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

So was going to replace my front deep v with another deep v, but due to the mad prices ive been quoted for one I may swell buy carbon rims.

Looking for 32h carbon rims maybe about 40ish mm, where would everyone recommend?

Thanks

Always light bicycle

Who are doing $1 shipping at the moment.

Nice looking shop. Their BBs look interesting, anyone have experience?

LightBicycle, but they add on a £15 surcharge whatever payment method

Ah, mine was £15, but its 3.5% of order

I used a few of their BSA frame to BB30 cranks bottom brackets. I needed a special tool to install. I seem to kill the things rather quickly but that bike have a rough life and they cost like £6. I have a few Shimano compatible ones that I got by mistake if anyone is interested.

ZTTO hubs have a reasonable rep, they get sold under various brands. I got a ZTTO BSA30 BB cheap on eBay not realising it needed a tool I didn't have, so this time I got the tool, another BSA30, and an ITA30 for teh lulz.

I have with the ceramic version. Used it for GXP with the supplied shim / diameter reducer. Now this lil' piece is soft aluminium and warped after less than a hundred kms, and stuck the spindle. It was excellent when new tho, they may have improved it ever since (year+ old story).

Thanks all. Sounds like a bit of a 'you get what you pay for' situation.

Anyone got a link for decent Radarlock Path replica? The arm on my Jawfakers snapped..

Mine have arrived in the Czech Republic, well they did last Monday but haven't moved since. I wonder who is going to be in their bubble..

Yeah, same for me!

I'm about to order some wheels from lb, I've gone for Novatec over Bitex hubs, with Campagnolo 9/10/11 speed freehub. @danstuff, I remember you kicking knowledge before, and seeming pretty clued up on the differences between the different hub brands. Do you have any experience of changing the freehub body on the Novatec F482SB-SL, or if it is even possible? I've read online and it seems like it isn't necessarily. I'm pretty sure I'll be running Campagnolo for a good old while yet, but just in case I did fancy a shift to Shimano down the line... any thoughts at all?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNUpXfwjaWI

I haven't changed a freehub on that particular model, but I changed the freehub on a different MTB Novatec hub from 10 speed to 11 speed. Definitely possible, and as I recall it was perfectly straightforward.

Im after an Alu/Carbon composite rims 36 or 45mm deep

Similar Mavic Carbone's or the Jet Series from HED
https://www.hedwheels.com/product-page/jet-4-black-wheelset-2019

Is there anywhere in china that makes this kind of hybrid?

Thanks and also thanks to @pit

https://www.yoeleobike.com/light-carbon-rims-ca38-road-clincher-rims.html

If your running campag 11 speed and thinking about switching to shimano 11 speed in the future, I wouldn't worry about the freehub. The cassettes are spaced almost identically and you can run any without issue. I have been using an Ultegra 8000 cassette on a campag record setup and it runs perfectly.

I have been using an Ultegra 8000 cassette on a campag record setup and it runs perfectly.

Probably better than a Campag cassette would run 🙂

I think it actually does.

Cleared customs in Chechia. Not long now.

Cheers for Campagnolo cassette tips, @krankers, by that logic then a Campagnolo 11 speed cassette should work perfect an an Ultegra 11 speed set up?

I made the order with lightbicycle, they’ve said they’ll state the value at 220 using the EMS $1 shipping. They have said I can ask for a different value if I like - has anyone else done this or just stuck with the 220?

Is there any harm saying $50 and “rims” not wheels

Is there any harm saying $50 and “rims” not wheels

Well, it's a criminal offence attracting a prison term of up to 6 months, so there's that.