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

[lantz]

I have Rhinowalk and Rockbros bags that I really like, but could not find any with the holes prepared to fix them to the frame by the top tube screws.... all of them seem to use straps.

I just received delivery of two of these bags, that are making use of two fork screws found on many gravel bikes:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004924461877.html

Just installed the fixation rails on both sides of the fork, they make a really good impression.
The bags can be removed with a quick release, so it is easy to attach and remove them when needed.

These bags will replace the handlebar bag I used for the past year to commute:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32841806762.html

This also works well but attaching the bag is more difficult and you need to make sure to pack it carefully to the diameter is not too big and touches the front wheel...

BR Chris

How are you feeling about these bags a couple of years in? I have everything cages on my fork, but i like this pannier system.

[jonathanf2]

What's everyone planning to buy this upcoming 11.11 sale? I'm planning on a new gravel frameset and few spare parts.

[coffeebreak]

What's everyone planning to buy this upcoming 11.11 sale? I'm planning on a new gravel frameset and few spare parts.

Parts for mini-velo! A 20 inch wheelset or wheel building parts at least. I have been meaning to learn wheel-building, may be finally this is the time.

[kbernstein]

Rhinowalk has a bunch of new-ish bags that all look quality. A year ago there wasn't a single top tube screw mount bag and now there are at least 4 models on ali that all look better than the cervelo bag I had to get, for cheap

[lantz]

Rhinowalk has a bunch of new-ish bags that all look quality. A year ago there wasn't a single top tube screw mount bag and now there are at least 4 models on ali that all look better than the cervelo bag I had to get, for cheap

I love the Rhinowalk top-tupe screw mount bag that I have, it's seriously so well built.

[biceryder]

Anyone tried one of these Lexon "vibration" seatposts?

https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005006955238530.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.25.38235bdfhAdSzO&algo_pvid=7a229dd6-8fbe-4a52-98e9-33d4ef2af26b&algo_exp_id=7a229dd6-8fbe-4a52-98e9-33d4ef2af26b-12&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21GBP%2183.72%2141.09%21%21%21751.53%21368.89%21%40210388c917300515583185959ea012%2112000038861049758%21sea%21UK%21902618211%21X&curPageLogUid=JZwn5CA0Q6eK&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A

I have one enroute today.  Going to try it on an endurance build I have.  Will update when I get a chance put a few miles on it.

[jonathanf2]

Can someone ID this frame? I'm liking the specs on this frameset and the geometry works well for me. Color ways look bland, I'd probably just go matte black.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807773334580.html

[lantz]

Rhinowalk has a bunch of new-ish bags that all look quality. A year ago there wasn't a single top tube screw mount bag and now there are at least 4 models on ali that all look better than the cervelo bag I had to get, for cheap

I went and looked at the new series "Wilderness" and I'm really into it. Ordered the half frame and the top tube bag, really stoked to see the quality.

[SillyMochi]

What's everyone planning to buy this upcoming 11.11 sale? I'm planning on a new gravel frameset and few spare parts.

What gravel frameset are you looking at? Thinking about building up a gravel bike myself and checking options.

[Confused]

Interesting hubs - 90t ratchets similar to the new DT 240 DEG hubs but a shell design that looks more like Hope. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807613354245.html

[jonathanf2]

What gravel frameset are you looking at? Thinking about building up a gravel bike myself and checking options.

I was looking at a bunch of frames, and I think I'll go with the Flyxii FE-03 frameset. It's the same frame as the TanTan GR040. It's semi-internal routing, but I'm planning on leaving my gravel build mechanical so it'll be easier for me to tinker with and pack for travel which I do every year. Also the geometry numbers look good for my size. Other frames I looked at were the SPCycle G056 and the BXT 135. Not much else excites me, unless it's a Specialized Crux, but there doesn't seem to be a market for Crux clones.

[coffeebreak]

I still keep checking any new options for rim brakes. Today, Aliex showed this on my feed. Not for full sized bikes but interesting look:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807699030513.html

[Eskae]

White Industries R30 Crankset & bottom bracket
Cranks URL: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807138573848.html
BB30 URL: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806035142251.html
Review: TBD.  Just installed them last night, will see how they perform
Details: I bought this last year but just now got around to installing.  First off, be aware that it doesn't come with chainrings and no sellers on Aliex have copies of them; you have to buy authentic WI chainrings which are not cheap.  Stone makes a single narrow-wide chainring in a variety of sizes, but not doubles.  PassQuest makes a 110BCD adapter for these cranks.  Good news is that authentic WI chainrings fit on these just fine.  I installed them last night, and the bootleg WI BB30 is kind of crap; the NDS bearing popped out when I pushed the spindle through.  I had to press the bearings back in, afterwards.  The weirdest thing is that the pedal threads are reversed!  Meaning that the drive side is reverse-threaded and the NDS is regular.  It was a real headscratcher for me, and I don't think they can be re-tapped for the correct threading.  I installed a pair of MKS platform pedals for now and hopefully they hold together.

If the cranks work fine from here out, I'll give them a 6 out of 10 like the Ingrid bootlegs. Meaning, they work fine once installed and look the part, but an unfixable flaw like incorrect pedal threading is a pretty big strike against them.  A lot of pedals have a "front" and a "rear," and none of them will be compatible with these cranks.  You have to use them with double-sided pedals only.

[Tijoe]

I still keep checking any new options for rim brakes. Today, Aliex showed this on my feed. Not for full sized bikes but interesting look:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807699030513.html

Weird, what are those strange looking items and shaped mechanisms shown in your picture.  Rim brakes?  Do things like this actually stop a bicycle?  Seems like a strange way to stop a bicycle by grabbing the side of a rim?   

[courdacier]

I still keep checking any new options for rim brakes. Today, Aliex showed this on my feed. Not for full sized bikes but interesting look:

did you ever try the fourier ones? that was such a great design, the leverage arm was just right