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Messages - KaiDeus

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After looking at the Carbonda frames available on their site, they only have 2 gravel and an endurance All Road frame, anyone know where I can find a racier geometry frame from them?

You won't find those frames on their website. Those manufacturers have exclusivity deals with those brands, they won't sell them to you where the brand is also selling the frame.

Carbonda has an aero frame on their website: https://www.carbonda.com/road/cfr-vt02.html

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Please don`t get me wrong, you can enjoy and ride your bikes like you want, that is all for your pleasure.

However with the remarks on the ride feel and performance, i think you might admit, it provides a hard time for anyone to take them at face value, when your riding that bike like a city bike. Regarding the round tube profile: The SL8 you mentioned as a comparison has mostly round shapes as well and the fork isn't deep either. Whenever you hear any expert talking about aero, almost nobody will tell you, they could just see how something would perform. I think there is a lot of confirmation bias in claiming to see how aero something is. Again, i'm not saying the slc 3 is as fast as an aero tuned allrounder or aero bike, but i argue, that you are exaggerating the difference quite a bit based on subpar parameters.

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I honestly don't know how you would rate the aero performance on a frame that clearly does not fit you. Your saddle is way low and you have huge amounts of spacers in. You must sit very upright. 80% of aero is counting on your body position and yours is clearly not in any way aero on that bike.

If your Scott foil fits you better, no wonder you don't feel as fast on the SLC 3.

I don't claim the SLC 3 has big aero features, but I did ride mine next to people in a race on aero bikes and 20kg weight advantage and did not feel like I missed that much, when riding in a good low position.

Nothing against your personal experience, but I honestly would argue that yours can't be taken as a good example, when talking about aero performance.

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Looks good, what size do you ride?

I ride a size medium (500), 105mm stem, 380mm bars. The frame geo fits me very well, but I also had a bike fit prior to purchase to get everything dialed. 174cm, 82cm inseam.

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I have about 4k km on mine and it is an all round great bike. I don't know what I would want more out of a roadbike.
I did the built myself and let me tell you, the build quality is top notch, nothing to complain about. E.g.cable routing through the fork was a breeze and the BB shell I right on the money. I did not want to faff around with shitty tolerances, so the slightly higher price did not bother me at all, mind you, I got it on the black friday deal.

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Applying rimtape isn't hard, take it as an opportunity to learn. Just take your time with it. There is enough tape on a roll to be able to mess up.

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Apparently light enough to have a sub 1200g wheelset

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It seems like xiamencarbonspeed is gaining some heavy traction. Even on a german forum more people are looking into them and are buying wheelsets. I hope xiamencarbonspeed can keep up their good quality to price ratio. Price hike upcoming with the increased demand?

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Looking at those closeups, i doubt it will come to market outside of china. There have to be some patent infringement somewhere in this groupset.
Even the cable holddown on the rear derailleur is the same as with shimano. They even copied the details. The body of the front derailleur looks very much like shimano while the rear derailleur is somewhat different in the shaping, but man, if you would slap on shimano logos, few would question its origin.

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Got my first ride in, 2h30 Z2 at 0°C and wet roads, so can't say anything about the finer riding characteristics, but overall I like the wheels very much. Running 28mm front and 30 rear, which measure 29mm and 31mm respectively. Both tyres at 4bar/58psi, setup tubeless. That is the 50mm deep 29 rim outer 22mm inner width btw.

First impression is that the wheels strike a good balance of stiffness and compliance. The ride is firm, but not harsh, road vibrations are kept in check. Obviously that combination of tyre width and inner rim width doesn't provide a plushy ride, but they feel non fatiguing to me with my setup. Road conditions here are pretty bad and I made an effort to not avoid road cracks etc.

Cross wind stability is alright. Large close passing cars do create a small tuck, but I also tend to have a light grip on my handlebars. Steering always corrected itself and I didn't feel the need to preemptively brace myself for any passing car.

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I forgot I'm in a cercle jerk. I'm just pointing out a difference in the rims from advertised measurments. I thought more information is always better. In the end you can take any learning from it that you want.

As you read in my post I'm very pleased with the overall quality. Following the 105 rule is obviously rather anal, but the original rim profile is designed to follow it, why wouldn't you want to know that it measures a bit differently.

I ride a lot in crosswinds so a good performance at yaw angles larger than 0 is a feature I want in a wheelset.

Would I be not satisfied with the wheels, I would have send them back, but I didn't.


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Got my D50CU-28 T1100 in the Mail. Wheels look great, packaging is very good and overall quality seems to match expectations.

One caveat are the actual rim measurments. Actual measurments are 22mm internal and 29mm external instead of 21.4mm internal, 29,2mm external.
With the wider internal and narrower external width a 28mm gp5000 s tr measures 29mm and sits flush with the rim profile, so no rule of 105% to achieve here, if your don't want to have a 25mm tyre, which most of us certainly will not want. So in some way the rim profile is neither here nor there, neither fit for narrow nor really fit for wide tyres. I will get on with it, but this difference to the advertised measurments is the worst difference you can have in a rim profile. Both rims measure the same btw, so i don't think this is a unit variation problem.

Measurements done with a digital caliper and at multiple locations.

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I wonder if the SLC 3.0 can be as fast as an aero bike. They compared it to the SL8 and say that it is almost as stiff as the SL8 but reviews say that It does not transfer power correctly.

The sl8 is not exactly like the slc. The sl8 has a narrower bottom bracket at 68mm while the slc bottom bracket is 86mm. So pedal efficiency should be higher, although I doubt that the sl8 is a noodle.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Speed Sensors?
« on: December 30, 2024, 07:34:19 AM »
I used to use a speed sensor but DCrainmaker had a great article basically proving that GPS accuracy just as good as a sensor so I took it off my bike to save a few grams.

On my Bolt V2 with it's mediocore gps this isn't my experience. A speed sensor is vastly superior for me.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Magene P505 PES Base Spider Powermeter
« on: December 19, 2024, 08:06:04 AM »
In other news…was looking to build up a new frame and move my powermeter over to it, but the frames are T47. Some have made it work, but is there any way to know for sure if it’ll work without having the frame on hand to check?

Depends on whether it is internal or external t47 as the magene description says.
24mm Steel Spindle, Compatible with SHIMANO Bottom Bracket
PES P505 Base power meter features 24mm steel spindle, which is also popular spindle on the market. It can provide optimum balance for crankset.
SHIMANO users can install it directly without replacing the bottom bracket.

*The  BB386 bottom bracket is not compatible.
*For T47 frames, only compatible with external bottom brackets

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