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Re: OG-EVKIN CF-026
I've bought their integrated dropbar (used with my current Trifox X16) and I've also bought Toseek in the past, and the OG-EVKIN dropbar is quite good, much better than ToSeek. I had a minor accident and the bike flip 360 on it's head and landed on the dropbar but with almost no damage other than the bartape. I've actually very happy with the Dropbar. What I do noticed is that their "sales agent" on Aliexpress "scold" any customers that complaint about their products. If you read the review, that seems to be the case for every negative review. The CF-026 seems pretty heavy at a total weight of 1.8kg. And the specs on Aliexpress seems inconsistent, it stated T1000 on the headline, T800 in the specifications, and T1000+T800 in the description... Anybody know which bike the CF-026 is "clone" of ? July 19, 2022, 05:37:37 AM |
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Review of Trifox X16
Just thought I give my personal thoughts on Trifox X16 . I was wavering between the X16 and X18 , but went with X16 because of the issues with the SL7 recall (since X18 was supposely based on SL7). I ordered via Aliexpress. I originally bought a size 49 and a size 52 about a 2 months later, (disc brakes) and I'm 1.68m (average Asian) , 52 yrs old and restarted cycling 2 years ago after a break of 36+ years. The overall frame was great, paintjob was well done, smooth. Came with seatpost and fork. There are a number of reviews on Youtube , so I won't go through the details or photos but maybe give a couple of the things I like, dislike about the frame, as well as issues and potential issues. 1. Carbon - it's T800 and it's light but it does flex. 1a. Fork flex - When I pressed the fork slightly off center with wheels and disc brakes, rotor in place, the rotor would touch the disc brakes, so that suggest to me that if I'm a sprinter (I'm not), it might touch during hard sprinting. I have not actually encounter issues during my actual rides but I'm not heavy (72kg) and I'm not a hard sprinter (below 400w) 2. Frame - Overall frame was nice BUT .. 2a. There was no plastic plug for the brake cable (only for the shifter cables) and after a few hundred KMs, the carbon frame sharp edges cut into my internally routed brake cables. It totally cut the rubber housing although the steel outer housing was fine. I've feedback to Trifox Sales person, hopefully it went up the food chain. 2b. Rubber dust seal for seatpost. I bought two frames, another size 52 subsequently and they came with different type of dust seal, First one does absolutely nothing to protect the seatpost area from water and dust/sands, the 2nd one was basically ugly and also torn (and couldn't be use) when it arrived. 2c. Seatpost clamp. One seat post clamp was hard plastic and the other metal. Metal one squeaks when I peddle...**sigh**.... I spend days (and changing lots of parts, pedal, BBs, ) trying to figure out where that squeak was coming from. 2d. Chinese companies need to be told not to do "BIG Fxxking TEXT LOGO" , I really don't mind riding bikes with chinese brands, or logos, but they need to stop making their logo fit on the entire frame . Just like the China chinese needs to learn to speak softly in public places, speaking loudly makes senses if you are a farmer and needs to talk to someone across the next field..... Big Logo only makes senses if you are world famous or only selling within China. Rest of the world - we (mostly or maybe it's just me) hate big F logos. 2e. Paintwork. First one (size 49) paintwork was perfect but 2nd one, if you runs the fingers or hand across, you can feel rough patches, although visually it wasn't that obvious. I'm not sure if they outsource the painting or what. In addition, it really sucks that they are not willing to customized the paintwork, wants me to pay US$100 NOT to have the logo. :-P .. didn't take up the offer. Custom painting was not an option, and I probably wouldn't be willing to pay anyway, considering the price they want just to NOT have the logo. In addition, the wheel logo sucks... I mean, white and huge "TRIFOX" on a MATT black carbon wheel. Black Gloss on Black Matt would be better, show your logo but not be brash about it. Asked for it NOT to be painted and as expected, they wanted me to pay extra for that. Said it was their Designer design, so if I want no logo, it's considered as another custom paintwork. WTF Logic. Using Novatec D712SB Hub. Didn't spin well initially but was "OK" after a few hundred km. Customer service - CS on Aliexpress was ok, responsive with information requests, stock avialability, but not that responsive to negotiation attempts on painting, Logos, etc. Value - Matched with Shimano Ultegra groupset with Sensah Shifters, ZRACE BR005, OG-EVKIN dropbar and Magene P325CS , Vittoria Latex tube on front (horrible-blew 2 tubes in as many months) + Decathlon tube on rear (because Vittoria blew or sucks), Vittoria corsa tires (nice), it weights in approx 8.2KG. Not too bad for a sub $2K configuration. I was able to average above 30 km/hr (straight and slight upslope incline) and max at 60km/hr (for a few slide down incline sub-seconds). I'm guessing it's my (lack of) fitness more than anything else.. July 24, 2022, 12:53:23 AM |
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Re: Review of Trifox X16
OG-EVKIN HB-1300 July 25, 2022, 02:48:47 AM |
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Re: Speeder SC-R48
Google is your friend. https://www.adrisport-bike.com/ August 30, 2022, 11:34:18 AM |
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Re: Velobuild VB-R-177
Honestly, I have seen this "type of answer" with almost EVERY Chinese (China) sellers. It's lack of quality control , which you should have been aware of; and it's also normally that "everything is negotiable" . Also, remember QC is by sampling , not 100% !! No companies do 100% QC. I had some issues with my trifox parts , useable but since it's new, I wasn't happy, so I reached out, got a similar response. Spoke to them professionally and they replied professionally, negotiated for a slight discount on replacement on the basis that I get to keep the old one. Used it till the replacement came, and sold it as used with minor cosmetic damage... Broke even on money side of things, and get a "friend" in Trifox. Had some issues when I bought Sensah OSPW from Sensah , in their case, they wanted me to give a good review before they would even consider resolving the issues. I refused to be blackmail into a 5 star review before they would even "discussing" the resolution, and also they probably will not resolve it subsequently.... so gave them a 1-star.... but it does meant they ignore me. LOL.. September 02, 2022, 08:44:22 AM |
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Brake Cables for Hybrid Disc brakes for internal routing
Trying to get some feedbacks from guys here. I'm using ZRACE BR-005 and running cables internally, looking for something that will give me more braking power, and some youtube comments suggest going with Jag Pro Elite cables, seems to be somewhat on the expensive side. Anybody has suggestions for good Aliexpress brake cores (internal cables) that is smooth and cheap or at least not too expensive. Don't need brand names.
September 04, 2022, 03:52:12 AM |
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Re: Brake Cables for Hybrid Disc brakes for internal routing
I also ended up with the expensive Jagwire cable housing and inner cables. Was fed up with experiments… My bikes are not routed internally so no issues with tight bends. Is that BP944CF-RS805 ? I need to get a new pair. Joke was I was trying to ceramic coat my frame, and I think some of that leak onto the brakepads. LOL.. So not exactly braking now no matter how hard I press. The original brake pads squeak very loudly when I brake and it "ate" into the disc rotor (Ultegra), so I'm kind of pissed. September 06, 2022, 10:53:43 AM |
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Re: Brake Cables for Hybrid Disc brakes for internal routing
I was wondering if something like pure silicone lube (without petrol) would work to make the regular cables work smoother? I had a brake cable that wasn't moving smoothly, and I did tried Teflon chain lube.. Seems ok after that. September 07, 2022, 04:22:24 AM |
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