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[Grumms]

Road, or gravel, or mountain bike.

These were the last shoes I purchased.   Amazingly when I sized them up versus my last shoe purchase from a 46 to a 47. The toe box was actually wide enough for my feet.  (A wide enough toes box is the problem I have with the majority of shoes I purchased from Aliexpress.)

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808091828319.html

Gravel, and not too stiff if possible.

[ChrisB]

Recently ordered :
- 5G Saddle : https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005006022268921.html


Quality seems good. I made one 30km ride, very slow, and no discomfort. I'll wait for bigger rides to have a better opinion

- Elita One carbon seatpost : https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005007004183190.html


Since I don't gravel in winter, I removed my suspension seatpost and wanted to replace with something supposedly comfortable.

The Mixed 5D saddle is my absolute favourite, by now I switched all but one bike to this.
Even long indoor sessions do not cause any discomfort. The seat padding got softer over time so I changed the saddle after 9.000km indoors to a fresh one.
But at that price it is a non issue.

BR Chris

[Grumms]

Recently bought these as they were recommended in here, though I haven't got round to installing them yet. Build quality seems very good though 👍
https://aliexpress.com/item/1005005078146423.html

Ordered. I hope I'll have them before Christmas (last order has now been travelling for 3 weeks).

Road, or gravel, or mountain bike.

These were the last shoes I purchased.   Amazingly when I sized them up versus my last shoe purchase from a 46 to a 47. The toe box was actually wide enough for my feet.  (A wide enough toes box is the problem I have with the majority of shoes I purchased from Aliexpress.)

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808091828319.html

Ordered too !

[kbernstein]

farming affiliate links for products you don't even have yet is a little weird to me. wonder if mods will take any action before we become a last click bait farm

[alfiomotrambo]

farming affiliate links for products you don't even have yet is a little weird to me. wonder if mods will take any action before we become a last click bait farm

Whoops, I didn't realize it was affiliated. I shared it from the app. I'm removing it, sorry.

[Grumms]

The Mixed 5D saddle is my absolute favourite, by now I switched all but one bike to this.
Even long indoor sessions do not cause any discomfort. The seat padding got softer over time so I changed the saddle after 9.000km indoors to a fresh one.
But at that price it is a non issue.

BR Chris

150km with it last week, and it's the least uncomfortable of all the saddles I tried. I can ride 3 hours without any big pain, which is nice. But my butt is still not fit for those kind of rides.

[crazyravr]

150km with it last week, and it's the least uncomfortable of all the saddles I tried. I can ride 3 hours without any big pain, which is nice. But my butt is still not fit for those kind of rides.

I mentioned this previously but this was by far the absolute worse saddle I have tried from Ali. I dont understand how your asses like this.

[bremerradkurier]

Very clean look for mounting a radar unit or light, but rattled itself off the seat rails on a gravel road washboard section-really needs to have locking thread inserts as the screws were pretty soft.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808387088094.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.28.5e781802dBjUhN&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

[Crash217]

Very clean look for mounting a radar unit or light, but rattled itself off the seat rails on a gravel road washboard section-really needs to have locking thread inserts as the screws were pretty soft.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808387088094.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.28.5e781802dBjUhN&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

Have had this mount for 6 months. I put a couple wraps of electrical tape on the carbon seat rails to give a little cushion and added some loctite to the screws.  It’s been perfectly stable for me.

[plocnik]

Have had this mount for 6 months. I put a couple wraps of electrical tape on the carbon seat rails to give a little cushion and added some loctite to the screws.  It’s been perfectly stable for me.

I've had this on my gravel bike for 2 years. No electrical tape, no additional loctite (there might've been some from the factory) and it holds perfectly. It looks clean and I can put the bike in the workstand without the radar being in the way. One of my favourite little bike accessories.

[Mic553]

This Ryet RS OSPW is actually really good because it has properly sealed bearings. I've done about 1000km often on wet and dirty roads with it now and it spins like new without any need for oiling and stuff. I didn't open or measure the bearings but they looked like some standard sealed bearings from the outside.

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005008456209648.html?

[getmekd]

This Ryet RS OSPW is actually really good because it has properly sealed bearings. I've done about 1000km often on wet and dirty roads with it now and it spins like new without any need for oiling and stuff. I didn't open or measure the bearings but they looked like some standard sealed bearings from the outside.

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005008456209648.html?

They are 607 2rs

[kubackje]

The good thing about bearings for pulley wheels is that you can easily replace them for cheap. I was using ltwoo pulley for few years and from the start I've just put fully sealed bearings from this shop raindew Official Store
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EwNKoY8

[pecampbe]

The good thing about bearings for pulley wheels is that you can easily replace them for cheap. I was using ltwoo pulley for few years and from the start I've just put fully sealed bearings from this shop raindew Official Store
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EwNKoY8

What size bearings did you use for the LTWOO rear mech?

[Hualicopter]

The good thing about bearings for pulley wheels is that you can easily replace them for cheap. I was using ltwoo pulley for few years and from the start I've just put fully sealed bearings from this shop raindew Official Store
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EwNKoY8

Oh nice, wouldn't mind replacing the bearings for my SRAM Force RD.