Fake darimo cnc stems

It would be great if people who have experience with both real and fake EI pads could list what they have and their thoughts

I dont have either so i have nothing to add

Some interesting finds:

1. New elita one vibration dampening seatposts
27.2 350mm comes in at ~150g

2. Cheaper alternative to the tripeak asymmetric oversized pulley wheels that chinacycling reported on at china cycle. I remember someone on here was interested in those. Maybe jonathonf2?

3. Fake alugear chainrings

I personally wouldn't bother going shopping for bike stuff in shanghai but sbelltote's advice is pretty spot on. XDS have stores around the city, giant and a few other stores carry pardus and im not sure where stocks camp and sunspeed but they will be around. Bikesoul carry high end stuff but might have some chinese frames and completes too. Theres another shop called club100 but ive never been in thenshop so im not sure what they stock.

If you have a day to kill then you could go to ridenow cycle club(bike shop and also founders of no.6 wheels) and rent a bike for the day. They organize club rides almost every day of the week so you could ask to join or go for a ride around shanghai yourself.

You can add them on wechat @RideNowKen. Ridenow are the most foreigner friendly of the clubs in shanghai and everyone will speak fluent english. If you go into the shop and introduce yourself im sure they will take care of you. Club100 and bikesoul organize group rides as well so you can ask them too

I mean you could go buy a frameset, but you'd have to transport it somehow.

I would just go Disneyland Shanghai. Disneyland California is overpriced, has terrible food and is a clusterf**k of annoying people.

Ive been to Disneyland Shanghai three times.  Its much smaller and i wouldnt say much better than the one in Cali

Meh.  It all depends on your use case.   I have been having great luck with my IgpSport IG630 (latest version is IG630S), and others are liking the new IG800.

From my perspective, Garmin sucks.  Too expensive relative to the value and capabilities of their cycling line of bike navigation computers.  (Garmin name = premium brand = too expensive for me.) 
For Bikepacking rides I have been riding over the past couple of years,  Battery life becomes my biggest concern.   Due to this, I have started using a rugged cell phone (without cell service) that has a huge built in battery and a large screen.  I can run Strava, Trailforks, RidewithGPS, and Google Maps (with downloaded maps) all at the same time.  Recently, I have been using my IG630 as my back-up navigation unit.    With a built in 22000mAh battery, it is lasting about 60 hours of ride time.  (5-6 days of remote riding without a recharge.)

What phone are you using or what are some brands you can recommend? Im thinking of planning a bike packing trip and i also have an igs630 and was wondering if it would be sufficient with an iphone. This is good info

@kybackje theres no need to try shut people down for sharing opinions or information just because it doesnt help the op. They might end up helping someone else. This forum used to be so friendly but is slowly becoming more and more toxic

I recently built up a bike with ltwoo RX (12 speed hydro) for a friend and was pleasantly surprised with how well it worked!

shifting was super smooth and braking was great. installation was easy too and had no problems. i had previously installed a 11 speed ltwoo mechanical groupset and the front derailleur was a massive pain to set up. the RX fd was fine

but i got the full groupset barely used for only $110.. 

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Hi, yes the difference is just material in the shifters and derailleur. Here are the weight differences:

CARBON:
Shifters - 430g
Front derailleur - 185g
Rear derailleur - 320g
Overall - 935 g.

ALLOY
Shifters - 478g
Front derailleur - 185g
Rear derailleur - 350g
Overall - 1015 g.