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29er / Re: MF05 - Light Cycling Lightweight hardtail
« on: September 10, 2026, 12:55:37 PM »
"Full Internal Routing Supported · or External at the Handlebar via Lower Head-Tube Ports"

That got me excited, but it might just be stock copywriting, like the picture for FD routing  :-X

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Does anyone know of stores that ship to EU that won't get me hit with surprise taxes/tolls on Magene TEO? I'm seeing some on Lordgun but they're out of 165. Did anyone order from PandaPodium or Gambacicli?

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: OTVTO wheels
« on: July 21, 2026, 04:48:15 AM »
Genuine question; how do you guys feel comfortable buying wheels off an 'unknown' brand from AliX? I stick to the big names and even then I feel so hesitant handing over my money. Paypalling money to ProX was stressful!
Truthfully, I've never had issues buying name brand (for AliX standards) and if I did I was well taken care of.

OVTVO is not unknown, also Ali has some amount of buyer protection. I've been buying stuff there for years and never run into an outright scam.

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Spectacular work! The matched handlebars and seatpost make it look really premium  8)

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29er / Re: My Meinier M09
« on: July 15, 2026, 04:23:51 AM »
It very well may, but when they price their products as much as a new bike, it puts those products out of reach for 90% of the cyclists out there.

Also, I understand a little more about why you see these products offered and they seem exactly like their name brand versions. When you contract a Chinese firm to manufacture and build your product, there is a clause in most contracts that says if you are late on payments, your intellectual property rights are forfeited. I don’t think that’s the deal with the cranks at all, they look a little like 5dev but they are obviously not. The derailleur looks exactly like Ingrid and included documentation from Ingrid. I think it looks like a Walmart mountain bike, not a fake anything, people hardly know what derailleur is what. In fact, because of my hokey paint job I was thinking of putting Hyper or Huffy stickers on the down tube as a theft deterrent.

If you can't afford Ingrid, just buy Deore. If you can't afford 5dev, just buy Deore. Both of those would work for your build but you chose to go with fakes.
That's a lot of made up copium to justify why it might not be a knock off akshually  ::)

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No CeramicSpeed bearings?! How will I deal with the inertia of much heavier, metal bearing balls in my poor-person headset?
Also, love that your 'cure' for boring frames on the marker is Chinese brands making knock offs of an existing, popular (as soon as they ship) frame :D

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: OTVTO wheels
« on: June 03, 2026, 04:56:17 AM »
I got a set of XC wheels from them some time last year.
They're holding up just fine and the weight is accurate to what they claimed.

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29er / Re: Build thread Spcycle M05
« on: May 28, 2026, 02:37:23 PM »
Nice build! How's the tire clearance? I've been looking at this frame but ended up going with M06 since at the time SP-Cycle claimed it had better tire clearance.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: SL9 Frame
« on: May 22, 2026, 05:01:42 AM »
Could you recommend any high-quality suppliers?
Specialized  ::)

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: s-works SL9 Leak
« on: May 13, 2026, 04:35:58 AM »
Can't wait for all the people complaining about the frame to order their knock offs as soon as they appear on Ali  ::)

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29er / Re: Spcycle Super Light 29er Hardtail MTB Frame M038
« on: May 10, 2026, 03:18:56 AM »
If I had 1 regret about buying my SP-M06 it's that it has integrated headset cablee routing, next winter I'm either YOLO drilling cable passthroughs in the side of the frame or buying a new frame to get rid of them...

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: any concerns about this stem
« on: May 08, 2026, 06:37:38 AM »
Going from a 70g stem to 210g is quite a lot of 'playing it safe' :D
I'd consider getting one of these stems if they weren't so dedicated to being Darimo knock offs, why do they insist on adding the logos...

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I thought the spacers were in two pieces.... ::)

They are, they're just designed poorly  :-\

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After The Ride / Re: Tarmac SL9
« on: April 14, 2026, 03:57:27 AM »
Which of those pics are supposed to be SL9? All I'm seeing is basic genAI and some photoshoping.

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29er / Re: LightCarbon 918?
« on: April 09, 2026, 06:48:08 AM »

Also, I can't fit the conical split ring anywhere. That's a standard part for centring the steerer on 99% of normal headsets.


It looks like you're trying to fit a split ring (small, silver) inside another split ring (black one resting on the bearing in pic #5).

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