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Quick update on my battery draining issues: So I received my replacement RD from 80 Designer Store. Again, kudos to them for respecting their warranty. I only paid around 10 EUR for shipping.

I installed the new RD, paired everything and the issue is gone. The new RD received a firmware update right away, so it's running on a different (newer) version than the old one. Anyway I've had it on the bike for a whole day now and the battery level has not changed. It remained at 77% throughout whereas with the old RD, it would drop at least 15% within the first 12-24h and then much quicker after that. The batteries are the same.


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It’s obvious from your video that the crown race doesn’t go all the way onto the seat. Therefore it doesn’t sit flat and it has play. Make sure that it’s not the crown race itself causing the issue. Put it on another fork and see if it fits or try a different crown race on your Chinarello fork. But I imagine that it’s simply an issue of manufacturing tolerances. You’re probably going to have to measure the crown race seat to see if it’s out of round and carefully sand away excess material until it fits. Not exactly for the faint hearted but I think there should be more than enough material there.

Another good example of what can go wrong with frames like these.

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The eGR RD has a clutch, right? Wouldn’t the higher chain tension impact front shifting. Does it work reliably? I’d imagine it’s like with Sram’s mechanical 1x RDs. You can’t combine these with an FD AFAIK. Never tried it but I can’t imagine that it’d work with that amount of chain tension.

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I didn't even think about 2x gravel!  ;D

I have a 10-42t cassette and 46-30t chainring. That combo would give great high and low gear range. I could even try slapping on a 9-46t!

46/9 would be an absolutely gianormous gear. That’s the equivalent of a 56/11.  I’m running Ekar and with a 38t chainring and a 9t cog in the back I can comfortably pedal 55k/35mph on descents. More with a high cadence.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Best TPU tube brand
« on: November 19, 2024, 03:33:32 AM »
Had ordered ofbondage 85v with gold valve, as my first tpu tube.
It started it leak due to bad interface with the valve :(. Had used it for less than 200Ks.

Has anyone successfully repaired a tube with leaky valve? ( the seam at the valve insert isn't done well thus bottom of valve leaks air in high pressure or upon bending the valve )
Worst case, I know have a sacrificial tube for puncture repairs.

Currently on offbondage regular black/silver values, hoping these last better.

My experience with all sorts of different iterations of these TPU tubes from Cyclami, Ridenow and now also Offbondage is: If the valve is leaking, there seems to be little you can do about it. I certainly haven't been able to stop it. Punctures however can be repaired reliably with most of them with good patches, like the Cyclami ones. In fact I'm currently riding a Ridenow tube with 2 patches on it that works just fine. But if the valve stem is giving me trouble, I usually dump them. But I only really had leaky valves with the first gen of Ridenow and Cyclami tubes.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Best TPU tube brand
« on: November 11, 2024, 03:28:13 PM »
my favorite tpu tube is the Cyclami. You get a lot of tubes for $4usd.

Are they better now? I bought the 1st gen Cyclami tubes with non replaceable valve core and they all started leaking air slowly for no apparent reason. I couldn’t find where. So I avoided them ever since. Their repair patches are great though.

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Having said all that, I took them off my bike (200lbs) and gave them to one of my kids (80).
YMMV.

Did they feel stiff enough to you?

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: BXT Gravel 135
« on: November 09, 2024, 12:17:09 AM »
I paid 52 USD for shipping to Germany including customs clearance. Which is  considerably cheaper than what I paid with other sellers.

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I’m bringing this thread back because I’m eyeing these cranks for the 11/11 sale. Does anyone have long term experience with these 24mm Aluminium axles? Have the issues with these been ironed out? I’m thinking of using these with BB30 bearings and use a delrin sleeve to save the aluminium axle from the inevitable wear marks that steel bearings would otherwise cause.

I’m no flyweight though. Around 82kg. So I’m a bit worried they might not last.

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: BXT Gravel 135
« on: November 07, 2024, 11:39:05 PM »
The price is crazy atm. They raised it prior to the 11.11 sale. Like I said, I paid 380EUR not including shipping. If you can get that sort of price, I say it’s a steal for this frame. Obviously I don’t have long term experience, though.

The build was super cheap because I was able to use heaps of parts that I still had lying around from earlier builds. In the age of proprietary parts, all my regular seatposts, bars and stems collect dust. And nobody wants them.
I also bought a number of things used such as the cranks, the cassette and the RD. And obviously the HED wheelset.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-218
« on: November 07, 2024, 09:13:00 AM »
Mine are not the stiffest bars I ever had but not the flexiest either. Sort of a healthy middle ground. If I was any good at sprinting, I’d probably prefer them to be slightly stiffer. For climbing out of the saddle they’re stiff enough, though

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: BXT Gravel 135
« on: November 07, 2024, 02:02:03 AM »
Finally, here it is: It's been built already a couple of weeks ago but it took me a while to find mudguards that I like and to fit them in a way so they look neat.

The build process was the easiest I've had so far with a D2C frame from China. My first impression as to how clean this frame is finished (apart from the paintjob maybe) carried through all the way to finalizing the build. No issues whatsoever. Brake setup was easy. No headset play. No problems with the BSA shell. The BB screwed right in.

I got a 1stgen HED Ardennes wheelset for an incredible 85 EUR. Inspecting it closely, I realized that these HED branded hubs are indeed just some regular old Novatecs. And sure enough I could convert the front hub from 15 to 12mm thru axles by using some Novatec end caps.
I also converted the rear hub from a Shimano HG freehub to Sram XD with Novatec parts I had still lying around (I use more or less only Novatec hubs on my wheel builds).

The bike is a beautiful Franken-build that works perfectly together: LTWOO gr9 mechanical levers with Zrace XG calipers, a Zrace (Rotor copy) crankset with an Aliexpress direct mount chainring, a Shimano GRX rear derailleur and a Sram 10-42 cassette.

Tires are Pirelli Cinturato Allroad. They measure around 38mm in width on these rather narrow 20 internal (by today's standards) HED rims.

Mudguards are Curana C-Lite with Ass Savers mudflaps. The set is very light at just shy of 400g. The entire bike as pictured including the rather heavy flat mount pedals, cages, garmin mount etc. weighs 9.1kg. The wheels weigh somewhere around 1750g. It could easily be half a kilo lighter but it's not an important factor for me.

My significant other rode it a couple of times already. It fits her well and she loves it.
My goal was to build a modern allroad randonneur kind of bike that is versatile and capable for someone getting into riding. This frame fits this purpose perfectly. I can absolutely recommend it. In fact if I didn't own a custom steel gravel frame already, I wouldn't hesitate getting another one for myself.

The fact that it still has a round seatpost and a regular bar and stem obviously makes it a lot easier to adjust the fit in the future if needed.
The integrated fender mounts are a cool touch that other frames don't always have (especially not down inbetween the chainstays).



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Component Deals & Selection / Re: SROAD lightweight cassettes
« on: November 06, 2024, 11:37:56 PM »
Can you share a link to the one you're referencing please?

It’s this one, I think: Ich habe das hier gerade auf AliExpress gefunden: 156,39€ | GOLDIX SL CNC Rennrad 12/11S Ultraleicht Freilauf 11/12-28/30/32/34T Fahrrad Kassette Schwungrad 12 Geschwindigkeit K7 Kies 11V Kettenrad
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EJefWxb


I can wholeheartedly recommend it. I’ve been using it for around 6.000km now and it’s been holding up just fine. I’m also using the SROAD version in 11-32 12sp for almost 10k km. No problems. The rainbow finish hasn’t even worn off. I’m waxing my chain and stay on top of chain wear. I’m very pleasantly surprised.

The cheap steel/hybrid cassette though is really not worth it. I gave mine another chance after it skipped on one cog on my LTWOO er9 bike. I put it on my rim brake bike with Campy 12sp to see whether the different RD makes a difference as it has significantly more chain wrap. But no. The chain skips all the same. The cassette is done after maybe something like 2k km. Waste of money really.

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Same company offering their stuff on eBay for even lower prices. I wonder why. I’ve noticed that for carbon frames, too. Lately BXT have sold their frames for crazy low prices on eBay. About 2/3 of what they quote on Aliexpress. Aggressive marketing? I dunno.

Anyway, got a charger, two batteries (400 mAh) and an RD battery cover for 50 quid. Good deal, I think.

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Interestingly though pricing on Amazon for me is way more expensive than Aliexpress. There’s a charger from a company called - wait for it - “Rskit”. It’s only 16,99EUR. Various other options at basically the same price.

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