a bib is only as good as its chamois. i recently acknowledged that there are even better ones than rapha‘s. those assos ones with the golden gate technology are the real deal.
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there must be some, we sell our own labeled version of thoseon a tire review over on NSMB, I saw these screw-on adapters to make regular valves high-flow valves:
they seem pretty swell. but none of my local Trek dealers seem to carry them. couldn't find any knock-offs on Aliexpress. Anyone else have better luck?
damn, no amount of searching would turn them up... what do you call them? (wondering if I'm using the wrong search terms)
Found em
Interesting. Have you ever tried Santini? So far the best I've ridden. Will give the Swiss cheesy ones a try though.
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I’ve heard assos makes the best, but then their bibs START at roughly 4.5 times the cost of a Spexcel or YKYW bib set. That’s a lot of days spent riding and not washing clothes if you are not doing 4+ hour rides that require such a nice set of bibs.
I remember someone on this website simply ran racing car schraeder valves after drilling out his mtb rims for them. I've still never tried that, but a buddy of mine did, and now there are even schraeder tubeless valves for MTBs available on aliexpress and elsewhere.
whats really great is the not sewd on part. so the chamois rubs on the bib and not on the skin. so far i only have their trail liner as my rapha bibs are still not worn out
ya all suck at this game, 5min search:
(hard overpriced though)
(hard overpriced though)
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Have tried said tubeless valve on one wheel. Worked fine.
@Sandwich may I ask which chainstay protector did you buy?
A) I’m impressed- I honestly searched but I didn’t think to search “road bike fluid Valve converter” because I’m not a weird euro. ”valve adapter presta tubeless” didn’t turn up much.
B) Not that anyone cares, but the fouriers stuff tends to be similarly priced to real brands. I was all set to buy some valve extenders for my TT wheels but decided to buy non-knockoffs (TopeaK) as the price delta was like $2 between weird junk and Topeak and fouriers was the same price.
This one. Pretty decent, good adhesive on it and it really quiets things down. I’m searching for/planning to buy a down tube protector as well to match, at least at some point…
Oop, just noticed one of the panels is peeling up a bit. It’s a little early but I can add some adhesive and if all else fails, $2 is $2.
Opinions on carbon seatposts? I think I just bought one 31,6x350 from Elita One brand.
When fitting did you clean the chainstay thoroughly with alcohol and heat the adhesive when applying?. This make a massive difference to adhesion. Even 3M VHB sticky pads peel if you don't do this.
Just took a gamble, $1.26 30t chainring (welcome price! ) and a $9 bash guard.
LOL I have some no name one. It’s been fine on my road bike. Needed a different bolt to work at the correct angle but once sorted it‘s been fine.
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I ran one for ages. Tough as nails. On different frame now. But it was a dh bike and post was short, so was stronger obviously.
It's for the DH bike and I only sit on the saddle when taking uplift with anchorstyle ski lift. The current I-beam SDG Fly is too narrow and there is no other option so the seat post has to be changed with the saddle.
Hopefully it'll do the job.
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You’re gonna flip when you hear how long I’ve been running an Ali stem
True, it’s all road stuff I’m commenting on. Not even I would ride a DH stem from alibayexpress. I am branching out with a Chinese open mold trail bike this year though.
Have you taken a look at chinertown.com? I've been following the development of the Santa Choo dual suspension frames for a while now.
I have used my Deckas brand narrow-wide 32t chainring for several years now and it has been quite reliable. Just got a 30t Snail branded one that I'm planning to put on my wife's bike.
Been wondering if I can buy another 30t for my bike since I currently run 32 x 42 (10 speed) and I seldom use the smallest cogs. On the other hand I could also get a Deore 11-46 10s cassette to make climbing easier.
Which one?
Yeah, that's where I found my current frame. I'm not sure I'm ready for an enduro/downhill frame from any of the chinese open molders...there's just too much complexity to be done right. I have a TT and XC frame from hongfu and ICAN and they've both been fine but the TT frame shows some weaknesses in cable routing, the way things bolt together (top cap) etc that make me question how those issues would raise in a 6" travel frame (flex, leverage rate, cable routing). The ICAN is brick simple and it shares a mold with a more legitimate frame so I have faith in the design, but without the help of the chinertown folks I'm not sure I would have gone for it.
ICAN S3. I think you have the Fromunda FM936, right? Mine is the same but with a horst link.
Like this objectively cool as hell and it's probably not a bad design...but do you trust the idler to be up to the task? Or the bearings around the BB to hold up? Those are the little details that "real" brands get right.
I'm happy to buy this instead of this because it's exactly the same low-risk part but 90% cheaper, but I don't think most of the chinese frames are at the same level as a deviate or forbidden. I will say that most of my experience with chinese carbon has been that it's overbuilt, not under...most of it.
