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Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc! I believe SROAD was renamed to SPEDAO - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806215654995.html and is available abundantly now.

Highest quality? Not sure. But my anecdotal experience with Wuzei SL cassettes has been excellent. Their 11-32 weighs 225 grams on my scale. Have variations of it on different bikes and definitely better shifting compared to super cheap and heavy Sunshine cassettes. I just got a couple to keep it in reserve during current sale.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255800049110907.html

Even more expensive with fancier colors is Riro - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806294879687.html. I remember someone else was talking about these cassettes a while ago. May be worth checking but price is somewhat prohibitive for just doing experiment.
March 25, 2024, 01:13:02 PM 		3
Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets I just pulled trigger on the ER9 over EGR even though its going on a gravel bike. This will replace Ultegra/GRX setup. My plan is to run it in 11 speed mode and keep current crank, chain, cassette (11-34) as it is. Will see how it goes. Once the time comes to replace wearables, I will make the jump to 12s.

Also ordered a couple of Vapcell F12 batteries since I saw reference to those earlier in this thread. Not sure if that is a good price but it says "genuine" over there and Reddit confirmed its a reputable website.
https://liionwholesale.com/collections/batteries/products/vapcell-f12-14500-3a-button-top-1250mah-battery-genuine?variant=40539607302213
March 26, 2024, 07:55:53 PM 		1
Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
Quote from: Avalius on March 27, 2024, 10:05:25 AM
I failed the test.
Ltwoo ER9 incoming
Ltwoo EGR incoming

Yep, glad it's over. Now how do I explain this to my wife?  ;D

Please let us know if ER9 shifters work with EGR RD and ER9 FD together or ERG shifters with ER9 FD before you install them!
March 27, 2024, 10:08:18 AM 		1
Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
Quote from: kbernstein on March 28, 2024, 03:39:47 AM
Also learned today they REALLY don't like the brand rockbros there and have some pretty creative insults and threats towards them

Be curious to know why and read some examples. I didn't think its any worse than numerous other Chiner brands but you never know.
March 28, 2024, 11:55:38 AM 		3
Re: Sensah Team Pro left shifter unable to index 105 FD properly Just an update. Given up on these and ordered 105 R7000 shifters for $110 for the pair. For comparison the Sensah shifters were $65 which are worthless now. In the meanwhile I am riding these Sensah shifters as it is and noticed one more problem.

Since up shift, downshift, braking is all handled by one lever there seems to be a mechanism that stops one from shifting accidentally while braking or vice versa. That mechanism isn't perfect. I often run into situation where I try to brake but it resists first and then with an audible click the lever moves. There's a very short but noticeable interval where the shifters gets confused before getting into action. It happens mostly on rear shifter. Front one is okay so clearly there are issues with quality. Not good. I don't think I'll go with such design again.
March 29, 2024, 09:59:14 AM 		1
Re: Best and worst overall quality/value components/tools/gear from AliExpress? I wish I had asked earlier. I searched and searched and couldn't find 11-36 12s cassettes only 11s. I am fairly positive Aliex search kinda plots against you and decides to filter out certain things no matter how you search.
March 29, 2024, 03:21:26 PM 		1
Re: chinese carbon saddles Pretty much everyone who has dealt with VB have similar stories. In my case they forgot to send bottom bracket and extra derailleur hangar. I didn't realize rd hangar was missing and only asked for missing BB to Chris who said yeah he will send it. Nothing happened for two weeks so I asked again and he says oh it wasn't shipped? Let me check. Then next day sent a mail saying it's been shipped. About a week later I got bb in the mail. Another week passed and I got another bb in the mail :D exact same thing happened with rd hangar a month later too.

There's a clear communication gap between who actually packs/ships and Chris. I received the updated C ring in similar fashion - no tracking, no proper response just one mail from Chris saying it shipped. They might be lousy with communication but they won't steal your money or at least that's how I feel.
April 01, 2024, 03:53:01 PM 		2
Re: Ali express disc brake pads, recommendations Pink Coomas https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803239934707.html

I think gold are better though.
April 03, 2024, 07:03:08 PM 		2
Re: Frame bearings Fushi also has steel bearings and is good. I have bought a bunch of bearings from AliEx in recent times from Fushi, couple others and all have been fine including headset and bottom bracket bearings to service existing bottom brackets. The same bearing sizes are used across multiple applications. Its entirely possible the skateboard bearings use same ones as wheel bearings.

Apart from Fushi which is everywhere on AliEx, other stores that have many bearings and I have purchased from are FlyLeopard and BearingSolution store. The Fushi store had the best packaging of all. The bearings came in made to size plastic vials with my name, bearing size and quantity printed on the outside.
April 10, 2024, 12:01:46 PM 		1
Re: What are the recurring big sales on Ali? Those Choice Day sales are getting better too. After my LTwoo ER9 order was botched, the next day Choice sale started and after coupons it was only $20 or something more than Anniversary sale price.
April 12, 2024, 10:35:49 AM 		1