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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Gravel Bars (Carbon vs Alloy) (Flared vs Regular)
« on: January 19, 2023, 06:22:37 PM »
Quote from: Tijoe on January 19, 2023, 11:57:23 AM
I ordered a pair of ZNIINO flared carbon bars.   They really helped with the majority of my wrist pain.  I've been riding them on the gravel bike for about 3500 miles.
Since then, I ordered 3 more pairs over the past 2 years.  I installed them on my 29er hardtail bike packer,  and on 2 of my road bikes.   

I was actually looking at these. They have two flare options. 25 or 30 degrees. Which did you go with?

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Gravel Bars (Carbon vs Alloy) (Flared vs Regular)
« on: January 19, 2023, 11:27:44 AM »
Ok so this topic has probably been done to death, but I'd like the forums thoughts on it. A few years ago, the general consensus was chinese carbon bars were not worth the risk. Has this changed?

My gravel frame (Flyxii FE-02) is on the way and I had fully intended to go with alloy bars, but now am considering carbon. The price for most flared alloy bars is similar if not more expensive than Chinese carbon bars from my online perusing. I could go super budget with kalloy uno regular bar stem combo. Are the flared bars just gravel aesthetics, or are there tangible benefits?

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
« on: January 17, 2023, 01:08:14 PM »
Quote from: coffeebreak on January 16, 2023, 10:49:20 PM
Received RXL SL handlebar from Amazon today

I was under the impression any chinese carbon branded RXL was just a knockoff of the old Bontrager RXL line of products. Or just using that name for recognition.

I had Toseek aero handlebar on my road bike and they were ok. Routing was a pain.

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Traditional cable routing options????
« on: January 16, 2023, 10:21:33 AM »
Quote from: ChrisB on January 15, 2023, 03:35:39 PM
How about Chasing wind GT20 with either BB386 press fit or new also with T47 bottom bracket:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003088890594.html

I routed the cables outside to keep the radiuses gentle for hydro/mechanical breaks and easy maintenance.
Very happy with the frame so far. Tires up to 700x45 in my case riding with 700Cx38 and plenty of room left in the frame.

Here a picture:



BR Chris

I had seen this in the other thread, but the geo puts me oddly between sizes. Ended up pulling the trigger on the flyxii.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
« on: January 14, 2023, 09:48:41 PM »
Quote from: coffeebreak on January 14, 2023, 03:10:06 PM
Anyone has experience with A-Ex gloves? Need pointers.

How’s your bike fit? When I was tearing through gloves I realized my fit was a bit off on my new bike causing me to grip the bars abnormally.
I’ve tried cheap gloves in the past and found it not worth the savings. Maybe quality has changed since then? It was a few years ago.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
« on: January 13, 2023, 03:05:27 PM »
I need to stop visiting this thread lol! My Ali wishlist is getting out of hand!

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
« on: January 12, 2023, 03:16:57 PM »
Quote from: jonathanf2 on January 12, 2023, 12:02:21 PM
Well I'm going to have to reverse my decision on this crankset.

The drive side crank works fine, but the big problem is the 2 bolt clamping setup on the non-drive side crank arm. The design is way too fragile. Even with a low torque setting, I ended up cracking the non-drive side crank arm. This type of design is fine with alloy cranks like Shimano, but I think it would have been better to use some sort of center bolt locking setup that doesn't apply force to the carbon left crank arm.

Bummer. That was a great price point for a light carbon crank. Glad you got shipping taken care of. Thanks for sharing your experience.

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Traditional cable routing options????
« on: January 12, 2023, 02:53:37 PM »
I'm wanting to build up a gravel bike but would really prefer not routing through the headtube. Maybe I just need to get with the times and accept thats the new norm?

I was first thinking an alu Seaboard frame but its limited to 42mm tires, and after shipping its pretty close to the carbon options. The only traditional routing offerings with good tire clearance seem to be the flyxii fe-02 or carbonda 696. Significant price difference between these two. Flyxii comes out to about $500, and the 696 just about $800.

Are there other options I'm missing?

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Groupset News
« on: January 09, 2023, 09:11:02 PM »
I’m hoping they make an 11s version of the gravel group.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Groupset News
« on: January 09, 2023, 01:24:08 PM »
Yeah, hadn't realized lower end grx was available on Ali. Even found some tiagra for a great deal. The times I searched grx it seemed way overpriced.

Unfortunately that other components site won't ship to US. (weeps in yankee)  :'(

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Groupset News
« on: January 09, 2023, 11:30:35 AM »
Quote from: svanimpe on January 08, 2023, 02:40:51 PM
I also look forward to more L-Twoo groupsets, but they'll have to lower the price. Currently, I can buy a GRX 600 groupset for the same price as an L-Twoo RX, so why would I take the risk...

Where?! GRX group similar to what ltwoo offers is about twice as much from my searching.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
« on: January 08, 2023, 10:13:34 AM »
I’m hoping they come out with longer crank arms soon. Definitely interested in this crank for a gravel build.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Groupset News
« on: January 05, 2023, 02:05:40 PM »
The year of the groupsets. Hoping Sensah makes some waves with their upcoming kit as well.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: LTWOO RX hydro sets
« on: January 05, 2023, 10:56:43 AM »
1x12 is now available. RD does seem to have a clutch mechanism on it. Some stores are offering a nice coupon or discount. Currently in my Ali cart as I figure out how I'll explain this to my wife.  ;D

shorturl.at/BGIT2

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: eeSilk Suspension stem on Aliexpress
« on: January 03, 2023, 07:57:05 PM »
Hard to tell if it even works without seeing the internals. There are some redshift suspension stems on Ali as well with terrible reviews. It looks like the real deal, but internal mechanism is not functional.

Personally, I wouldn’t trust it.

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