevenly on several concentric circles. As a result, the friction rate of the entire disc rotor in the radial direction cannot achieve consistency, leading to the formation of grooves on your brake pads... It's a design that leaves me speechless.
The issues mentioned above are not exaggerated claims but rather highly probable events that have occurred multiple times on Chinese forums. I don't want anyone else to become a victim of this disc rotor.
Seen it last week and it looks like the cervelo/focus one, but it's not even cheaper. Got one at the LBS for 25CHF, seen it even cheaper on bike24
What are the 150/102/135mm sizes?
Not familiar with the name Delihea.
I note the shop listed on AliX on Oct23 only. Their business licence says ... ELECTRONIC commerce, established Mar21. So...
There are a few YT videos of people reviewing Delihea bikes, from much before 2023. From people buying on AliX.
Can't find a website for Delihea.
the ck-two that takes 32C looks VERY interesting. But that frame ticks all the boxes for 2024, i'd say.
I dont think i've seen this frame before. The other one with 28C looks much less future proof and relevant in 2024.
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.