Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!

[Eddy_Twerckx]

I have the West Biking 3D printed saddle. Came in at around 185g with the full carbon rails. It’s sitting in the parts bin right now because I just couldn’t get along with it. Have a Power Mirror on another bike so maybe I’m spoiled. But it wasn’t comfortable for my behind. Which is odd because the 3D printed material feels almost identical to the Mirror in squish/firmness. So it has to be the shape. Unfortunately it means I’m out $150 being an early adopter.

[00Garza]

You can have a look on the used market for these. There are many in my country going for 30-40, cheaper than the aliexpress cheapest simply because people didn't like them.
Shame they only offer 150mm ish versions

Where do you live?! They’re still going for over $200 used here in the US.

[kbernstein]

Where do you live?! They’re still going for over $200 used here in the US.

I meant the aliexpress ones. There are 3 for sale for 60 right now, all barely test ridden. And I've seen one for 40 but still went for another

[coffeebreak]

There's market for used Chiner goods? I have hardly ever seen the stuff that we talk here being sold on FBMP or the likes. At the most I see JuinTech brakes or ZRACE cranksets but that's about it.

[coffeebreak]

Didn't know this existed. Purely for aesthetics purposes, looks good. Anyone tried them yet?

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805651979789.html

[00Garza]

Wow. First their cranks get copied, now their mechs.
I think like most copies it looks good, but I'd have serious doubts about the quality of the internals when it comes to complex items like this.

[coffeebreak]

Wow. First their cranks get copied, now their mechs.
I think like most copies it looks good, but I'd have serious doubts about the quality of the internals when it comes to complex items like this.

I think, mechanical derailleurs aren’t very complicated. Though the original runs 700 bucks a pop  ..thats some serious dough just for that “custom look”. Be interesting to see if indexing, shifting etc differs from Shimano.

[TidyDinosaur]

I don't like these blatant copies. That's one step too far..

[electrolux]

Didn't know this existed. Purely for aesthetics purposes, looks good. Anyone tried them yet?

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805651979789.html

Looks like the store has a lot of copies. Their cages come in garbaruk packaging.

Some SLF motion aero cage copies there too!

[electrolux]

I think, mechanical derailleurs aren’t very complicated. Though the original runs 700 bucks a pop  ..thats some serious dough just for that “custom look”. Be interesting to see if indexing, shifting etc differs from Shimano.

I'd love to give one of these a try. The indexing is on the shifter side so as long as your limit screws are set and they have used a decent spring I dont see much going wrong. They might use some cheap limit screws which strip easily or something.

[jonathanf2]

Didn't know this existed. Purely for aesthetics purposes, looks good. Anyone tried them yet?

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805651979789.html

I saw this on my AliEx feed awhile ago, but I find this RD to be fairly ugly. Also in terms of serviceability, it looks like the lower jockey wheel isn't something you could easily replace with off-the-shelf parts.

[jcr]

Anyone have tried the Ryet cassette or are they SRoad?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004883219052.html

[jonathanf2]

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804815422658.html

I just wanted to do a long term follow-up on this hollowed out crankset. After putting quite a bit of time riding with them, I think I can recommend them at this point. I believe they're the lightest non-carbon crankset on AliEx coming in at sub-500g. I've tried them on both a threaded BSA alloy frame and now a pressfit carbon frame (with built-in alloy sleeve) and I have remedied the creaking issue associated with these cranks. The trick is to trash the M5 hex screws that come with them and replace them with M5x25mm titanium screws (preferably grade 5) which can handle far more torque. I believe after 7nm the stock screws will strip. With the titanium screws, I have them torqued up to 9nm and made sure the entire assembly was well greased. On my current PF carbon gravel frame, it's been very smooth and quiet.

Just keep in mind your own body weight (I weigh sub 70kg) and how much wattage you're putting out. I think for 1x gravel applications they work great, since they cut significant weight, direct mount chainrings are plentiful on AliEx and they aren't too expensive if you crash your bike and damage them.

[jonathanf2]

Anyone have tried the Ryet cassette or are they SRoad?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004883219052.html

Those are just the alloy/steel Sunshine cassettes. I'd only use them as a "race day" cassette and stick to Shimano 105/Ultegra cassettes for actual durability.

[coffeebreak]

Anyone have tried the Ryet cassette or are they SRoad?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004883219052.html

If you are in the USA, REI has 50% off on Ultegra R8000 11 speed cassettes. The 11-28 comes in at $43, 11-32 is $46 while 12s Ultegra is at $56. Pretty good prices IMO.
https://www.rei.com/product/131423/shimano-ultegra-11-speed-cassette