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[AFE]

Thx for the explanation. I might give it a try then

[BeachRdWarrior]

Has anyone used the giant aero bottle cages from AE?


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006 ... ry_from%3A

[Steve Curtis]

Has anyone used the giant aero bottle cages from AE?


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006 ... ry_from%3A

Yes, i e been using them on a bike for the past few months. I like them. Not exactly light weight but they hold a bottle securely, look great and might be 00.1w more aero.

Current awaiting an order for another 5 to fit to other bikes.

[C36]

Has anyone used the giant aero bottle cages from AE?


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006 ... ry_from%3A

Yes, i e been using them on a bike for the past few months. I like them. Not exactly light weight but they hold a bottle securely, look great and might be 00.1w more aero.

Current awaiting an order for another 5 to fit to other bikes.

Mounted on a giant or any other bike? Curious to see how they look like installed on non giant.

[Steve Curtis]

Has anyone used the giant aero bottle cages from AE?


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006 ... ry_from%3A

Yes, i e been using them on a bike for the past few months. I like them. Not exactly light weight but they hold a bottle securely, look great and might be 00.1w more aero.

Current awaiting an order for another 5 to fit to other bikes.

Mounted on a giant or any other bike? Curious to see how they look like installed on non giant.

Non giant. See the Caledonia 5 thread for a pic

[AFE]

Has anyone used the giant aero bottle cages from AE?


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006 ... ry_from%3A

I use them on my Cervélo Soloist and on my Orbea Alma H20 MTB. Can not complain

[MrB123]

Magene speed sensors arrived and set up easily. Nicely packaged and pretty simple to use. Bargain.

[BeachRdWarrior]

Oh nice! Thanks for the info on teh giant cages.

Has anyone come across AE versions of the new Factor Ostro 2.0 cages? that would be pretty cool!

[Matt28NJ]

I'm looking for a generic, unbranded version of the Hed Jet+... the previously sold, aluminum / carbon mix wheelset. Will go on an older, 10 speed bike, so not wanting to spend the ~$1800 for a new set. Anyone seen a decent pair on Ali?

[frnchy]

I'm looking for a generic, unbranded version of the Hed Jet+... the previously sold, aluminum / carbon mix wheelset. Will go on an older, 10 speed bike, so not wanting to spend the ~$1800 for a new set. Anyone seen a decent pair on Ali?

I strongly doubt any generic carbon/alloy wheelsets exist, and if they do they won't be anywhere near HED. They were pretty much the only company doing that back in the rim brake era, and there's less than zero profit for any Chinese company looking to develop a competitor, so no one will. Even the full-carbon rim brake rims from such companies aren't being updated any more.

There is a set of Jet 6 rear + Jet 6 Black front wheel on ebay right now for a pretty reasonable price: https://www.ebay.com/itm/326272027478 + https://www.ebay.com/itm/326272018954

[Matt28NJ]

there's less than zero profit for any Chinese company looking to develop a competitor, so no one will. Even the full-carbon rim brake rims from such companies aren't being updated any more.

Nah bro, this is AliX - Control+C on a mature wheel design. No development needed, that's why I'm looking at lower cost offerings. If it was 2011 I'd go back to my Hed Jet 60s, which I'm annoyed I sold.

There are some out there: https://www.ebay.com/itm/204966588327?_ ... EEFJWDEMH6

But I don't know the provenance of this particular brand.

[frnchy]

There are some out there: https://www.ebay.com/itm/204966588327?_ ... EEFJWDEMH6

But I don't know the provenance of this particular brand.

Huh, I stand corrected - at least somewhat, considering the extremely outdated rim dimensions - but having no manufacturer info + some weird claims in the description (180 kgf max spoke tension???? I don't think so) doesn't make a strong case for that particular set.

[Lina]

there's less than zero profit for any Chinese company looking to develop a competitor, so no one will. Even the full-carbon rim brake rims from such companies aren't being updated any more.

Nah bro, this is AliX - Control+C on a mature wheel design. No development needed, that's why I'm looking at lower cost offerings. If it was 2011 I'd go back to my Hed Jet 60s, which I'm annoyed I sold.

There are some out there: https://www.ebay.com/itm/204966588327?_ ... EEFJWDEMH6

But I don't know the provenance of this particular brand.

But what's the business case here? It's a niche product on a niche market already. If you're coming into the wheel market rim brake wheels aren't exactly where I'd start. And if I did it definitely wouldn't be aluminium with carbon fairing wheels. Either the cheapest possible aluminium wheels or high end full carbon.

[dsveddy]

there's less than zero profit for any Chinese company looking to develop a competitor, so no one will. Even the full-carbon rim brake rims from such companies aren't being updated any more.

Nah bro, this is AliX - Control+C on a mature wheel design. No development needed, that's why I'm looking at lower cost offerings. If it was 2011 I'd go back to my Hed Jet 60s, which I'm annoyed I sold.

There are some out there: https://www.ebay.com/itm/204966588327?_ ... EEFJWDEMH6

But I don't know the provenance of this particular brand.

This is nothing like the jet nonstructural fairing design, these have a Zipp-style structural carbon fairing bonded to the alu hoop--it's a design that's heavier and susceptible to catastrophic failure, while a fairing debonding on the Jet will never cause the wheel to fall apart.

HED Jet is probably one of the designs less likely to have been copied, all those Jet rims were produced in Minnesota so the design would have been less convenient to copy since the original molds never made it to China.

[ice29]

Has anyone used Pass Quest or Stone chainrings for Sram AXS road 2x? (I mean those fitting BCD107 with normal Sram combinations, e.g. 46/33 or 48/35)
I want to use spider-based powermeter and don't like how the Force AXS chainrings look like with the plastic cover...