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Here’s mine, 7.3 kg of poetry haha, just kidding, but it really is a pleasure to ride. The only real issue I've had in these 4 months and 3000 km of use (it's already done Stelvio and Gavia) is with the derailleur hanger. When I remove the thru-axle to take off the wheel, the hanger doesn’t stay in place but rotates, pulled by the chain, pivoting around the screw that attaches it to the frame. I find this a bit of an annoying problem, especially when putting the wheel back on the bike after a flat repair on the roadside.

I'm a bit surprised no one else has reported this issue before. I’ve already contacted Lightcarbon, and they just said it’s normal, but I’ve never seen anything like this on other bikes.
Do you have other road bike for comparison purposes? On the fence between this and SC-R55...

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I've had Elite's SLR and EDGE. All the wheels with steel spokes have the same rim profile and same defaults spokes. I don't feel much difference, honestly. Would not recommend carbon spokes if you ride on rough roads or offroad.

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In your shoes, I’d go for one of the DUB spindle options and switch out the bb
Unfortunately, 1mm difference would not affect bearings longevity that much.

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I am talking about these three links that were posted:

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EyAKwSz
https://a.aliexpress.com/_Eybz7kH
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EJixcyp
I got your point, probably it has to be addressed to the OP.
Anyways, my point remains the same - these are not the same handlebars as The One.

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Racework makes this crankset with steel axle and 3 bolt interface, though it uses alloy crank arms:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806608321408.html

I haven't seen any carbon crank arm/steel axle cranksets on AliExpress.
These are the cranks I have actually installed on my GF's bike :)
They are fine, but a bit too flexy and heavy for my use...

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Or even cheaper here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006561735597.html
This is not the same handlebar. Cable entries are different as well as clamping system.

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The One aero cockpit would really be my pain threshold in terms of price.

do you also have it on a Merida, or how do you know that it fits perfectly?
Both Reacto and Scultura use ACR system which is pretty much the same to what you get from The One accessories. I use the handlebar myself and have a ride buddy who use it on his Reacto. The frame cap may sit a bit too tight compared to the stock setup but with little facing the problem is solved without any adapters, the same mentioned here in reviews - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003968726979.html. The handlebar is very good and posses good balance between stiffness, weight and vibration dampening, the only thing I wish they had it in 36cm. I would also suggest to get a nicer shorter alloy computer mount from Ridenow instead of default chinese mount crap.

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Hey everyone.
I currently have a spider power meter with 3-bolt interface and 30mm axle. My current bike has BB86 so I have to run a bottom bracket with smaller bearings and have to replace it with another expensive BB relatively often compared to what I have on my other bike with BB86@24mm axle.
Do any of you have in mind relatively stiff cranks with 3-bolt mounting system and steel 24mm axle? I don't want to switch to another powermeter as I really like the one I have...
Seen several options on Ali, but most of them utilize alloy axle, which is not good.
Any advice?

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The One aero cockpit will fit your Merida just fine.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Race frame with UDH hanger
« on: November 01, 2024, 02:59:44 AM »
that one is pretty clearly not the speederr, looks similar to tavelo arrow, they will also have the speeder
On the more detailed inspect it seems like another frame, you are right. They are similar, but I like it more then SC-R55. Do they have any information yet?
Last time i contacted them, they asked me for my business name and how many frames i need, so i guess no b2c
Perhaps we could see the new SC around the same time...

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Race frame with UDH hanger
« on: October 31, 2024, 01:29:41 PM »
Adapt just dropped this on their FB stories 3 hours ago...

UDH

EDIT: Oh...Adapt has been teasing us with this frame for months now.
Isn't this Speeder SC-R55D?

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See the attached geometry and some pictures for CS-R01 frameset, size 54cm is around 950g, max tire size is 700x32C, T47-68 bottom bracket, available sizes: XS/S/M/L
Hey Peter! Looking good, when you plan to release it? Does second frame follows similar, endurance-focused design, or is it more racy?

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Interested too! How's the ride?

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Pondering on this frame, but doesn't seem very popular on these forums.  Anyone have experience with this frame?
I've been riding this frame (branded as Allebike) for over 2 years now, racing, training, audax. From the frame quality perspective it is good - brake mounts, bottom bracket, headtube are all faced and round as it supposed to be. The ride is rather stiff on both front and rear end of the bike, which is expected from such tube shapes. For shorter races it is absolutely okay, but my butt was beaten to death on race-paced audax on really shitty roads. Steering is confident but more on a slow side.
The issue I had with it is the crack which emerged on the top side of the top tube. Seatpost clamp started to push on the tube which caused the damage. My local carbon expert is fixing it now. He has seen such issue twice (on Colnagos) and he mentioned it due to insufficient amount of carbon layers in the area.
On the other (smaller) notes:
- Seatpost allows for tremendous fore/aft adjustment but ugly as hell. I believe such thing belongs to TT bikes only. The saddleclamp is very stiff to lateral movement of the rails and if you want to make small adjustment on the go you have to disassemble the whole clamping system. It is easier to move the whole clamp for for/aft adjustment, but then to reach the bolts (which are located underneath the saddle body) you need very short (if a saddle has no cutoff) or very long hex key (if saddle has cutoff).
- The seatpost clamp bolt is located VERY deep in the top tube. It is not possible to reach it with a regular multitool. Same applies to the torque wrench.
- The frame has thin (to modern standards) down tube and is not optimised for regular bottle. You may consider aero bottles if it bothers you.
- Derailleur hanger is not a perfect fit for the frame, it has some play with only two mounting bolts, but once you clamp the axle it is fine, no issues with the shifting perfomance.

if it happens to be normal to be able to flex the down tube with your thumb (honestly i'm not sure if it's a feature or a bug)
Flexing tubes, especially on not stressed areas, is fine. I have owned several top end branded bikes and they all have very thin carbon in some places, you can flex it with your tumb quite easily.

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This is my frame  ;D
Would be cheaper if they painted it in same way LC does it for boutique brands. Than you probably eligible to slap the sticker on it.

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