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

[zxcvbnmjm]

i thought we could make a thread for all the interesting things we find on aliexpress or elsewhere that maybe dont need their own thread




ever since the fake ee brakes, ive been notiing a lot more fakes and copies of other cnc made components

Racework did a rebranded copy INGRID crankset with copy rotor chainring

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004788104072.html?spm=a2g0s.8937518.0.0.7bce2e0elCwBHR


fake ingrid crankset

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004502750737.html?spm=a2g0s.8937518.0.0.7bce2e0elCwBHR


fake ACR stem and headset

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004327103370.html?spm=a2g0s.8937518.0.0.7bce2e0elCwBHR
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004292266641.html?spm=a2g0s.8937518.0.0.7bce2e0elCwBHR

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004327103370.html?spm=a2g0s.8937518.0.0.7bce2e0elCwBHR
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004292266641.html?spm=a2g0s.8937518.0.0.7bce2e0elCwBHR


fake hope evo crankset

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004450951739.html?spm=a2g0s.8937518.0.0.7bce2e0elCwBHR


fake wolftooth, hope and absoluteblack rings

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004379542093.html?spm=a2g0s.8937518.0.0.7bce2e0elCwBHR

[00Garza]

I'm not usually into blatant knockoffs, but that raw finish on the ingrid crankarms is nice. If they had smaller chainrings, I'd think about it for a gravel build.

[RDY]

The second one looks interesting ... first looks like a disaster - poorly machined and finished, with a 24mm aluminium spindle (I feel like there's a reason that isn't a thing).

If they weren't branding it as Ingrid I'd consider buying once.  But no thanks as they are.

[Fat Larry]

Anyone tried these brakes?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004600495359.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.4fbc38daFTvFWK&mp=1

They look like a pretty straight Shimano Br-mt520 knock off.

[carbonazza]

Anyone tried these brakes?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004600495359.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.4fbc38daFTvFWK&mp=1

They look like a pretty straight Shimano Br-mt520 knock off.

From a picture of your brakes link, I checked and Blooke is even making forks.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004442539466.html

[coffeebreak]

These IIIPRO brakes seem copies of Juin Tech F1s at less than half the cost or am I missing something. From the photos, the finishing looks better on Juin Tech's listing though.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804554758882.html

Juin Tech F1 for reference : https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255799928780428.html

[jonathanf2]

These IIIPRO brakes seem copies of Juin Tech F1s at less than half the cost or am I missing something. From the photos, the finishing looks better on Juin Tech's listing though.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804554758882.html

Juin Tech F1 for reference : https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255799928780428.html

I just recently started seeing PRO branded gear on AliExpress. They do look a lot like Juin Tech calipers, but with a barrel adjuster built-in similar to the ZRace BR-005. Also I just found these Tanke branded calipers. I'm not sure if they're new. They look similar to the PRO calipers, but the machining is different. I thought they were rebranded BR-005 calipers, but I don't think they are the same:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803170178796.html?

There seems to be new stuff dropping on AliExpress on a monthly basis! Lol

[StiffWeenies]

Both IIIPRO and Tanke brakes linked above are very old designs, 05 is still the newest for now

[jonathanf2]

Both IIIPRO and Tanke brakes linked above are very old designs, 05 is still the newest for now

Good to know. I recently ordered ONIRII BR-05 calipers and from all appearances look like rebranded ZRace BR-005 calipers. I'm hoping they are the same, I wanted Juin Tech calipers, but I'm doing a budget build.

I was planning to get the ZRace, but ONIRII was running a 12 day shipping guarantee and I'm just waiting on brakes to finish the bike.

[coffeebreak]

Same. Ordered a pair of black Onirii BR05. All my recent purchases from Aliex have arrived within 2 weeks even though the delivery estimate said a month. I actually ordered Tanke earlier but canceled after reading up on it here. Thanks guys.

[Fat Larry]

I'm really interested in brakes at the moment. Spotted these recently. Look promising in that they're designed for e-bikes so might be more powerful than other ztto brakes. I'm probably going to get the rotors at least as they're 2.3mm thick.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004888333509.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.273838daHxNhPS&mp=1

[cst_jpr]

The second one looks interesting ... first looks like a disaster - poorly machined and finished, with a 24mm aluminium spindle (I feel like there's a reason that isn't a thing).

If they weren't branding it as Ingrid I'd consider buying once.  But no thanks as they are.

Yeah 24mm alu spindles are known to fail, avoid.

The ingrid stuff is super interesting, they even make derailleurs.
The first thing they show on their page is the warning about fakes: https://ingrid.bike/product/crankset-crs-r2/

This has to be the same factory undercutting them, no way its a from scratch fake. That does not mean the quality is there of course.

[zxcvbnmjm]

Yeah 24mm alu spindles are known to fail, avoid.

The ingrid stuff is super interesting, they even make derailleurs.
The first thing they show on their page is the warning about fakes: https://ingrid.bike/product/crankset-crs-r2/

This has to be the same factory undercutting them, no way its a from scratch fake. That does not mean the quality is there of course.

ingrid components claim to be 100% made in italy. i have a feeling that theyre 'made from scratch' fakes. the design has been copied then the copied and sold and also they have then been altered for brands like racework to make their own 'design' crankset (the one with the 24mm spindle)

seems like a lot of copied cnc parts are popping up on aliexpress recently like the fake ee brakes. i have also seen some rebranded and altered version ee brakes on taobao. so i doubt theyre coming from the original factories. im guessing they are coming from cnc factories that are able to copy existing products

[00Garza]

Maybe I’m blind, but I couldn’t find anything on the Ingrid website or socials that indicate where they are made.

I did find this one 30mm spindle version, but only one chainring size. 
US $108.70  39％ Off | INGRID ROAD CRANKSET CRS-R2 Bicycle Hollow Bike Crank Chainring 110BCD
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLoaBiM

[Crash217]

Looks super nice. Cycling has become a dentist sport, the margins on many of the components are insane. The pictures on your link look like very well machined aluminium. Most likely, the real ones are made in china. You take a block of metal, launch a well calibrated CNC machine with the right drill bit and voila. It's not rocket science. The question is more whether what you receive looks like the pictures, i'd say. If i were in the market for such a crank, i'd get it, looks awesome.

I concur on most parts probably being made in china anyways.  Take this interview with one of the guys at Ritchey (minute 7ish) 20-30 people in the company are located in china for manufacturing and there are less than a dozen people in north america and europe.   The trick (at least as I found to be the case working in several businesses that dealt with creating chinese components and end products for sale) to getting quality out of China is being there and being strict with QA.   Its a whole truck load of worms to unwrap in overseas manufacturing and this isn't really the place for that discussion.

edit,  link doesn't show up for me, go here; Youtube Channel "The Bike Sauce", Video title; Why Ritchey Steel Frames Ride So SMOOTH!