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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Quick Pro ER:One
« on: June 10, 2026, 09:21:05 AM »
Quote from: rekalcitrant on June 10, 2026, 08:30:40 AM
Does anyone know if a WIDE SRAM crank is required to run a 50t chainring on the ER:ONE? The chainstays are shorter than what SRAM recommends for a WIDE crank, but I’m worried about chainstay clearance. Thanks!

Are you running 1x or 2x? I run a regular sram red e1 dub crank (not wide) with a 50t 1x chainring and there's plenty of clearance. I used a 3mm right side spacer as recommended by sram: https://www.sram.com/globalassets/document-hierarchy/compatibility-map/road/dub-choose-a-road-bottom-bracket-compatibility-map.pdf

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Quick Pro ER:One
« on: May 07, 2026, 03:06:51 PM »
Does anyone know what this part is for?

Just got my ER one frame from panda podium. Will post some pics soon.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: SRAM eTap AXS Rim Brake Shifters on Aliexpress - Real or Not?
« on: April 22, 2026, 09:59:46 AM »
I've bought SRAM force e1 groupset components (not rim brake) on AliExpress from anaracee cycling store. It's definitely genuine, connects to sram app, receives firmware updates, etc. It would be extremely difficult to fake this sort of thing. Does not come in consumer packaging however.

Be more careful about things like chains, cassettes, pedals, etc, and other obvious counterfeits such as s-works helmets, darimo components, s-works/colnago/factor frames, etc.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Ridenow TPMS sensors from AliExpress?
« on: April 03, 2026, 05:22:43 AM »
Found a pretty detailed review of these on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/4VgQm1C_ZYc?si=VVfSMa3g9E3_fNId

Honestly pretty cool piece of tech but a bit half baked. Looks like I’ll have to wait for a v2 version that is hopefully compatible with more than just Garmin computers though.

It’s a lot cheaper than existing options like tyrewiz or a whole zipp wheel, and I like how easy it would be to swap onto different bikes.


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Component Deals & Selection / Ridenow TPMS sensors from AliExpress?
« on: March 28, 2026, 03:40:45 PM »
Randomly came across these on AliExpress but couldn't find much details at all:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256810588382261.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.5.2a6820abziM4gP&algo_pvid=24394df6-b39e-4273-b2e6-0dc990811280&algo_exp_id=24394df6-b39e-4273-b2e6-0dc990811280-4&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22order%22%3A%2249%22%2C%22eval%22%3A%221%22%2C%22fromPage%22%3A%22search%22%7D&pdp_npi=6%40dis%21USD%2164.57%2164.57%21%21%21444.40%21444.40%21%402103212b17747298618257431e4ef3%2112000053467624231%21sea%21US%210%21ABX%211%210%21n_tag%3A-29910%3Bd%3A855bf91%3Bm03_new_user%3A-29895&curPageLogUid=6OZiFef5kAd7&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A%7Cx_object_id%3A1005010774697013%7C_p_origin_prod%3A

Looks interesting if they actually work. Seems like they would work with both tubes and tubeless setups since they screw on top of a presta valve, and they're not much bigger than valve caps. Having real-time tire pressure monitoring would be cool especially on my gravel bike.

No idea about compatibility... I have a Karoo 3 and waiting to hear from seller whether it is supported which is the only reason I haven't bought it yet. Curious if anyone here has any experience with these.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: T47A Bottom bracket
« on: December 15, 2025, 09:42:08 AM »
Is this a replica frame? Ostro Vam 2.0 frames come from the factory with a ceramic speed T47A BB in a distinctive blue color. If genuine, the seller ought to include the BB with your frame along with the ceramicspeed SLT headset bearings.

But yes you will need a T47A BB for 24mm cranks. Whether you want to spend a lot on a ceramic one or not is up to you...

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Colnago Y1RS replica?
« on: December 03, 2025, 03:57:57 PM »
Quote from: tovu on November 11, 2025, 04:08:01 AM
I’ve inquired for few more details on AliExpress, but have not received an answer yet. Has anyone else been down this rabbit hole already?

I had also asked for photos from the original seller in the link, out of curiosity more than anything else - wanted to see how they did the bayonet style fork. Never heard a reply which is not a good sign. But yeah since then it's shown up on yohobike so we'll likely start seeing them in people's hands soon enough.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Wheel nerds: please help me decide, straight or wavy rims?
« on: November 20, 2025, 08:28:29 AM »
I have 38mm straight basic elite wheels on a carbon road bike and 50mm wavy light bicycle turbo 50's on a titanium endurance bike. Crosswind stability definitely better on the wavy turbo 50's despite them being deeper wheels.

With that said, too many variables to say it's from the waves. The entire rim profile is different; they are on different bikes that have different geometries and different weights. I can't swap them to test on the same bike because one bike has a shimano groupset and the other is XDR. So apples to oranges.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Colnago Y1RS replica?
« on: October 22, 2025, 10:36:28 PM »
Was randomly doomscrolling instagram and got served an AliExpress ad for what appears to be a Colnago Y1RS replica.

2025 New carbon road bicycle frame gull-wing handlebars flat-mount disc compatible with Di2 group 700C carbon road bike frameset
https://a.aliexpress.com/_ms5oX0Z

First replica I’ve seen of this particular bike, but it was gonna happen sooner or later. The listing has almost no details. Thoughts? Anyone brave enough to take the plunge?  ;D

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Best SPD-SL Style Pedals
« on: October 05, 2025, 07:55:44 AM »
I use SPD rather than SPD SL pedals, but I've been severely dissapointed by most of the cheap aliexpress ones (tried a few - racework, zeray, ryet). They all developed play within a few hundred miles; on one of them the pedal body seperated from the spindle after just 10 miles when brand new. When I took them apart its very obvious the spindle & bearing quality just isn't there. One pair (the zerays) actually had no bearings - the spindle just spun on a bushing.

I've since switched to shimano - they're bulletproof and can be easily serviced and rebuilt.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Seraph Bikes Superlight 836g X68 - Alternative to SL8 Fakes?
« on: September 25, 2025, 04:53:37 PM »
Quote from: Stubbie Blue on September 25, 2025, 01:51:50 PM
Finished my build.

52cm chameleon white with 400 x 90 mm handlebars

$889 frameset
$1,087 Ultegra Di2 R8150 groupset
$338 XCADEY Ventus carbon crankset power meter
$608 EliteWheels Edge 50mm deep
$300 other parts
===
$3,222

Weight 7.16kg/15.8 lb
with Shimano PD-ES600 pedals (279g), computer mount, no bottle cages.

Notes:
- I didn't get the plug that holds the front derailleur backing plate so when I undid the bolts, the backing plate fell into the frame. You need to leave one of the bolts attached, but loose enough so you can rotate the hanger out of the way. I also didn't get the seatpost cover. But I did get the 160mm only front brake adapter.
- I stripped the rear saddle clamp nut trying to torque it to 6 Nm. I replaced it with an M5 barrel nut.

Nice build! Looks slick.
Curious how much those elite wheels weigh?
How does the bike ride?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New Tantan Seraph X71 - Replica Factor Ostro VAM V2 (UDH)
« on: September 24, 2025, 06:09:34 AM »
Thanks for posting all this info Joey!

The headset is pretty standard no? It’s how all internally routed headsets work, you have a c-shaped spacer that centers the fork and also provides room for cables. Sometimes you have to try a couple different c - spacers or play with additional shims/spacers on top for a perfect fit. Of course for a complete frame set they should provide you with the right one for a perfect fit, so maybe the handlebar wasn’t designed specifically for this frame.

Weight seems a bit porky considering it’s an unpainted frame lol, so all other variations will be heavier still  :'(

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New Tantan Seraph X71 - Replica Factor Ostro VAM V2 (UDH)
« on: September 22, 2025, 06:14:17 PM »
Quote from: Joey on September 22, 2025, 12:27:53 PM
@Pupilorutero Here are photos of tire clearance with the 32c tires (Continental Grand sport race on 28mm external width rims). Its pretty tight, but I think its doable for really clean road conditions. about 3-4mm to my eye.

Tight indeed... what is the actual measured width of the tires?

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Shave weight from Shimano 105 50/34 170mm crankset.
« on: September 03, 2025, 09:14:38 AM »
OEM shimano 105 is pretty heavy. This is my 170mm 105 with 50/34 and all mounting bolts (749 grams)

If you go for any of the popular carbon cranks you can easily save 200 grams or more. I think you’ll mostly get savings from cranks… stock shimano chainrings are pretty good and a lot of people prefer them for the best FD shifting.


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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Carbon crank Sram wide (gravel Chainline)
« on: August 21, 2025, 08:58:19 AM »
Hmm, I think the price difference is less in the US. Red is still 33g lighter. For what its worth I don't think 33g matters at all, but how much of a weight weenie are you? Because weight savings get exponentially more expensive at the bleeding edge. Anyway, sounds like you should just go with Riro, unless they don't offer the chainline you need. Force E1 is a great option on a budget tbh, 411 grams and only $180 in the US, like stalkersk pointed out.

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