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Re: Velobuild GF-002
The routing on these bar/stems is pain in the arse. I spent so much time on it. In the end two things helped, lot of cursing and inserting shifter cables first and then brake cables. But that is still a LOT of work and frustration may ensue. It was much later that I came across this simple trick and used on Fuji roadie to convert to semi icr - February 03, 2023, 12:50:13 PM |
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Re: Eddie's Airwolf YFR066 Build Thread
Sorry to sneak into this thread as a +1. I've ordered a YFR066 frameset and integrated bars and have just been told it's been collected by DPD in China. The frameset was ordered on 18th December BTW and communication with Airwolf has been fine. It's going to be a slightly unusual build as I'm speccing the bike for very hilly sportive events (specifically the Fred Whitton Challenge here in the UK). Gearing will be 50/34 11-40, giving a 23" lowest gear. So far I've built the wheels, using Ryet hubs and 38mm rims off Aliexpress (Carbon Beam Store) with Sapim Race spokes - they come in at 1402g for the pair. If there is interest in yet another YFR066 build, I'll keep the forum posted on how things go. January 21, 2024, 11:02:19 AM |
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Re: ICAN FL1
Ok, I see your cat detected the problem on the chain 
January 11, 2025, 10:59:04 AM |
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Re: Spcycle New Mold SP-R088 Carbon Road Frame
UPDATE: They will send me a new frame, Kudos to the customer service, they are quick to respond and very kind. I only have to wait another month before I can continue building but that's okay May 09, 2025, 05:17:14 AM |
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Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
A friend broke his er9 shifter, he crashed on it, so ordered and installed a new one (vs a batch from 2023, probably one of the first ones). The bleed screws are now bigger, and the shift buttons click more (feels like the new button has more travel for it to click and the button is less rigid (which makes sense if you have to travel more for one click). Newer ER9 RDs have died much less frequently than the 1st batches. They modified the tab / spring system in the battery very early on after people reported the tabs made the battery die. Given LTWOO designs and manufactures everything in China, and all the above, it's evident that they make changes to the product on the fly, unlike Shimano or SRAM who have strict product releases schedules for lots of reasons, from marketing to the fact that they aren't on the factory floor, but on another continent. There's no list tracking the changes that i know of. I assume that when they make a change, it's for the best. So, all else equal, probably best to buy new stock than old. Especially if it's like Aliexpress from a "reputable" store (not one with a random name full of numbers, I guess) vs second hand on ebay or something like that. We can also assume that Chinese groupsets will converge faster with Shimano SRAM because users are guinea pigs and it's in their interest to do iterative updates constantly, so it may take them 1y to address 20 reported problems, when it may take 3y for Shimano to do the same. We also shouldnt be surprised that Chinese groupsets fail more at first, for the same reason. It's easy for them to modify something that breaks, so makes sense to spend less time testing prototypes ahead of releases. Dick move, sure, but rational. After 11k km on the er9 (i'm on my 2nd RD), i need to do maintenance on my calipers, my front brake is noisy (disc rub), something must have moved and i wonder if the pistons are getting sticky, my rear brake is weak (I changed the hose and used a basic one, i think it's the problem), and my right shifter is shifting worse, in the sense that if i dont click exactly in the right place, sometimes it doesnt shift. If i were racing, i'd have to look into it immediately. But i dont, so i'm not losing sleep over it. Edit: my front pads were dead, i was starting to brake with the metal from the pads, instead of the compound ON the pads  I reset the pistons, changed the pads, re-centered the caliper, used a tiny shim when tightening the caliper in position on one side, and my front brake works well again, w/o rub. No sticky pistons or anything, was just user error, like it usually is...One thing i'm unsure about, is that out of the saddle, i get a tiny bit of rub. Idk if it's because the fork is soft, the steel spokes are soft, the rim is soft, or i'm just a cow. Doesn't bother me, and the bike's comfortable, but I wonder. I might try a friend's carbon spoked wheel this summer to see if it's the wheel or the fork, I'm curious, not that it matters either way, performance wise, afaik. May 14, 2025, 10:32:08 PM |
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Re: Can we migrate this forum to a modern forum? I'm tired of the broken pages.
Sitar_Ned is the forum's administrator. You can reach out to them via PM or email. Honestly, not much capacity at all. It's just me and I am in no way a web developer or webmaster. Just a simpleton Arkansas mountain biker that somehow figured out how to get this forum up 10 years ago. I know the broken pages are annoying... and I am sorry about that... I do try to fix them immediately when they pop up so please do let me know.. I really appreciate it. I do have plans to upgrade to the latest SMF version to fix little issues like that but I'm sorry to disappoint anyone but there are no plans to "modernize" the forum in any way. No desire to have some modern mobile-friendly, super slick, dark mode interface. Chinertown will remain old-school looking with zero ads and zero optimizations for Google search. My main goal going forward is to keep AI out of the forum as much as possible. That's just my jam but I do understand if it isn't for everyone. That said, I am certainly open and interested to hear everyone's input/advice/ideas and really appreciate it. June 06, 2025, 06:52:42 AM |
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