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Re: Transferring Components from a Damaged Giant Defy 1 to a New Frame
I've transferred components multiple times to different frames. You'll most likely run into issues, spilt hydraulic fluid and questioning your life decisions. At that point go to bed and start fresh the next morning! The bike building skills you'll develop will rival all but the most old school LBS mechanics. Nowadays, I feel I can tune any bike into perfection. Don't be shy and feel free to ask questions! May 22, 2024, 09:36:02 AM |
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Re: LTWOO eGR
Has anyone considered building or has built a 1x road or light gravel bike (like 32c tires) using the eGR? It might be fun to build an lightweight climbing frame with the groupset.
May 22, 2024, 12:20:13 PM |
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Re: WheelTop EDS TX Full Wireless Groupset (Chinese SRAM)
Whoa, the EDS TX weather sealing is impressive! The ER9/X would be flat out dead if they tried this test! https://www.facebook.com/reel/744011111161408 May 22, 2024, 12:27:05 PM |
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Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
I was switching out my front derailleur shift cable on my gravel bike and I noticed there was some rust on it. I replaced the cable and put this rubber protector right at the end of the plastic guide tube to prevent water ingress on both the FD and RD. It can also be used with mechanical brake cables as well. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255800590400115.html 
May 23, 2024, 01:18:00 PM |
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Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
I actually found some decent deals for like-new dura ace calipers on eBay. Now that the cycling bubble has burst, there are a lot of top quality shimano components on sale. I installed a more recent copy of XG calipers on my ER9 bike and they work really well. On more recent copies of the calipers, someone on YT posted a review showing they fixed the oil port hole by making it slightly bigger. The only other reason I swapped to those calipers was due to having problems running a 140mm rear rotor with LTWOO calipers. The 140mm adapter plate was refusing to line up properly. With XG caliper no adapter was necessary. My bikes are definitely starting to look like an mis mash of components! May 24, 2024, 10:32:14 AM |
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Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
I no longer have any cables on any of the bikes I ride other than my dropper post cable. Hydraulic brakes and Electric wireless shifting eliminated the need for those cute little plugs... How are you liking the Wheeltop for gravel? Are you okay not having a clutch? I'm not sure I want to chance going electronic on my gravel bike. If the groupset dies, I'm usually on more remote mountain trails. I am debating converting my other road bike also to electronic. Contrary to other user experiences, my ER9 has been working perfect. Though I wouldn't mind trying the Wheeltop groupset as well. May 24, 2024, 03:52:57 PM |
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Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
My main hypothesis is that I didn't plug the cables properly into the battery, and that the vibrations from being transported in a care shook them loose. Then when I started riding, the movement caused just enough of a connection to be established so I could shift. I'd suggest either heat shrink plastic, hot glue or rubber cement. I actually didn't use any adhesive at the battery holder end for my ER9 build. I just made sure the cables were properly snug. I'm using bubble wrap packaging tied to a string to secure the battery holder inside my seat post. I just used the bubble wrap that came with the groupset. I'm wondering if this stuff makes for a better vibration insulator than using those fancy Di2 mounts? My cables on the FD/RD end are all rubber cemented in and I added coat of dielectric grease. Anyways, I've transported my bike multiple times on a car bike rack and I regularly ride on rough surface roads. Also I'm using Ebay batteries as well with no problems. May 26, 2024, 10:18:19 AM |
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Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
Today I finished up a ride and I was cleaning my ER9 bike when it fell on the drive side knocking the rear derailleur. It was enough of an impact to bend the derailleur hanger and threw off my RD fine-tuning adjustments. I had to realign the hanger and then redo my gear fine tuning. Luckily I was able to get everything back in working order. I'm at about 13,600 shifts with the ER9. Issues I've encountered so far is jamming the chain into the cassette (dumping too many gears without pedaling) and dropping the bike on the RD (throwing off indexing). Both issues fixed. Batteries are still in working order and front/rear derailleurs shifting properly. Let's see how long my ER9 will last! 
May 27, 2024, 04:32:41 PM |
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Re: Integrated Cockpit from Aliexpress
I'm planning on building a new gravel bike and am searching for a nice integrated dropbar in 38cm width. I think either will be fine. I do like the SPCycle bar though. I've had all sorts of AliEx carbon bars and all of them have held up to robust riding. May 29, 2024, 09:38:41 AM |
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Re: Am I nuts? 70 and 73mm disc brape caliper interface? IS -> L-Twoo?
LTwoo hydraulic calipers are flat mount brakes that need to use their own adapters, regardless of appearance. It's LTwoo's way of getting around Shimano brake mount patents. Your best bet is to use either regular post or flat mount calipers with appropriate adapter. I believe ZRace provides IS adapters for either caliper style.
May 29, 2024, 12:47:45 PM |
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