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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Lightcarbon LCR020 35c clearance aero frame
« on: August 20, 2026, 12:37:29 PM »
Quote from: stretchko on August 19, 2026, 01:05:31 PM
Question for those of you in contact with Carol or Wendy: has LightCarbon ever stated a maximum rider or system weight for the LCR020-D?
I’ve gone through the whole thread and it never comes up.

Weight limit information cost: $300.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Lightcarbon LCR020 35c clearance aero frame
« on: August 17, 2026, 10:57:13 AM »
so it's $300 for no logo, and also $300 for a logo, doesn't that mean they just raised the price $300? Am I missing something? I feel like they made the explanation way more complicated than it needed to be. It's just +300 USD and you have to really "insist on a matte or carbon raw, unbranded frame" if that is what you want.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: XMCS - 2026 VRT
« on: July 01, 2026, 10:30:03 PM »
Quote from: ausmtb8989 on July 01, 2026, 05:32:35 PM
Agreed, IMHO XMCS is small, niche and totally unknown outside the "Chiner" community.  It needs UCI certification, and some team sponsorships. I recall Quick Oro blowing up, once the AR ONE was ridden to win the Junior world championship and gave it "legitimacy".

it's true that Harry Hudson's victory in the junior world champs road race lent Quick Pro more credibility. But with that in mind, the price for that frame hasn't changed since that happened. Quick Pro priced it at what they thought it was worth. Arguably, it lived up to the price/hype. They didn't price it cheap and then suddenly raise the price once it got more recognition. Who's to say Peter isn't doing the exact same thing?

I do think UCI certification would be helpful, just for credibility, even though the certification doesn't mean anything besides "meets tube shape requirements for UCI races." It doesn't have anything to do with safety, QC or ISO requirements.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Where to buy a decent quality replica frame?
« on: June 22, 2026, 09:09:20 AM »
Reputable counterfeit sellers are not really a thing. There are certainly sellers you can buy from, I believe yoho bike has a y1rs but there's no secret place selling high quality "replica" frames with great QC. If your looking to buy from any company (not just bike companies) selling counterfeits, you're going to need to proceed with caution.

The highest quality D2C frames from China tend to come from OEM manufacturers who are producing their own lines of frames.

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Best gravel handlebars
« on: May 27, 2026, 03:00:53 PM »
I use these bars with an internally routed stem. very shallow reach and short drop if you like that.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806404062021.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.21.59e51802ydZba6&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Over 60 days for TanTan to ship to California
« on: May 22, 2026, 03:15:47 PM »
If you haven't already and if the deadline has not passed, immediately file a dispute for the charge with your creditor/paypal/however you paid. If the dispute deadline passes before you receive the part and then it comes damaged or never arrives at all, you could end up completely SOL.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Lightcarbon LCR020 35c clearance aero frame
« on: May 18, 2026, 10:17:40 AM »
Quote from: bsharp77 on May 18, 2026, 10:02:32 AM
"We will start for the frame moulds recently. So currently only in the 3D printed model. This bike frame will be showed at Eurobike 2026 at the end of June. Samples will be ready in August and the approximate price is USD 770/set."

Do you know what they mean by "samples?" Does this mean pre-production frames? Like, carbon fiber versions (rather than the 3D printed version we have seen)? The fact that she says samples, does make me wonder if they're further out from being production ready that they initially implied. That being said, I am really interested in the frame and I also got laid off from my job recently so I don't mind the timeline getting pushed out and giving me more time to find a job so I can afford a new frame lol

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Lightcarbon LCR020 35c clearance aero frame
« on: May 18, 2026, 09:48:45 AM »
I emailed Lightcarbon to ask about the price and when this frame might be available in my size (52) and also to see if they had any details on their riser bars. This is what I heard back:

Glad to hear from you.
LCR020-D is our newest aero race frame, below two screenshots for your reference.
But its all sizes are expected to be available the end of 2026.
Its price is undecided yet .
The riser handlebar for road bikes are also not available so far.
Best regards,
Wendy

Kind of bummed not to get any details about price or a time line more specific than "end of 2026." If that is indeed the case, I'm a little annoyed they're promoting it so long before it actually becomes available.



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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: s-works SL9 Leak
« on: May 12, 2026, 01:56:21 PM »
eh. I find it hard to be very interested in what big companies like Trek/Specialized are doing. It'll be nice but also way too expensive. Doesn't look to have anything particularly unique.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Thoughts on modern frame geometry trends? Steep seat tubes? High stack?
« on: May 11, 2026, 07:14:52 PM »
I'm always getting annoyed by high stack "aero" bikes because they're basically just a bigger frame maybe with shorter reach. I end up having to size down to be able to stand over the bike, negating the benefits of higher stack.

That being said, I do like the new trend of riser bars. That could certainly help my stack issue. Maybe I can get the size down with a riser bar and not have to use a million spacers.

I'm a fan of lower bottom brackets too. I think they could go lower than they have been. I feel like 70-72mm is pretty normal right now but I prefer 74-80 if possible. Road tires have gotten 5-10mm bigger and many people are running cranks that are 5-10mm shorter but bb drop has probably only increased an average of around 5mm (don't double check those numbers, they're all rough estimates). I think people care about pedaling through corners more than they used to so maybe that's why they haven't lowered them more.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Lightcarbon LCR020 35c clearance aero frame
« on: May 06, 2026, 02:49:48 PM »
damn, every time I see a new frame I want, another one I want more is announced before the previous one even becomes available to order.

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After The Ride / Bike routes around Prague?
« on: April 27, 2026, 05:29:32 AM »
In reality, It's probably too late for this since Wednesday is my last day here, but, I am visiting my parents who live in Prague (I came from the US). I thought I would be okay leaving my bike at home but I am starting to get really sick of normal tourist stuff and I am considering trying to find a decent road bike somewhere (that part I can figure out on my own). What I have no idea about is where to ride. Ideally like 35-50km and hilly would be nice. Does anyone have any suggestions for a nice route? I am staying by Letna inside Prague and I have absolutely no idea if there is nice biking around here or not. I tried googling things but wasn't really finding anything good. I'm not the most experienced traveler/tourist and I don't really use much social media so it's possible I just don't know where to look.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: 🇨🇳 Integrated Handlebars compatible w/ ENVE MELEE
« on: April 21, 2026, 01:07:26 PM »
I had the Avian Falcon barstem on my Melee. The spacer they provide does add 10mm of stack though, you can't slam it straight onto their headset top piece if that's the look you're aiming for.

I also attached an STL I made a couple years ago that is a slightly shorter version. You could order the file to be printed from one of the 3d printing service bureaus. I think a lot of them have minimum order values now though so it might be kind of expensive even though the part itself should only be like $10.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: XXXS, XXS or sub 45 frame with udh
« on: April 19, 2026, 09:58:01 AM »
It might have been discontinued but maybe the Salsa Warroad? I didn't think it has UDH though. Salsa tends to have bikes with more relaxed geo that fit smaller people could be worth checking out their other frames too. I think the smallest Warroad has a stand over height if 665mm. People recommend the Journeyer for shorter riders a lot but it's aluminum, and more off-road focused. Not really a road bike but I've seen people build them up for their kids as road bikes anyways.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: XMCS: 2026 Aero and Allround road frames
« on: April 18, 2026, 07:59:39 PM »
Quote from: Requiem84 on April 17, 2026, 10:27:07 AM
Aeris is latin for air. And when discussing what is important to XMCS as brand Peter and team came up first with aerodynamics. Craftmanship. Quality. It also reflects the lightness of air and the efficiency in the xmcs designs. We can throw more marketing mumbo jumbo at it, but that’s the gist of it.

So this frame now officially is the AERYS:VRT, which stands for Vortex. The other road frame and gravel aero frame have a 3 letter abbreviation too but I leave it to Peter if he wants to share already.

To me, VRT immediately makes me think, "vertical." VRTX or maybe just VTX would make a little more sense to me. I understand it can be subjective though, different people might read it different ways. I can imagine people might reading those as "vertex."

I ran into Peter and Pat at Sea Otter, it was exciting to meet them both! I hadn't realized they would be there :) The frame looks really great in person, I wish I took pictures.

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