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Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame
Are tires 28" or 26 ? Can you tell me which Di2 battery holder do you use in the seat post ? Hi there The tyres are 30mm (IIRC) Pirelli P zero race. Di2 battery holder is a piece of the foam the frame came wrapped in wrapped around the battery secured with some tape and then stuffed in the seat post September 13, 2023, 11:09:52 AM |
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Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame
1st of october is China's National day, holidays lasts this whole week. Many sellers raise the prices to not bother them buying their products 
October 02, 2023, 04:37:27 AM |
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Re: Hygge Aero Carbon Frame
I ordered and customised this compression ring on Aliexpress. The headset is now 100% free of play (without any torque struggles, just as it's meant to be and ever was on any bike). It seems to be the Specialized design. I hope that it is also a bit gentler for the steerer tube. referring to the video by henrychungfitness: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SIRHNtz9nvQ https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805803796644.html I had to widen the two openings a little so that the Shimano brake cables would fit through. I cut off the outer plastic ring on the headset cap so that it doesn't rub on the frame. May 12, 2024, 05:19:22 PM |
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Re: Best aero or budget frame
Don't need to go there just yet. Again, depends on how aero you want. Looking for something in the ballpark of WT aero bikes? Forget it, the best you can do is a good counterfeit. Something a bit worse than a Tarmac (keep in mind the sl8 frame isn't exceptionally aero, the rest of the componets do a lot of work for it to test so well)? That's doable. These bikes don't have any aero develoemt done on them, so oot's mostly a matter of who stumbled into the right designs while taking inspiration from the big brands. The easiest way to start getting an idea if a bike will be any decent is to look at these things: 1. Frontal area - at the speeds a bike travels, just having as little surface impacting the wind is the easiest way to reduce drag. So look for bikes with narrow tubes. The front of the bike is the most important, so look for headtubes that get thinner in the middle - like an hourglass. This one is somewhat common, just because it's easy to understand and spot as something to copy. Having as little fork crown showing under the headtube as possible. This one doesn't draw the attention so it's rarer to see it copied. Example of both done well in 1st pic. The 2nd failed in the 2nd pic 2. Tube shapes - to keep it simple, you want pointy leading edges and smooth lines. Colnago y1rs is a prominent example, 3rd pic. Most won't be nearly as sharp as this, so just look for leading edges that aren't flat. Also avoid sharp kinks like on the downtube, headtube and fork in pic 4. That's just no good. 3. Deep bottom bracket area. It's just faster. Example that's furter exaggerated by the bottle integration in pic 6 Then there are lots of small things that make small contibutions, but that's too complex to explain like this. One thing I will add is downtube hugging the tyre. Unfortunately Hambini in his lazyness and cluelessness has convinced many to think that the downtube being closer to the front tyre is a universally good thing. It is in fact not. It's very easy to fuck up and make it worse. Scott have actually done real research on this. Their conclusion in last pic. February 13, 2025, 06:48:47 PM |
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Re: ICAN road bike models
Nice builds.one was built with Avian Falcon bars and the other has Kocevelo bars for AliX. I 3d printed the headset transition spacer for both of them since the headtube on the Flyee is a little wider than some other bikes. Pretty sure the FSA ACR standard headsets are 55.8mm in diameter but the Flyee headtubes measured 57mm. I can dig up the CAD file I made and sent it over if you ever want it. Alternatively, if you buy bars from ICAN I'm sure they'll send the right spacers to fit the bike. July 06, 2025, 08:42:40 AM |
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Re: Speeder Cycling SC-R55D
Think I have enough time spent on the bike to draw intermediate summary about the frame and my experience with Speeder  The communication with Justin was sometimes delayed (got a reply after 4-5 days), but it was always clear, concise and unambiguous. The frame production took longer then I expected, but I also asked for some customization, which is probably uncommon for B2C side of Speeder. I asked for gloss over carbon marble finish for frame+fork and matte for everything else. Everything arrived packed in a foam wrap and bubble packages without any damage. Now to the frame. From manufacturing point of view everything was pretty much perfect - everything that has to be round is round, seatpost fits perfectly, BB area, HT area, caliper mounts were neatly faced, thru axles fits nice and sturdy. My mechanic's feedback is the same - everything was done very nicely, assembly was problems-free. Riding quality completely meets my expectation - I wanted a race bike with nice balance between stiffness and compliance with specific geometry that enables my aero position for extended periods of time. It is quite stiff at BB and HT area, seatpost and seat stays absorb bumps well and after long ride on bad roads I don't return home beaten up like on a full-on aero brick. As for speed and aerodynamics I don't want to do any specific testing but my position resembles my aero tuck on my older CF5 Merida Reacto. I am somewhere around 1-1,5 kmh faster at my steady state long flat tempo efforts (~300-340W@40+kmh). So in no way the bike is slow! Above in the thread there were concerns regarding the bike maneuverability. I can attest, the bike is more nimble then Light Carbon LCR0X, which has shorter wheelbase. Longer wheelbase is compensated by steeper headtube and generally reminds my above mentioned Reacto. With the mix of Ultegra and 105 Di2, Bigrock Ti axle cranks, Elite Edge wheels, 2nd gen The one handlebars and last generation ZTTO Ultimate monoblock steel cassette, the bike wights slightly above 7,5 kg in size 535 including pedals, cages, computer and Varia mounts. That being said, if you choose your components with the weight in mind, 6.8 kg build can be achieved quite easily. I must mention UDH as another cool feature. Within the first week of riding I managed to crash badly and bent my hanger in the process Quite easily, I have found the replacement at my LBS on the very next day.Overall, I can totally recommend the frame - if it fits your needs and is appealing to the eye, go for it. 
July 13, 2025, 12:58:50 PM |
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Re: chinese carbon saddles
Anyone else have a similar bad experience with the plastic base saddles? I got a 3D-printed plastic base RYET ultimate with the cromoly rails for my commuter bike. The padding feels decent, probably a bit too soft but that's not really an issue compared to the saddle construction. The base material itself is insanely flexible, as in I can collapse the perineal cutout by just pressing on the sides. Sometimes it pinches my balls in between when I sit on it without bike shorts. Needless to say I will be returning it. February 15, 2026, 11:48:29 AM |
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Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
WANTEDSchwalbe. February 26, 2026, 10:08:07 AM |
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Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
The Schwalbe works best for me even for the hardest tyres to mount (Pirelli PZero Race RS TLR). With the three levers you can clip two into the rim and use the third one to get the tyre on the wheel.
March 02, 2026, 04:54:30 AM |
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Re: chinese carbon saddles
Couple of saddle that I would highly recommend. This Goldix www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006882249016.html <---- another copy of a power saddle that just fits. And this ElitaOne www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007562893612.html <--------- extremely good copy of the Selle Italia. I sold my original 3D printed one and got 3 of these plus I have money left over. VERY highly recommend. March 03, 2026, 08:26:25 AM |
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