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

[coffeebreak]

How about a Sunrace 12 speed HG MTB cassette? They're Taiwan made cassettes and I find them to be a bit higher quality. Plus they're easier to find in the US.

Almost forgot Sunrace! Thanks for reminding me.

[coffeebreak]

Daer all, I've recently ordered Senicx crankset for a low budget gravel project; from the description or user's reviews I can't understand if the 3 screws for gxp chainring are included or I need to do a dedicated order. Someone with similar crankset found the screws in the box?
thanks

They are included but even if they are not, it's less than 50c at hardware shop.

The size is M5x8mm.

 I bought a GXP to 5 bolt adapter and it didn't come with those screws and had to get them myself.

[jonathanf2]

Daer all, I've recently ordered Senicx crankset for a low budget gravel project; from the description or user's reviews I can't understand if the 3 screws for gxp chainring are included or I need to do a dedicated order. Someone with similar crankset found the screws in the box?
thanks

If you ordered the crankset or chainring separately they're bound to come with them. I have so many of those screws laying around from random chainrings I've purchased.

[kbernstein]

Are there compact chainring options for SRAM axs cranks? I can't find ali cranksets that fit all my requirements (165 or 170mm, 50-32 or 48-32, powermeter, reasonably light <700g). Even on a budget the most appealing option is shimano 105 with a 4iiii left side, often goes on sale for 200€, which makes the total crankset with PM around 300e but an alternative could be SRAM rival with powermeter spindle, even cheaper at 260ish but with rings designed for 10T start cassette (and for their flattop chains?). Are there 50-34 107BCD that don't break the bank and not made for flattop? Or should I stick with 105+4iiii left crank?

[KvotheTheRaven]

Are there compact chainring options for SRAM axs cranks? I can't find ali cranksets that fit all my requirements (165 or 170mm, 50-32 or 48-32, powermeter, reasonably light <700g). Even on a budget the most appealing option is shimano 105 with a 4iiii left side, often goes on sale for 200€, which makes the total crankset with PM around 300e but an alternative could be SRAM rival with powermeter spindle, even cheaper at 260ish but with rings designed for 10T start cassette (and for their flattop chains?). Are there 50-34 107BCD that don't break the bank and not made for flattop? Or should I stick with 105+4iiii left crank?

Have you looked the Xcadey cranksets and power meter? They're decently budget friendly. Mine for the crank arms alone are about 420g. The spider is around another 100g or so. I've been running mine 1x, so I'm not sure how much 2x chainrings might add, but in total the crankset weighs in the ballpark of 600g (I don't exactly remember). They even come in 160mm if that's your jam.

[kbernstein]

Have you looked the Xcadey cranksets and power meter? They're decently budget friendly. Mine for the crank arms alone are about 420g. The spider is around another 100g or so. I've been running mine 1x, so I'm not sure how much 2x chainrings might add, but in total the crankset weighs in the ballpark of 600g (I don't exactly remember). They even come in 160mm if that's your jam.

I only see these aliexpress.com/item/32825340170.html at 530€ shipped without chainrings, I can get rotor crankset for cheaper. That's pretty bad when 105 with 4iiii is 300€ and not much heavier around 730g
Magene P505 and Zrace RX are also both more expensive and i've heard bad things about both (cranksets, not PM itself)
Such a shame how uncompetitive the chinese are for midrange cranksets imo. It should be right up their alley with casting and milling but nobody is doing affordable, modular and not ridiculously expensive sets.

[toxin]

My p505 base combo has been great and honestly a onesided crank pm isnt even a comparisom

[TidyDinosaur]

I only see these aliexpress.com/item/32825340170.html at 530€ shipped without chainrings, I can get rotor crankset for cheaper. That's pretty bad when 105 with 4iiii is 300€ and not much heavier around 730g
Magene P505 and Zrace RX are also both more expensive and i've heard bad things about both (cranksets, not PM itself)
Such a shame how uncompetitive the chinese are for midrange cranksets imo. It should be right up their alley with casting and milling but nobody is doing affordable, modular and not ridiculously expensive sets.

Riro carbon cranks and a P505 powermeter?

[SirBikealot]

The standard 505 base from the magene store incl 50/34  comes in at 778 gramms.

[kbernstein]

Riro carbon cranks and a P505 powermeter?

didn't think gxp cranks were compatible with any spider PM but looks like i'd be looking at 530€ minimum even with current sales, and just under 700g. of course i'd like to upgrade to spider from left crank but i'm not willing to pay double the price just for that. 105 with 4iiii is 720g and 330€ right now without any special sales,

[KvotheTheRaven]

I only see these aliexpress.com/item/32825340170.html at 530€ shipped without chainrings, I can get rotor crankset for cheaper. That's pretty bad when 105 with 4iiii is 300€ and not much heavier around 730g
Magene P505 and Zrace RX are also both more expensive and i've heard bad things about both (cranksets, not PM itself)
Such a shame how uncompetitive the chinese are for midrange cranksets imo. It should be right up their alley with casting and milling but nobody is doing affordable, modular and not ridiculously expensive sets.

Oh wow, they've gotten much more expensive. When I bought mine two years ago, I paid 75 percent what it is now...

[TidyDinosaur]

I got the crank for 110 and the PM for 220. So it might be different at current prices yeah....

[coffeebreak]

I only see these aliexpress.com/item/32825340170.html at 530€ shipped without chainrings, I can get rotor crankset for cheaper. That's pretty bad when 105 with 4iiii is 300€ and not much heavier around 730g
Magene P505 and Zrace RX are also both more expensive and i've heard bad things about both (cranksets, not PM itself)
Such a shame how uncompetitive the chinese are for midrange cranksets imo. It should be right up their alley with casting and milling but nobody is doing affordable, modular and not ridiculously expensive sets.

Stick to Shimano. It's not even a contest when it comes to expensive drive train components on Aliexpress vs Shimano or SRAM including rest of the groupset but at least the groups are much cheaper. These cranks are really expensive. One more expensive option I remember seeing is something called Eillely or such weird name and Cybrei.

[toxin]

Saying trust shimano and sram after shimano got sued because they knew they had a dangerously flawed crank design and lied about it for 10 years and the wonder that was gxp is certainly an opinion

[coffeebreak]

It might have helped before jumping the gun. OP is talking about Shimano 105. Anyhoo yes I still prefer Ultegra/DA over whatever Chinese equivalent regardless of that recall. But to think that overpriced Chiner cranks are to be trusted over Shimano or SRAM? lol.