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Other Resources => Component Deals & Selection => Topic started by: Confused on October 30, 2024, 10:02:30 PM
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As most of you know, the 11.11 sale is one of the biggest of the year. Vendors also have a history of increasing prices in advance - just like US retailers for Black Friday. What is in your cart waiting on the sale?
I have a set of NGEbut hubs (i9 hydra clones) that show as $158 today with a price drop to $136 on Nov 1st. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806584091583.html Now to see if it drops even more.
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I hope elite wheels on aliexpress will do a lot of sale on mtb wheelset
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the prices have been inflating as if alix were becoming a total scam in the last couple of weeks, just so that they can come down again. The magnitude of which is insane, both on high value items, and cheap ones.
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the prices have been inflating as if alix were becoming a total scam in the last couple of weeks, just so that they can come down again. The magnitude of which is insane, both on high value items, and cheap ones.
At current prices I really struggle to justify any Ali/china stuff. The 20% price difference or similar doesn't seem to justify by itself being the only "key" difference the ability to customize colours or sizing.. Right now in the market even second hand stuff appears more expensive than new stuff.
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Is anyone following the US de minimis tariff exemption changes? this year's 11/11 prices might be the lowest we'll see in a while. I'm thinking about loading up on some drivetrain parts. :-\
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Their "Choice" deals starting tomorrow aren't as "Choice" as they were a few months ago. I am glad I already purchased a lot of items a while back. For a lot of the items I purchased prices are up a lot. 10% to 30% I am sure that the Chinese have taken the same sales playbook as the USA has been following for years now. They probably realize that a lot of USA consumers are suckers and will purchase marked up items thinking they received a good deal during the sales.
I suspect that the majority of us on Chinertown are using "discretionary" money to purchase or stock up on items we really don't need so we will cut back on our purchases unless we feel we are getting our money's worth.
Regarding 11-11 sale, I have my list of higher priced items that I will pull the trigger on if the price is right: Sale price + store coupons + Aliexpress coupons + coins. This combination sometimes can't be beat.
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I'm hoping to pick up a new wheelset. Possibly the Lexon carbon cranks too if the price is good. Maybe a saddle
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LEXON mtb crankset are going to be at 170$ delivered to US with the choice day pricing and coupon
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Also looking at the Lexon MTB crank.
Hoping for some deals on Elite wheels as well.
Have a couple of items in my cart:
Bar tape
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mL8PiTe
SPD pedals
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNTdJlW
Cheapest electric pump that ships in Canada:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNBSW16
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I'd be looking for the new Lexon Road 24mm crankset if price is right, and a Xcadey power meter to fit.
ZTTO gen2 or gen3 cassette
Magene radar
Sensah hrd team pro for the commuter. (Anyone tried this group since they updated their brakes?)
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Do you think the daily mission started today for the merger boss minigame are for 11-11 sale?
The credit exchange will be opened on 18-11, but on other minigame prizeland the credit obtained expires on 19-11, so it seems I can't merge the total credit for alla minigames
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Today is Mega Choice day and they added a few bigger discount codes, but not many vendors lowered their prices. I guess we'll have to wait untill 11.11 to see if prices drop and bigger coupons are applied.
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I spent about an hour today looking at the Choice sale. Many items significantly more expensive than when I purchased them in June. Nothing that I see is captivating me enough to purchase at this point in time.
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I can't get ANY of the choice coupon codes to work. If they did, some items might be worth it.
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I can't get ANY of the choice coupon codes to work. If they did, some items might be worth it.
Interesting coupons duch as 70 off 500 didn’t work for me either… managed to get 4$ off 40$ (CAD) in the middle of the day for a couple of cheap things I was about to buy anyway, other coupons were apparently on a first served first come basis.
Looking at these as well: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMT21ni apparently 48% stiffer than FS300 but currently more than twice the price... Got two carbon aero handle bar from this brand and I like them.
Went into an Alibaba spiral yesterday looking at Yunan bike wheels (apparently the seller of Elite Wheels) as it could be cheaper than Aliexpress, but it was difficult to browse. I was looking for some MTB carbon wheels with DT 240, 30mm inner width, but I wasn’t sure I was ordering the right set (couldn’t find the difference between their XC and All Mountain wheels).
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Interesting coupons duch as 70 off 500 didn’t work for me either… managed to get 4$ off 40$ (CAD) in the middle of the day for a couple of cheap things I was about to buy anyway, other coupons were apparently on a first served first come basis.
Looking at these as well: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMT21ni apparently 48% stiffer than FS300 but currently more than twice the price... Got two carbon aero handle bar from this brand and I like them.
Went into an Alibaba spiral yesterday looking at Yunan bike wheels (apparently the seller of Elite Wheels) as it could be cheaper than Aliexpress, but it was difficult to browse. I was looking for some MTB carbon wheels with DT 240, 30mm inner width, but I wasn’t sure I was ordering the right set (couldn’t find the difference between their XC and All Mountain wheels).
With yuanan just contact directly through WhatsApp, a lot faster. They know their website is not great and are planning to redo it. Their rep (or owner) post here, just search yuanan you will find her
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Found a frame on the Qilefu store that's painted in gloss black. Will build it up as my spare bike.
But I don't really need another frame.. lol problem :D
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The ol' n+1 problem. We all been there ;D
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As of today, I have 58 items in my cart that I hope will have significantly lower prices on 11-11. None of these items were discounted much, if any, during the choice days, versus the prices I have been tracking. I have only 4 larger ticket items that are bicycle related. Overall, not very many bicycle parts, versus other items I have been watching.
We will see on the 8th to 9th what 11-11 will offer us regarding discounts. I get the feeling that China has ran through most of its overstocked items earlier in the year.
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Do vendors actually reduce prices significantly? For me the 11.11 has always been about coupons + 3 off every 30. I break my purchases in sections so that I hit the coupon threshold exactly or a few dollars above but never by a lot.
I don't care if they reduce the price or not as in general I end up paying less on 11.11 compared to any other Choice Day sale. The only thing that I pay attention to is if someone hiked the prices before sale. Almost every item that I have in my cart is more or less the same price as it was last month and I don't see it changing for 11.11. Bigger items that I have in my cart A mini velo wheelset from Litepro, a 700c CSC wheelset and Shimano MTB drive train parts (XT, SLX). Apart from this, many other small bits. I compared prices from last year (XT brakes and Deore groupset) and those are still the same today give or take.
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Is there a tool to track the price of Ali items? Or do you keep track manually?
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Is there a tool to track the price of Ali items? Or do you keep track manually?
For the brakes and groupsets I just compared my last year's purchases from 11.11. There are some trackers for Aliexpress that (apparently) don't work well I think its called Aliprice which is an app. Here is one more, without having to install :
https://www.pricearchive.org/aliexpress.com
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Hmm I see, that does work yeah. I want a https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005006721466793.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.7c5261d7eSdEGI&mp=1&gatewayAdapt=glo2nld , price with coupon is decent I guess now. Lowest was about $7 lower. Wondering if it will change the coming days.
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Joke's on you! When's the last time you saw a Garmin unit for 149,99 anyway?! ::)
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I saw prices start inflating a couple of months ago. I know almost exactly when it happened because I had my eye on some lightweight 12sp gravel cassettes that ALL seemed to jump in price around the same time. I kept waiting for them to go back down and they didn't. Finally a couple of them dropped down to the same levels as they were and I bought 2 and used some coupons so I got a nice little savings.
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With "gravel cassettes" you mean 1x? So like 11-4x range? Or which ones are you referring to?
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Is there a tool to track the price of Ali items? Or do you keep track manually?
I do a combination of things.
1. I review the prices on my Aliexpress purchased item history, for the same items, to compare to current prices.
2. I keep items in my cart that I am interested in and hope to eventually purchase. I take screen shots of the items and their prices that are saved by the date of the screen shot.
3. I keep a list of items in an Excel spread sheet where I list consumable items that I use up fairly fast. (Not just Eliexpress items, but all online sales and listing where I find good prices for items.)
Hope this helps give you guys with price tracking ideas.
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So it looks like we will see these vouchers coming from AliExpress for the 11.11. single days sale which have a different value/threshold than the regular choice day vouchers. If you wanna try to do some shopping basket pre-planning ;)
5€ orders 39€+
12€ orders 89€+
25€ orders 169€+
40€ orders 269€+
60€ orders 359€+
80€ orders 499€+
I expect the same vouchers to be available for USD as well. However keep in mind, the Euro vouchers do work for USD purchases as well and will often give a better value if you can hit the thresholds.
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Looks like 11.11 would give me 3€ less than the 11CD15 code if the codes wont work like last year.
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Don't forget to add store coupons as well. Also it wouldn't hurt to ask a seller for a lower custom coupon deal. I've been offered those before that aren't advertised on the seller storefront.
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This is gonna be a tough one. The cast magnesium frame is 25€ more expensive with 11.11 coupons than it was on mega choice day.
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This is gonna be a tough one. The cast magnesium frame is 25€ more expensive with 11.11 coupons than it was on mega choice day.
If I remember good last year it was also cheaper to buy before the 11.11 sale lol. Seems similar now.
On the other hand I bought a spexcel winter long sleeve on choice day now and today it's cheaper by 10% lol
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If I remember good last year it was also cheaper to buy before the 11.11 sale lol. Seems similar now.
On the other hand I bought a spexcel winter long sleeve on choice day now and today it's cheaper by 10% lol
The frame i wanted to buy went from 107€(92€ with megachoice coupon+coin) to 148€(132€ with 11.11 coupon+coin). Quite the shitty situation indeed.
Funnily EVERY other item to build the frame up is a good 15% cheaper than on megachoice day. Guess ill have to wait for black friday.
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I reviewed the 60 items in my cart. About 1/3 of them list the pending 11-11 price. (All of the price reductions are between 10% and 15% off. Out of these items, most are listed with a 8% to 15% price increase since June timeframe.) I am not seeing any "big store" deals this time. All of my US coupons are 10% to 16% off. - Last year, I had some 20% and 25% off coupons.
My excitement level is low for the 2024 sale. :'(
All of the larger ticket items in my cart are not showing any 11-11 discounts. I am glad that this is the "off" year where I wasn't planning any new frame up bicycle builds. I was hoping for some good repeat purchases of hubs and carbon rims, but the 2 rims on sale that I purchased in June, are marked back down to the price they were in June.
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The frame i wanted to buy went from 107€(92€ with megachoice coupon+coin) to 148€(132€ with 11.11 coupon+coin). Quite the shitty situation indeed.
Funnily EVERY other item to build the frame up is a good 15% cheaper than on megachoice day. Guess ill have to wait for black friday.
if you do end up buying it please make a build post with pics! that is such a cool find
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You guys are divas! ::)
Rule of thumb is to buy low when the opportunity arises. Who's to say prices will stay the same forever?
Also there are multiple sellers on AliEx, for example you can find several variations of the SPCycle G056 frameset. I'd just buy from the cheapest seller for that frame.
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if you do end up buying it please make a build post with pics! that is such a cool find
I would've liked to get that cast magnesium road frame but now its way out of my budget. On the other hand the simple alu gravel frame got in the range. Still in limbo in which frame to get. And even if i get either frames it would still take 6 or so months to finish it.
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You guys are divas! ::)
Rule of thumb is to buy low when the opportunity arises. Who's to say prices will stay the same forever?
Also there are multiple sellers on AliEx, for example you can find several variations of the SPCycle G056 frameset. I'd just buy from the cheapest seller for that frame.
I always search out the lowest prices from the more reputable stores. Funny thing is that often, the lowest prices do not reflect shipping, so usually those stores end up costing more than the the higher price with free shipping.
One other thing that is becoming more prevalent is that you see an item priced way below everyone else. I open the page only to find that they are selling an optional item at that price, and not the item shown in the picture on the listing. When you select the item for the shown picture, the price is higher than the one you have in your cart. Aliexpress stores really like playing these games.
I am already becoming burnt out trying to find the good deals. Usually when this happens I decide not to make many purchases, as it becomes a time spent finding the deal, versus the value of my time.
If the new administration really adds a 60% tariff on all goods imported from China starting sometime next year, then we are screwed, and China is screwed. One would think they would be trying to sell as much as possible at the lowest prices knowing that their sales will drop big time next year.
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For me, lot of items that I have been eyeing but held up for 11.11 are showing at least some discount. That coupled with larger coupons I'm all set. Mini velo alloy wheelset will be down $13, not much but GOzone 700c wheelset will be down $37. Passquest 3mm offset chainring will be down $8. Not bad when you can stack coupon codes on top. One item that is not participating in the sale (but I was hoping) is Litepro Carbon 20inch wheelset. That one has stayed same price for last couple of months. Apart from that one, I find the sale good enough to push the buy button.
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wheeltop RD/mtb shifter down to $300, let's GO!
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Link?
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https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807021348627.html
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https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807021348627.html
Not the best store.
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/748195897824772156/1304552463465971792/image.png?ex=672fcea8&is=672e7d28&hm=a12d316effaa1a2602b1bef6c479695689e39ad1f9cf8f6f7b21a72fb02f16b2&)
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If the new administration really adds a 60% tariff on all goods imported from China starting sometime next year, then we are screwed, and China is screwed.
Lol. One of those two entities is definitely screwed and its not China.
Not the best store.
FWIW I have ordered for years from stores like store89729381293612637xyz based purely on prices (cheapest) with complete disregard to store rating and never received "unsatisfactory goods". I have indeed received unsatisfactory goods but that had nothing to do with seller rating. I just bought shit product. Wouldn't put too much stock in such tools but YMMV.
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Wouldn't put too much stock in such tools but YMMV.
It won't vary, though.
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FWIW I have ordered for years from stores like store89729381293612637xyz based purely on prices (cheapest) with complete disregard to store rating and never received "unsatisfactory goods". I have indeed received unsatisfactory goods but that had nothing to do with seller rating. I just bought shit product. Wouldn't put too much stock in such tools but YMMV.
I usually avoid stores under 90% rating in aliup when i'm buying electronics or other stuff. But it looks like that that bike parts is one of those rare instances where the noname store ships it to you without a fake tracking number or sending other part instead.
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I have in my cart a Sensah Empire groupset 2x11 (brifters, front and rear derailleurs, cassette, maybe chain depending on the options).
I already have a Riro crankset+chainrings coming, and installed a few weeks ago the Onirii hybrid calipers.
Do you think it would be a good buy, either to upgrade my 2x8 Microshift groupset, or to fit on a new carbon frame that sooner or later I'm gonna buy?
Or would you advise going for the more expensive 12s version?
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Alright how many of you are staying up super late (early) in America to nab the goods? Lol
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I got two coupons yesterday that I'll be using. Don't have to stay awake late, don't think items in my cart will sell out..
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I am already becoming burnt out trying to find the good deals. Usually when this happens I decide not to make many purchases, as it becomes a time spent finding the deal, versus the value of my time.
Ali is exhausting at the best of times, when you factor in 11/11 chicanery it's down right debilitating.
Beyond the sometimes overwhelming amount of choice, you then have to factor in ten other variables and finally hope the quality is not worthless junk based on often limited reviews if there's any at all.
I love Ali, there's so much stuff that you can't find in the west but man I wish I could bill them for my time... I spent all of yesterday looking for 11/11 parts :/
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But, but ... isn't that part of the fun? ;D
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But, but ... isn't that part of the fun? ;D
Ha you have a funny idea of fun :D
I think sometimes I'd be better off taking up self flagellation rather than shopping on Ali.
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Is it really that difficult to find good deals? It took me a while to figure out the dos and don'ts of product categories and brands, but now that I know it's still incredibly easy to find high value parts...for now...
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Looks like ill wait for black friday as 11.11 is meh.
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i just ordered (yet another) ltwoo er9 RD for 150 eur shipped (from 80 designer store), and 3 other cheaper things. I used the 25 off 169 coupon, and got another 2 eur off with coins. It's pretty good, 27 eur off isn't a trivial amount, and the other 3 things had list prices in line with historical pricing, instead of the wildly inflated prices seen in the last weeks on alix.
Overall, I'm pleased. And the platform has become so convenient to use.
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Is it really that difficult to find good deals? It took me a while to figure out the dos and don'ts of product categories and brands, but now that I know it's still incredibly easy to find high value parts...for now...
I'm terrible at understanding how to get value of the deals and coupons and whatever rocket science I need to apply to get the big savings.
I usually just look at the list price during the day, if it's a price I'm willing to pay I just add it to cart and then some coupons are applied and I'm happy. I'm sure I can optimize more and I wish I knew how to.
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In your opinion, is an Elite wheels set for mtb (slr model in my case, 1500 gr, 30 mm inner width) a good deal for the price of around 430 euro (included shipping and custom fee) considering coupon and other little discount (coins, credits,...)?
thanks
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This sale is diabolical. The venfort hub went from 45€ to 86€ overnight, the gravel framesets price went down by 20€ BUT the shipping price went from 15€ to 59€ and early february delivery time. The Sensah team pros brifters price silently went up by 14€. Before the sale i seen 8-14€ discount on other items but after the sale started all of them are back to their normal price. The only good pricedrop i see is the toseek carbon handlebar which dopped in price by 23€.
Really dissapointed in this sale.
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On the bike front it's a bit meh i agree. Ordered some rigid forks and bafang cables for an ebike hardtail commuter build https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005005392892814.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.20.21ef18025cEQJn&gatewayAdapt=glo2vnm
10% off.. yay but i did also manage to snag an ssd at about 60% of the local price which then allowed me to use a decent coupon on the order for a much bigger discount. So not bad over all.
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What is the next best sale after 11.11 (i.e after November)? I don't have enough things to purchase right now, but would consider it over waiting a whole year.
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What is the next best sale after 11.11? I don't have enough things to purchase right now, but would consider it over waiting a whole year.
Black friday around november 27.
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Ordered KMC 12spd Aurora chain, MZYRH oil slick pedals (Vault clones), a ton of Risk oil slick bolts, Tito Ti stem spacers, Bucklos valves, 2 sets of Cooma Gold metallic brake pads, and the ZTTO DR390 wheelset, $282 after tax total.
Stocked and ready for a Tariffic AliExplosion.
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I got a Power meter (Magene P505) and a computer (GEOID cc600)
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I caved today… Got ER9, a Lexon 24mm crankset and few other items. Stocking up a new build next year. Based on prices over the last month, I saved between 150-200.00 overall. Almost pulled the trigger on some carbon wheels but I couldn’t find what I wanted.
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I picked a Ceccotti RF25 gravel frameset in white and a Magene power meter. I also picked up two XD cassettes, a Pass Quest 1x aero chainring and few small bits and pieces.
All the items I wanted were significantly reduced and I used two different coupon codes versus using one coupon code. I found the pricing ended up being cheaper that way.
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I caved today… Got ER9, a Lexon 24mm crankset and few other items. Stocking up a new build next year. Based on prices over the last month, I saved between 150-200.00 overall. Almost pulled the trigger on some carbon wheels but I couldn’t find what I wanted.
My wife says it's technically not "saving money" if I'm actually buying stuff I didn't need
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My wife says it's technically not "saving money" if I'm actually buying stuff I didn't need
I know what you mean…. Next year’s build is gonna be a departure from my more race oriented frames (not that I race). Dr. recommended that I start riding more of an endurance style frame to relieve pressure on the back. Got the wife on board, so now I just need to sell a bike or two.
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20 inch wheelset, 26er fork, two larger purchases to hit one of the coupons as yet.
Next lot to hit another coupon - chains, Ti bolts, fishbone cables, misc spacers, etc.
And one last (and probably biggest) for a 700c wheelset from GoZone for "just in case"!
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My wife says it's technically not "saving money" if I'm actually buying stuff I didn't need
You actually tell your wife what you buy? My wife just wonders why strange packages arrive every week! ;D
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My wife says it's technically not "saving money" if I'm actually buying stuff I didn't need
That breed of rational women sounds dangerous as well as promising.
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20 inch wheelset, 26er fork, two larger purchases to hit one of the coupons as yet.
Next lot to hit another coupon - chains, Ti bolts, fishbone cables, misc spacers, etc.
And one last (and probably biggest) for a 700c wheelset from GoZone for "just in case"!
I had a set of 21mm ID Go-Zones in my cart. So tempting. I decided to wait until I settle on a frame and get something with 23mm ID for a little more.
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I had a set of 21mm ID Go-Zones in my cart. So tempting. I decided to wait until I settle on a frame and get something with 23mm ID for a little more.
I am liking the specs, wish they had free shipping though.
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One change that I am seeing this year is no "3 off every 30" discount. If I remember correctly the limit was $9 per order - not a biggie if you were going to spend large amounts but nice for under $100 purchases coupled with regular coupons.
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20 inch wheelset, 26er fork, two larger purchases to hit one of the coupons as yet.
Next lot to hit another coupon - chains, Ti bolts, fishbone cables, misc spacers, etc.
And one last (and probably biggest) for a 700c wheelset from GoZone for "just in case"!
What 26" fork did you grab?
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Finally decided to pull the trigger on the P505 Powermeter. The cheapest option includes the Z-race cranks and a BB, lol... so that's what I went with, and had to get a new chainring to go with it, lol.
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Finally decided to pull the trigger on the P505 Powermeter. The cheapest option includes the Z-race cranks and a BB, lol... so that's what I went with, and had to get a new chainring to go with it, lol.
do you have a link?
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do you have a link?
$258 USD.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804085982179.html
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Unfortunately, about 50 bucks more with delivery to EU. Prices tend to vary a lot depending on delivery country.
But I like how the Magene PM becomes the "forum's standard" ;D
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$258 USD.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804085982179.html
Funny, I bought the same setup this morning. With coupon codes it was about $227 USD after tax. It was the cheapest option amongst the stand alone Magene PM and another PM/Zrace crankset with chainring. I don't plan to use the cranks though. I'm going to use the PM spider on my Riro carbon crankset instead.
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Funny, I bought the same setup this morning. With coupon codes it was about $227 USD after tax. It was the cheapest option amongst the stand alone Magene PM and another PM/Zrace crankset with chainring. I don't plan to use the cranks though. I'm going to use the PM spider on my Riro carbon crankset instead.
Yeah, 227 after the coupons, I think.
Also not gonna use the crankset, but whatever/whatever.
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Funny, I bought the same setup this morning. With coupon codes it was about $227 USD after tax. It was the cheapest option amongst the stand alone Magene PM and another PM/Zrace crankset with chainring. I don't plan to use the cranks though. I'm going to use the PM spider on my Riro carbon crankset instead.
You can use the PES magene set and just use the spider for the Riro? What’s the anticipated weightsaving and are you happy with the riro?
I have the magene PES currently but I just don’t like the looks. And it’s a bit heavy
Ah I see you have the 24mm version.
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After reading all the messages here, I know I'm not alone.
My wife also wonders why strange packages appear on a weekly base.
There is always a bike that has to be build for whatever reason I find.
Ordered another frame. Just have to sell some stuff before I explain why I needed the frame that I didn't need.
Stopped racing last year, I have some weeks before the frame arrives. Maybe I need to complain about back pain every ride now. Haha
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https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804085982179.html
A bit of topic question: there are too many variables ("standards") here at once (BB, BCD, etc.) above my knowledge/experience level, is there a variant of this powermeter which will accept this Specialites TA set (https://specialites-ta.com/145-double)?
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Ordered another frame.
Which one was it at the end? Good deal?
A bit of topic question: there are too many variables ("standards") here at once (BB, BCD, etc.) above my knowledge/experience level, is there a variant of this powermeter which will accept this Specialites TA set (https://specialites-ta.com/145-double)?
No those are GRX chainrings, you need road standard for the magene spider.
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Which one was it at the end? Good deal?
Qilefu store on ali, but already cancelled pfff. Found out they are also behind LERT store that is selling very bad counterfeit wheels. :( Wife will be happy now atleast
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A bit of topic question: there are too many variables ("standards") here at once (BB, BCD, etc.) above my knowledge/experience level, is there a variant of this powermeter which will accept this Specialites TA set (https://specialites-ta.com/145-double)?
they mention that the inner ring is an 80mm mounting dia. None of these cranks are compatible w/that. you should be able to mount one-piece 110bcd doubles though.
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Had been watching prices for awhile and decided to press buy on a bunch of smaller items. 2 YKYW bibs (one standard, one thermal) a headlight, a tail light, fresh bells and drop bar mirrors, gloves, tubes, and a chest strap.
"Saved" a couple dozen dollars with stacked coupons and such, really didn't "need" much of it, but one must treat themselves occasionally right?
I'm anxious to see how well the bell and smart tail light works. Anyone else have experience with these?
brifter cover mounted dropbar bell - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802046687698.html
"smart" tail light - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806520324406.html
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AliExpress just dropped a few more coupon codes, I’m sure they’ll be adding more before the sale ends.
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What 26" fork did you grab?
Toseek one from here -
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPH1ACg
P. S New $45 coupon is out today.
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I'm anxious to see how well the bell and smart tail light works. Anyone else have experience with these?
I don't have this one, but I have one of the Xoss 'smart' lights with similar features. It supposedly detects braking and brightens when you brake. It also goes to 'sleep' to conserve battery when it doesn't detect any motion. Overall, I like my Xoss light. The braking feature may or may not work, but I'm not worried about that. The auto-sleep at least once went to sleep on my bike that's very smooth. I was not pleased with that, and I've been paranoid about it ever since. On my road bike, it doesn't seem to have that problem at all since it's a much stiffer ride and feels the vibrations and motion much more intensely.
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"smart" tail light - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806520324406.html
I have the Seemee200 one model down from yours. The light it creates is great, love that it lights up the ground around you, definitely makes you very visible. The battery on my model is not very good, but yours is quite a bit bigger than mine so hopefully that means the battery is bigger too.
I have bought a whole bunch of stuff this 11.11 including a set of Go-Zone wheels! 45mm deep 30mm wide and 1250g supposedly, hopefully these will bring my bike down to around 7kg!
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brifter cover mounted dropbar bell - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802046687698.html
I have this. You have to tighten it every few days. One of those stripped the main screw right away too. Biggest problem is since it's mounted on the rubber hood it keeps rattling when you go over rough surface. Doesn't stay put. Oh and it's not loud. The biggest draw is how well it hides/takes no space on bar. That's it. Not too impressive.
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I have this. You have to tighten it every few days. One of those stripped the main screw right away too. Biggest problem is since it's mounted on the rubber hood it keeps rattling when you go over rough surface. Doesn't stay put. Oh and it's not loud. The biggest draw is how well it hides/takes no space on bar. That's it. Not too impressive.
I figured it might need a little loctite and some double sided tape/adhesive goop to keep it mounted solidly. Thanks for the heads up so I can just do it from the start and avoid mid-ride fiddling. On the sound, i almost prefer something kind of quiet on my road bike as my experience is that loud bells make people just as jumpy as anything else possibly could. I was drawn to the bell by the "stealth" factor. Will go well with my bar end plug mirror, that's only passingly good enough to notice car lights approaching from behind.
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I'm anxious to see how well the bell and smart tail light works. Anyone else have experience with these?
brifter cover mounted dropbar bell - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802046687698.html
Knowing me, I'd totally knock the bell off during the first ride!
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Is anyone else extremely underwhelmed at the sales? I put an order through for some bits and pieces and struggled to get over $35 AUD.
Everything else in my cart seems to be about the same price after coupons
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I have the Seemee200 one model down from yours. The light it creates is great, love that it lights up the ground around you, definitely makes you very visible. The battery on my model is not very good, but yours is quite a bit bigger than mine so hopefully that means the battery is bigger too.
I have bought a whole bunch of stuff this 11.11 including a set of Go-Zone wheels! 45mm deep 30mm wide and 1250g supposedly, hopefully these will bring my bike down to around 7kg!
I’m struggling. Keep wanting to get a pair of rim brake Go-Zones (300.00 with coupon) for my training bike… but I’m also going to order a new frame in DEC… delayed gratification.
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In your opinion or experience, which is the best wheels brand on aliexpress?
Elite wheels seems to be one of the best; what about ryet, easedon, go-zone, csc?
thanks
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Did anyone buy Wheeltop or LTwoo EGR this sale and can point me to the best deal? So far I'm seeing $380 - 60 for EGR as the lowest and $440 for Wheeltop rim brake group.
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In your opinion or experience, which is the best wheels brand on aliexpress?
Elite wheels seems to be one of the best; what about ryet, easedon, go-zone, csc?
thanks
I have Elitewheels, CSC and Easedon and about to order Go-zone this sale. All of those have been fine but that's my anecdotal experience. Elite has the best resale if that's something you care about.
FWIW my Easedon wheels are the lightest and are the best looking. Also the loudest. At the time similar weight elitewheels model was much more expensive than Easedon so I went with them.
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Did anyone buy Wheeltop or LTwoo EGR this sale and can point me to the best deal? So far I'm seeing $380 - 60 for EGR as the lowest and $440 for Wheeltop rim brake group.
what about this one from the TWITTER store lol?
seems like a takeoff but looks legit
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807372373072.html
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what about this one from the TWITTER store lol?
seems like a takeoff but looks legit
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807372373072.html
That's the one I have in my cart. Comes out to be $405 including tax after coupon and coins for rim brake version which is what I'm interested in. Would be fun to upgrade old Kleins and Cannondales to 12s electronic shifting on budget without drilling holes for Di2 cables.
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Did anyone buy Wheeltop or LTwoo EGR this sale and can point me to the best deal? So far I'm seeing $380 - 60 for EGR as the lowest and $440 for Wheeltop rim brake group.
Okay, I'll bite ...
For Ltwoo you definitely wanna go with the "80 designer store" as they tend to uphold warranty claims the best (at least that's what I read on the forum; did not have to deal with them myself (yet)): For delivery to Germany (prices vary by country), I can get them for 328 USD (+local tax ~380€ final price) using the 3 USD store discount and the 60 USD AE 11.11. sales code. Make sure to chose the option "noBattery noBox" and buy 2x 14500 batteries locally for cheap. The options with battery will be much more expensive (probably) due to higher shipping costs for the seller.
For Wheeltop you might actually want to go through their own store. They announced a couple of months back, that going forward, they will only deal with warranty claims for purchases that were made with them directly. I am not sure if that means groupsets bought from other stores will not have any warranty at all or "just" means you have to claim it with the particular store where you bought it from. Might wanna search this forum for more info as I did not follow their groupset closely.
They currently have a Black Friday sale as well: https://wheeltop.com/pages/black-friday - comes at 599€ for me.
Otherwise, if you wanna go through AE, the only reputable store that sells it for me (other countries could be different) is ROCKBROS. The other vendors with various "TWITTER" names all have terrible reviews. They are not even much cheaper; I wouldn't risk it. ROCKBROS comes out at ~469 USD with the 80 USD AE code + local tax: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008004256956.html
YMMW
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Okay, I'll bite ...
For Ltwoo you definitely wanna go with the "80 designer store" as they tend to uphold warranty claims the best (at least that's what I read on the forum; did not have to deal with them myself (yet)): For delivery to Germany (prices vary by country), I can get them for 328 USD (+local tax ~380€ final price) using the 3 USD store discount and the 60 USD AE 11.11. sales code. Make sure to chose the option "noBattery noBox" and buy 2x 14500 batteries locally for cheap. The options with battery will be much more expensive (probably) due to higher shipping costs for the seller.
For Wheeltop you might actually want to go through their own store. They announced a couple of months back, that going forward, they will only deal with warranty claims for purchases that were made with them directly. I am not sure if that means groupsets bought from other stores will not have any warranty at all or "just" means you have to claim it with the particular store where you bought it from. Might wanna search this forum for more info as I did not follow their groupset closely.
They currently have a Black Friday sale as well: https://wheeltop.com/pages/black-friday - comes at 599€ for me.
Otherwise, if you wanna go through AE, the only reputable store that sells it for me (other countries could be different) is ROCKBROS. The other vendors with various "TWITTER" names all have terrible reviews. They are not even much cheaper; I wouldn't risk it. ROCKBROS comes out at ~469 USD with the 80 USD AE code + local tax: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008004256956.html
YMMW
Yes, the $380 price I mentioned is from 80's store. Comes out to $340 after everything. Have heard good things about their customer service (which is quite needed I presume). As for Rockbros store, they don't have rim brake EDS. On Wheeltop USA website, rim brake group is $600 + tax after discount which is too much of a premium.
The Twitter store has 100% positive feedback though : https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807372373072.html
I wish LTWoo had rim brake electronic groupset.
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For Wheeltop you might actually want to go through their own store. They announced a couple of months back, that going forward, they will only deal with warranty claims for purchases that were made with them directly. I am not sure if that means groupsets bought from other stores will not have any warranty at all or "just" means you have to claim it with the particular store where you bought it from. Might wanna search this forum for more info as I did not follow their groupset closely.
For better or worse I bought this through the Weko Lin store on Ali, who has in bold letters they are an authorized dealer. With coupons and cashback (topcashback had a killer 20% back deal going) I think my total will be about $390 shipped on the rim brake version. $200 off was too much to ignore there. Hopefully won't need the warranty service.
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I have Elitewheels, CSC and Easedon and about to order Go-zone this sale. All of those have been fine but that's my anecdotal experience. Elite has the best resale if that's something you care about.
FWIW my Easedon wheels are the lightest and are the best looking. Also the loudest. At the time similar weight elitewheels model was much more expensive than Easedon so I went with them.
thanks for your feedback.
about Easedon, is the overall quality ok? the orice is very attractive. And for shipping cost, custom fee? their seller shipping method is only around 12$ and they told me is tax free, very cheap compared to other brands
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I purchased the Ltwoo ER9 for 380.00. I already have Di2 on one bike and Wheeltop on another. I figured for the price I can experiment on a new build and see where it stands compared to the other two.
I mean only a year ago I was paying 200.00 for R7000 minigruppos… full electric with hydro brakes, I’ll gamble on it to see how it performs.
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I purchased the Ltwoo ER9 for 380.00. I already have Di2 on one bike and Wheeltop on another. I figured for the price I can experiment on a new build and see where it stands compared to the other two.
I mean only a year ago I was paying 200.00 for R7000 minigruppos… full electric with hydro brakes, I’ll gamble on it to see how it performs.
Do you have rim brake Wheeltop groupset? How's the brake lever action, snappy like Shimano or sloppy like SRAM
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I purchased the Ltwoo ER9 for 380.00. I already have Di2 on one bike and Wheeltop on another. I figured for the price I can experiment on a new build and see where it stands compared to the other two.
I mean only a year ago I was paying 200.00 for R7000 minigruppos… full electric with hydro brakes, I’ll gamble on it to see how it performs.
Just follow all the steps to protect your battery cables like dielectric grease and liquid tape/rubber cement. Also quality batteries should be used as well. My ER9 groupsets have worked well, but with a few hiccups.
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The super-narrow Balugoe handlebars sold by the Shop1100225247 Store are on genuinely good sale at $48 + free shipping. Just picked up a set in 350mm + a 130mm Balugoe carbon stem so I can run the ultra-narrow ultra-aero setup next summer.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807165592391.html
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Just follow all the steps to protect your battery cables like dielectric grease and liquid tape/rubber cement. Also quality batteries should be used as well. My ER9 groupsets have worked well, but with a few hiccups.
I'm also liking the liquid mask goo for this - very easy to deploy in the right places
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What's the consensus on these RYET wheels? I was thinking of picking these up for my gravel bike. I don't need anything fancy or ultra lightweight, since they'll just get abused on the trails.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806591022669.html (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806591022669.html)
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What's the consensus on these RYET wheels? I was thinking of picking these up for my gravel bike. I don't need anything fancy or ultra lightweight, since they'll just get abused on the trails.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806591022669.html (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806591022669.html)
looks like a good deal - it would cost you $200+ for rims and $75+ for these hubs, so you're getting labor/spokes for free.
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I have the Seemee200 one model down from yours. The light it creates is great, love that it lights up the ground around you, definitely makes you very visible. The battery on my model is not very good, but yours is quite a bit bigger than mine so hopefully that means the battery is bigger too.
I have bought a whole bunch of stuff this 11.11 including a set of Go-Zone wheels! 45mm deep 30mm wide and 1250g supposedly, hopefully these will bring my bike down to around 7kg!
Link to the wheels please - sounds amazing
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Regarding the $x dollars off $y dollar order coupons, in my app it says the coupons are "restocking". Has anyone seen Ali actually refill the depleted coupons? I'm trying to hold off an order waiting for more coupons.
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Do you have rim brake Wheeltop groupset? How's the brake lever action, snappy like Shimano or sloppy like SRAM
Regarding the brake action, they work pretty good. I didn’t notice any difference between the Wheeltop or R7000 brifters. I did recently try the EE knock offs. Purchased back in Sept. Those work but nowhere near as responsive as my Ultegra R8000 calipers.
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I waited 3 months for this sale to buy a bunch of clothing and comes the sale absolutely everything I wanted is out of stock for my size only. I hate being the target of conspiracies
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Regarding the brake action, they work pretty good. I didn’t notice any difference between the Wheeltop or R7000 brifters. I did recently try the EE knock offs. Purchased back in Sept. Those work but nowhere near as responsive as my Ultegra R8000 calipers.
Good to know. R7000s are excellent. I have fake EEs, those are terrible with any brifters. Ultegra calipers are vastly superior to those, undoubtedly. My idea was to pair Wheeltop with Ultegra R8000 calipers or may be Fouriers.
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What's the consensus on these RYET wheels? I was thinking of picking these up for my gravel bike. I don't need anything fancy or ultra lightweight, since they'll just get abused on the trails.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806591022669.html (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806591022669.html)
I have no experience with Ryet wheels. Only had their 3d saddle which was good quality.
But in general, almost all factories can make a round carbon structure quite well (aka the rims) and most spokes are either CX rays or Pillars. So it all comes down to the hub. Like I said, I don't have any hands-on experience with those hubs but just looking at their pictures and specifications provided, they should be okay. They also appear to have a safe spoke attachment so you don't have to fear facing a terminal loss of tension in all spokes if a few get loose or break due to an incident. Ratchet system is a nice addition as well at this price point.
I'd say I give them a try. However, depending on what gravel tires you wanna throw on them, you might want to consider a wider internal width. A quick search revealed that Ryet also has a gravel wheelset at a similar price and weight point, given it's a hub with a prawl system.
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What's the consensus on these RYET wheels? I was thinking of picking these up for my gravel bike. I don't need anything fancy or ultra lightweight, since they'll just get abused on the trails.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806591022669.html (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806591022669.html)
Never used this set specifically, but I had one of their 24mm inner width gravel wheelsets and had no complaints, I even raced them. They're now with a friend who beats them up daily and still going strong.
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Not bike related, but i just bought a mini PC w/o RAM/SSD for 290 eur using the 60 11.11 discount, w a Ryzen 7 7840HS. My laptop has been driving me mad because of the noise it makes under load, and given its age, it feels under load a lot. I hate apple with a passion and i'm not in the US, so getting the mac mini m4 at 600$ is not an option for me, the cheapest i found it is 670 eur, and even then, there's all the apple non sense (I considered it assuming i'd run windows on it). 99% of the time, i have my laptop connected to a screen and mouse/keyboard, so i barely ever use it as a laptop, so i got a mini pc.
Compared to the local pricing i could find, and although i didn't trawl all of the internet, it looked like a good price. I'll source locally a bunch of ram and an SSD, and voila.
Point being: Aliexpress is a skill, at this point. I'm pleased with my 11.11 purchases, but it's a bit of an adventure to avoid leaving too much money on the table.
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Not bike related, but i just bought a mini PC w/o RAM/SSD for 290 eur using the 60 11.11 discount, w a Ryzen 7 7840HS. My laptop has been driving me mad because of the noise it makes under load, and given its age, it feels under load a lot. I hate apple with a passion and i'm not in the US, so getting the mac mini m4 at 600$ is not an option for me, the cheapest i found it is 670 eur, and even then, there's all the apple non sense (I considered it assuming i'd run windows on it). 99% of the time, i have my laptop connected to a screen and mouse/keyboard, so i barely ever use it as a laptop, so i got a mini pc.
Compared to the local pricing i could find, and although i didn't trawl all of the internet, it looked like a good price. I'll source locally a bunch of ram and an SSD, and voila.
Point being: Aliexpress is a skill, at this point. I'm pleased with my 11.11 purchases, but it's a bit of an adventure to avoid leaving too much money on the table.
Yeah, and I also notice some items that I have bought on day 1 of the sale dropping in prices now... The Magene L508 radar was 110 USD (EU price) when I bought it and now it is only 96...
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Yeah, and I also notice some items that I have bought on day 1 of the sale dropping in prices now... The Magene L508 radar was 110 USD (EU price) when I bought it and now it is only 96...
A general note on economic backdrop. Afaik, and last time i checked, China was in a deflationary environment. The growth has slowed down, the population is materially smaller than advertised (chinese official statistics are a vibe more than anything else, ultimately), the world economy overall isn't doing great at all (Europe is going to shit, US growth is highly questionable), so chinese bike parts should be deflationary overall, not inflationary.
A Luddite friend of mine just bought a 2nd hand SL7 for 6500 eur and he's very pleased with himself because he got "a great deal", so there are still plenty of such people, but generally, inventory isnt moving, prices are coming down, and people aren't buying.
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That being said, it's not reflected in current Chinese carbon frames. Prices are pretty much the same they were a year ago or even higher while Western brands are cutting prices heavily due to stock not moving.
So either they are still getting good sales or haven't understood the current economics.
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I have been wanting a full suspension frame to upgrade my hard tail but I am holding on the purchase because I think the prices will drop in the coming month and I am not really in a rush as I am in love with my current mtb. I will probably end up doing a full build and bring the HT to France to ride when I am there…
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Not bike related, but i just bought a mini PC w/o RAM/SSD for 290 eur using the 60 11.11 discount, w a Ryzen 7 7840HS.
Could you link to the PC & store pls
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Had another ER9 grp in my cart with discount decided to but it in queue by entering the wrong ccv code. So I could decide later if I took the groupset or not, it ignored the ccv and just went through.. How do I explain that to the wife :o
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Could you link to the PC & store pls
https://a.aliexpress.com/_Ey0lTwH
It's claiming to be shipping from Europe, and I'm in Europe, so speed + customs cleared, so your mileage may vary.
Also, I just noticed the seller messaged me to say it's not in stock for another week, but he offered me an upgrade (same thing/specs, different looking mini pc case) for free (another listing also claiming to be shipping from Europe). I just replied yes, hasn't shipped yet. If the whole thing turns into a shit sandwich I'll update my post here.
Finally received the mini pc, Dec 3rd. I bought something meant to be in stock in europe, ended up receiving something different from China, so i'm not too happy. However, i got the processor i ordered in a form factor that is more considered a brand: GMKtek. Aliexpress says i paid 295 eur post discounts (i dont remember what they were). During blackfriday, on their own website, it's shown at $360 or so. I didnt realize these people had a website. Now i have to source a ssd & ram, because the parcel took so long to come i started worrying it wouldn't come at all.
Had another ER9 grp in my cart with discount decided to but it in queue by entering the wrong ccv code. So I could decide later if I took the groupset or not, it ignored the ccv and just went through.. How do I explain that to the wife :o
Surely you can cancel an order if you act very quickly, no? It raises a good question, in fact: can you cancel an order if you act quickly?
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The magnesium frame is getting a nice discount putting it JUST UNDER the 135€ coupon by a few cents. This was the last dealbreaker for this frame for now. Gonna buy an alfine 11 during black friday locally and if i canno't then alfine 8 with front derailer with 34-50 chainring. Got a stupid idea of using an IGH for the roadbike project.
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https://a.aliexpress.com/_Ey0lTwH
It's claiming to be shipping from Europe, and I'm in Europe, so speed + customs cleared, so your mileage may vary.
Also, I just noticed the seller messaged me to say it's not in stock for another week, but he offered me an upgrade (same thing/specs, different looking mini pc case) for free (another listing also claiming to be shipping from Europe). I just replied yes, hasn't shipped yet. If the whole thing turns into a shit sandwich I'll update my post here.
Surely you can cancel an order if you act very quickly, no? It raises a good question, in fact: can you cancel an order if you act quickly?
Thanks for the PC info - I'll dig into that.
Regarding cancelling an order - I've done that in the past, but it was way way back so I'd not rely on things being the same today. From memory I ordered some Ergon copy bar grips for my MTB & changed my mind quickly. I definitely didn't receive or pay for them - but I cant remember if it was pay & refund or if the payment hadn't processed and so I didn't actually pay.
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Surely you can cancel an order if you act very quickly, no? It raises a good question, in fact: can you cancel an order if you act quickly?
On AliExpress you can, always works here. I'll use this one, reason to build again lol
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That being said, it's not reflected in current Chinese carbon frames. Prices are pretty much the same they were a year ago or even higher while Western brands are cutting prices heavily due to stock not moving.
So either they are still getting good sales or haven't understood the current economics.
the domestic market is very very strong at the moment...so manufacturers do not see the need of changing anything..carbonframes still are pricy and ltwoo and wheeltop still are slow with r+d for faulty products, as they are sellling huge amounts for gear for the domestic market...
After the quantity drop of european distributors following corona, domestic sales kind of saved the chinese bike industry, as they have invested alot into infrastructure to cope with the corona sales....
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I have been wanting a full suspension frame to upgrade my hard tail but I am holding on the purchase because I think the prices will drop in the coming month and I am not really in a rush as I am in love with my current mtb. I will probably end up doing a full build and bring the HT to France to ride when I am there…
Having just recently done a ride on a borrowed full-sus ride in AZ I would encourage you to shift more focus/$ to components and less on the frame. current "entry-level" frame from Kona was plenty stiff and a nice well-dialed in shock made all the difference. I was pleasantly surprised.
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As most of you know, the 11.11 sale is one of the biggest of the year. Vendors also have a history of increasing prices in advance - just like US retailers for Black Friday. What is in your cart waiting on the sale?
I have a set of NGEbut hubs (i9 hydra clones) that show as $158 today with a price drop to $136 on Nov 1st. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806584091583.html Now to see if it drops even more.
Love the look of those. How did you like those hubs? What kind of build and what terrain do you ride it on?
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I ended up with a different set of hubs https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807596410875.html
Basically, a hope style milling on the body with the DT 90t Dex size ratchet assembly.