I tried today the Inbike winter bibs, perfect !

Quote from: gribs on December 10, 2025, 06:55:55 AM
I can't recommend anything in particular from China but the difference between the two standards is usually just end caps. You can also use spacers like this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005922008385.html

On my Fulcrum rear wheel, I had to completely change the axle (but for the front, the adapter you linked worked fine). The problem is the length, not the diameter.

Hello,
I have trouble finding gravel carbon wheels that are compatible with my bike (Triban RC520, QR 9x100/9x135), and that can be also be converted easily to a more standard bike (12x142mm for the rear). Do you have any suggestion ?

Quote from: ChrisB on December 03, 2025, 07:40:55 AM
The Mixed 5D saddle is my absolute favourite, by now I switched all but one bike to this.
Even long indoor sessions do not cause any discomfort. The seat padding got softer over time so I changed the saddle after 9.000km indoors to a fresh one.
But at that price it is a non issue.

BR Chris

150km with it last week, and it's the least uncomfortable of all the saddles I tried. I can ride 3 hours without any big pain, which is nice. But my butt is still not fit for those kind of rides.

Anyone tried those long sleeve jersey? https://a.aliexpress.com/_EvY8mVi

I love the design.

And for the sizing, I'm Euro M for any clothes I buy, but on AliExpress, I have to take XL for everything.

Quote from: triglav on November 17, 2025, 05:52:29 AM
Try contacting Magene directly to try and buy the shorter cranks. I don't think any other cranks fit the spider.

It's 55$ + 20$ of shipping, + customs. Not sure it's worth it.

Quote from: shaxberd on December 02, 2025, 06:01:52 AM
Recently bought these as they were recommended in here, though I haven't got round to installing them yet. Build quality seems very good though 👍
https://aliexpress.com/item/1005005078146423.html

Ordered. I hope I'll have them before Christmas (last order has now been travelling for 3 weeks).

Quote from: Tijoe on December 02, 2025, 11:24:32 AM
Road, or gravel, or mountain bike.

These were the last shoes I purchased.   Amazingly when I sized them up versus my last shoe purchase from a 46 to a 47. The toe box was actually wide enough for my feet.  (A wide enough toes box is the problem I have with the majority of shoes I purchased from Aliexpress.)

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808091828319.html

Ordered too !

Quote from: Tijoe on December 02, 2025, 11:24:32 AM
Road, or gravel, or mountain bike.

These were the last shoes I purchased.   Amazingly when I sized them up versus my last shoe purchase from a 46 to a 47. The toe box was actually wide enough for my feet.  (A wide enough toes box is the problem I have with the majority of shoes I purchased from Aliexpress.)

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808091828319.html

Gravel, and not too stiff if possible.

Recently ordered :
- 5G Saddle : https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005006022268921.html


Quality seems good. I made one 30km ride, very slow, and no discomfort. I'll wait for bigger rides to have a better opinion

- Elita One carbon seatpost : https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005007004183190.html


Since I don't gravel in winter, I removed my suspension seatpost and wanted to replace with something supposedly comfortable.

Any way, I mostly need shoes recommandations.

Quote from: Tijoe on December 02, 2025, 10:09:36 AM
Wow! The price has almost doubled in less than 2 years.   There is no Trump-tariff-inflation here in the states.

Be careful, maybe you benefited from coupons, or any discount that you don't benefit right now.

What are your suggestions for gravel shoes ? And pedals ? For the pedals, I was planning on buying those : https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005006443355624.html

I have both, so I'll change the clamp once I have the carbon seatpost.

Quote from: Merry on November 19, 2025, 07:02:55 PM
Elita One is still the way to go. Just make sure you mount the seatpost correctly (shown in the manual), because there's a post here that had OP's seatpost cracking because of a mistake.

I saw that, but I don't have a standard clamp. Instead of this :


I have this :


I guess it's the same, the screw has to be turned forward.

Are there recent carbon seatpost suggestions ? I saw Elita One was once recommended. Not sure if it's still the case.