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Parts that I would also have replaced with what I know now: headset spacers
I thought about this, but I haven't found it at home yet, although I should have it somewhere.. It would probably be fine, just probably not reusable.
330tpi x3 = 110tpi for each ply. The threads count for Arisun is still 110tpi. H496 has 120tpi. Practically they've the same threads count. One has 3 plyes, the other did not specified.I saw you tried the H496s, have you tried the Arisun's yet and how do you think they compare if you have? Just curious as Arisun seems to be Chaoyang's premium brand but doesn't make sense to have the Arisun R1's as their flagship model if the H-496 is pretty much the same tire.
I bought mine eons ago (2017) on ebay, full carbon, no padding, for <30 usd. So the chinese carbon version absolutely exists / has existed.Sorry if my comment was a bit confusing that's what I was talking about. All the ones I've seen like the one you have was just carbon versions and I wanted just a bit of padding like the one from Velobuild. Anyways, whats the experience like with yours? Might just pick up a carbon one if it's similar enough.
So my social feeds urged me to try out Selle SMP saddles for a while.You are definitely putting me on some gems with your findings. I've been looking for a saddle like this but couldn't find one that wasn't just full on carbon. Will definitely have to try it out. Also going to try Serenade Wheels during the summer.
I've been curious and more or less on a whim I bought the Velobuild replica of what I believe is the Selle SMP Dynamic saddle. It's their long standing classic. I was expecting this to be an instrument of torture. And while I still have to ride this for more than 2 hours straight, I'm really surprised as to how comfy this is. Once you have it dialed in, it kind of feels like you're sitting on something that basically perfectly fits your pelvis. I had to set this way further forward than my previous saddle because it basically has to disappear under your bum. You can't sit on the nose of this thing. There's pretty much exactly one spot only where this saddle feels comfy. But once you've found it, you're locked in position and you basically rotate your pelvis back and forth while sitting on the same part of the saddle depending on how aggressive you wanna ride. You do not move back or forth on this saddle at all. No sliding towards the nose and having to readjust your bum when tucking down. I'm very intrigued.
You do however have to live with the way it looks. The best thing about the design of this saddle is that most of the time you're sitting on it.
On my Canyon CF SLX Ultimate the lower headset bearing is an odd size and hard to find. This store, Fushi - https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1100495745 was the only one which had it in stock. Its been a few months only but the bearing is fine. Interestingly bearings on my ICAN Aero wheelset were labeled Fushi too which I replaced a while ago (from same brand) and they have been excellent so far around 2000 miles in.Thank you so much, I just didn't know where to start looking because the generic usual Ali bike brands were popping up. I found some as the stores just kept popping up after looking at yours. Only problem is they only sell in groups of 3 so I guess I'll have extra lower bearings so I won't have to worry about trashing it for winter's to come. Also it's a lot cheaper than buying from FSA.
