I just received the LEESE LSE-C01 carbon crank from Aliexpress which took nearly a week to arrive in Asia. The format is in EASTON DUB as I have the TIME Alpe d'Huez in DUB, making the swap a straight forward affair should I replace the current crankset.

The crankarms are detachable from the DUB axle which made installing of spider or powermeter a breeze. Indeed I have a XCADEY Gen 2-S powermeter spider lying around since the previous LEXON Carbon crank could not install this spider properly. All I took was less than 5 minutes to assemble the powermeter together with the crankset and it was all set to be mounted on the bike. Of course, I do not have a torque wrench to go 40nm but a good yank of the allen key till there is no play is probably going to keep things together.

Total weight is 500 grams flat = crankarms + axle + XCADEY Spider; compare that to a Shimano Ultegra R8100 crankset which weighs 700 grams without chainring and we get a decent 200 grams shaved off.

I have done a short introduction video here - youtu.be/SdwSQCgpMFM  in youtube.

SO far it has been performing well. Stiff and light, the only issue of the loosening lockring on non-drive side has been solved. The tiny bolt binding it came loose so I applied some medium strength threadlock and now it remained tight.

For the record, on the Bryton Rider 420 here are the gear set ups:

Front Derailleur:
Gear 1 - Small Chainring
Gear 2 - Big Chainring

Rear Derailleur
Gear 1 - Biggest Cog
Gear X (depending on speeds) - Smallest Cog eg. 10T/11T/12T

Interesting choice to setup shop in Portland. They'll definitely be testing their groupset water proofing there (rains a lot). Great city for cycling and especially gravel!

I've ridden it a few times in the rain so far it held up fine. Just make sure you clean it up after the ride especially for the chrome parts to avoid corrosion.

I had an issue recently with the 6th to 7th gear shifting but the local bike guy sorted it for me. Minor issue aside, its been pretty much uneventful using the groupset since February 2024.

2 months since I built my EDS TX on the TIME ADH2023. I must say it is pretty reliable so far and even survived a crash and worked normally.

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The discussion on those lightweight Chinese cassettes do hold water as shifting is not as crisp as a Shimano cassette. Nevertheless at their current pricepoint, they are really irresistable buys with the amazing lightness. I am currently using the Zitto 11T-30T (12s) and there will always be a gear that will be tad bit off after a few rides. Not sure why but a quick tweak with the variable gear setting sorted that out.

mine is arrived, and have the lockring with internali splines

My seller is going to send me the correct lockring with internal splines shortly. Hope that can come and sort out the powermeter installation soon.

We tried that but the flange on the tool is too thick. I have ordered a RACE FACE -CINCH lockring with internal splines instead to test. So stay tuned.

If you ordered the crankset separately from the powermeter, there may be an issue with the crank lockring as pictured

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The lockring can be hand tightened in but the grooves have no space for tools to fit in and tighten it. However, this may not be the case if the seller is offering a mounted crank unit to the powermeter as mine came separately.

The solution is to use an internal groove lockring like the Race Face CINCH for Easton lockring. Small hiccup but not catastrophic so the project will be delayed while I use the standard alloy spider  that came with the crank.
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