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29er / Re: Welcome to Chinertown - Introduce Yourself!
« on: February 21, 2025, 10:11:23 AM »
Been a lurker for a while. Always been happy to buy Chinese stuff.
Nice to found a forum with lots of useful info.

Currently waiting on a set of wheels from Peter  :)

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 2025 new carbon crankset
« on: February 21, 2025, 06:57:51 AM »
Quote from: PeterXu on February 20, 2025, 03:41:17 AM
230 USD/ set for DUB 29mm aluminum version crankset only

We offer spider, different versions chainrings as well:  https://photos.app.goo.gl/XwGd4ANeadbm8yrX8

Nice, just patiently waiting for 24mm 165mm version then

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 2025 new carbon crankset
« on: February 18, 2025, 02:21:00 AM »
Watching with interest. Need the 24mm version.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Tavelo Arow vs Quick Pro AR:ONE vs T1550 Gen 2 vs C5 Aero
« on: February 11, 2025, 10:00:13 AM »
Quote from: patliean1 on February 11, 2025, 09:47:17 AM
As a legitimate racer, what aspects of your 2020 Propel are you looking to improve upon that one of these newer frames would potentially offer?

Hey Pat, glad you've replied as it's your youtube that has sent me down this rabbit hole.
Just getting a pair of wheels from Peter. ;)

TBH I love the old propel, the only real issues for me are the lack of tyre clearance on the rear and the awful stem setup. I managed to get a defy stem to fit a round bar and have some 32cm Chinese bars.

I am still in 2 minds as 2 keep the Propel and fit a carbon crank and new wheels and just carry on as I had it custom painted a couple of years back and it still looks great.

The Tavelo looks like a great alternative if just for the sake of changing bikes. I love the look of Jesse's and my club kit is a white to orange grad so the bike would look great.
I know I know, but I'm a graphic designer so these things matter. Just a little put off by the BB.

In some respects I also just want to do something different as there are too many Tarmac owners around where I live.

Of course the other option is buy the 2025 Propel frame, but it just feels like having the same bike?

Thanks for your insight.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Tavelo Arow vs Quick Pro AR:ONE vs T1550 Gen 2 vs C5 Aero
« on: February 11, 2025, 09:19:09 AM »
Quote from: toxin on February 11, 2025, 06:57:21 AM
Non-SL propel is a little under 1000g for the painted frame and 400 ish for thr fork

T1500 and its derivatives aren't the most serious aero bikes, I'd only go there if the geo really suits you. They tied a bit more with the c5 aero, but still nothing special

Tavelo design is sound, if you're ok with some very tight tolerances

If going for Quick, might as well wait a couple weeks for ER:One

Might even be able to get an xds AD9 here at some point

Thanks, that's all very good info. I did see that the ER:ONE was on the horizon but hadn't seen it was that soon.

Isn't that propel weight for the current model? I have the previous one and assumed it was heavier.
I'd keep the propel if it wasn't for the crazy stem.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Tavelo Arow vs Quick Pro AR:ONE vs T1550 Gen 2 vs C5 Aero
« on: February 11, 2025, 06:24:29 AM »
Hey all, first post so please be nice.

I've been going round in circles for weeks on what frame to get.
A bit of background, I'm 169cm/70kg race crits and road bike TTs, don't live near mountains. Currently ride a 2020 Propel disc with 13cm stem and 32cm bars and can get a good areo postion and do okay in races.

So as per the title I'm in a toss up between 4 frames, ideally I'd like to get my new build down from my current Propel (7.8kg no pedals)
I have new wheels coming already that should save around 200g off the propel and could/will change to carbon crank, save another 200g?

I can't find the weight of the propel frame and fork anywhere to make an informed decision on whether any of the above would be better.
I love the look of the Tavelo TBH, but youtube makes the AR:ONE sound great too.

Happy for hot takes and or experience of the above

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