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Re: LTWOO eGR i've installed 5 er9 and 4 sensah 2x11 mech. for me, LTWOO > Sensah, any day of the week. The FD from Sensah is useless, i've had a Sensah RD die on me for no reason and Sensah told me to go F myself. Meanwhile, at least until now, my experience with ltwoo has been flawless. I'll be the 1st to start shitting on them if that changes, though.
People here keep saying erx has had problems. Afaik, the sleep issue was because of batteries with tabs instead of springs, that's fixed now, and SOME have complained about water ingress in the cable port of the RD, which you can seal with grease or liquid electric tape. Tracevelo literally submerged his egr and had no issues. I'm not aware of other issues?
And the er9/erx even has more functionality in the app than shimano; i dont get the hate.
March 13, 2024, 05:22:20 PM 		1
Re: TPU vs Latex innertube From Bicycle Rolling Resistance:

"Using latex inner tubes in tubeless tires is nearly as fast as setting them up tubeless. The most significant performance penalties are the higher weight of the inner tube and the loss of the re-sealing in case of a puncture that tubeless sealant in tubeless tires offers."

Sidenote: I ordered an electronic pump from Cycplus' latest update of pumps: E-Pump AS2 Pro. Offers up to 5 inflations at 80 PSI, and weighs less than two Co2 cartridges and inflator combined. To me this is the final nail in the coffin to running tubeless for road.
March 16, 2024, 06:31:32 PM 		1
Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
Quote from: Ronronson on March 17, 2024, 11:48:44 AM
What's the general feeling towards ltwoo erx in spring 2024? I've been tempted to pull the trigger on a number of occasions but too many of the YT influencers saying it's not a finished product, has inherent problems etc ( maybe ltwoo aren't paying them enough to endorse). Aliexpress have a sale this week, never been a better time to buy however I value reliability over anything.
If you value reliability over ANYTHING, then buy Shimano.
YouTubers often receive early units and they serve as beta testers. Bad strategy? These YouTubers had the battery with tabs and not springs, which caused most of the concerns.
Your concern over shilling is also warranted. Anybody who has a discount code on anything has an interest in you spending more, mathematically. And so if you don't see a discount code on l-twoo, they don't stand to benefit, which is worse. If they don't make money from it but then users report problems, then they just shit themselves in the foot twice.
I'm very happy with my 5 er9, but I kind of want them to fail to see what happens. I enjoy the tinkering and the grind of making my own bike infinitely more than buying off the shelf pre packaged branded stuff. Shimano for me is a patent troll and SRAM is the worst assemble of engineers in recent bike history, so I will get out of my way to try alternatives.
I still use a Shimano group on an old bike. That stuff will never die. You probably should buy Shimano if your key concern is reliability. L-twoo electric groups didn't exist a year ago. Nobody can tell you how they age long term. They may age like fine wine, they may age like Lindsay Lohan. Do you want modern day Lindsay Lohan on your bike?
March 17, 2024, 01:57:42 PM 		1
Re: Another Seaboard GR02 I'm really enjoying this bike. I built it up as a commuter but I've taken it on a few of the local dirt roads. I also brough it along on a trip to Las Vegas and rode the bike path from Boulder City down to the Hoover Dam. It handles really well. It feels much more like a road bike than my Carbonda 707, although the 707 is far better on rougher trails. The Seaboard would be a great frame for an all-road / light gravel build.
March 17, 2024, 11:47:25 PM 		1
Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets Ordered eGR on 3/11 and the came on 3/19,  didn't pay for air shipping but they got here to Texas in a week.  Pretty nice set up again.  I am disappointed that they don't ship it with mineral oil bottle, olives and barbs, or seatpost battery plug, but overall happy to this point.  Waiting on cassette and chain to install. 
March 20, 2024, 02:56:09 PM 		1
Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame I have a VB-268 frameset delivering later today. When it comes it to building up these super budget frames I find that a careful consideration of 3rd party components, wheels, and hardware are far more important than the frame itself. At this point I don't even bother ordering handlebars or headset bearings anymore.

Obviously a customer should not need to do this if the brand is providing decent equipment. But usually this is where the cost cutting measures have been made. Don't leave the 3 contact points up for chance.

Quality handlebar/stem/wheels from reputable brands, extra long compression plug, and a reliable bottom bracket. The marginal upgrade of each component collectively can transform most $500 frames.
March 22, 2024, 11:24:07 AM 		1
Re: My TanTan TT912 build I still need to revisit the Versa BTA plate. its rocking against the arm cup, making annoying noises.
i will probably swapped the armcup to the ones on my Controltech aerobar kit on my TCR(currently the bolt is siezed).
swapped to my old  tcr giant approach saddle, since its lower stack. i may be in market for a short-nose saddle as my aliEx Pro Stealth saddle base getting soft n saggy

btw, this frameset used Sram UDH style hanger.

I finally got the bike completed, minus the temp crankset  8)
im a lil afraid to do bike photoshoot since its like a flag/sail, can topple at anytime when theres wind ::)

Frame: TanTan TT912 size52 + IceCrack blue paintjob
Stem: TanTan alu stem 100mm
Basebar: TanTan HB096 400mm
Aero extension: TanTan HB086 44° + 80mm w/ 15° angled riser
Brake lever: Tektro TL720
Saddle: Giant Approach  (from tcr)
Crankset: 105R7000 170mm (from tcr)
Chainring: 50/34T (from tcr)
PM: xcadey xpower2 left crank 170mm (from tcr)
BB: ztto bb386-24 normal bearing
Shifter: Microshift BS-A11
RD: 105R7000 SS
Cassette: 105R7000 11-28
Wheelset: Parcours Chrono 77/86
Rotors: 140mm MT-RT900
Caliper: Onirii BR005 mechanical

Quote from: Serge_K on March 22, 2024, 01:16:49 PM
Looks awesome, well done!
The whole thing looks stiff indeed. That seatpost is scary, i dont see how anything can deflect, so good thing you have fat tyres and steel spokes and not carbon ones. Make sure you follow recommended PSI and dont go italian by putting 100psi in 32C tyres. I have italian friends, i stopped trying to explain to them that it makes no sense to over inflate big tyres. Good, big tyres at the right PSI completely change a bike.
Such a chonly boi will never be light, if you check out triathlon forums, you will see people's bikes are super heavy, comes with the territory.
The bike looks like a sail, for sure it's going to be awful in cross winds :) Be careful when you see trucks, you can get pushed or sucked in hard on something like that, try not to die.

Thanks for taking the time to post, it's great to see Chinese TT frames.
Currently im still on 28mm gp5k front n back. once the rear worn out, definately gonna fit in 32mm. the cockpit felt a lil better now with the bartapes.
Since i already have the frame, folks can just AMA  ;)

Quote from: fluffycustard on March 23, 2024, 10:18:03 AM
Really great to see updates on this, the price of TT bikes at the moment is painful. I would love to know the actual weight of this and if you manage to sort the rattling / things getting loose
in SG even 2nd hand tri bike market going at silly price for the age of the bike. my build(minus parcours wheelset) literally can get almost 2 new speedmax cf7 105 mech.
the headset rattling issue was sorted with the micro spacers that i forgot.
tomorrow i'll weight the bike

edit: it weights 10.3kg equipped as in pic. bta not yet attached.
heavy AF.
i did considered a lightweight build ala Sebastian Kienle Norseman Tri scott foil tt-cockpit, but decided to go proper tri frame geo
March 23, 2024, 11:21:42 AM 		1
Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets @Serge_K
It's 26€ handling + vat on 170 +-. Mostly between 45 and 50€.

Quote from: rutgervr on March 21, 2024, 12:56:52 PM
i am from BE and rideing the er9 groupset, I payed an extra 30€ on tax. They put the price lower without asking them .

But what I read about racing it in kermesse ... I don't know but if you pay 400€ you really can't compare it to shimano or sram. the groupset is okay but not more than that. I wouldn't recommend it to people who really want quality. I was riding this weekend in bad weather and the shifting reactions where just bad. Sometimes you just have to shift like 10 times before the RD reacts to it.

Worth taking the risk, sram front shifting was horrible never going back to that. I'll try to put something over the connections to protect it from water ingress.
March 25, 2024, 07:17:54 AM 		1
Re: new iGS800 Bike GPS Computer Certainly interesting, I've been on the 630 for a month and very happy with it, I consider it a straight upgrade in every way to the garmin 530 (except maybe the third party integrations but the app really isn't that bad). I trust them to beat the 1040 but magene is about to drop their own touchscreen computer for $160 so I would have hoped it was a little cheaper than $350.
I can't remember the last time I was excited for a western release, but between TPU tubes, DTSwiss clone hubs, hydraulic and then electronic groupsets and higher end bike computers, I feel spoiled.

Quote from: Tijoe on March 25, 2024, 11:16:22 AM
I wonder if it would sync up with Wheeltop EDS OX and TX electric derailleurs.

They sync with LTWOO eRX already, no doubt they would sync with wheeltop
March 25, 2024, 11:55:17 AM 		1
Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc! 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
March 27, 2024, 10:05:25 AM 		1