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

Yep has the hook at the bottom. Grips bottles firmly.
Only cages I've seen without something at the bottom are those fancy German ones that require special tapered bottles

The ones with the catch I saw look like this

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Ah at the top? No, no catch

Hadn’t seen those ones, the one I linked to is a copy of the carbonworks cages which only have the single catch at the bottom

Went ahead and pulled the trigger, I’ll report back once they arrive

I've bought a few from ebay. Always been a good experience.

Rad carbon balance bike wheels

https://a.aliexpress.com/_vNkclQ

That sends you down a rabbit hole of balance bike tuning parts. Aero carbon forks with swappable offset to suit straight/twisty race tracks:

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you got a link to them?

I've been searching AliX for the last year trying to y find a carbon balance bike that can take a front brake, if anyone stumbles across one.

I bought a pair of these a few weeks ago on aliexpress and they are excellent

Lifeline carbon

Good shout, thank you MD!

The ones with the catch I saw

Link please?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10000404214022.html

like most things i check the negative reviews first, sounds like they re-sent one that was handled 'brutally'

Any notable clothing brands other than Spexcel worth checking out?

These are the ones I ordered
https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005002447257991.html?trace=wwwdetail2mobilesitedetail&spm=a2g0n.store_m_allProduct.allProducts_1000003396974.1005002447257991

The balance bike mods rabbit hole goes deep

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10000269568883.html

let me know how you get on with them :-) king cages on my fairlight are actually too tight for me/bottles and looking to replace

Ha! Standard DIY laser levels either side for 'guide lines'...

They should hopefully be arriving soon, I’ll give you a full report!

@.gaz. has those
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16113629/

I'm looking for a simple straight steerer (1 1/8) carbon fork with 28mm tyre clearance and no integrated crown race, any suggestions?

It's for a track bike, but road forks for calipers brakes are fine.

Finally got my china carbon frame built up and went out for 1st ride today
Was fun.

What's the deal with these 105 groupsets and similar? Fake? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002617002555.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.24026113Do138n&algo_pvid=21023882-371c-45d9-a12b-62455552799a&aem_p4p_detail=202112160232592107914155552400037269018&algo_exp_id=21023882-371c-45d9-a12b-62455552799a-4&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000021413616938%22%7D

Probably OEM, I buyed some aliexpress groupsets and they where the real deal, just no boxes or manuals.
Don't think you'll get any warranty mind.

So when is the next wheel group order??