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

I need a long (400mm) 27.2 carbon seatpost- amount of sellers//options on aliexpress are staggering so can someone recommend a legit place to buy please?

Surly fixed disc hub has finally arrived, so I've dropped off the rims to be built with CX-Rays to be a aero-tank for my daily prommuting!

That's some bling for a beater bike! :D

CBA looking back through all the posts - Who ordered a Canyon VCLS seatpost replica from AliExpress?

Was / Is it any good?

Link to the one I have found - it is reasonably priced and has decent reviews:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Bicycle-Full-Carbon-Fiber-Seat-Tube-Bike-Seat-Post-Cycling-Carbon-Seatpost-No-LOGO-20-5/32655831688.html?spm=2114.10010108.1000013.2.P18Q2K&scm=1007.13339.39449.0&pvid=e4687e9f-8fd2-4e8f-a1fc-67e80c2c2683&tpp=1

I like mine

i also enjoy mine

Thanks @Heldring and @swedeee

I shall order mine TODAY!

(27.2mm and 5mm layback)

Multiple packages arrived, all in that austere grey packaging - cooler than Rapha!

Fo'Poc Blade, very good quality, multiple lenses, hard case, soft case, wow good 9/10

Foakley Frogskans, ok frames, logos dodgy up close but very cheap 5/10

Just compared my jawbreakers to the real deal. Two us could barely tell the difference. The only thing we found was the mechanism to open wasn't quite as good on the faux ones. Just I think 2 seconds with a jewellers file will sort it, and let them fully snap shut.

The best news is that real lenses fit! So I'm going to order myself some prisms

anyone got a marker on the open mould version of on-one bishbashbosh?

No but there is this.

✓ Mudguards
✓ Flat mount
✓ thru axle
✓ High stack

$538

Just ordered one of those VCLS homage posts for my bike. Do I now need a torque wrench?

Yes.
This is the easiest http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Ritchey-Torque-Key-Set_76302.htm?sku=242423&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google_shopping&gclid=CjwKEAjw5vu8BRC8rIGNrqbPuSESJADG8RV0CqS94nlbWmnHplM9Q0fMHt-o444VqQczqRPXpiZEKRoCyErw_wcB

Do I just get the 5Nm? Would I be better getting an adjustable one for when I become a super fast racer on full carbon with a skinsuit and an EPO habit?

This is my first carbon, so emotional, such learning. :')

I got one of these. Comes with a calibration certificate and has been utterly reliable so far. Keeps with the Orient Express theme to a degree too, you can find very similar models rebranded by others for twice the price.

which one? link is to Bike Radar group test.

I got the lifeline from Wiggle for ~£25 a few months ago. Nothing has cracked/snapped yet < Not sure that's a brilliant endorsement though...

Yep, I've got that one too. Think I got it a bit cheaper on ebay (new). Seems to be spot on so far - had it since beginning of this year.

Thanks.

Another thing tho, when I put my bike in the stand I clip it via the seat post, will I have to stop doing that?

Sorry about that, I updated link a few seconds after posting. It's an M:Part one off Tredz. Although the head looks like it's from the cheaper generic wrenches, the main body has the spring-load design that locks in to chosen torque setting like the Lifeline Professional and cheaper Park Tool models.

Thank you

thanks!

Another thing tho, when I put my bike in the stand I clip it via the seat post, will I have to stop doing that?

Do the same thing, but don't tighten the jaws completely, and hang it on the saddle instead

Nah. Anything you need to tighten with a torque wrench will to 5nm.

My stem and seatpost clamp both need 6nm. Or have I misunderstood you?