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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Zen Carbon Wheels Xiamen
« on: September 15, 2026, 11:57:14 PM »
I haven't seen a lot of discussion on here about Zen carbon cranks. Specifically, BC03 cranks with 24mm Titanium spindle that come out to 300g. These chinese cranks (Cybrei, Elilee, Leese, Bigrock, etc) all look very similar so I suspect they're made from an open mould design and probably in the same factory. But searching around I couldn't find any that are 300g. Only Zen seems to be offering these and all the other brands seem to bottom out at 310g for this design. Anyways, I've gone ahead and order a pair. Was quoted $290 shipped to the US. Will report back once I receive them.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Zen Carbon Wheels Xiamen
« on: August 27, 2026, 01:08:00 AM »
Seeing the great feedback on this thread, I've decided to order a pair of Zen Carbon Wheels from Zara. So far the ordering experience has been great. Zara has been very responsive to my queries.

This is the configuration I went with:
* Rims: 25mm IW, 50mm depth, UXL weight 380g, UD paintless gloss finish
* Hubs: H-Works SR261, steel bearings, weight 269g
* Spokes: Sapim CX Ray, weight 4.9 x 48

Total expected weight: 1264.2g

Could've gone lighter with the SUXL rim at 350g and carbon spokes, but I was worried about reliability being a heavier rider at 85kg. Zara shared the lead time is about 4-5 weeks so I'm looking forward to when these ship to the West Coast here in the US.


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