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Component Deals & Selection / Re: XCADEY VENTUS Carbon Cranks + PM
« on: August 18, 2026, 08:50:36 AM »
I've just sent XCadey the data from my testing yesterday and have requested a meeting with the team at Shanghai Cycle early next month. I hope something positive can come out of the time spent on this one.

Hi Shane, did anything come from this conversation with Xcadey in Shanghai?
Or any other news from Xcadey?

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I've been looking out for something similar, but haven't found something direct to consumer out of china.

Caden does have a disc wheels that meets your requirements:
https://carbonbikewheels.com.au/eu/product/tt-disc-tubeless-able-clincher-wheelset


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You could also just get a 0mm offset chainring in the size you want. And use a washer like this to get some offset:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EzZIQB8

But make sure you get some longer bolts for the 3-bolt connection aswell (like in this set).

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I've had a bad experience with the Wuzei chainrings. I got a narrow-wide 44T (104 BCD, not 3-bolt Sram mount) ring to use with a GRX 12-speed chain. But the wide tooth of the Wuzei chainring were too wide for the chain. This caused some chainsuck, but mainly a lot of noise from the chain "popping" of the tooth at the bottom of the rotation. I could even feel this vibration through the pedals.

I've since replaced this ring with a Deckas chainring, this one is great. But as you found out, these are only available in 3mm offset with the 3-bolt system upto 38T (mine is 104 BCD with a offset spider).  I've also used the Pass quest rings that bichler.bua linked. Those are great too, but a bit pricier.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: XCADEY VENTUS Carbon Cranks + PM
« on: August 26, 2025, 06:03:46 AM »
I’d be a worried that transferring the torque through 3 bolts rather than 5 results in the mounts on the XCadey shearing.

Most of the torque would be transferred trough the splined interface, if the fit is correct, and not through the bolts.

I've had good experience with a XCadey Gen 2 spider power meter on my MTB (The 3-bolt 104BCD version). So pulled the trigger on this crank+PM to replace a faulty 4iii (left-crank based) PM on my road bike.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Chinese running gear
« on: August 20, 2025, 02:07:53 AM »
I started running a bit more at the start of the year (mostly a cyclist).
So disclaimer, the only other running shoes i've used are older Ascics shoes, and more recently Nike Pegasus 40's.

Picked up the OneMix Pace Beams based on the recommendations here because I got roped into doing a 10 mile race.
And they do feel great! You just want to run fast with these shoes. I only wear them when doing faster sessions, and they still are great with about 150km of running on them.
For reference, i'm not that fast, my 5k time is 23 minutes and ran the 10 miles in 1h20min. So faster runners might benefit more of the carbon plated shoes, but even for me, they feel great.

After the event, I also bought the OneMix Bumper Elite 2's for easy running. These ones I don't like as much. The cushioning under the heal is really soft, which in turn makes it a bit unstable under my foot. So I don't use these as often, and run more with my Nike Pegasus shoes.

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Hi,

1) Yes, the frame is UDH, so it should be compatible with the SRAM direct mount groupset a.k.a. the 13 speed XPLR groupsets.
You can use this groupset with 2 sets of wireless SRAM blips.
But for the KMC chain, make sure you get a flat top chain (KMC has flat top chains, the X-flat or XSL-Flat) because the 13spd cassette is only compatible with flat top chains.

2) As far as I can tell from the ICAN website, and Triexpress' photos. Yes you should be able to use any 22m extension but you should think well about the length of the extensions. From the photos, it doesn't look like you are able to push the end through the baseplate completly, so you are more limited in the length adjustment of the extension (or you need to cut them at the base plate to your desired lenght). But maybe Triexpress can confirm this.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Replacement for an edge 530?
« on: June 30, 2025, 08:10:33 AM »
FYI, If you want to get more data fields under your map on Garmin Edge devices you can:



GPLama video about the Connect IQ field here:
https://www.youtube.com/   watch?v=HCb7OFJqUj8
(Remove the spaces, because the I can't post the link otherwise)

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Peter Has sent this across

New 18-18 Hole Hubs
CS-D50CU-33 disc brake 50mm depth carbon road rim 33mm wide 26mm Internal width
CS-D65CU-33 disc brake 65mm depth carbon road rim 33mm wide 26mm Internal width
No Spoke Hole on Rim Bed
5mm Carbon Spokes
T1100 Carbon
1235.6 Grams


Price for this set?

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I use Nextie AGX45's on my beachracer/gravelbike. They are 30mm wide internal. And I found that to be plenty wide when using 60mm slicks at 0.7 bar (I'm 80kg) on the beach last winter.
I just e-mailed Nextie to get them build on MTB boost hubs, which was no problem.

But if I would buy a wheelset today for beachracing, I would look at Lightbicyle:
https://www.lightbicycle.com/wg55-disc-brake-32mm-int-wide-55mm-deep-gravel-rim.html
https://www.lightbicycle.com/700C-gravel-bicycle-rims-40mm-wide-44mm-deep-aero-clincher.html

They should be able to put these on any hub you want.

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Can you have more information on the extra baseplate? Just the same one so you can modify it? Or have they finally designed a baseplate for modern extensions? Otherwise, they offered me the same price for the frame, which is actually not bad, but then 120 for just a baseplate... to solve the problem of poor design, it's expensive.
Just the same baseplate that you would have to modify yourself.
But yeah, the price for the frameset is actually really good. However, 120USD for a extra steel plate is crazy.

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Ask ICAN for a cost of an additional plate or ask them if they can modify it. The more people that ask they may listen and change the design. I have asked and they said they would not change the design. I also told them after I built the bike as part of some feedback that this is the major drawback for this bike as its very common for people to fit alternative areo bars to TT bikes.

FYI. After a lot of back and forth, they responded that I could buy a extra baseplate for 120 USD.
They also quoted me 950 USD for the frameset, which is actually a really good price in my opinion.

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HongFu has a new TT bike on show at the Shangai bike show (saw a picture thanks to a Slowtwitch forum member). It's under their direct to consumer "Avenger" brand

Since there is a bit of interest on the forum in TT bikes (with the ICAN, Velobuild and Winow threads). I reached out to HongFu for some more details.
They responded with some more pictures and the geometry chart. The bike should be for sale in 2025 via their Avenger brand.

What are your experiences with HongFu?

Geometry and pictures:




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