Quote from: MarioCanario on October 27, 2026, 04:45:24 PMWhat an unfriendly and useless comment

It's more than happy to read/hear such an opinion from that dude, it's only a complement for me  I wonder only how his opinion is relevant to the main topic, so the wheels, its quality and reliability...

@Dan S. yes, sure, only sound and might   

Lastly, everyone can have their own opinion, the look and the appearance thing is subjective  

Another update today, you can install external application directly from the device e.g. GPS test, komoot, and spotify.

Version 3.1.9.

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share a quick update of my new Tagoola PULSE RP50UL, ordered directly from website, got them on 13th of August for my new R8-RS Avenger. Now we have middle of October, those very used intensively so I can say some words.

Package was delivered very quickly to Poland, EU, just after around 10 days, so very fast! No damages, new box, all fine! Inside the box you have two tubeless valves, a wheel tension report sheet with overall information about the wheels. The tape was already on the wheel, all packed very good!

The first impressions are very good, here you have my unboxing video,very solid, very light, clean, no imperfections.

Specs are as follows, 50 mm depth, 23 mm internal, 30.5 mm external, Aero34 spokes, 20/20, around 1160 g, without valves.

I put Pirelli P zero Race RS on them, I made a mistake and I bought the standard version, my bad! However, I'm still riding on them with some TPU tubes and no issues! I put a sealant in them  NO issues during installation of tires and the cassette.

In general my feelings are very positive, the wheels are lighter than my previous Tagoola Aeroraptor 65, very stiff, fast and I'm very satisfied. I used them on Race, I was 5th open and 3rd in the Category at Gran Fondo Warszawa, so not bad. I have to test them in the mountains but I love the new logo, and that those are also a bit wider! Below I will add some youtube and a google photos album, maybe someone want to have a look.



https://photos.app.goo.gl/bhfD5sLxZjKtS7iC7

Some new update just come up! Now they also added some workout option! The functionality is going further which is very promising! In general the device is working really fast! Now we have connection with Strava and Intervals, that works very good. Maps are also downloading faster, that was one issues. GPS accuracy is very good, the same as for garmin edge 850. There is even option to pause the workout, not the ride itself, so its very good. I would just need an connection to training peak or option to at least upload workout from it, to the device or something. Now you can only create your own workout on the device or use one of their plan.

I'm 187 cm, I have 58 size, no issues with the above mentioned matter. I have 45 size of the shoe. I will check it carefully when I come back from my vacation.

It was one of the quickest cable routing in the history, honestly. It's quite easy, as the stem and the bar are two elements. You can firstly go through the first element, and then through the handlebar. The channel from the rear brake is also a standard one, the frameset are very well made, no sharp edges, all is great so I can say that without a watch it took me around 90 minutes to assembly the whole bike. I was rather not in a rush Have a look on the manual I had attached, it's really helpful.

Just for others, the short manual how to assemble the handlebar. The manual is also attached to my previous post, but I added it here one more time. Regarding the geometry, the most important is that is not correct! You should reduce 3 cm from the stack, it's lower! I can show you the numbers later. That is why I have 8 spacers so 4 cm instead of 2 spacers as I assumed! Some quick update before some final review. Bike is really great, I was on the race in the mountains, Tatra Road Race, ~82 km, 2300 up, no issues. Conditions so the weather was really terrible, so wind and rain, and I felt very confident on it.

Okay, so that is not the final review, but let say the first impressions from 500 km. On the first race after 4 rides I was fifth, and third in my cat. M3, on Gran Fondo Warsaw. In general the bike is really fast, stiff, accelerate amazingly. I have 50 mm wheels Tagoola Pulse 50 UL on it. In my opinion around 1-2 km/h average faster than shuttle. Maybe due to the position, and 380 handlebar, maybe the conditions are different. I'm planning to compare those two, but after my vacation. Now I have 52t on the front, 10-33t on the back, on flats it's like a rocket! The total weight is on the edge of 7 kgs. On 5th of September I will have a mountain race Tatra Road Race, so the plan is to test the new machine. It's rather very demanding so I would be happy if I hit the top 100. Then I will have some full overview of the bike. For now it's 10/10, except the issue with the geometry, for me it's not correct.

On my bike, I calculated all numbers from the ground, it's ~60 mm of extra stack in the 120 mm Y bar. From the ground to the top of the cap is 895 mm, to the top of the handlebar is ~955 mm. The saddle is ~105.2 mm, shifters ~975-980, the same height as Shuttle SL, with 40 mm of spacers and 120 mm handlebar (Avian Canary II). Stack on the charts is for sure badly calculated and presented by Avenger. They marked it as a bottom of a frame, in reality it's rather the top or the top-middle part, where you have spacers, as someone already marked on previous posts.

I cannot open it, so I don't know. The mount is rather one of a kind, the angle is strange, the holes are angled. I tried to use one I have for the shuttle, and it's different. The mount fits, but the garmin is really angled. Could you please provide a screen. Moreover, someone above put a photo of how it looks.

I'm after 5 rides, and that includes one race. I have no issues with the headset, I did all based on the manual, so as follows, expander 10 Nm, screws and cap bolt 4 Nm. Usually it's around 5 Nm, sometimes it's 6 Nm. I have never seen more than 6 Nm for the carbon handlebar. I checked the values on my two torque wrenches. I attached the screen and my photo of the bike. I used 4 cm of spacers so 8 spacers. Are you sure that you assembled the spacers correctly, and the handlebar is properly connected/inserted. There are some holes and pins. The metal spacer/washer should go on the cable port grommet, it's not in the manual. Lastly, maybe the fork was not cut properly ? There is no space of too much space? Could you provide some photo of the bike and the space between the fork/spacers ?

I used the standard one, which the Avenger provided in the frameset. I have shuttle sl and even after 15000 km and several rides in the rain and even in snow, no issues or corrosion. Both are still working very smooth. I put a lot of grease in there, in the headset.

About the play, I didn't see any other thread, maybe you could post it also here ? Just for the future.

Yes, I'm after two rides, I did around 90 km for now. I have a race on Sunday so I have tapering, no big watts however I hit around 950 w for a quick and short sprint. I haven't noticed anything unusual. All is stable, tight and no play. Yesterday I did some small adjustments on my saddle and I checked the handlebar and headset, all is good, I checked the torque, I have 4 Nm on those elements, as it is in the manual - I attached it to the post.

Okay, so my build is finished. Just quick update from my perspective. I build the bike myself, like the others and previous Avenger Shuttle SL. I'm having Tagoola Pulse 50UL and 1x12 SRAM AXS with Force shifters and the rest is RED. As I will probably use XMCS crank, I bought the tripeak 3 in 1 BB. In general, i had no issues with cables, or with BB or screws, or honestly with any element of the frameset. Assembling was pretty easy and fast, I did all based on the R8-RS user manual. Only one elements is missing in the user manual, the screws and elements that holds the upper bearing or I haven't seen it. The routing with the Y bar was a pleasure and there is only one way of going thru. Those two pieces are very easy to connect. Top cap is pretty funny and with unusual shape. I'm wondering if 4 Nm and enough for handlebar and fixing screws. I will check and verify that on the ride today. I didn't encountered any issue with the headset play. I used 4 Nm for the top cap as adviced. No information what should be the tightening power for the handlebar and stem. Seatpost and clamp the same, no issue, Nm as in the manual. I didn't cut the seatpost. For the axles a used 10 Nm at the moment. I used 4 cm of spacers so 8 of them, not looks very bad, of course without any of them is the best. However, as I mentioned previously, after calculation I have the same level as on my shuttle. For me the comfort is the most important, I will survive how it looks.

I will prepare some reel and post on my instagram of course.

For now the weight is less than 7 kg in size 58, with pedals, bottle cages, garmin and varia mount.

Answering your question, I believe yes, but probably you would need to work on spacers. The shape of it is rather unusual. I promised some more photos and data, here you go - some weighting of the frameset. In my opinion it's not bad - https://youtu.be/ULC6ZW79f9w?is=SnlJQ3HM6drWxIO5



Most important information from my side is that definitely the geometry is quite different and someone above noticed that correctly! I don't know if that is really 30 mm, or even more, but it's not correct. I calculated all in the bikegeocalc.com and with only one or even no spacers the stack with the 120 mm stem should be the same as on my Shuttle SL. I assembled the frame with some wheels and seatpost only, to verify it before full assembling of the bike. That was really smart decision and I done some measurements from the floor! With one spacers I was around 4 cm lower than shuttle, only some quick measurements. So I decided to put all spacers and even add one round, they gave me only 3 cm of spacers. After that I hit my assumed and perfect handlebar height, the same as on my shuttle. Then I calculated the height of the saddle and the desired drop/grip drop will be reached. Unfortunately, I got only 6 spacers, so I'm waiting for 2 more from Avenger. Except that, the frameset is really stunning! Painting, how it's made, the set, all is perfect!