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Re: New gravel carbon frame set with small suspension LCG073-D Could you share the price?
September 08, 2023, 09:43:48 AM
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Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets Hi all, Im having issues whit the erx rear derailur. The derailur recognizes 11 gear as 1 gear, this means that I am not able to shift up from 11 gear to 1 gear. I have tried to reset to factory settings whit no help.
September 12, 2023, 08:46:50 AM
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Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
I'm still leaning more and more towards ER9 instead of 105 for my next build, even at equal pricepoint

Same here. I was so hoping that er9 would be as good as it seemed. These issues make me hesitate a bit but I still I'm gonna give it a go. Let alone the fact that I can reuse my 11sp components for now. I don’t need to upgrade to 12sp like with Shimano. I don’t need to use proprietary flat top chains like with Sram. I can fine trim the LTWOO RD to work perfectly with whatever cassette. All this makes it very tempting.

September 12, 2023, 01:13:53 PM
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Re: Groupset News Perhaps it was on the forum ridinggravel or on Reddit. I use the ID "@烂薄荷_" within China, which means "rotten mint". Although I'm not as professional as the OP, and my comments might be more subjective, I am indeed willing to share these fresh news with everyone.
也许是Gravel论坛或者是reddit。我在国内用“烂薄荷_"这个ID,意思是”腐烂的薄荷“。不过我没有OP那么专业,说的话可能也会更加主观,但是我确实乐意向大家分享这些新鲜的消息。
I have read your name somewhere else before but can't recall where exactly. May be weighweenies? In any case, glad you are here and hopefully providing more insider tidbits like SW.

September 12, 2023, 10:22:52 PM
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Re: Groupset News I would like to share some information I have about the L-twoo eGR with everyone. The basic performance parameters, I believe, do not need further elaboration as they are clearly stated on the official L-twoo website(https://www.ltwoo.com/). However, the technical manual may not have been translated into English yet.

The comprehensive distribution of the eGR to the consumer market is likely to wait until early next year, and it may take even longer for overseas users. This could be due to the logic that L-twoo needs to have enough OEM orders (orders from complete bicycle manufacturers, such as XDS or TRINX) before being able to cater to retail consumers.

The eGR does not differentiate between aluminum alloy and carbon fiber versions. eGR is the only name, with an aluminum alloy handlebar and a carbon fiber rear derailleur cage.

The eGR's dual-control levers are not exactly the same as the eRX/eR9. L-twoo has modified the button shape of the eGR, making it larger and easier to touch. They have also improved the button feel, enhanced the button's travel, and improved tactile feedback.
(Here is a video showing the feel):
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1K94y1x7nu/?share_source=copy_web&vd_source=6df32e378224c6b777e3a0681a05b579

From the renderings and weight analysis, it appears that the left handlebar of the eGR still has buttons and can control the rear derailleur.

[One speculation: Perhaps both the left and right handlebars of the eGR can simultaneously control the same rear derailleur, and I hope there will be an app for customizing the buttons. This would make the eGR have a very interesting shifting logic, such as using the left hand exclusively for downshifting, with the slim buttons on the right for upshifting and the larger buttons for downshifting.]

In the future, L-twoo may continue to develop derivative products for the eGR, such as an electronic dropper seatpost. This could be the reason why the left hand of the eGR still retains its buttons.

L-twoo's ambitions go beyond this, and in the near future, they may release a completely wireless MTB electronic shifter, similar to what Wheel-Top and SRAM have done.

我想向大家分享一下我所掌握的有关L-twoo eGR的一些消息
基本的性能参数我觉得不需要再赘述了,全新的L-twoo官网上都有写明,可能只有技术手册还没有被翻译成英文
eGR对C端的全面铺货大概率要等到明年年初,而对于海外用户来说可能需要更久
这其中的逻辑可能是因为L-twoo需要先拥有足够的OE订单(来自整车厂的订单,例如xds、千里达之类的),才有能力去应对零售消费者
eGR不区分铝合金/碳纤维版本。eGR就是唯一的名称,其手柄为铝合金材质,后拨链器笼为碳纤维材质
eGR和eRX/eR9的双控手柄并非完全一样,L-twoo修改了eGR的按键形状,让它变得更大更容易触摸,同时还改进了按键手感,加强了按键的行程和触感反馈
从渲染图和重量分析,eGR的左手柄依然有按键,并且可以对后拨进行控制
【一种猜测:也许eGR的左右手柄都可以同时控制同一个后拨链器,并且我希望可以用app对按键进行自定义,这样就会让eGR有非常有趣的变速逻辑(例如左手全部是降档,而右手的细长按键用来升档,粗大按键用来降档)】
L-twoo在未来可能会继续开发eGR的衍生产品,例如电子升降座杆,这可能是eGR左手没有被取消按键的原因
L-twoo的野心不止于此,在不久的将来应该会发布纯无线的MTB电子变速器,就像Wheel-Top和SRAM做的那样

September 13, 2023, 01:12:41 AM
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Re: Groupset News
That would increase their cost thus price to consumers. China factories aren't magic where they can build the same quality and reliability at half the cost. They are consciously making this decision to fill in a gap in the market for value buyers.

no, that's just plain idiocy

September 14, 2023, 11:18:46 PM
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Re: 3D Printed Saddles
It seems like there are 3 new Ryet saddles in total: T50 that is seen in the photos above, X6 and X7p. Not a fan of how X7p looks like, starts out nice and narrow, but then goes full triangle mode and gets real wide real fast. T50 looks nice and solid all around, although the pressure relief channel is bit narrow. X6 has similar shape to T50, but has wider relief channel and different looking mesh (not sure how it affects comfort). I kinda want to buy X6, but gotta see how comfortable is that different looking mesh. One interesting point across all three saddles is that they are advertising 1cm extra rail length.

T50: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005843482948.html
X6: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005871294163.html
X7p: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005871242590.html

I just received the X6 saddle and WOW. That's the best saddle I've ever used. It is super comfortable, it is almost flat and the length is great sitting in between short 24cm and long 28cm saddles. Just perfect for me.

I don't know what is the exact difference between the T50 but from what I assume the X6 has to be more comfortable with thicker padding. Because it weight 20g more and the only thing that is different is the 3d mesh. The base is the same.
Also when You look to the description it say road/mtb in the usage section, opposed to only road in the T50.

Based on this I think X6 is more comfortable. Tbh when I ordered I did not even notice that those 2 differ. I am using X6 for my road bike, but I think I will order one for my gravel bike asweel. I am a little tempted to try the T50, but on the other hand why choose other one if this one is so good. Especially that I have a collection of saddles I don't use in my closet and don't need more. And those aliexpress saddles are rather hard to sell, like ie the ryet premium superlight saddle which was just to hard for me.

Edit: after few longer rides I gotta change my opinion on the saddle. The padding on longer rides starts to hurt and rubs te contact points which causes pain :/

September 15, 2023, 03:34:55 AM
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Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
Since the topic is about out front mounts.. My thinkrider hinge broke last month (but was overall good) and because I was too lazy to contact support I bought a rockbros mount (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005305832809.html)
It's been horrible, incredibly wobbly, secure enough to ride but the GPS is loose and I'm afraid I might damage the quarterturn on the back. I've tried tightening more, less, swapping them but no luck. They sent me another one and it's the exact same. Support is advising me the mechanical equivalent of "Have you tried turning it off and back on?"
I know it's not my GPS because my old mount doesn't wobble at all (but I can't clamp it to my handlebars). I want to believe I'm doing something wrong with the assembly of the garmin chip into the bracket, has anyone ever had issues like this? Should I put locktite or similar? Surely they couldn't have sent me 2 faulty mounts in a row...

I'm 0/2 for Aliexpress mounts for my Wahoo... both of them had the issues out of the box. They somehow take a lot of resistance to twist in, but when locked, the computer wobbles with ~1mm of play. Very much like a chair whose legs are too short so it rocks diagonally. I'm starting to believe that the locking inserts that most sellers use are crap. I ended up going back to my KOM Cycling mount from Amazon, which was still relatively cheap and locks my computer smoothly with no play after 5000 miles of use.

September 22, 2023, 03:15:06 PM
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Bikepacking racks Hi,

I see some rear racks in Ali made of steel/aluminum, quite heavy (over 1kg). Do you know of any more minimalistic rack system in that platform? Specifically something similar to lightweight designs such as the tailfin.

September 24, 2023, 02:17:43 AM
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Re: Avoid OG-Evkin Official Store on Aliexpress I bought one of their carbon computer mounts. The wahoo insert was garbage, sounded like it was snapping every time I put my wahoo in plus it was a little loose when engaged. Changed it to the garmin one and it was somewhat better, but still crap compared to my k edge, which is beautifully smooth. In addition, the gopro mount completely crumbled under an entire single newtonmeter of torque. Pathetic. I put in a claim through aliexpress and got a refund.

Wouldn't go near this company again. Garbage.

September 25, 2023, 04:37:38 AM
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