Bike Products Which Exist, But Which One Wishes Did Not

If it’s the World’s ONLY, it must be a great idea!

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patented
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saying it thrice just adds more patent oomph

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I can’t help but read that in the powerthirst voice

thats just the new paul dropper.

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person walking to bike rack with armfuls of saddles and locks trips and drops everything, u-locks dance across the pavement

IF ONLY THERE WAS A BETTER WAY

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Nah, that’d be a half bong hite rite.

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Focus group narrowly picked that name over Seaty McLockface.

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Aliexpress store popped up recently with counterfeit items, posting b/c these are items I’ve not seen counterfeits previously.

  • Paul Klamper short/long pull IS/FM
  • Paul Mini-Moto
  • Redshift Seatpost/Stem
  • Fillmore valves
  • Dynaplug pill and racer
  • Silca T-Ratchet and Ti-Torque Kit
  • Avid Shorty Canti Brakes

No actual pictures of most items yet - But from the couple posted in the reviews - The Fillmore valves look visually identical, the dynaplugs look the same but the plugs are low-quality and the plug tips have fallen off in the bag.

For the others, it’s entirely possible they look exactly the same as the real deal or only minor internal differences. Buy from trusted suppliers - Amazon/eBay/FB Marketplace definitely out for this stuff - the products are already in USA supply by the time they hit Aliexpress resellers.

Possible to find genuine Avid brakes on Aliexpress, but not from a seller with all their other listings as counterfeit goods.

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US $40.50 10% Off | New components klamper disc brake caliper

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Oh wow found this

US $418.45 36% Off | 12Speed Electronic Rear Derailleur Bike Groupset GX Eagle Upgrade Kit Battery Controller Wireless Drivetrain For SRA M 12V Parts

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Interesting. I didn’t post a link b/c Aliexpress does not show all users the same listings and some users are not able to see products that other users can see. So I wanted to see what others could find.

I wasn’t able to see the store or listing in your link searching for any of the keywords. Now that I’ve seen the item it shows up.

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“Klamper”

at the $365 that originally surfaced online at it is kinda tempting. lets you do 7-12 (or maybe 13) speeds.

actual GX eggle is cheaper right now

https://www.competitivecyclist.com/sram-gx-eagle-axs-upgrade-kit

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Looks like we’ll be getting cheap 0 stem option soon too. Figures the first iteration would be essentially useless.

theres the LD, the Happy To See You, and now- the If Longer Than Four Hours

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That’s the Priapism.

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I already got one of these GANOPPER stems for a project

instead of supporting the vermont bike-unfitting machine

(real creative naming on their part huh)

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ah, the penile fracture has entered the marketplace

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Love the cutouts, 3ttt style. Saving grams whilst reaching for the sky…

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Could be Peyronie’s disease

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