2024 11.11 / Black Friday sale planning

[Jet the Panda]

"smart" tail light - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806520324406.html

I have the Seemee200 one model down from yours. The light it creates is great, love that it lights up the ground around you, definitely makes you very visible. The battery on my model is not very good, but yours is quite a bit bigger than mine so hopefully that means the battery is bigger too.

I have bought a whole bunch of stuff this 11.11 including a set of Go-Zone wheels! 45mm deep 30mm wide and 1250g supposedly, hopefully these will bring my bike down to around 7kg!

[coffeebreak]

brifter cover mounted dropbar bell - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802046687698.html

I have this. You have to tighten it every few days. One of those stripped the main screw right away too. Biggest problem is since it's mounted on the rubber hood it keeps rattling when you go over rough surface. Doesn't stay put. Oh and it's not loud. The biggest draw is how well it hides/takes no space on bar. That's it. Not too impressive.

[Crash217]

I have this. You have to tighten it every few days. One of those stripped the main screw right away too. Biggest problem is since it's mounted on the rubber hood it keeps rattling when you go over rough surface. Doesn't stay put. Oh and it's not loud. The biggest draw is how well it hides/takes no space on bar. That's it. Not too impressive.

I figured it might need a little loctite and some double sided tape/adhesive goop to keep it mounted solidly.  Thanks for the heads up so I can just do it from the start and avoid mid-ride fiddling.  On the sound, i almost prefer something kind of quiet on my road bike as my experience is that loud bells make people just as jumpy as anything else possibly could.  I was drawn to the bell by the "stealth" factor.  Will go well with my bar end plug mirror, that's only passingly good enough to notice car lights approaching from behind.

[SillyMochi]

I'm anxious to see how well the bell and smart tail light works. Anyone else have experience with these?

brifter cover mounted dropbar bell - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802046687698.html

Knowing me, I'd totally knock the bell off during the first ride!

[PineappleExpress234]

Is anyone else extremely underwhelmed at the sales? I put an order through for some bits and pieces and struggled to get over $35 AUD.

Everything else in my cart seems to be about the same price after coupons

[biceryder]

I have the Seemee200 one model down from yours. The light it creates is great, love that it lights up the ground around you, definitely makes you very visible. The battery on my model is not very good, but yours is quite a bit bigger than mine so hopefully that means the battery is bigger too.

I have bought a whole bunch of stuff this 11.11 including a set of Go-Zone wheels! 45mm deep 30mm wide and 1250g supposedly, hopefully these will bring my bike down to around 7kg!

I’m struggling.  Keep wanting to get a pair of rim brake Go-Zones (300.00 with coupon) for my training bike… but I’m also going to order a new frame in DEC… delayed gratification.

[gf]

In your opinion or experience, which is the best wheels brand on aliexpress?
Elite wheels seems to be one of the best; what about ryet, easedon, go-zone, csc?
thanks

[coffeebreak]

Did anyone buy Wheeltop or LTwoo EGR this sale and can point me to the best deal? So far I'm seeing $380 - 60 for EGR as the lowest and $440 for Wheeltop rim brake group.

[coffeebreak]

In your opinion or experience, which is the best wheels brand on aliexpress?
Elite wheels seems to be one of the best; what about ryet, easedon, go-zone, csc?
thanks

I have Elitewheels, CSC and Easedon and about to order Go-zone this sale. All of those have been fine but that's my anecdotal experience. Elite has the best resale if that's something you care about.
FWIW my Easedon wheels are the lightest and are the best looking. Also the loudest. At the time similar weight elitewheels model was much more expensive than Easedon so I went with them.

[courdacier]

Did anyone buy Wheeltop or LTwoo EGR this sale and can point me to the best deal? So far I'm seeing $380 - 60 for EGR as the lowest and $440 for Wheeltop rim brake group.

what about this one from the TWITTER store lol?
seems like a takeoff but looks legit

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807372373072.html

[coffeebreak]

what about this one from the TWITTER store lol?
seems like a takeoff but looks legit

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807372373072.html

That's the one I have in my cart. Comes out to be $405 including tax after coupon and coins for rim brake version which is what I'm interested in. Would be fun to upgrade old Kleins and Cannondales to 12s electronic shifting on budget without drilling holes for Di2 cables.

[SillyMochi]

Did anyone buy Wheeltop or LTwoo EGR this sale and can point me to the best deal? So far I'm seeing $380 - 60 for EGR as the lowest and $440 for Wheeltop rim brake group.

Okay, I'll bite ...

For Ltwoo you definitely wanna go with the "80 designer store" as they tend to uphold warranty claims the best (at least that's what I read on the forum; did not have to deal with them myself (yet)): For delivery to Germany (prices vary by country), I can get them for 328 USD (+local tax ~380€ final price) using the 3 USD store discount and the 60 USD AE 11.11. sales code. Make sure to chose the option "noBattery noBox" and buy 2x 14500 batteries locally for cheap. The options with battery will be much more expensive (probably) due to higher shipping costs for the seller.

For Wheeltop you might actually want to go through their own store. They announced a couple of months back, that going forward, they will only deal with warranty claims for purchases that were made with them directly. I am not sure if that means groupsets bought from other stores will not have any warranty at all or "just" means you have to claim it with the particular store where you bought it from. Might wanna search this forum for more info as I did not follow their groupset closely.

They currently have a Black Friday sale as well: https://wheeltop.com/pages/black-friday - comes at 599€ for me.
Otherwise, if you wanna go through AE, the only reputable store that sells it for me (other countries could be different) is ROCKBROS. The other vendors with various "TWITTER" names all have terrible reviews. They are not even much cheaper; I wouldn't risk it. ROCKBROS comes out at ~469 USD with the 80 USD AE code + local tax: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008004256956.html

YMMW

[coffeebreak]

Okay, I'll bite ...

For Ltwoo you definitely wanna go with the "80 designer store" as they tend to uphold warranty claims the best (at least that's what I read on the forum; did not have to deal with them myself (yet)): For delivery to Germany (prices vary by country), I can get them for 328 USD (+local tax ~380€ final price) using the 3 USD store discount and the 60 USD AE 11.11. sales code. Make sure to chose the option "noBattery noBox" and buy 2x 14500 batteries locally for cheap. The options with battery will be much more expensive (probably) due to higher shipping costs for the seller.

For Wheeltop you might actually want to go through their own store. They announced a couple of months back, that going forward, they will only deal with warranty claims for purchases that were made with them directly. I am not sure if that means groupsets bought from other stores will not have any warranty at all or "just" means you have to claim it with the particular store where you bought it from. Might wanna search this forum for more info as I did not follow their groupset closely.

They currently have a Black Friday sale as well: https://wheeltop.com/pages/black-friday - comes at 599€ for me.
Otherwise, if you wanna go through AE, the only reputable store that sells it for me (other countries could be different) is ROCKBROS. The other vendors with various "TWITTER" names all have terrible reviews. They are not even much cheaper; I wouldn't risk it. ROCKBROS comes out at ~469 USD with the 80 USD AE code + local tax: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008004256956.html

YMMW

Yes, the $380 price I mentioned is from 80's store. Comes out to $340 after everything. Have heard good things about their customer service (which is quite needed I presume). As for Rockbros store, they don't have rim brake EDS. On Wheeltop USA website, rim brake group is $600 + tax after discount which is too much of a premium.

The Twitter store has 100% positive feedback though : https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807372373072.html

I wish LTWoo had rim brake electronic groupset.

[Sand101]

For Wheeltop you might actually want to go through their own store. They announced a couple of months back, that going forward, they will only deal with warranty claims for purchases that were made with them directly. I am not sure if that means groupsets bought from other stores will not have any warranty at all or "just" means you have to claim it with the particular store where you bought it from. Might wanna search this forum for more info as I did not follow their groupset closely.

For better or worse I bought this through the Weko Lin store on Ali, who has in bold letters they are an authorized dealer.  With coupons and cashback (topcashback had a killer 20% back deal going) I think my total will be about $390 shipped on the rim brake version.  $200 off was too much to ignore there.  Hopefully won't need the warranty service.

[gf]

I have Elitewheels, CSC and Easedon and about to order Go-zone this sale. All of those have been fine but that's my anecdotal experience. Elite has the best resale if that's something you care about.
FWIW my Easedon wheels are the lightest and are the best looking. Also the loudest. At the time similar weight elitewheels model was much more expensive than Easedon so I went with them.

thanks for your feedback.
about Easedon, is the overall quality ok? the orice is very attractive. And for shipping cost, custom fee? their seller shipping method is only around 12$ and they told me is tax free, very cheap compared to other brands