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Re: Zen Carbon Wheels Xiamen
Quote from: midmin on November 15, 2025, 12:34:20 AM
Might be a dumb question here—but struggled to look for an answer to this question...

Is it at all possible to use lets say the Zen Carbon crank (or similar cranks offered by Elilee, XMC etc) with a Magene PES P515 PM spider only by simply not using the crank that comes with that kit?

I like the idea of running a Magene PM but not so much the aluminium crank that comes with it.

Otherwise, I may have to go down the route of an XCadey PM or similar.

The Magene PES P515 uses its own proprietary spider mounting interface - it's not compatible with any others.
November 15, 2025, 02:17:24 AM 		1
Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
Quote from: midmin on July 21, 2026, 11:52:10 PM
the fork came back with large areas of manufacturing voids in the steerer, 17 in total throughout the length. And there are two smaller voids in the legs too.

This confirms that that the fork should not be used.

The thread is 140 pages long, but let's not forget this clone / fake has a documented case here of fork basically collapsing on itself for no reason. Afaik, it's the only case of catastrophic failure from shoddy manufacturing we've seen for years (not that i'm known for my memory).
There's no operational reason why the fork and frame should be made by the same people in the same factory. In fact, would make a lot of sense for a factory to just make forks, given that the composites industry in China is clustered in a few cities where moving products between locations is very easy.
From there, given the stuff is largely illegal, it's not hard to believe that some actors wouldn't exactly do the best QC / layup.
July 22, 2026, 03:08:24 AM 		1
Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
Quote from: glepore on July 23, 2026, 07:11:20 AM
You can contact them, but they're not actively selling the frame any longer, so I'd doubt they'd want to sell you a fork.
Correction - They are back to selling both the frameset and complete bikes on the TanTan/Seraph websites, but some of the sizes are no longer available.  From what I heard they had sold the X68 molds, so they may be closing out left-over stock. I wonder how they plan of fulfilling warranty claims that may come in?
July 23, 2026, 07:54:15 AM 		1