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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Wheeltop EDS GeX
« on: December 18, 2024, 02:33:37 PM »
Finally got everything installed, lever feel is great with magura calipers, the bits is well modulated but strong. Indexing was easy and pretty painless.

Quote from: trcycling on December 18, 2024, 01:48:36 PM
Yeah, I've got a spare cable on it's way. I don't ever like to have electronic gear with proprietary connectors without a backup.  :)  But I don't think I'd want to even try to pull power from my phone (I'm not sure iPhones support it but I'm curious now)  But definitely a battery pack if away for a while.

My phone has a 4600mah battery,wheeltop battery is 800mah, 100-200 mah from a phone battery is a tiny percentage. Powerbank can stay in the hotel or garage.

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Wheeltop EDS GeX
« on: December 18, 2024, 01:00:37 PM »
Quote from: trcycling on December 17, 2024, 06:58:02 PM
Question to those who've been running Wheeltop groupsets for a while (GeX or otherwise):

Is the app battery status indicator reliable? (IOW is it reasonably accurate in representing SoC and tracking consistently)

I went out for 4 hour ride this weekend and it went UP from 83% to 85%. If the battery lasts the 20k shifts that Wheeltop claims (GeX), that's totally explainable by the nature of state of charge approximations and the battery being COLD in the morning and warm when I got home (IOW down a few % of use but up a few more % worth of voltage due to temps).  But it could also be erratic readings. I'd like to be able to trust the general level reported.

No idea, I'm planning to buy an extra charger cable + usbc-usba adapter to add to my recur kit, it adds less weight than a tire lever and you can charge the deraileur with your phone.

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Wheeltop EDS GeX
« on: December 17, 2024, 05:52:26 PM »
Luckily my magura calipers also come prebleed, I will be installing them this week.

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Wheeltop GeX or Ltwoo eGR?
« on: December 17, 2024, 05:12:00 PM »
I got the wheeltop because cable routing on my steel frame wasn't adequate for wires and internal battery. If the frame had proper cable routing I would have chosen ltwoo, wired over wireless all the time. Wires are only an issue for first install, then you get slightly faster response and noticeably better battery life.

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Wheeltop EDS GeX
« on: December 17, 2024, 03:36:53 PM »
Quote from: eeney on December 17, 2024, 02:55:22 PM
I can only compare against the Sram Rival brakes I replaced, the Wheeltop are much much better, I was decending last week using one finger from the brakes on steep bumpy dirt descents.

Not in love with SRAM rival either, moving from ratio 1x12 rival to wheeltop gex, no matter how much bleeding I did on a couple of rides my rear brake got the shift paddle stuck on the handlebar, the bike had external routing so bleeding was fine.

Braking power was good descending 800m altitude forest paths without fading, but didn't like the lever travel.

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Wheeltop EDS GeX
« on: December 17, 2024, 02:19:44 PM »
Does anyone have an opinion on the new wheeltop calipers? I installed my gex groupset with magura mt4 calipers because my frame doesn't take flat-mount.

My "old" road bike has shimano rs805 calipers, I don't know if my new unused wheeltop calipers would be an upgrade or downgrade, but they look nice.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: WheelTop EDS TX Full Wireless Groupset (Chinese SRAM)
« on: December 14, 2024, 01:03:25 PM »
I installed the wheeltop eds gex on my steelbike, previously on rival1 11 speed and later 12speed with ratio kit... no luck going to smallest sprocket, with all the tension removed from the H screw and all microadjust to the limit in initial setup it s hesitant to go to smallest sprocket, installed the waser( RD and hanger bolt) that came with it, I found a solution that I don't like... unscrewing the RD bolt from the hanger makes it go further slightly and it works properly.

My cassete is a sunrace 12 speed 11-50 on a hg freehub, is it safe to add more spacers to make it go outwards? it's alreadytight, no loose sprockets, is adding wasers to the RD and hanger interface safe?

I will check if the issue is the specific frame, so i will pop the deraileur on my mtb and road bike and check.

Quote from: Nomuetze on December 13, 2024, 02:55:20 AM
From what I see I would not recommend using magura pin on wheeltop levers…as it’s designed around bh59/90 shimano standard … I’d rather use wheeltop insert/pin on the lever side…

I will install wheeltop everything on the lever side, thanks!

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: WheelTop EDS TX Full Wireless Groupset (Chinese SRAM)
« on: December 12, 2024, 05:01:34 AM »
Quote from: Nomuetze on December 07, 2024, 01:36:19 AM
It’s pointless…
As said…if you use wheeltop hose…use bh59 pin/olive…either end!
If you use higher standard hosing like Shimano ultegra/dura ace…use bh90 pin/olive
Olive same, pin different….
That’s it….

I m using magura post mount calipers with magura hose,  on lever side i will use wheeltop olive but not sure about pin, should i use wheeltop one/ that should be inbetween sizes of bh59 and bh90? Or should i go with bh59 despite being slightly thicker.

I have read that magura pin is too ong for shimano levers and damage can happen, can it fit wheeltop levers properly?

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