Quote from: bremerradkurier on December 08, 2025, 03:52:00 PM
Very clean look for mounting a radar unit or light, but rattled itself off the seat rails on a gravel road washboard section-really needs to have locking thread inserts as the screws were pretty soft.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808387088094.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.28.5e781802dBjUhN&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

I have it as well (no movement on carbon rails for what I saw) but decided to go back to the regular seatpost mounting as I wasn't sure what an elongated, rounded dark thing hanging below your buttocks would be interpreted 

Quote from: jeffrey on December 09, 2025, 03:59:41 PM
I have it as well (no movement on carbon rails for what I saw) but decided to go back to the regular seatpost mounting as I wasn't sure what an elongated, rounded dark thing hanging below your buttocks would be interpreted 

have you seen "Bike Ball" tail lights or the "bike Nuts" seat tool bags?   

Yeah, "classy" is the word I'd use 

Quote from: Tijoe on December 09, 2025, 04:55:39 PM
have you seen "Bike Ball" tail lights or the "bike Nuts" seat tool bags?   

I've had those ball lights on my commuter for a few years now. They're actually great quality, long battery life, bright, and the swinging motion while you ride helps catch the eye of inattentive drivers. Helps me fit in with the large Truck-Nut crowd in my city.

Quote from: jeffrey on December 10, 2025, 03:52:16 AM
Yeah, "classy" is the word I'd use 

They would go well with my '90s vintage "I ride with a Stiffy" promotional t-shirt from Profile Design for their then new MTB stem.

Another day, another set of lightweight crank options:

This very light one from Huddud:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010510316765.html

An 8-bolt titanium spindled option (good for those with BB86 and SRAM):
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010417767059.html

Ryet now selling Arcrayo spiders cheaply:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010536596486.html

The Wuzei crank is about 50g heavier than claimed and does not fit genuine SRAM 8-bolt direct-mount chainrings (only tried the E1 1x aero chainring though).

That Huddud seems too good to be true

Quote from: toxin on December 19, 2025, 04:44:28 AM
That Huddud seems too good to be true

Yeah, I wouldn't want to be the first to test them.

Has anyone found a saddle mount version for the Trackr Radar? I know that there's a Varia option but is there one for Trackr?

Quote from: Crash217 on December 08, 2025, 08:58:48 PM
Have had this mount for 6 months. I put a couple wraps of electrical tape on the carbon seat rails to give a little cushion and added some loctite to the screws.  It's been perfectly stable for me.

Pro tip! I ordered this a little while ago and plan to fit on a new build I'm waiting for a frame for.

New aero frame from Kocevlo, super heavy but very cheap:

https://a.aliexpress.com/_m00pDlx

Any recs for thru axles? Looking to replace existing ones, but having trouble tracking down a correct length one for my front wheel.
Its labeled as Length: 131mm - TL: 20mm - TPM12*P1.5mm But I've not managed to find anything with a 131 length.
Rear is a Length: 163.5mm - TL: 17mm - TPM12*P1.5mm which I've found some matches for.

Thinkrider PP5 power meter carbon crank

I ordered one. It surely won't be worse than my Xcadey. Seems like a good deal, including a carbon crank, looks like a Lexon crank.

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005010577608240.html

Quote from: poyo on December 21, 2025, 11:37:06 AM
Thinkrider PP5 power meter carbon crank

I ordered one. It surely won't be worse than my Xcadey. Seems like a good deal, including a carbon crank, looks like a Lexon crank.

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005010577608240.html

That's insane. Chinese brands are starting to give western brands a run for their money! We've got so many carbon / ti crank options now with varying lengths, Chinese frames are becoming just as good as WorldTour frames, and wheels are becoming more affordable at 1/4 the cost. I'm shocked to see how fast options have developed since I joined last year.