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I just added it as Di2/Electronic Shifting and it showed up.

I can confirm that it also works with Wahoo although the display is somewhat lagging...

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I can confirm with the latest firmware update, the trim options are now more refined. The front derailleur will decide the best trim position. I also noticed that they have fixed the incorrect gear selection showing up on Wahoo. It was showing 12 speed when in fact I was on 11 speed cassette. I cannot confirm if this is also fixed on any other head unit. It is still showing that the battery is low even when fully charged. Hopefully they will fix this on the next update. Well, it looks like LTWOO is certainly working on making the groupset better and better. Kudos to them!

I think what LTWOO should do is to allow users to manually set a two steps shift, by allowing users to manually configure the sequence of shifts, it would avoid shimano copyrights issues.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Trusted road carbon bar
« on: September 12, 2022, 07:07:05 AM »
Lol, going for the absolute cheapest carbon bars I can find. And just going Yolo. I have inspection cameras. And will be looking at the inside of the bars.

Me too. The inspection cameras are much cheaper than many would think. :-)

In the case of ToSeek, I didn't even have to look inside the bar to see the defects.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-218
« on: September 12, 2022, 07:04:57 AM »
Yes, but Juin tech GT-F1 is the only one 4 pistons…

True.
But my experiences is that I will get wheel-lock before I see any benefit from having 4 pistons. :-)

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Trusted road carbon bar
« on: September 10, 2022, 01:02:43 PM »
@ancientone: That doesn't really say anything about Toseek or OG EVKIN as a brand. They often sell identical parts, just with a different brand slapped on it. I've used both, with mostly good results, but I'm using OG EVKIN less and less as they're trying to charge premium prices for parts that aren't even exclusive to them, and have the same QC issues you have with other AliExpress sellers.

If you don't consider other cyclist experiences and feedback, than basically it would definitely not say anything.

I only buy from "official shops". So if it has a "QC" issue, it's the brands responsibility. Again, those are my personal experiences, if you have different one, great for you.

Yes, I think OG-EVKIN is over priced but outside of buying from brand names like Specialized at 4 times their price which is even more overpriced , I feel comfortable with OG-EVKIN handlebar. I do regret getting their saddle. AND they do get pissy with customers if they get bad review, so that's definitely a negative.


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Ah, for cables I just bought a file box of TRLREQ Teflon coated brake cables and shifter cables.
Cheap, I’ve got cables for years, and they do the job.

I used normal steel cables type of brake cables. Throw away a couple because some were (very very slightly) thicker and rougher than others and makes it difficult to move, so brake releases were slow or ineffective. I used some teflon chain lube on the cable before I insert it in, and it was smoother. Not sure the long term effect though but so far, it's being fine after about 1000km.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-218
« on: September 10, 2022, 12:45:03 PM »
I used Adam’s UV Advanced Graphene Ceramic Coating Kit. i got it on amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B099SGQVLD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

How well does that last ? I bought a cheapo type, and it doesn't last more than 1 ride or a couple of days at the balcony... which is kind of worse than turtle wax. LOL.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-218
« on: September 10, 2022, 12:37:02 PM »
You can use the rim brake version shifters coupled with juin tech hydraulic disc callipers

Juin tech is overpriced but there are a couple of other hybrid disc brakes or cable actuated disc brakes avialable at better prices.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-218
« on: September 09, 2022, 11:26:40 AM »
Ease of maintenance. I don't know how to bleed sram brakes as yet.

1. If I stick with disc, it will be the sram force groupset as I have the chargers etc & don't want to bother with Di2
Also, less cable routing hassle, except for the brakes
I need to check these forums & see if anyone has has any issues routing cables in these frames

2. Since this is a Dogma clone (one of my fav. bikes), I thought it would be cool to have a rim brake one & campy groupsets are very durable & well made
I live in SoCal, so there's not that much rain & it's relatively flat. My wifes 2005 Bianchi with the Chorus groupset is still working fine till today with near zero maintainence
& it's easier to get wheels out of drops & transport the bike.

Still in 2 mind over this & the size.  The wheels will likely be Hunts as they are local & I don't need super aero wheels like zipps or dt swiss

I agree on the part about cable vs bleeding brake, especially those who stays in apartment. I didn't like the rim wear that comes from rim brakes, and so went with cable actuated disc brakes. But it's heavier than rim brakes..

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Trusted road carbon bar
« on: September 07, 2022, 11:25:26 AM »
Hello, do you have any suggestion for a 380mm carbon bar? Thank you

NOT "Toseek" please !! It was horrible. Uneven and weak. Difficult to route the cables as holes was small.  First chinese carbon dropbar I've bought. I dumpped this in the thrash after I got the OG-EVKIN and it appears to start to crack even though I have never had any accident with this.

I replaced that with "OG-EVKIN HB-1300" and it was greated.  I was able to compare against Toseek , and this was great. Could see that it was very even. Easy to mount the bshifters, and easy to route the internal cables. Lighter than the Toseek. Had a accident on this where my bike flipped 360 and landed on the OG-EVKIN handlebar+shifter (Sensah carbon shifter) , just  a scratch... I managed to sand the scratch on the sensah shifter, and it was barely noticable... I highly recommend this...   

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I was also wondering if lubing the cable would be a noticeable improvement. I have not done it in the past. And as I was browsing AliX i found these prelubed cable guides with some dust caps: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001046329415.html

I do not know how useful the dust caps are but their description was just too good to not to try them.  :D
(It was just funny to read how many iterations they had before finding the right structure for the end caps.)

The frame has full outer cabling so my plan is to run the cables in these prelubed guides through the full length of the bike with these dust caps at end. My expectation is that dust will not really get into the system with these steps. Time will tell.

If you are testing soon, let me know... right now I run bare shift cables through the frame.... would love to see how it would work...

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Twitter R10 Complete Bike
« on: September 07, 2022, 04:43:52 AM »
Are you looking to get one too?

No, haha, I have 5x bikes... my wife will kill me... AND weight and resale value for Twitter is a show stopper for me.

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Inline.

Please double check what I replied you here on the forum.

1. I haven't mentioned any words saying our customized hubs with ceramic bearings, I said we have extralite hubs and DT 180S hubs with ceramic bearings options.

No, and neither did I. But somewhere along the way, you did mention ceramic bearings somewhere, so my question was are those ceramic bearings or are those hybrid bearings. And as I've  mentioned, if you don't knowor if I misunderstood,  that's fair enough, just say so.

2. I said I am not familiar with hubs technical design etc. We just ordered these hubs from Taiwan hubs factory and they are with 36T rachets. If any warranty problem happens on the hubs, we would carry that. We don't sell these customized hubs at expensive price, just reasonable, many brands hubs are customized in Taiwan.

Well, my concern would be non-warranty repairs, simple wear and tear on the microspline where I could fix it by replacing with compatible microspline, so if you don't know, that's fine, say so . If you are offended by my mentioning price, I apologies, but I think most sales folks should have thick skin to deal with those type of questions and justify price and value to potential customer.

3. The most important things, we don't sell anything on Taobao or Aliexpress, I said we don't offer any cheap stuff with uncertain warranty like those vendors, we just offer quality products and good service after sale as all my clients know

Wether you sell on TB or Aliexpress , or not if that important to me/us. I have bought good stuffs from TB and horrible stuffs as well. Everybody suggest that "my client should know"... including many sellers on TB selling shady stuffs. Again, I'm new, looking to be convince.

4. Why I did't reply your email, since you asked same questions here and I already replied here too.

I asked via email because I am interested and wanted to start a private conversation but it appears that you are not interested, but I ask here because I thought the answer would be interesting to others, and after I didn't get a reply from you via email. Assuming you know my email address vs my user-id here, etc, which I didn't mention.

Sure, if you don't want carbon spokes option, we offer aero Sapim CX-Ray, CX-Delta spokes , Pillar 1423 spokes, and other normal alloy spokes, so that you don't have to use our customized hubs, maybe DT Swiss, extralite, TUNE, T11, King, Carbon-TI or Bitex disc hubs instead

Anyway, thanks for your questions,  I am not professional on the hubs sfuff though :)

Thank you for your reply. I'll stop asking on this topic , not because you are not expert in hubs or that your wheelset isn't good value. But because you have not offer any information that help me understand the value of your offerings.

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I was wondering if something like pure silicone lube (without petrol) would work to make the regular cables work smoother?

I had a brake cable that wasn't moving smoothly, and I did tried Teflon chain lube.. Seems ok after that.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Twitter R10 Complete Bike
« on: September 06, 2022, 09:19:53 PM »
I'm wondering if anyone has experience with Twitter bikes.

I'm looking at the R10 2022 complete bike model with alloy wheelset, mechanical hydraulic brakes with jagwire cables and Retrospec /sensah groupset for about USD890.

Looking to get an "Always ready to ride" backup bike without the trouble of building one from scratch and no concern for bike weight.

Looks like twitter falls around the entry level brands like Java, Sava, Gusto etc.

I don't mind any other aero geometry bike recommendations at similar complete bike price point.

Heavy and average or below average quality, but seems to meet your requirement as stated by you. :-)

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