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Re: Chinese Roadbike Shop Shanghai
try our ridenow cycling club, owner is the founder of no.6 wheels, they do have a couple of road bikes for rental.
September 22, 2024, 11:24:28 PM |
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Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 10 years anniversary special promotion
I recently came across this post when searching for some gravel wheels and decided to email Peter. Gave him an idea of what I wanted and he emailed me back within a few days with some different options for a custom build. Went with the 40mm deep 26mm inner and 34mm outer, model no. CS-D40CU-33 built with house hubs (ratchet style), 24 Sapim cx-ray spokes and Shimano freehub. Went with no holes in the rim bed for easy tubeless setup and was looking for a sub 1400 gram wheelset. Within about 10 days I received pics of the hoops along with their weight, and within 14 days received pics of the final build along with actual weight of 1349 grams. Received the wheels about 2 weeks later so about a month from the initial order being placed. Setup went easy and I really put them through hell last week on a gravel ride in Vermont and they're still spinning true. Very happy with the purchase and communication from Peter throughout the process. Highly recommended.
October 09, 2024, 02:56:58 PM |
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Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 10 years anniversary special promotion
Because the 21 carbon spoke hubs are heavy as shitReally? Haha, 325g/pair on our 21/21H hubs, but still much lighter than DT Swiss hubs for carbon spokes, we don't use original DT Swiss hubs for carbon spokes, actually DT Swiss decided to make those hubs to supply to STREN who makes VONOA carbon spokes for many big brands, but firstly DT Swiss was too uncompromising on the price, secondly some brands don't want to use DT Swiss hubs for carbon spokes as well, so I believe you won't see current DT Swiss hubs for carbon spokes much longer. Anyway, stable quality are most important, as I said when we released our 20/20H hubs for carbon spokes, we don't make them extremely light as some other companies do due to much higher spoke tension on carbon spokes. @Toxin, Have you seen anyone complaining about our 21/21H hubs except side entry so far? Maybe you are picky on weight of any part of bikes, but please don't say bad words on anything you haven't tried personally. February 16, 2025, 10:12:08 AM |
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Re: LTK266-D-SL
https://youtu.be/86QUs4EdE9c?si=9G6tZdKPq3LOac-x Interested in buying the frame and just found this video from Permeants. Thought some might be interested. July 09, 2025, 08:58:50 PM |
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Re: LTK266-D-SL
https://tideacebike.com/collections/disc-brake-frame/products/fm-cr266-ultralight-road-bike-frame
July 10, 2025, 03:57:49 AM |
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Re: Xiamen Carbon Speed 10 years anniversary special promotion
did my first two races on my new XMC wheels this weekend. They ride very well. Specs: D50CU-36 T800 rims 24/24H UD matt Carbon Speed in-house hubs 24/24H 36T rachets enduro steel bearings center lock straight pull for 100*12/142*12 with XDR driver Sapim CX-Ray spokes Sapim self-securing aluminum nipples no decals 
July 28, 2025, 05:58:35 AM |
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Re: LTK266-D-SL, lightweight frame confirmed under 800g w/paint and accessories (M)
Any updates on the ride yet? I'm eager to hear others' thoughts -- I am starting the build today, just waiting for my crankset/cassette/bb to arrive tomorrow. I hope to be riding my frame by end of next week, with initial thoughts a week from today. Honestly, it's just a good bike to the point of being boring. Coming from my aggressive road bike, the bike feels slightly lazy, more like an SSE than a Tarmac SL8. The SL8 is a pretty calm performer IMO, so this is on trend with how most people want their bikes these days. I've ridden it with my regular road wheels and Berd spoked wheels, and it feels very much like a higher-end carbon bike. It tracks through corners like it should, felt composed over rough pavement to the point that I didn't even think about it. I didn't notice any road buzz or anything coming in through the bars, though my bars are a 1.3kg chunk of 3d printed 17-4 steel, so YMMV with a carbon bar. On gravel, it does feel a little more nervous, but it is a road bike, so sending it down singletrack wasn't in the designer's intent. That said, gravel roads were similarly of little concern to me. I haven't tried to measure aero, but it's similar in feel to most all-arounders, possibly a bit worse due to the concessions made for tire clearance. However, all of that is erased by an aggressive body position. I bought an M, and it's a pretty aggressive geometry compared to the rest of the range. The S compares favorably to the 52 SL8, the M is more aggressive than the 54 SL8, and the L is less aggressive than the 56 SL8. Another factor is that I am running a custom bar that is also low and long, a custom headset cover, and a -17 degree 130mm stem. In terms of assembly, as others warned, the included saddle clamp hardware is awful. I have the Ritchey stuff and almost switched it out, but since the stock stuff was lighter, I decided to stick with it. The issue IMO is the rubber carrier and the two bottom portions of the cradle don't hold together. Fixing this would be easy TBH. All that is really needed is to make the holes in the rubber carrier smaller. Similarly, the rubber cover for the seat post clamp is an atrocity, and I would have preferred not to have had it supplied. The other "issue" is that the front wheel/hub doesn't have a strong resting place like it does on my other bikes. In other words, I can't just slot a wheel in w/o a thru axle and expect the bike to stay up if it's leaning against a wall or in a rear wheel stand. This is really not a big deal, just something I noticed. This sounds like a downer review, but to me, it's the exact opposite. This bike is really good and really good at a lot of things, to the point where I didn't notice much about the bike because there weren't any apparent shortcomings. If you are looking for an aero-looking bike, this frame isn't it. If you are looking for a bike you can ride fast that builds up light, this is probably it. Really looking forward to hearing what other people think of the frame, but I am impressed. September 14, 2025, 10:19:18 PM |
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Re: LTK266-D-SL, lightweight frame confirmed under 800g w/paint and accessories (M)
I forgot to mention the killer feature of this frame. Tire clearance. I suspect most 38mm tires are a little bit too wide to meet the 6mm and the often cited 5.5mm is really close, but I suspect 38mm slicks or small knob tires will be what I end up running. In terms of tires Ive tried:
September 15, 2025, 09:38:05 AM |
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Re: XM Carbon Speed - "Gran Tourismo" Frameset
Do you know (by experience?) if Shimano 105 rotors would face this issue ? If you mount the rotor correctly flat, then no issue. On current Gran Turismo frameset, we will remove all decals except the XMCS or CARBON SPEED on downtube for now. After we get our US trademark approved, we will figure out more western design. We are designing 2026 road racing frameset as well, which would be released in April 2026 I think. September 16, 2025, 06:36:04 AM |
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Re: LTK266-D-SL, lightweight frame confirmed under 800g w/paint and accessories (M)
My build of the LTK266-D-SL is now finished! Bedded in the brakes this afternoon, and will be going on a group ride tomorrow after which I will post photos and share more thoughts about the ride itself. But a few details about the build and process: I built my size 56 green glossy frame up with new SRAM Force E1 groupset and drivetrain (2x 48/35 cranks, 10/33 cassette). Integrated bar stem is a Tavelo Avro 380/130, Ryet 3d printed saddle, 9velo LV WIDE Series wheels (50mm depth, 24mm internal width) with Michelin Pro5 35mm TLR tires, Assioma DUO pedals, Tacx bottle cages. Weighs in at 7.3KG with cages, pedals, outfront mount. Given that each of the tires weighs 400g, this could be sub7 just by going to 28mm GP5Ks. With carbon spokes and a shallower carbon hoop, sub UCI weight limit. The build went well--this was my first full bike build after doing nearly all wrenching and maintenance myself the past couple years. I handled most everything despite never having dealt with hydraulic disk brakes or fully internal before (coming from 2015 rim and 11s di2 land) and frankly it wasn't bad. I went to the shop a few times for help, first for the cranks (E1 is TIGHT even with SRAM's own T47 DUB BB) and secondly for centering the rotors--the relevant part for you fellow chinertowners. Unfortunately it does seem that the facing on the flat mount caliper on the fork wasn't ideal. My trusty mechanic was able to make it work without me needing to face it, but I will be borrowing the Park Tool from a friend soon to fix it once and for all. IN ADDITION: it seems that Alisa/LT sent me either the wrong, or just a crappy, headset. I was provided with two 40×52×7 36/45 and a useless crown race. I emailed Alisa and she claimed I was sent "40*51.8*8（36°*45°)" bearings -- but this wasnt the case. To make the tavelo barstem work, I bought an FSA ACR NO.55R 1.5in headset -- which did come with 40*51.8*8 36/45 bearings (as well as the much needed c-ring, supplied neither by LT nor by panda podium/tavelo), so I could see the difference. The FSA bearings were higher quality and had a different chamfer that interfaced better with the headtube. The ones sent by LT got stuck when I tried dropping them in and had to be pried out (52mm vs 51.8 perhaps?). Again, the frame itself was near perfect in terms of measurements (flat mount facing excepted). That I even thought I might have been able to use them with the FSA spacers from Tavelo was user error on my part, but basically I would advise against getting headsets from these OEMs and just order the spec that you know will play perfectly with your own components. I am very happy with the bike. The challenges with the headset and fork flat mount were bumps in the road which I attribute in part to my own inexperience with doing the China bike thing. I will try to write up my initial thoughts on the ride soon and send some pictures. September 19, 2025, 08:28:14 PM |
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