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

[jonathanf2]

Mine have already arrived... 110gr for the 160mm CL version. Thickness is 1.62mm

My disc rotors just arrived today. 91.16g for the 160mm 6 bolt version and also measuring about 1.6mm thickness. The standard steel 6x bolts come in at 13.25g for a total of 104.41g per disc. I'm currently using a set of TRP non-floating disc rotors that come in at 113g. I'll be able to shed about 21g per rotor or almost 1 AA battery per rotor! Lol

[jonathanf2]

https://youtu.be/au5PHjQg59M?feature=shared&t=103

Anyone see these new offset oversized jockey wheels that allow you to use them on stock pulley cages? I think these are actually pretty cool.

[hazzer19]

https://youtu.be/au5PHjQg59M?feature=shared&t=103

Anyone see these new offset oversized jockey wheels that allow you to use them on stock pulley cages? I think these are actually pretty cool.

Just saw that and was trying to figure out where to buy!

[coffeebreak]

Didn't want to start a new thread but has anyone any thoughts/experience with Avian wheels?

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256801708006244.htm
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805726370391.htm

Look better than generic wheels on Aliex. Some wheels have cheesy "Art & Science" decal on them but otherwise clean and pretty looking.

[jhearrtot]

Didn't want to start a new thread but has anyone any thoughts/experience with Avian wheels?

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256801708006244.htm
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805726370391.htm

Look better than generic wheels on Aliex. Some wheels have cheesy "Art & Science" decal on them but otherwise clean and pretty looking.

I've got the CR3 R325 38MM and I love it! I've got about 3,000 KM on it running tubeless setup. The newer version of the same model is lighter than the one I have.

The only pain point with their wheels is their 'mega-structure' build where you've only got one hole to access and fish the nipples when replacing them. Will take you longer than usual but still doable. I just replaced all the nipples in my rear wheel after I stripped a couple of them using the nipple wrench of my multi-tool (which isn't too great in terms of quality) as I had to replace a spoke and re-align it.

I initially took it to a bike shop and they thought I was joking about that single hole and left the wheel with them for a week. They called back and told me they can't do it as it'll take them about 2-3 days to replace the nipples. I did it in 2 days spending an about 1-2hrs per day.

[coffeebreak]

I've got the CR3 R325 38MM and I love it! I've got about 3,000 KM on it running tubeless setup. The newer version of the same model is lighter than the one I have.

How are the hubs? The listing says ratchet style but doesn't mention how many teeth. Sent a message to seller but he probably didn't understand the question. Are the hubs easy maintenance like DT Swiss? Also, loud or muted?

Edit - there are bunch of other wheels that don't have holes and are native tubeless. Definitely time taking process compared to rims with holes.

[jonathanf2]

Just saw that and was trying to figure out where to buy!

They're Taiwanese based, so I doubt buying from AliEx will have much savings. The jockey wheels are on the Tripeak website, hopefully they'll come out later this year.

https://tripeakbearing.com/products-2.php?tId=92

[coffeebreak]

They're Taiwanese based, so I doubt buying from AliEx will have much savings. The jockey wheels are on the Tripeak website, hopefully they'll come out later this year.

https://tripeakbearing.com/products-2.php?tId=92

Something tells me these are going to cost a pretty penny at least in the beginning.

[jhearrtot]

https://youtu.be/au5PHjQg59M?feature=shared&t=103

Anyone see these new offset oversized jockey wheels that allow you to use them on stock pulley cages? I think these are actually pretty cool.

I've used an offset upper pulley from Gearoop to replace the stock upper pulley of my R9100 RD to allow me to remove the 11T cog and add a single 34T upgrade cog from Gearoop as well to make my R9100 cassette 12-34T while retaining the stock cage.

[jhearrtot]

How are the hubs? The listing says ratchet style but doesn't mention how many teeth. Sent a message to seller but he probably didn't understand the question. Are the hubs easy maintenance like DT Swiss? Also, loud or muted?

Edit - there are bunch of other wheels that don't have holes and are native tubeless. Definitely time taking process compared to rims with holes.

The model and version that I have is the pawl type, not the ratchet one. The hub is pretty good and loud to my standards and still spins really well to this date. Quite easy to clean and maintain as well.

[jonathanf2]

Sensah dropped mechanical 12 speed Team Pro shifters that are compatible with 11 speed R7000/R8000 RDs and I'm sure the R7100 105 12 speed RD.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806444984632.html

I wonder if Sensah will go electronic shifting this year? Wheeltop doesn't ship to North America, so that only leaves LTwoo with worldwide distribution. It'd be nice have more competition.

[coffeebreak]

I have always wondered about this. The speed capacity of rear derailleur does not matter? How are they making 12s shifters work with 11s RD..

[jonathanf2]

I have always wondered about this. The speed capacity of rear derailleur does not matter? How are they making 12s shifters work with 11s RD..

Shimano's current road/gravel pull ratios are the same from 10 to 12 speed. The RDs are dumb, they just move according to the shifter indexing.  On my gravel bike, I'm using an Ultegra RX800 11 speed RD on my 10 speed GRX 400 shifters. So it goes both ways.

[coffeebreak]

I'm using ultegra 11s shifters with GRX 400 RD too. So by that logic Shimano would work with SRAM RDs? I'm not entirely clear where the indexing part is set.

[TidyDinosaur]

My disc rotors just arrived today. 91.16g for the 160mm 6 bolt version and also measuring about 1.6mm thickness. The standard steel 6x bolts come in at 13.25g for a total of 104.41g per disc. I'm currently using a set of TRP non-floating disc rotors that come in at 113g. I'll be able to shed about 21g per rotor or almost 1 AA battery per rotor! Lol

Used them today on a 125km gravel ride. All is well...