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First, I would recommend you to use the search feature because the Elitewheels were discussed back and forth.

Second, here is one of my answers copied from one of those threads:
"I've tested EDGE, ENT, and DRIVE wheels. The ENT and EDGE differ mainly in weight, spokes, and rim profiles. I am not sure about the SLT and SLR. I will consider writing a comparison article about all these wheelsets. Anyway, the DRIVE wheels have carbon spokes and ceramic bearings.
Regarding ride feel, EDGE + ENT are pretty soft but comfortable. But for example, I didn't feel like riding 1350g wheels when riding EDGE. They are not as responsive as DRIVE ones, which are a bit lighter. The ENTs are much heavier and better for flats and steady efforts.
Having said that, I would recommend saving a bit more for DRIVE wheels. They are my go-to climbing wheels (45mm depth weighs under 1300g), and they are much more responsive than EDGE.
However, it also depends on your experience. For example, I would be happy if I was transitioning from ALU wheels to EDGE. But given that I've tried wheels costing over $1000 with carbon spokes, I'd opt for those instead."

Third, you can also check out my Elitewheels comparison https://www.cyclistshub.com/elitewheels-road-bike-wheels-compared/ or Elitewheels Black Friday deals where I listed the actual price and also the price from a month ago: https://www.cyclistshub.com/elitewheels-black-friday/.
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: LTwoo rim brake / mechanical 2024 refresh
« Last post by 00Garza on November 20, 2024, 09:47:53 AM »
Wait, these do not use the same thumb shifter as the hydraulic R9 and RX?

They do. For some odd reason they chose not to show them in the pics.
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Elite wheels black friday
« Last post by alfiomotrambo on November 20, 2024, 09:47:05 AM »
 I'm looking for a set of EliteWheels carbon disk wheels, i've seen on aliex some very inviting discount, what experience do you have with elitewheels? What do you guy suggest? What about the weight

Thanks you all
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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Magene P505 PES Base Spider Powermeter
« Last post by jonathanf2 on November 20, 2024, 09:45:50 AM »
Finally got my Magene RX power meter installed, which was parted from a ZRace crankset+magene setup. It was cheaper buying it this way versus the stand alone unit.  ;)
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Lightcarbon: New LCR017-D (or Yishun R1058-D)
« Last post by edy on November 20, 2024, 09:34:34 AM »
Hi guys, I am happy to report that after going through this thread I also decided to pull the trigger and ordered the frame a month ago. Today, I received the first photos of my bike which look very promising. The order was handled by Carol who was super informative and supportive through the whole ordering process. So far, the experience with LC was top notch. Taking into account experience some of you guys had with the company, I will inspect the frame once I receive it in more details and report back to you.
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: LEXON Road Carbon Crankset
« Last post by mwaan on November 20, 2024, 09:09:09 AM »
I've Just noticed that my "new " r1 received 2 days ago is like a new version
It has the same lockring on drive and NDS, and weight a Little more than previous received in june
I can confirm the same. I bought another crankset and received it a few days ago. The weight came out to 401g WITH spider which is around 40g heavier than my old one.
As you can see in the picture below, it's the same lockring on both sides.
I think I know the reason why they made this change. Now that they have a 24mm Ti spindle option, they want to have more parts commonality between the two sets. Look at the picture of the titanium spindle. I bet that you can swap spindles between the Ti version and alu version.
If so, it's good news for people who want the more subtle branding of the titanium version. Maybe you can buy the Ti version and ask them to buy an extra 29mm alu spindle.
Note that they still advertise the alu version as 40g lighter than the Ti version, but that is not true anymore. The difference will be less than 10g.
Also, it makes you wonder if the other carbon cranksets that seem to be the same (such as Rockbros) have also made the change. If not, I'd think about buying the Rockbros crankset to save 40g. Although I really hate the branding graphic on it...
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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Chinese cycling clothes
« Last post by Cyclingcyc on November 20, 2024, 08:58:33 AM »
If you're still within the return window, return it. That's quality fade. If you'd been lucky, you'd have received something legit, but you essentially got fleeced.
If you're outside of the return window, complain. This level of wear after 10 rides is obviously completely abnormal.

:'( It's outside of the return window, and when I complained to YKYW, he only offered me a coupon.
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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Chinese cycling clothes
« Last post by Cyclingcyc on November 20, 2024, 08:55:24 AM »

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006517573094.html
I really needed this to be a super fitting jersey and it delivered. I really like it. Can't say how it compares with the real maap, but I like it better than my ykyw summer jersey ( that is also loose on me ). I would really like to get a few more of these but without maap/pas branding. If anyone know if this factory also produces their own label or no-label, I would really be interested in that.

This seller is unreliable. I purchased from him twice. He shipped my first order pretty slowly, but I liked the jerseys. Then I ordered two more jerseys, but he only sent me one, which was the wrong size and color. He only a middle man who purchases those items from Alibaba's factory.

Compared to the real MAAP, it only looks similar, but its material, zipper, and quality are not a match for MAAP.
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Yoeleo is currently having a Black Friday sale on both their wheels and frames.

My set of C60 DB PRO wheels came in real world weight of 1373g with steel spokes. Rim specs are 23mm internal 32mm external. I imagine the C50 version will be around 1330-1350g. Yoeleo said these can pull double duty for gravel as well.

The BF sale drops the price from $1000 to $800
Full Disclosure: I do have discount code to save an additional 10% which puts these at around $720. Anyone can send me a PM for the code.

Well before I was provided any promo code from Yoeleo, I had already done a video on these wheels months ago. And I've concluded this new latest line of DB Pro wheels will make it into my Top 5 favorite (ready to ship) wheels. The specs to weight to price ratio are pretty compelling. Of course it's very tough to compete with OEM suppliers on price if you're willing to wait a few weeks for fulfillment.
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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Chinese cycling clothes
« Last post by Serge_K on November 20, 2024, 08:35:15 AM »
This YKYW bib short was worn 10 times, and its pad looks like this.

If you're still within the return window, return it. That's quality fade. If you'd been lucky, you'd have received something legit, but you essentially got fleeced.
If you're outside of the return window, complain. This level of wear after 10 rides is obviously completely abnormal.
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