Quote from: Matter on March 11, 2025, 04:44:56 AM
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3256808108737812.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt
You can consider our wheelset. 45mm lightweight wheelset 1383g ± 5%, if you upgrade CXRAY spokes, it can be reduced to 1313g ± 5%.

Link DEAD!!!!!  Got a new one?  What's the price if you go to cx-ray spokes?

I'm about to pull the trigger on this frame.  With my specs in mind, it would be a good improvement over my 16.9 lb aluminum rim brake bike.

Lighter by about 1/2 lb
More aero
12s Di2 instead of ultegra 11s
Clearance for 32mm tires instead of 29mm being a tight squeeze
More stiff/better for sprints in my battle against strangers on Strava. 

Any reason to keep riding my current bike for another year or two?  Could there be a significant improvement in chinese carbon all rounders at this price point?  I just messaged Jim from lightcarbon and it seems there's no new all rounder coming soon, but they do have a new aero bike coming soonish...

Quote from: Samuel BMR on February 21, 2026, 04:45:13 PM
SRAM RED D1 derailleurs
SRAM FORCE E1 shifters & crankarms
SRAM RED E1 chain
GOLDIX 12s cassette = same weight as the SRAM RED!!
I made a full bike check video about it

thanks I'll check out the vid.  Curious how the cassette is performing and how many miles it might last.

Quote from: Samuel BMR on February 20, 2026, 01:55:50 PM
Mine weighs 6,6kg without pedals. Quarq Power Meter, 2x with 1 bottle cage & computer mount.
58mm Wide aero wheels from CarbonBikeKit that weigh only 1180g. TPU tubes. Comfortable full carbon saddle.
If I went with LIGHTBICYCLE AIRIA 55mm I could shave off another 100g.
It rides beautifully.
Almost 5,000km on it, all good

Which groupset do you have?

Looks great!  Very close to what I'd like to do, when finances allow. 

About the weight, if you're not happy with that, the wheels at 1750 grams seem to be the biggest offender.  In contrast, a pair of 9Velo Road Disc LV 2.0 Series 24H/24H in 45 width weigh 1309g, nearly a pound lighter at about $1000 usd. 

Moving away from the all season version of the GP5000s, and down to 30mm would save another 150g and would likely measure 31-32mm once inflated on a 21mm internal rim such as the 9Velo. 

TPU tubes, if you haven't already would shave another 140g or so.  If you chose to do all of this the weight would be closer to 7.56kg or 16.6 lbs.

Quote from: skyfotr on September 20, 2025, 04:00:10 AM
Hi guys, firstly thank you all for convincing me LCR17 is the frame for me (also props to Hambini)
I finally assembled my night rider

Frame: LCR017D - size 56 (i am 182cm)
Wheels: Elitewheels ENT 2.0 50mm
Groupset: Shimano 105 mechanical 12speed (just upgraded rotors to Ultregra ones)
Seatpost: Ryet 3D printed
Pedals: Oniri PD-06
Tyres: GP5000 32mm AS TR

Full build was around 1600 EUR (some import tax for grupset to Slovenia), and bike weight with pedals is 8.3kg (to be honest i expected a bit less, but i am guessing i ENT wheels are not among the lightest?) Anyhow very happy with the bike

Quote from: Bike.Man on February 10, 2026, 02:34:04 PM
All the suggestions above are crap and no more attractive than the LightCarbon slogan 🤷🏻‍♂️

With a name like Bike.Man I can tell creativity is high on your list.

Quote from: A-Rides on February 10, 2026, 02:06:26 PM
They need help.

No need to invest heavily to have a site people can order from vs email and a better brand. 

They need help. 

Heard the guys talk about LightCarbon for a bit on their recent pod.  I like how they're trying to come as close to Specialized as they can for $1000. 

Ways to improve:  Along with a glaring though easily correctable flaw in not having a website you can easily order from, I think better branding could help this company as well.  The name, as with Quick Pro, could use some work.  It would be like a new mitre saw manufacturer calling itself SawsGood or BladeSharp.  So...I'm throwing out ideas.  My first comes with a poll.  Please submit graphics if you're able, would be fun to see!  You have two votes, use them wisely.  Cheers!

Tried posting a thread with a poll, couldn't get it to post because the current year, and next year fields were wrong, apparently.  Is this year 2026 and next year 2027?  If so, this site has a problem.

Quote from: palanski on December 28, 2025, 05:47:27 PM
Here is the latest exchange with Wendy and my reply after I collected some poll responses

disappointing.  they admit their mistake but won't make it right.  I am a former potential customer as of now.  They should ask for the old frame back at their shipping cost and send you a correctly painted frame as you ordered.  Anything else is bad service.  They need to eat this mistake and improve their painting/customer service accuracy.