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

[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: 0/10 not rideable at all, can’t be fixed either.  a crank-shaped object.
Details: I bought this last year but just now got around to installing.  Garbage, unusable, don’t buy.  the pedal threading was reversed (the NDS side is threaded like the DS and vice-versa).  therefore the pedals unthread from the cranks as you ride them.  This can’t be fixed because there’s not enough metal there to re-tap the threads. 

normally the pedal threads on the non-drive side crank are reverse-threaded, tightening when rotated counter-clockwise.  Drive-side pedal threads should be standard, tightening when rotated clockwise.  On these cranks, this is reversed.  That means as you pedal, the pedals themselves are rotating in the direction that loosens them. 

If maybe some of these out there aren’t incorrectly threaded, you still have other issues.   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.  the bootleg WI BB30 is crap; the NDS bearing popped out when I pushed the spindle through.  I had to press the bearings back in, afterwards. Just don’t buy them.

[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

[coffeebreak]

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

I haven't, yet. A while ago I saw someone had those on their Chiner build. I did find a listing : https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255800205665429.html but I don't know if those are original? I already wasted money on fake EE brakes so now I am cautious lol.

[ediryppah]

Anyone know of good quick links, both 11 speed and 12 speed (if there's any difference, I wouldn't know).

I usually re-use quick links but after a while I figure it's time to change. And I always want to carry spares and with riding a few different bikes and changing what I carry with me each time the spare quick links always seem to disappear.

The price for new ones are crazy. They should be $1 but it's like $15 for 2 if I go to my LBS.

[coffeebreak]

Anyone know of good quick links, both 11 speed and 12 speed (if there's any difference, I wouldn't know).

I usually re-use quick links but after a while I figure it's time to change. And I always want to carry spares and with riding a few different bikes and changing what I carry with me each time the spare quick links always seem to disappear.

The price for new ones are crazy. They should be $1 but it's like $15 for 2 if I go to my LBS.

These have been serving well for me. But I only used 11s, not 12s. Came in a nice, tiny box.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNhLYDK

[JJx]

I've also used those RiSK ones with no issues - in 12 speed, and 8 speed.

[SillyMochi]

Can confirm, even though their brand name "RISK" sounds sketchy, they work just fine on my 12s chain. Even re-used them a couple of times since waxing my chain has me taking it off and on on a regular basis.

[Kofsw4]

12spd RISK quick link only lasted me 800km before breaking mid-ride. The plates somehow got spread apart so it wouldn't stay shut. I bought a box of 11 speed and a box of 12 speed so just carry them for emergencies now.