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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New Frame Winow Sports WR054
« on: November 21, 2024, 03:23:11 PM »
I took a risk and ordered it in UD glossy size L. If the Mikeyblue with size S has 1168gm, I hope that L size should have 1250g max. I also asked Kitty from Winow and she wrote "The weight has been optimized and is lighter than before" but she does not wrote me specific weight.

Very curious to see what the size Large looks like. I wonder if we could get a 0 setback seatpost...

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Quickpro AR:one
« on: November 18, 2024, 12:28:54 PM »
There is no distribution for them yet, they're coming to panda podium soon. Taking a weirdly long time considering Joe's close relationship with them

More interested in the ER:One personally

This looks really cool. Have you seen any geometry charts or more details for this one?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: November 15, 2024, 08:31:13 AM »
Cool, same as me, most of the things you planned to do I also have on my list.
The Overfast Thru Axles however I couldn't get my head around to spend 200 bucks for a weight saving of 34 gram, not sure how you get to shave off 60 to 80 grams there. My axles that came with the frame are together 64 grams and the overfast axles are together 30 grams. The titanium axles are also around the 240 dollar price point but a little heavier (40grams). What I did was checking for myself, what I think, what is still affordable grams to price ratio. So, in the end I bought the alu axles with dropout, which reduces it with 16 gram (from 64 grams to 48 grams) but costs (50 dollars) 1/4 of the carbon or titanium axles. But it's of course much cooler, lighter and nicer to have carbon or titanium ones.

Not sure what Crankset you have now but the Riro is light indeed (388 grams), I had on my list the Cybrei carbon Crank, which weights 320 grams instead of my Lexon carbon crank which is 387 grams (weighed myself including spider and bolts). but for the price of a Cybrei to save 55 grams, for 500 dollars.. I don't know you need to be really ambitious as you said, if will will be that kind of weight weenie.

Wheelset will definitely help, I also had those farsports in mind together with the No. 5's also worth looking at, and I think to logo of No. 5 looks cool with the Factor Logo IMO, it would be awesome if you could sell your Rovals than you don't lose a lot on the costs to replace those wheels.

For the disc brakes, I have now the Carbon Raceworks, but they were with 6 bolts because I read that was lighter than a center lock, however I bought the elite drive wheels and selected the 6 bolts option but instead of getting six bolt version I got an adapter for the 6 bolts that fit the center lock. So the "light" carbon raceworks are together with the adapter not so light anymore, and if I get some Galfer road wave discs of 160 mm that weigh the same as the raceworks I can replace the adapter just for the centerlock, which saves me 45 grams.

The last thing that I want to mention as you pointed out the Darima seatpost, I bought a replacement seatpost on AliExpress (https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005006226516164.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.4.6dc379d2tMfyz5&gatewayAdapt=glo2nld which is 89 grams lighter (claimed weight 131 grams incl bolts) than the original (weighted at 220 including bolts) and costs less than a Darima (duh because it's from AliE). Maybe worth looking at.

Saddle is every rider's preference so I won't say anything about that. I got a Ryet carbon saddle width of 135mm, but that's so personal mine weighs in at 115 grams. The previous one was 163 grams.

Most bolts that I could chance with titanium didn't save me a lot, around 17 grams.

I hope it's helpful and let us know how much weight you saved in the end. With the mentioned changes above I saved +/- 400 grams (went from 7460 grams to 7050 grams) but with other tires and wheels that's around another 400 to 500 grams.

I certainly can't speak to the quality of that seatpost, but lighter and a two-bolt design instead of the heavier single-bolt original looks like a win-win.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: October 26, 2024, 05:53:27 PM »
Fwiw, i had a really, really bad experience with First-Class Carbon Fiber Store, the store that made that pretty white factor.
Over the years, i've dealt with a lot of chinese sellers. This one is sketchy AF.
I was considering buying an unbranded frame (to then add my Tractor logo on top myself with vinyl) because I was curious to get a product with such a high finish, and to compare it to my LT268 that costs a fraction of the price, so i started asking questions.
I asked a lot of questions to which i already knew the answer to, and nothing made sense. The guy spent a lot of time shitting on the whole industry, with only him being reputable and knowing what he's doing. He pushed back on every technical question i asked with something along the lines of "trust me bro".
Basically all his answers were red flags.

My 5 cents: stay the F away. I wish i could block sellers / shops on AliX in order to never see their products again in my feed & search results. Would be a great feature to have.

What questions did you ask that he refused to answer?

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YMMV but I weight 200+ pounds and ride a hardtail XC bike with the Elita One. I'm not very gentle on my bike at all and I've had no issues. Solid, light, doesn't slip, hasn't maimed me yet.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Bross Zenith 2023
« on: September 27, 2024, 09:24:15 AM »
Bross just unveiled a new aero-all-rounder version of their Vagabond model

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAZ1whzSJf0/

I think it's funny that this is their all-rounder because it would be a full on aero bike model for a lot of brands but because the Zenith has such beefy tube shapes this gets the sort of middle ground spot in their lineup.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New Frame Winow Sports WR054
« on: September 22, 2024, 08:50:19 PM »
How did this turn out? I really have an itch for an out and out aero bike and this looks decent. Weight is concerning but I can get over it

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    It's super stiff. I like it alot
    I got it from 咸鱼 ( its the chinese equivalent ebay/craiglist within china), my seller eventually went on aliexpress because i told him laowais are less fussy and for the quality he is offering, it's gonna sell.
    yup i went for the highest level of carbon. but with white paint it did came heavier than what i expected.
    i paid 6500 rmb for the frame and around 60 usd to singapore using my own forward shipper, had he sold on aliexpress I would have used aliexpress instead, saved the trouble.
    oh did i mention the frame came in a factor box? [/list]

    The seller is on Aliexpress now? What is their store called?

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    29er / Re: Chiner Rockrider 940s
    « on: July 09, 2024, 01:23:47 PM »
    +1

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    Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Bross Zenith 2023
    « on: July 09, 2024, 01:17:53 PM »
    Agreed the FCR looks amazing. I expect it will be significantly more expensive than the prices that were at least advertised for the Bross...

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    Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Bross Zenith 2023
    « on: July 08, 2024, 01:44:12 PM »
    Lol. One more.

    One more week?

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    Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Onirii One
    « on: February 14, 2024, 01:45:22 PM »
    If they tweaked this to make it a Crux clone I would be all over it

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    29er / Re: 29er XC Hardtail - Boost - Modern Geometry
    « on: September 19, 2022, 07:36:55 AM »
    I am absolutely happy with SPM-05 Frame.
    The geometry is very close to the Epic.
    Strava recording since build:
    5000 Kilometer
    100000 Höhenmeter
    No issue !

    Nice! That looks really great. How stiff do you find the frame?

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    29er / Re: 29er XC Hardtail - Boost - Modern Geometry
    « on: August 30, 2022, 11:11:39 AM »
    I ended up getting the Trifox. It does have 3 ports in the headtube, allowing for the internal dropper cable.

    Overall, the quality is v good. I weighted the bare large frame at 912 grms.

    Supplied seatpost is rubbish, a good bit less than 30.9, so loose in the frame and slipped during 1st ride. Dropper in there now.
    The rear brake threads were tight, and I needed to add washers to the caliper bolt as the hole in the frame was not that deep.
    The rear derailleur exit port was poor. I needed to dremel out the insert so I could feed in the outer casing.
    I got the 740mm trifox flat bars, seem good quality and I weighed them at 152 grms.
    Threaded BB is nice, 73mm so no spacers required.
    2.35 maxxis tyres fit fine with good clearance.
    The rest of the build was XT/SLX mix. Wheels are ztto microspline hubs with carbonbearm rims. 1450 grms. Snail china xtr chainring copy is nice.

    Looks great. How do you like it? Any reason you still went with Trifox instead of one of the alternatives that martocom posted? Considering one of these.

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    29er / Re: 29er XC Hardtail - Boost - Modern Geometry
    « on: August 30, 2022, 11:05:53 AM »
    I did order two Spcycle SP-M05 Frame and two Spcycle MTB Fork.

    https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLsDCEy
    https://a.aliexpress.com/_mtAqdbS
    Using Sellers Shipping Method (door to door).
    Complete amount 1075,00 USD.
    Also still in transit.
    .

    Wondering how you came out with these. Are they really S-Works Epic clones? How close is the geometry and are they holding up okay?

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