5 Cheap AliExpress Bike Upgrades!
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- AliExpress is a great place to find cheap upgrades for your bike, and here are a few that I really rate!
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Admittedly AliExpress does have a bit of a reputation for cheap rubbish, but after spending years and years shopping there, I have found quite a few hidden gems. If you know where to look, and what to focus on, you can easily upgrade your bike on the cheap.
So in this episode I’ll show you a couple of products that I’ve found, and really like. You can find my affiliate links to everything talked about below.
Ridenow ultralight TPU inner tubes:
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OFFBONDAGE TPU inner tubes:
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Passquest oval chainring:
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Carbon bottle cages:
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Indicator bike light:
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Lightweight disc rotors:
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BSC300 cycle computer:
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Start
00:18 - Ultralight TPU inner tubes
03:58 - Passquest oval chainring
06:37 - Carbon bottle cages
07:35 - Siroko Sponsor
08:50 - Indicator light
10:10 - Lightweight disc rotors
12:35 - BSC300 cycle computer
14:55 - Tooless thru axle
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Please note:
I am not a professionally trained bike mechanic. There can be risks associated with using products that are unbranded, untested, or come from sources where the provenance is unknown. Please talk to a qualified bike mechanic if you are in any doubt.
In essence, be careful, do your research, and cycle safe!!! - Sport
I would advise some caution with the Ridenow 19g inner tubes. I purchased 8 of them and punctured all 8 within 200 miles of riding (both wheels). To be fair to the tubes I am a heavier rider at 97kgs, however I contacted the manufacturer and they said the weight limit was 130kgs. My total weight including bike and items I carry puts me well below the maximum recommended weight. Tubolito make tubes that weigh 19g that they label as a "spares" tube- which would suggest it'll get you home in a pinch but shouldn't be your primary tube. My guess is that these tubes function like the tubolito spares tubes, but either due to unclear marketing or translation issues, they're sold as simply a lighter TPU tube. I use the 36 gram ones currently from Ridenow and have had no issues after hundreds of miles in wintery conditions.
36g ones after 4000km all good. GP5000 tires
Also have run the 36g ones for winter commuting. No issues at all. It's been top shelf
I‘ve been riding the 19g Ridenow tpu tubes on my road bike for almost 3000km now. So far, only one puncture when I rode into an inch long nail. Repaired the tube with a turbolito patch. Runs without loosing air ever since. I run Michelin Dynamic Classic tyres in 28c. 80kg rider weight. So these tubes have been fantastic for me so far. But I get your point with the confusing description.
My 36g Ridenows popped twice on steep downhills with rim brakes. I switched back to butyl but carry the Ridenows as my spares.
Just go tubeless
As an MTB enthusiast, I've found Ali to be an excellent source for chainrings. Back when SRAM was charging exorbitant prices for ovals, I snagged an Ali alternative for under $14, and it's been running flawlessly since 2019! Ali excels at providing "simple" bike parts at great prices.
Luke, thanks for doing all of this. More than once I've bought things based off your IRL experiences, has always worked out well for me.
What's annoying about ali, is that they always f around with prices. So you might get one price, another account might get different price and the same item can very in price by a lot. It has not a very good interface to find items either. Maybe it's done on purpose so they can easier screw you over, lol.
@PuerRidcully those lower prices you see are for new account only though.
@@Broodjemetbeleg not really. but I won't go into details
@@PuerRidcully Hahahahha yeah. They never stay on one price. If there's some sort of "event" like 11.11, price could stay the same even though it is said to be a discount. I've met several seller, where 2-3 days before the "event", price would be $14.50, suddenly on 11.11 price would be $16.70 😂 idk why would they do that, but if consumers aren't paying any attention to the price, then yes, they could fuck you over 😂
Thanks for another great video. I wish there were many more channels like yours, dedicated to saving us money rather than bowing to big name sponsors who vastly overcharge for everything. We need to make cycling a more affordable sport so that more people are out there riding.
Exactly 🙌
I agree with you.
I have been watching this channel for a while now. It dawned on me the other day, I don't use ali express, I'm not really interested in buying knock-off parts, yet I still really enjoy this channel. I do learn a lot about bike maintenance, manufacturing processes, bike tech, and so on. Also, I really like Luke's goofy sense of humor; It's very entertaining! I'll keep watching and clicking that like button!
Love your energy in your videos. All the enthusiasm, none of the cyclist smugness.
Thank you Luke, you always recoomend such practical items to get. I wish you and the family an amazing end of the year.
Thanks Luke. Love the content. Always amusing, informative and honest.Have a wonderful Christmas.
The 2g stuff cracked me up! Great content as always
Luke, just started watching your vids and I’m super impressed with your enthusiasm and content… wishing you and your family a Happy Christmas and New Year…..
Indicators are something I've dreamed of for the bike so I'm absolutely ordering one! Thanks Luke!
from my experience, I can say that many drivers will not understand this flashing light that you are turning or not, for them it will just be a light of some kind
Loving the banter as always. Will for sure look into some of these tips, thank you Luke :)
Great vid Luke, all the best for xmas and the new year to you and your family!
Another banger Luke, you're such a genuinely funny and entertaining guy thanks for the video
Love that oval 42T passquest chainring + senicx pr3 165mm combo on my roadbike! Never going back to round chainrings!
Happy Christmas and a great New Year Luke love all your videos thank you.
Been using Luke’s link to sirokos clobber now everytime I need some new cycling garments, been well impressed with everything I have bought so far! big big fan! cheers Luke!
My Siroko bib is in the mail! Thanks for the special pricing!! I always enjoy your content.
Your videos are gold: solid content, humor and a little bit of WTF, just the right amount ;)
All the best Luke, great video again 🥖, I especially like the behatted guest appearance of Tracevelo Dundee 🤠.
Merry Christmas!
That taipan joke killed ☠️🤣 kss!
love the content mate!! always watch your videos. Love the wheels!!!
Top vid man, great channel , alot of hard work goes in to this channel
Great video as always! I've got a BSC300, super happy with it!
Very funny. Like the comedy. Makes bike parts even more interesting ! Well done and Merry Christmas luke.
Thanks for the vidis and have a great holiday season.
Happy to see that my bottle cages get lukes seal of approval...bought them randomly and a bit sceptical but now my confidence has risen
Got a BSC200 6 months ago, accidentally dropped it and smashed a button. iGPSport replaced on warranty NQA, and gave me an out front mount and silicone case as gifts! Top marks!
I used to use an IGPS50S . One ride, I rode it 6 hours in heavy rain, as a result, it had an ingress of water. At the time, it was already over 2 years old, so the warranty had expired.
I contacted IGPSPORT support with the hopes of arranging something, but I wasn't very optimistic since the warranty had already expired.
After providing the basic information like serial, invoice and date of purchase, they offered to send me a replacement. Since the IGP50S was no longer available, they instead offered to send a BSC100, which is actually an upgrade.
I gifted the BSC100 and actually bought a BSC200. Been using it over 6 months and works perfect. Connects all sensors, the GPS is consistently accurate . The battery lasts forever, the app is decent and the product is really worth it's money (about 60 EUR sans case and mount).
Another banger of a video, thanks a lot for the recommendations
Another awesome video! Oval is the best, I using ovals since 2015. The best decision in my bike career 👌🏻
im glad i stumbled on this video randomly browsing yt. great content and execution!
Thanks Luke, great as ever. Happy Christmas.🥖
Hilarious episode indeed. I loved the Baguette on the table, nice touch. Marry Christmas Luke.
Definitely gonna pick up some tubes and some of those discs. Another great video ty Luke 🥖🥖
Awesome video 🥖🥖🥖 I just wanted to say I really enjoyed the little twist of the addition information in the safari suite…it was awesome 👏
Great job 👍
Great video, nice tips!
nice video as always Luke
Great video once again!
Lol, I did use your Siroko link once again (2nd time). Completely by coincidence, I actually clicked "confirm order" when you started the Siroko block 🙂
Merry Christmas and happy new years bro
When i saw that tpu which at pink color i was going to suggest you buy the purple one but you was bring them up after 😊. For the weight saving you can change another crank arm (evosid) for 400g at 165mm and 410g for 170mm, and goldix cassette for more saving weight. And chainring with kmc sl(super light, hollow tech) for 190g at 12 speed. 😊 they are super cheap and get weight almost the same with dura ace 😂
Appreciate it your videos have helped me so much
Hey Luke, I really want to build a gravel bike build but I'm afraid I'll forget something small that I'll need. Can you do a video basically creating a check list of things to buy in addition to the frame/drive train/seat/wheels/handlebars, all that stuff and all the additional small things that are needed for an entire build. Basically list everything needed to build a bike plus the tools for the job assuming that I don't have all the required tools.
I love your stuff, Luke. Been watching for years now and love the Siroko kit. Thanks for finding them and teaming up.
Methinks it may be time for you to start looking into baby bike carriers and let us all know what you find. I’m about to start looking because I have a 2yo granddaughter and one that just arrived.
Cheers from the U.S.
I totally agree on those bottle cases, i have them on all my bikes. Lightweight, strong, rarely it drops (if i go hard on my gravelbike on rough terrain), never had any problems and they are cheap. For the same price for 2 you can get 1 plastic one from a retail store.
I have them as well but one of them actually snapped at the bottom, but it was around 2015 so maybe they improved the quality. Anyway I've got another pair in use since 2016 and no issues at all. They do hold well but scratch the bottles a lot, but tbh, which bottle cage doesn't?
I use those rotors too on my bike builds and they are epic! Cheap and light
Another great video
Nice! Gotta try those!😊
Nice Christmas with the new Family member. Happy riding and good Health in 2024
Hey Mr Luke nobondage! Good reviews as always, been using ride now 36g for a good while now, love them and soooooo reasonable apart from potentially long delivery times! Gonna pull the trigger on some more and one of those indicator lights, and some more of those bottle cages, which i agree are pretty bomb proof! Hope you, the wife and the new baby girl have a fantastic joyous Noel and looking foward to the next fascinating episode of Trace Velo does Ali Express!🎅🎅🎅🎅🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
Luke my man, you're a gem! Useful videos for the masses. Btw, the baby related sleep deprivation is showing, but keep at it cycling and doing the good work, and you won't balloon up like I did after my baby came along.
Haha, another parent than noticed the same. Avoiding carbs when I'm not on the bike appears to be working for me, after gaining a ton of weight with my second kid.
I run cyclami tpu tubes on my racey steel flatbar bike. They are paired with continental contact urban 28c and so far after two months no issues. I too run ali Express chainrings. Nameley the litepro 46t atm. They work well and last a surprisingly long time.
I'm so glad you did this video just in time for things to arrive 3 weeks after Christmas 😂
😂😂😂 UNLESS! Work is brilliant and thank you for making the week!🎉🎉🎉
I just bought the offbondage tubes today, but I was also considering ridenow ones. Spot on video.
Oh, and i just got bsc300 aswell
Regarding the oval chainrings, the huge change in feel is when going back to regular chainrings. It's there that my bike felt 2kg's heavier. Love oval
“Just looking through this magazine here, it says you should subscribe” 😂😂😂😂
Some good stuff!! 😮
The BSC300 is most interesting to me because like yourself. I too am a runner of le old Garmin 520. Its already had one battery swap but it will probably be needing another sooner or later. Reviews seem be quite positive.
Great video 🎉🎉🎉
cant wait to see fork suspension on the bike!
I like an oval chainring on my mountain bike with a single chainring. Those definitely work better on steep, loose climbs compared to a standard chainring. My initial impression on the oval wasn't entirely positive, but I am now convinced. Never tried AliExpress for those.
As always, luke really is a big help to budget cyclist like myself 😂 I'm gonna try the tpu tube for my spare.
TPU inner tubes make a lot of difference it's best bang for buck upgrade I've made. Good tires will make a bigger difference but are considerably more expensive. I use ridenow 45g but thats for my wife tires. I wasn't expecting much but bine feels snappier and it may be a placebo effect or that I pay more attention to tire pressure but they do feel like they create less rolling resistance.
Merry Christmas Luke! I went oval on my MTB and I definitely felt like climbs were smoother. Less of a stabby pedal stroke. Oddly when I wore it out and went back to a round one it didn't feel that much different 🤷♂️
The GPS unit looks good. The Welsh rain killed my Garmin 530 in October. I think the charge port bung had come out mid ride and the poor thing filled with water and I was unable to resurrect it.
also got an off brand oval for my mtb. huge difference on power delivery on the feeling of climbing. but i dont think it would make me "faster" on the climbs. at $20 im pleasantly pleased
One comment I have with oval chain as an oval user. It isn't a pleasant feeling to be switching between a mixed round and oval 2-by setup, especially when training, load vs. phase angle profile is very different (Garmin's cycling dynamics also shows this).
Personally, I feel better pedaling with ovals than round but it maybe because I have already gotten used to it.
Great Tips! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
After your recommendations I picked up some lighter innertubes, they really work like a charm 🥖
Merry Christmas
Excellent use of blue tack there.
Big fan of my Pass Quest oval chainring on my road bike.
makes sense when powering off the saddle given the uneven power stroke distribution. the original o-rings actually had the opposite profile (power on the lower diameter) and Alan at the sheldon brown site still swears by them...
what a good video, you are the best
About the blinkers/turn signals - as a driver i can say that I can't distinguish turn from just rear light. Them just placed to close and shines too bright in dark so merges in a single dot. So don't be bothered, use your hands - that what drivers expect.
First upgrade and it's TPU 💚off running to find my card so can order some for my new 55mm wheels 🥳 Is there a disc brake update video in the pipeline; TRP or Juin Tech? Awesome video as always Luke 🙌
I also endorse these brake rotors. Also the oval chainrings on my MTB.
Great video, Luke. I can vouch for the Offbondage tubes. A main advantage for me is that I can use my regular valve stem extenders.
Thanks for the info. I'll try them next time.
Until now I wasn't really lucky with TPU tubes. Two had failed really fast (within a few weeks without reason - no glass or something like that) and on one the plastic valve stem just fractured.
I returned to Butil ones. With those I had two punctures in 10 years. I had to change them usually only when the valve broke.
3:58 Everything old is new again. Riders of a certain age will likely remember Shimano Biopace chainrings. I had them on a Trek 400, which was my main bik for most of the 90s and early 2000s.
Except the oval is the other way round for Biopace I think, with the shorter diameter engaging when the cranks are horizontal. Unless I fitted them wrong. I can't tell any difference to be honest, but the oval in this video seems more pronounced than mine.
By experience, get the 36g ones for reliability. Picked up 2x10pcs for 50 quid in total…2 blowouts, rest fine 👍🏽
Terbaik lah Luke, from Malaysia
Ooo Looking forward to the budget suspension forks review!🥖🥖🥖
When I am descending , I alternate between front/rear brakes. Doing this carefully can prevent over heating.
Thank you for all the helpfull tips.
Good tip. Thanks🎉
The oval works well on my fat bike. It helps eliminate the pedal bob at high cadence.
I used same pass quest chainring oval 42t for over than 20k km and it was like new👍
Absolutely love my passquest. Lasts very long, well machined, looks good light, comes in oval. Zrace, deckas, snail are trash and wore out super fast in comparison.
My igsport 630 is my favourite purchase for the bike in a long time.
Top video!
Great video as always. Very interested for your take on gravel bike suspension. I got a bike with Fox AX forks and have to say I wouldn't want to ride a normal gravel bike off road. Worth the weight penalty for me
In my experience using the ridenow and the offbondage ones isn’t a risk you should take. 3 in 5 of each brand have had QC issues with the welding of the valve to the tpu. They aren’t any more puncture resistant either in my experience BUT do roll noticeably nicer than normal tubes.
Even if 3 out of 5 tubolito innertubes don't work you paid 30€ for 2 good ones, that still cheaper than buying a single 30€ tubolito innertube.
The problem with turn indicators that I've read about - drivers don't expect to see them on a bike and they are sre pretty small - so it's a big question, if they actually add any security. But then again, I've never seen them live during driving, so have no first-person experience. Would be amazing to hear from someone who has :-)
and also you indicate to the rear, but not for those coming from opposite side
@@MichalJanata unless you buy second unit
@@-COBRA if you can pair two units to one remote, then ok… i wouldnt like to have two remotes on handlebars… all those indicators looks to me like solving problem, that doesnt exist
@@MichalJanata yup, at that point it's less effort to do hand signals
Your Australian accent was half South African. Bloody hilarious! 😂🤣😂🤣 All the best from sunny, hot Melbourne 🇦🇺
🦘🌴🚵♀️ ☀️
You need to do a video an how , if at all, robust the TPU patches truly are. IMO, most inner tube patches are useless, as they do NOT hold for any substantial length of time.
I used this rotors in a lot of CX races without any problem. Braking is short, so no problem with heat, And also not problems with mud. Only unter these conditions they are not very durable. Every season i need new ones. But given the low price, that's ok.
I started using “OVAL” chainrings in the late 1980’s with Shimano Biopace. They got a bad rap as I always favored them as well as 170 crank arm length VS 175.
…nice work. Thx from 🇩🇪
Tactical comment. I like your videos and personality 😊
been riding the cycleami tpu-tubes for close to 3000km and have not had any issues so far. The one thing that is kinda annoying is that they deflate quite quickly compared to regular butyl tubes.
Thank you for this vert pleasing video !
Have you got any recommandation for buying a Garmin support (either fixed on stem or handlebar) with a nice go pro mount under ?
I'm a casual single speed bike rider.i like to make my bike fun to look at. Bright colors and fun accessories. I even have green and yellow tires. I'm always looking for new stuff
I've fitted a number of these Ridenow TPU tubes (36g, 700x18-32) onto a set of carbon wheels with an internal rim width of 19mm and 3 different 28mm tyres: Continental GP4000II, Goodyear Eagle Sport, and Vittoria Corsa N.EXT G2.0. All 3 tubes installed into the Continental tyre developed micro leaks withing hours (all were good out of the box) whereas the 2 tubes installed into the Goodyear and Vittoria tyres are still fine. I note that the Continental tyre inflates to a size much bigger than the Goodyear and Vittoria tyres which inflate very similarly. My hypothesis is that the bigger size of the Continental GP4000II casing resulted in the tubes being stretched too thin thus resulting in the leaks forming, even though the actual inflated size was still within it's max 32mm limit.
It could be coincidence that the tubes that I used in the Goodyear and Vittoria tyres happened to be good and the 3 that were put into the Continental were already bad, I would need to fit more tubes into each tyre to confirm my suspicions, unfortunately these tubes aren't cheap enough for me to keep fitting my brand new tubes and risk having them get punctured. I will just use butyl or latex tubes in the bigger tyres for now.
The tubes that did hold air are performing very well, I love them.
Hi Luke, I use Ossymetric (oval) and love them.
Ovals are asymmetric. Osymetric is a totally different design and it's a patented name and design.
i bought a blackspire mtb chainring and it really makes going uphill wayyy easier