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

I know this has already been asked but are there any decent centrelock rotors that anybody here can vouch for?

Buy a bunch from LB. They’re good, the rim will behave as designed and they’re inexpensive.

They cheap, made by Ashima, stop good, sacrifice themselves and leave yer carbon rims alone.

Thanks folks! Will use the LB ones to begin with. I think im going to keep to soft pads. I cant afford £500 on rims very often...

My LB 55mm rims were 6 years old last week

Sick. That makes me very happy. How much do you use the bike?

Summer riding from March to September pre-COVID was 1000km a month so conservatively they’ve done 20,000 km? That’s pretty mad.

I've put about 8k onto my LB rim-brake wheels and they're working pretty much as new

yes. LB rims are pretty hard wearing, and rim brake rims generally last longer thant the disc mob argue.
even if you needed to replace one rim at the cost of 160£ + some pads ? after a few years, the guy next door with discs will have bought one pair of rotors for 80£, more expensive pads and will have bought new 600£ wheels anyway ... twice : )

Speaking of LB, found out they'll do disc wheels for fixed or road. Could be tempted by a mini group order in a few months. ~592USD before shipping + tax.

perfect for light gravel!

they'll do disc wheels for fixed

Have they published details? For obvious reasons googling "light bicycle disc wheel" is a dead loss 🙂

Very little, sent me this link when I asked but gives very little away.

https://intercom.help/light-bicycle/en/articles/5358629-tri-spoke-full-disc-wheels?utm_content=article_5358629

They mentioned a choice of 23mm or 25mm width. I'll ask for the "more detailed specifications."

Asked for details with diagrams, all I got was..

they weigh 1300g+/-40.

Does anyone have a link for cantilever carbon forks with a 1 1/8th steerer?

Has anyone bought a battery replacement for Garmin from Aliexpress?

battery replacement for Garmin

Which garmin? I have a 500 that needs a new back cover, but the battery is good. You could cannibalise it.

thanks for the offer but I have 820 - in my understanding it is a different battery

Anyone tried one of these carbonworks knock-off cages?

Nah, I like to be able to fetch the bottle brutally

I got a battery replacement (for Garmin watch) from aliexpress, looks legit but never got to use it as when I finally took it apart it turned out the connector contacts broke off the mainboard. I purchased when I could charge the Garmin but as soon as I disconnected the battery went, thought it was dead but wasn't! Did mention it to Garmin but they wanted almost full price to repair....

Yep on my daily for about 6 months or so. No problems

I quite fancy one of these, £30 is a bit steep for something that's not well made... There is one with a front catch that looks a bit better

Does yours have the front catch and/or does the bottle pop out? I'd ask for a link but they never seem to stay long

That is my main worry, if you're not fetching your bottles brutally you're doing it wrong!

@PhilDAS Cheers, good to know!

@thants I think it does have the front catch, you just cant see it very clearly in that picture