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Re: Lightcarbon: New LCR017-D (or Yishun R1058-D)
Coincidentally, I had this brand's advertisement pop up on my Instagram feed earlier today. Never heard of them. $7000 USD for a 105 Di2 equipped bike. Does this frame not look like some sort of Yishun/LC variant? Another Lightcarbon's LCR0X-D lol. Well who would buy a $7k bike if they say it came directly from Chinese manufacturers. I have been into some discussions that they said that they would not buy bikes/bike parts that is coming from China. Well hate to burst their bubble and I said that their carbon wheels and frames are straightly manufactured from China lol October 22, 2023, 06:09:54 PM |
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Re: Lightcarbon: New LCR017-D (or Yishun R1058-D)
I don't think it is exactly the same frame. Geometry is different and details are similar, but not the same. This is the frame https://www.lightcarbon.com/new-integrated-road-disc-brake-frame_p136.html October 23, 2023, 02:44:08 AM |
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Re: Yishun R086-D Aero Road
Yeah I also learned that since I built my own bike. I know some basic maintenance since I just wanted to maintain my bike myself as some of the LBS mechanics doesn't know what they do lol. But it was the first time I am dealing with compression plugs as I always dealt with star nut. For the bottom bracket, I also wanted to try the dub version but even Hambini doesn't recommend 29mm bb86 so i'll just stick with 24mm spindle cranks for longetivity of the BB bearings. October 28, 2023, 10:27:36 AM |
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Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
Well looks like I have an issue right now. I have DMed LTwoo official store on AliExpress and let's see what they can do. And so far, my er9 is working well despite the issue on my FD which it has a little bit of play. I agree that the buttons needs to be a little more tactile because I can accidentally press the FD when I am climbing and nobody wants that lol October 29, 2023, 10:09:08 AM |
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Re: Lightcarbon: New LCR017-D (or Yishun R1058-D)
Do you guys know a suitable handlebar which is 360 or 380mm wide? Maybe you can try to ask them for narrower width handlebar October 30, 2023, 07:05:01 AM |
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Re: Yishun R086-D Aero Road
I successfully sanded the headset cover after countless of hours and it's now smoothly steering whilst having no headset play. Will try the bike later again and for sure I will see a lot of difference and will report it back. I am planning to have a 50km ride later with approximately 1000 meter of elevation + little bit of laps on my local circuit.
October 30, 2023, 11:35:45 PM |
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Re: Yishun R086-D Aero Road
Just an update on the ride experience that I had earlier. Please note that the only point of reference that I can provide is my previous bike which is a Merida Scultura Well my experience on everything has been an improvement so far. From cornering, climbing, going fast, sprinting and descending. The bike can do it all. The most surprising improvement I got from my previous bike is cornering on descents and tight turns. I dunno maybe because I came from rim brake but I can comfortably corner that hairpins unlike before. With control and just a little bit of braking power. For descending, the bike can go really fast after a few seconds that I kept asking to myself "wtf am I descending like a madman?". I think that this bike excels on flats, well after all this is an aero bike, but I think it excels more on false flats because I nearly beat my PR on our local circuit with a false flat section. As for the cons, I think Patrick is right that this bike is suppose to be ridden fast. I dunno but for me, I am not comfortable riding this bike with little power output. I need to go to the reach of my handlebars just to eliminate the discomfort of riding this bike slow. And this bike is hard to handle on really steep climbs (18% - 22%). You need to either ride holding the reach the handlebar, put your ass in front of saddle or just stand all the way. These 2 are the only things I know that my previous bike is handles pretty well, tho I think I just need to familiarize my body on the new bike and I can turn this cons into pros in the future. Overall, this bike is really fast and overall improvement from my previous bike. Build quality is superb (minus the headset cover but I guess it's a part of experience). Everything went smoothly minus my fck ups on the choice of bottom bracket. I would still buy mainstream brands in the future but I think this will be my bike for years to come. PS: I would never go back to mechanical shifting again lol. I think my next investment on my bike would be a Di2 or an eTAP Parts of my bike: Groupset: LTwoo ER9 Wheelset: Yishun's 206db-RSL50c (21mm IW; 28mm EW; 50mm depth) with Ultegra Rotors Crankset: Shimano 105 7100 52/36 Stone Chainrings Cassette: Shimano Ultegra 34-11 (really thankful that I went for 34 because I don't think I would survive that steep climb on my route) Chain: Silver KMC 12 Speed Bartape: Prologo Saddle: SQLab 612 Ergowave Active (GOAT saddle for me) Pedals: Favero Assioma Duo (Pedal based PM) Tires: GP5000 front and rear from my old bike lol Building a bike from scratch is a pleasurable experience after all and I would do it again in the future. October 31, 2023, 10:23:43 PM |
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Re: Yishun R086-D Aero Road
Something new? I need the torque of the seatpost Completely forgot about this one I'm sorry. Here's a response from Melinda Quote Hello friend, November 01, 2023, 08:06:44 AM |
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Re: Where is everyone from?
Anyone here from Bulacan, Philippines who wants to ride? 
November 09, 2023, 10:01:36 AM |
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Re: Aliexpress Cyber Monday Discount
I really have to contemplate and defer from going on AliEx website for the meantime because I just ordered a $700+ 105 di2 upgrade kit.... That's already beyond my budget means and I don't know why I still ordered one lol
November 29, 2023, 10:33:50 AM |
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