Alibayexpress parts you love
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Lol I have never been one that had to worry about dork gap between shorts and knee pads that's for sure
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Fuck, I'll probably have to roll them up
Ordered a pair of ZTTO 2.3 mil rotors for kicks. Seems pretty well made. Gonna test them on the downhill bike if it ever gets here 
I have some eyed up. Will probably buy some soonOrdered a pair of ZTTO 2.3 mil rotors for kicks. Seems pretty well made. Gonna test them on the downhill bike if it ever gets here
Maybe not quite cheap enough for some of you bargain hunters, but has anyone tried "Taya" brand chains?
tayachain.com
12-Speed E-bike Chain e-TOLV-121 | TAYA Chain- the Bike Chains ONLY Made in TAIWAN
The TAYA e-TOLV-121 12-Speed E-bike chain is designed to endure high torque and stress, and it features TAYA's DHT technology for increased hardness and longevity. Compatible with leading e-bike systems, it's perfect for sporty pedelecs
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I've got a couple of the Shimano knockoff chains on the kids bikes from Ali and can't complain. I didn't realize they were knockoffs until after but said screw it, run it till it blows.
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I ran Taya chains in 1994 because they had a contingency program at NORBA national races.
They won two xc worlds on rigid bikes with flexstems, too.
They won two xc worlds on rigid bikes with flexstems, too.
I've been using the hell out of a internal cable routing tool. I have no way of telling if its actually park tool or not (never seen a real one in person) but its well worth the 10 bucks. I've replaced three rear brake hoses, two dropper cable housings and one gear shifter housing and it never missed a beat. The dropper housing was so bad I had to use two and go from both ends to get them together to pull through.
If any consolation. Very few shop mechanics ever use the cable puller parts at all. The magnet is used a fair bit though
Mine came with three different cables. One has a tapered, threaded metal end on it. I use this one the most. I just screw it in the housing or hose and pull it through. It also came with one that slips over the end of a hose but it makes the joint big and bulky so I never use that one. The other cable has the reverse polarity magnet on it so you can mate up two magnets in a frame from different directions.
I do alot of work on ebikes and they are a BITCH to pull cable through. I almost always have to pull the motor for dropper housing.
Mine showed up. Look and feel great. Will order some more I think. Cheers for the heads up
$22.65 | ARSUXEO Men's Cycling Shorts Loose Fit MTB Mountain Bike Shorts Outdoor Sports Hiking Downhill Bicycle Short Pants 2006
$22.65 | ARSUXEO Men's Cycling Shorts Loose Fit MTB Mountain Bike Shorts Outdoor Sports Hiking Downhill Bicycle Short Pants 2006s.click.aliexpress.com
These shorts are great. Like way better than the previously monkey approved Amazon shorts. I hated the plasticy pieces for the Velcro waists band on those, these aliexpress ones don’t have that.
How deep are the pockets?
The back pocket (zipped) is 15cm deep, front two lower thigh ones (zipped) are 17cm and fit a phone. The hip pockets are like 17cm deep but no zip.
I ordered a set of aliexpress cushcore to try out. It was just to damn tempting to for the price.
It comes folded up so I set it out in the sun to "relax" a little. For all intensive purposes it seems legit. I only needed one but ordered the pair because it was on thirty couple bucks for both. They are much harder to install than regular cushcore. It may have been the way it was folded during shipping. I put one on the back of my ebike and I've got the other for the rear of the downhill bike if it ever arrives. I installed that one on a spare rim just to stretch it out a little.
It comes folded up so I set it out in the sun to "relax" a little. For all intensive purposes it seems legit. I only needed one but ordered the pair because it was on thirty couple bucks for both. They are much harder to install than regular cushcore. It may have been the way it was folded during shipping. I put one on the back of my ebike and I've got the other for the rear of the downhill bike if it ever arrives. I installed that one on a spare rim just to stretch it out a little.
So I managed to strip my arc ratchet hub. The mt051 model, 28H straight pull 72 click pawl hub. The ratchet ring stripped the threads on the hub, guess I put too much torque through it. I still order another one because they’re still so cheap and it’s the only hub I could re-use my spokes with.
I’m also going to tryout the ztto metallic pads and the toopre ceramic pads. And the kind shock dropper post.
I’m also going to tryout the ztto metallic pads and the toopre ceramic pads. And the kind shock dropper post.
Got my $6.00 203 x 2.3 rotor, and it’s….stout.
Looks perfect for e-bike use. Cheap, heavy, strong.
Choose all three!
Looks perfect for e-bike use. Cheap, heavy, strong.
Choose all three!
Bit of a disappointing haul from AE lately. I got a lot of weird stuff in addition to the valve stems I needed. Battery pump is larger than I expected and may not fit in my seat pack, seems to work OK though. Two headbands are just crappy poly blend with no substance to them. Speaker (not shown) sounds terrible. Some hits though, the bell was $1.24 and rings well. Sweat gutter should gutter sweat. Those black logs are "cat ears" for muting wind noise while on my EEB, the real thing is close to $20. Still, the same haul would have been like $500 from an LBS.
Do you have a link to those cat-ear things?
I haven't tested them yet, but this is what I got x2.
Whoa, I'm not jonkranked!Cat ears.
Moped for commuting.
When do you start buying hot tubs?
(I'll get a fancy bum-washer sooner than a hot tub)
Just took a punt on an Aenomaly Switchgrade copy for £40
will update when it's arrived/fitted
will update when it's arrived/fitted
These can be used as a rollamajig, lets see how well it works with my shimano 12.
I thought @Toshi had found ”the real deal” ie a copied avid rolamajig (before they killed it). I couldn’t find it to link, but he may know the “brand”
they're not perfect but they work
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now you are pissing me off
Let us know if that works... the wording around v-brake, caliper, stroke converter makes me think it will mess up the cable pull ratio.
It says and the reviews say you can run it without changing the pull ratio.
Probably one of these?
I have one, which I no longer use. It worked okay, but either pairing it with a shimano derailleur or something with my bike just didn't mesh together well. I could get 11 of the 12 gears running smoothly, but there'd always be one that was slightly off.
But it wasn't a big enough deal to immediately ditch it, I ran it for almost a whole season.
But it prompted me to ditch expensive sram cassettes altogether. Now running slx shimano 12 speed and it's much better....and cheaper.
I have one, which I no longer use. It worked okay, but either pairing it with a shimano derailleur or something with my bike just didn't mesh together well. I could get 11 of the 12 gears running smoothly, but there'd always be one that was slightly off.
But it wasn't a big enough deal to immediately ditch it, I ran it for almost a whole season.
But it prompted me to ditch expensive sram cassettes altogether. Now running slx shimano 12 speed and it's much better....and cheaper.
