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  1. Isildur

    What do your kids wear on their head

    I highly rate the Scamp, our daughter had two of them, the XXS then the XS. We still have the XS in the shed as she's outgrown it. Poor kid has a head like mine, so at "almost 6", she's already into an XS adults helmet (Specialized Camber for the colours). I'd honestly be happy to give you the...
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    DT Swiss QR endcaps front hub

    Sorry mate, no QR Caps for DT Hubs, only Hope Pro 2 Hubs. Good luck with the search!
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    DT Swiss QR endcaps front hub

    Ha yeah, I totally forgot the look in the shed. Obviously my promises mean nothing! Reminder Set, will look when home tonight.
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    DT Swiss QR endcaps front hub

    I'll have a look tonight (Ha I promise I'll try and remember!). I know I've got some from a few different hubs over the years, and I think there's a DT set in there.
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    Ludicrously expensive bike stuff

    Ah man. If I still had the old Glory00 frame in the shed, I'd totally build it up with a rigid fork the the drop bars just for the photo. Thanfully, I sold it a couple of months ago, so I don't have to waste previous time on that!
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    Ludicrously expensive bike stuff

    Love it! I also wonder what your mate will think of MTB in a few years when Gravel is more MTB that Gravel? i.e. Suspension... Check. 2.1" (or larger) tyres... Check. Boost (road-boost, but still, don't worry, it'll get there)... Check. Editing to add in, that Curve GMX+ is a tasty tasty bike...
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    All my Aliexpress MTB purchases reviewed.

    Yep, 100% agree on the postage times. A couple of weeks ago I placed two orders on the same day: AliExpress for some bar tape & a bunch of steerer spacers Ebay for more steeerer spacers as I wanted some alu ones too. The AliEx arrived a day before the Ebay one. Ebay was suposedly in "Sydney"...
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    Ludicrously expensive bike stuff

    Pfft, don't listen to this snake-oil salesman. I've got one you can buy for $279!
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    All my Aliexpress MTB purchases reviewed.

    Ah, here we are. Knew I'd seen it here, the best place for up to date AliEx news! This is following David's post about the 5Dev copies, if you follow the post thread/quote chain you'll see the history.
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    All my Aliexpress MTB purchases reviewed.

    I'm sure someone posted recently here about the AliEx 5DEV DUB cranks... Something about the fixing bolt being made of cheese. I'll try to find it and update.
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    All my Aliexpress MTB purchases reviewed.

    Regretfully I don't need any cranks right now, so can't guinea pig them!
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    All my Aliexpress MTB purchases reviewed.

    Adn they cost a lot compared to most Ali stuff... Cost = Strength, right?
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    Newly Released Bikes General

    You're spot on with this and it's really interesting to watch it happen from an old & grouchy MTB'er perspective. Especially seeing a colleague I work with going through it, with him being a relatively recent entry into road for commuting 5 or 6 years ago, then gravel with a CX bike, then a...
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    Crank length changes, your experiences?

    Realistically, if you want to properly endanger your future (or nuts), then you should be using these ones. It's all in the name!
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    The bike industry crisis

    Man that was a hard article to read, just from the literal sense it was hard to get through being so randomly done. The bike industry isn't in a great space right now, but then neither are a lot of indutries. Those who play in either the lower end kid space, or the proper enthusiast end, are...
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    Crank length changes, your experiences?

    In a similar boat recently, searching for 165mm cranks that weren't DUB Based**, I ended up with a set of the AliEx SenicX FM3 cranks in 165mm. They're a Shimano axle, running SRAM 3-bolt chainring mounting style. So far they're still solid, but the bike they're on isn't a hard abuse bike...
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    Crank length changes, your experiences?

    Got a link for that? Not that I need cranks at the moment, but I've been when I was on the search, plenty of results came up, but all were 170 or 175 cranks. Only 165mm I found were the SenicX and other brands. That said, the SenicX have been going fine for 600km or so now, so I'm happy with the...
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    All my Aliexpress MTB purchases reviewed.

    So, updating the Gravelpacker journey here, now that the site is back up ;) If you're on the Discord channel you've already seen this, apologies for those who have to read my words twice ;) First up, on the AliEx Bikepacking fork, I finally managed to get the seller to send the partial refund...
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    All my Aliexpress MTB purchases reviewed.

    Updates to my build, well, would have last week but the site issues made that impossible ;) The Seller has offered a partial refund of $20USD, just chasing that through the system now. I'm happy with that for the minor flaw. I've lightly sanded the inside of the steerer tube to get ride of the...
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    All my Aliexpress MTB purchases reviewed.

    Delic Bike Store is always a good option, albeit not an AliChoice vendor so freight becomes a factor. But the pricing ends up much the same usually. The other one I've used to good effect is OK Bike Store. You may not need to ditch your shifter unless, you really don't like it. I'm running the...
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