I feel blessed because I have long legs + short torso and a proper bike fit has been impossible since forever without buying a new stem/integrated barstem.
This new trend allowed me to have a regular saddle fore/aft instead of having it slammed all the way to the front + sacrifice weight distribution + requiring new stems.

I first noticed this in my Trek Madone SLR gen 7, where did all my pain go?

I've had several of their higher end carbon spoke wheelsets, 1200g 50mm deep 30mm ew 23mm iw. They ran flawlessly.

I dont see anything wrong with buying this one as a temp for most casual riders. I've been riding it and see no difference vs my 3x Quarq, 1x 4iiii and 1x Xcadey. But again, I'm just a casual rider who has more bikes than they should.

Quote from: Ultramic on February 11, 2026, 08:22:55 AM
The Chinese don't give a shit about patents and will take over all of them before we know it.

If they didn't, why did it take so long for $500usd wheelsets w/ dt240 hub clones to be as good as $3500 western wheelsets?

I also placed an order for a powermeter + crank arms. $238USD after coupon is crazy, I paid more than double last year for Elilee x310 + Xcadey @ $572USD with sale + coupons.

Quote from: BeR on January 20, 2026, 01:22:26 AM
Same width for my wheelset and I run 30c tire which measures 30 mm so perfect aero. So no problem for me. By the way, I love so much riding those wheels.

Perfect aero for 30mm wide tire would be 30mm*1.05 = 31.5mm (105 rule).

I ordered the AERORAPTOR Ultralight and it measured only 30mm external instead of 31mm

I whatsapped the seller, I guess the OP of this thread, and he said it's within tolerance and doesn't affect performance. Well, aerodynamically it does affect it especially when you run tires that measures closer to 30mm wide when mounted for the 105% rule. To me, it seems like I was shipped a different model.

I have purchased several other wheelsets off Aliexpress like CSC, Elite and etc. and they all measure the same as advertised. Even some in the same looking layup and same weight, they all have 31mm external which is why I made this purchase to begin with because I wanted the exact same wheelset at a lower price.

Did anyone else measure there wheelsets? Did it come to 30mm instead of 31mm?

Quote from: PeterXu on March 15, 2025, 07:38:27 AM
24mm internal width 50mm and 60mm depths rims would be available early April.

weight on those?

For me, they all come warped and rubs, and I've purchased countless times from several stores. Even after bending them back, half the time they warp again after a short ride. Hell, sometimes before the ride starts, they warp again. Success rate for them is about 33%, may go unnoticed if you have 12sp with the larger caliper gaps. If you don't mind the rubbing noise, they "work" and looks authentic. Might be ones that failed QA. It's 100% not due to the packaging/shipping.