Orient Express - Cheap Chinese Rims / Wheels / Forks / Frames / Cranks / Etc

I ordered late last week and was posted at the start of the week apparently!

Ah shit, thanks man

Decent compact bars for under 30 quid?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/deda-rhm-02-road-handlebar/

Looking for cheap carbon but thanks

Fm296, waiting for crabon post, lighter skewers & one of those fake SMPs

Can someone post a geo chart of 296 with stack and reach?

Dragged my FM066SL through 45km of Scottish potholes and driving rain today. Not a whimper from the bike (several from myself).

Chuffed to bits with it. Off to Mallorca soon.

45km

Epic

Are there any cheap chinese ISM Adamo copies? Or other saddles with big cut outs/no noses

What's wrong with buying an genuine Adamo?

FM296
ultegra 6700
canyon (replica) vcls
fizik antares vs
zipp ergo 70
zipp sl course stem 110mm
open pros on chris king R45s

thinking about a new crankset (rotors?) and new tyres (are gumwalls a bit much..?)

Why a new crankset? It's a good amount of money for a small aesthetic change. Gumwalls always look good, and your levers need to move up the bars slightly.

I'd prefer to run Ultegra/Dura-Ace cranks+rings rather than my Rotor/Praxis Cannondale/Praxis sets as nothing else seems to shift like Shimano.

fair enough, before I moved to this frame I was running really old cables and the shifting was so so so awful. with new cables it's just amazing (on par with my mountain bike) so it could be a good idea not to change. I just think the ultegra crankset is so boring on a very boring looking frame. but I wouldn't want to compromise on shifting

Ride jah bike. Then upgrade the cranks when these need replacing.

Are there any cheap chinese ISM Adamo copies? Or other saddles with big cut outs/no noses

I'm also looking at second hand Adamos and SMPs but just thought it was worth asking just in case.

Heres fake SMPs; http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/HOT-sale-freeshipping-full-carbon-saddle-bicycle-MTB-bike-saddle-road-bike-seat-bicycle-saddle/526013_2055908415.html

Does have a nose tho

Does anyone have experience with carbonzone? Also does anyone have any recommendations for a disk road or cross frame

They make some of china's finest exploding clincher rims.

Are there are Chinese emonda copies/similar frame sets out there?

Get the Vitoria Open Pave GC III - they've blown my mind as to what a tyre can be like

Get green ones though. Seriously considering not bothering with summer tyres, dunno how they're so tough but still supple.

I ride them all year round on both sets of wheels. Almost as fast rolling as CX's without the puncture dice rolling and terrible grip in the wet.