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

Same, I'm not expecting miracle like having aluminum braking surface but hopefully it will be better than the current ones I have.

LBR

loving the look on these new braking surface

Is that the Lightbicycle "grooved graphene" thing?

looks like it. really curious how well it works. anybody used it for a bit?

Indeed.

Link to these rims?

https://www.lightbicycle.com/Road-bicycle-rims-28mm-wide-46mm-deep-aero-clincher-road-disc-brake-available.html

If only Spexcel could make a pink version of their Hi Viz jacket.
Just the sort of price I am prepared to pay for something I'd only wear on the occasional foggy morning.

I'd send them a message, they can be pretty accommodating.

Just mounted some 25mm GP5000 on mine. They look really rather aero.

Something like this but reflective?

Will post them up when I get them built

Be keen to see how they look. I keep walking away from the cliff edge of getting a wheelset from them. Did you get yours built by them or rim only?

Just got these built, LB 45U shape, by Arup as I already owned the hubs.
I'm sure I'd trust them to build.

I know I know, the valve extenders could have been shorter.

Rim only, Hub Velo built them up on my T11's. Still need to get photos! And swap out the massive valves, even longer than ^

Anyone have a link to one of these style bells (Kong Oi) that fit 31.8mm bars?

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/bRPaZgCv

Have searched eBay and AliExpress but can’t seem to find the ones for 31.8mm bars.

I have an original Kong that I got through Kickstarter and it's pretty crap imo. If looking for a bell, get a standard style one that is audible. The tiny one supplied on my partner's Whyte from new is at least twice as loud as the Knog.

rock bros make the best ones I think

Anyone have a link to one of these style bells (Kong Oi) that fit 31.8mm bars?

Why would you want to have a bell mounted on the central part of your handlebars next to the stem clamp where it's 31.8mm? Surely a better place to have it, regardless of the size of your stem clamp, is next to where your hands are going to be. Which for most flat bar has a diameter of 22.2mm and for most drop bars 23.8mm.

Because bells are fucking ugly and those Knog Oi things make them near invisible.

That's why I was looking for one anyway. I'll still probably get one because 'a bell' is an entry requirement for RaTN I think.

Actually it's Dutch law:
http://holland-cycling.com/tips-and-info/safety/traffic-rules-and-regulations-for-cyclists

They are ugly, hence why I got the Knog. You'd be better off tapping a ring off your bars though, it would be just as loud.

Can you hear it from 25m away?

Is there a bell that's not massive, ugly and still passes Dutchie law to the left hand side?

Bell-etiquette might be one of the most confusing things about cycling here. If you do, you're an impatient and inconsiderate prick, and you'll get the occasional looking-over-shoulder-to-see-if-they-can-be-arsed-to-make-room-for-you-and-swerve-all-over-the-place-while-doing-so. And if you don't you'll get angry people who complain you should have announced your arrival and the occasional jump-scare-swerve. The latter is usually preferable, in my opinion.

you're an impatient and inconsiderate prick

That's me.

I don't use a bell, normally I just avoid peds and other shit going waaaay wide.

Because bells are fucking ugly and those Knog Oi things make them near invisible.

I've nothing against Knog Oi bells. I'm just curious why @farewell wants to mount one next to the stem rather than closer to the ends of the bars.