The One has been updated to accept fully internal routing, with a really optimistic 675g claimed frame weight for PBO layup in Size 56

Quote from: FabioZang on September 12, 2023, 09:16:05 AM
I was amazed to see a picture from Baidu Tieba on a forum located across the ocean, and it was even a picture I personally uploaded. The feeling is truly extraordinary.
Are you perhaps a member of Tieba as well?

我竟然能在一个远在大洋彼岸的论坛里看到来自百度贴吧的图片，甚至还是我自己亲自上传的，这样的感觉真的很奇妙
你不会还是贴吧吧友吧？

Small world

Quote from: jonathanf2 on September 06, 2023, 09:20:31 PM
Will those shift buttons also appear on the ERX?

I remember awhile back you posted a website detailing LTwoo's financial investments. Unfortunately that site has a regional lockout now, but I found it interesting one of LTwoo's investors were US based.

You can try this site instead

No American shareholders to my knowledge, but some Chinese investors have significant global presence and financial heft (Hillhouse)

Those shift buttons and calipers will absolutely make their way to eRX/eR9 as running changes, they're a small company that can't afford to maintain many SKUs. Same reason why the mechanical hydraulic brifters are built so cheaply: the same shifter bodies and plastic gear levers are shared all the way from R5 9s to RX 12s.

Besides the new gravel RD, the shift buttons and brake calipers have also been updated

obviously the usual caveats go with anything new they release, but the pace of iterations is really incredible

just a couple months ago the gravel RD looked like this


bonus, footage of early eRX prototype

L-TWOO eGR incoming...

It's very much a hypothetical situation, but which other groupset maker would dare to experiment with 2x13 function if not L-TWOO? the big boys are more known for removing functionality as opposed to adding

Another cassette option could involve taking a Shimano 11-34T 12s and slotting a Y0MV16100 16T and Y0MV40021 or Y0NR00200 Spacer B between the 15T and 17T cogs, but I doubt it'd work right with the Rotor hub

Quote from: jonathanf2 on July 28, 2023, 01:00:28 PM
It seems western YT'ers seem more excited about the ERX than they do in China, but the initial reviews are looking positive it seems. Also any word when the 1x ER9 shifters/RD will be available?

105 Di2 has been discounted to the point that it's a no brainer for the price conscious while guys with money won't dabble in anything less than what they already have.

The consensus is that while shifting accuracy is spot on, manufacturing accuracy still needs work. Some complaints I've come across include poor quality pulley wheels making noises with chain quick links and unrefined ergonomics (they just crudely made the hoods as small as they could without paying attention to shaping).

Quote from: varialflip on August 09, 2023, 10:35:04 AM
Has anyone noticed that the iOS app changelog states that they added 10-12speed fonction to eRX?
It would become a very interesting option for those with a itch to upgrade to electronic+hydro but who are happy with their 10sp groupset.

Just thinking aloud here

Firmware permitting, you could pair a Rotor 10-36T 13s cassette (designed for KMC X12 chain) with 46/36 CX chainrings to hodgepodge yourself a 2x13 setup

The 32T advertised max RD handles 34T just fine so 36T isn't out of the question, especially with the help of a RoadLink DM

The cassette itself is the same as Rotor's 11-36T 12s cassette but with an extra 10T and needs to be mounted on its own proprietary hub (basically an extended HG)

eRX pricing is getting slashed in China, at least unofficially

I'm now seeing listings in the sub-3.9K RMB range, down from 4.5K retail

XDS will soon come out with the AD500, an eR9 equipped complete bike priced at 7K all-in. The bike itself is pretty garbage (frame, QR fork, integrated cockpit & aero seatpost are all made of alloy...) and the build is just a dressed up AD350 (R7 Hydraulic) but with the eR9 retailing at 3.5K, it really makes you wonder about their margins...

Quote from: kbernstein on July 19, 2023, 01:20:04 AM
I can't tell what they are at all. Hydraulic and electronic paddles?

Hydraulic braking, electronic shifting!

Even if they don't make their own groupset, I'd still appreciate a proper 3rd party brifter with satellite shifting function.

TRP's Hywire brifters meant for Pinion were shown at Eurobike and look the absolute business. Surely they'd make a proper road/gravel groupset too?

Quote from: kbernstein on July 19, 2023, 12:51:18 AM
https://www.bikeradar.com/news/microshift-sword/

Now that's a welcome development. I thought that Microshift as a company was simply coasting on previous successes like the Advent X which was really just a hodgepodge reworking of their older products. Hopefully those Sword brifters get repurposed for road 2x11/12 in the future.

EDIT: I also noticed that the Sword 10s RD shares pull ratios with Advent X 10s and by extension, Advent 9s. Sword brifters paired with this super short cage Advent 9s RD could be an interesting combo.

An little interesting rumor floating around: apparently Shimano's auto-trim patent will expire at the end of this year

No word on synchro shifting unfortunately

PSA: Please please please don't buy this groupset if you're price conscious and can't afford to write the purchase off. This is not the product for someone who simply wants something that 'just works' and can't stomach the pain when something goes wrong. The software is barely 1st gen, as is the hardware and everything is subject to change in later revisions/generations. I'm excited in the eRX because the underlying foundation could truly shake up the industry but evidently there is still much to improve.

By the way, zero proper reviews exist on the Chinese side of the internet as everyone there is waiting for someone else to take the risk. Just this week someone posted about aftermarket DM hanger clearance issues. Again, don't be a guinea pig.

The battery thing has me intrigued

They supply the groupset with 2x 800mAh 3.7V 14500 batteries but you can find higher capacity offerings on the market like the 1250mAh 3.7V Vapcell F12

Onirii are sponsoring 4 pro teams this year of which 2 are Conti, Ferei Mongolia and Yunnan Lvshan

both Conti teams are riding this new Onirii Aero frame