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Component Deals & Selection / Re: 11-42 HG 12-Speed cassette?
« on: February 19, 2023, 01:35:37 PM »
Great Thanx!  :D

I just order one.  8)

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Component Deals & Selection / 11-42 HG 12-Speed cassette?
« on: February 17, 2023, 07:08:04 AM »
I want to upgrade my gravel bike from 11 speed to 12 speed but I’m having a real hard time finding a 11-42 HG cassette.

11-42 are a dime a dozen for 11-speed but I can't seem to find that range anywhere for 12-speed?

Is it just me or do they not exist? The closest I found was 11-46.

I could possibly compromise for a 11-40 but I haven’t seen any of those either.

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I custom ordered the frame set with the handlebars from Lexon; unpainted (primer black) frame and with a SP-011 seatpost instead of the standard one (see pic).
Customer service didn't start to well with being unable to provide a working tracking number on month after it was allegedly shipped.
After two months it arrived with;

-  A Cracked headtube
-  Damaged fork/front axle threads
-  Missing handlebars (and headset spacers and the other accessories)
-  The wrong seatpost

When I pointed this out to the seller the responses was lacking to say the least.
They only ever wanted to address the fork axle threads and one of the responses was: "it is press fit  BB86"
I sent loads of photos but all the responses was like talking to a robot or someone trying to make fun of you.     
After having no luck with the seller I escalated my case to AliExpress and that's when Lexon offered me a refund of 15$. The missing handlebar alone is ten times that!!!
AliExpress in the end (after 30 pic, 3 videos and a month of processing) found all my complaints valid but still only refunded me 1/3 of what I had payed.
I will never buy anything ever again from Lexon.



I was offered the option to send it all back, at my on expense of course at approximately 3/8 the purchase price or ~320USD, for a "full refund" and a 30USD AliExpress voucher as compensation for all my troubles and shipping expenses. All that would of course be paid out after it had been received and safely gone through by Lexon to make sure that everything there and as described. Sure...

At this point I have _ZERO_ confidence in Lexon and if I where to send the frame back it would just mysteriously "disappeared" or gotten "damaged" or "pick-a-reason". Anything and everything to not refund me.
       
 

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: March 05, 2021, 03:55:59 PM »
I think I have size anxiety...  ::)

I'm about to pull the trigger on a frame and after having read through a bunch of comments in this tread I was set on a size M.
But then I ran across this:



https://www.mtbmonster.com/ns-bikes-size-guide/

(I can't find any size recommendations on NS site but maybe I'm not looking in the right place?)

According to this chart I'm dead square in the "L"-camp...

I'm 178cm with a ~84cm inseam and have historically always been between size M and L.
One of the general tips I read is "compare it to you old bike and go with that", the problem with that is I haven't ridden MTB in donkeys years and my old bike is a 26" with V-brakes... (it's not even that it's low spec. (XT/XTR/CrossMax) it's just that old...) That bike is a size L (19").

Help anyone? 

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: March 05, 2021, 02:12:53 PM »
The 165 shock discussion, is just a bit earlier in the thread  ;)
http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,2079.msg24517.html#msg24517

I think I messed up my question because no one seemed to understand what I meant.
I have seen people fit "normal" shocks in this fram instead of trunnion ones but my question was whether or not you could flip a "normal" shock so the big end with all the adjusters and lock out lever end up at the top? I have only seen pics of "normal" shocks mounted with the big end att the bottom ner the BB, like the trunnion ones mount.
 


VS.



The only reason for doing this would be for easier reach of the adjuster/lock out when your on the bike but it wouldn't be possible to do with a trunnion shock.

Hopefully this made it clearer?

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: March 04, 2021, 05:22:29 PM »
I don't know if this has already been asked but the tread +100 pages and I can't find it so please bear with me.

Is it possible to fit a "normal" (as in none trunnion) 165mm shock upside down (of course with the required spacers/adapter) in order to easily reach the lockout/adjuster?
Or would it hit the linkage?

Seems like a simple enough solution if you can't/don't want to run a remote lockout on the handlebar. If it fit that is... 

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29er / Re: Lexon 258 Full-Suspension XC
« on: March 02, 2021, 12:40:26 PM »
Great!!!
This was exactly the information I was looking for!   :)

My googleing skills apparently aren't up to par...  ::)

Many thanks!  ;D

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29er / Lexon 258 Full-Suspension XC
« on: March 01, 2021, 12:53:43 PM »
Hi,

New guy here.

I've desperately been looking for info about a Lexon frame that lucks very much lika a Scott Spark but with a none trunnion shock mount.


This frame doesn't seem to have any official name but I have seen it referred to as "Model Number: 258" in some places. Mainly on Alibaba:
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/LEXON-Mountain-Bicycle-Frame-No-Logo_1600146495170.html?spm=a2700.wholesale.deiletai6.29.771912ba4f8MzK&bypass=true

Geometry is very similar to the Scott:
https://www.scott-sports.com/be/en/product/scott-spark-rc-900-team-issue-axs-bike?article=274626008

VS.


Lexon is a BKR brand but their page doesn't seem to have been updated in ages and the frame is not on there:
http://www.bkrbicycle.com/article.php?AId=1

The frame does seem to be a unik variant even if it's very close looking to other clones like the Lightcarbon LCFS911 or Tideace FM-XC029.

Does anyone here have any experience with this model? I haven't been able to find any tests or reviews anywhere. 
It looks like a good deal.

It's sold in a bunch of palaces but here are a few examples:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/2481023?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000007.1.48ce156epGjnj1
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/3206132?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000007.1.1b6d151fW9LxlZ
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/5748318?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000007.1.4abf60d3OXWj9t

Any recommendations on where to buy (or not to buy) is highly appreciated.  :)



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