20,000 Miles Later - The All AliExpress Bike That Raced The Nationals

Summary

Dans cette vidéo, Harry, un cycliste de course élite, partage son expérience avec un vélo assemblé presque entièrement à partir de pièces achetés sur AliExpress. Après 20 000 miles, il évalue les avantages et les inconvénients de ses composants, tels que le cadre, les freins, les roues et le groupe de vitesse. Malgré les problèmes mineurs et les réparations occasionnelles, Harry reconnaît que son vélo est rapide, mais il envisage de changer pour un modèle plus fiable, soulignant l'importance de la qualité et de la maintenance.

Takeaways

• 🚴‍♂️ L'amateur Harry est un cycliste de course élite qui a construit son propre vélo à partir de composants achetés sur AliExpress.
• 🏆 Harry a utilisé ce vélo pour participer aux championnats nationaux de course sur route, démontrant la résistance du vélo malgré ses problèmes connus.
• 🛠️ Le vélo est équipé d'un ensemble de freinage counterfeit et d'un groupe de vitesse 12 de marque Empire Pro, ainsi que de composants variés comme un manche 3T et des pédales SRAM Red.
• 🎨 Harry a fait du travail de peinture personnalisé sur certains composants, notamment le manche qui a été cassé suite à un achat sur AliExpress.
• 🔧 Il a rencontré plusieurs problèmes techniques, notamment avec le cadre, les freins et la chaîne, nécessitant des ajustements et des réparations.
• 💸 Il a mentionné que le coût total pour construire ce vélo était autour de 2000 livres sterling, bien inférieur aux vélos de marque coûteux.
• 🛍️ Il a exprimé son mécontentement face aux achats counterfeit, en particulier pour les freins qui ont posé des problèmes de fonctionnement.
• 🔄 Il a dû faire face à des défauts de fabrication, comme un cadre qui n'a pas été correctement revêtu de couche protectrice et des défauts de peinture.
• 🚲 Il a expliqué que, malgré les performances de course du vélo, les problèmes récurrents le font envisager de changer de vélo à terme.
• 🌐 Il a partagé son expérience avec d'autres vélos et composants achetés sur AliExpress, incluant des roues Elite qui ont bien tenu mais avec des problèmes de freinage.
• 🏁 Harry a conclu en disant qu'il cherchera probablement un nouveau vélo, reconnaissant que ce projet a été instructif mais qu'il est fatigué des problèmes continus.

Q & A

Quel est le métier de Harry, l'ami mentionné dans le script ?

Harry est un cycliste élite.

Combien de temps a duré la construction de la bicyclette de Harry ?

Il s'agit d'une bicyclette construite il y a quelques années, sans précision exacte du temps de construction.

Où a-t-il acheté les pièces de sa bicyclette ?

Il a acheté la plupart des pièces sur AliExpress.

Quel est le modèle de la bicyclette de Harry après avoir parcouru 20 000 miles ?

Le modèle de la bicyclette est un Elves Fallath Pro Rim brake version avec un groupe de vitesse Empire Pro 12-speed Mechanical.

Quels sont les problèmes que Harry a rencontrés avec la peinture de la cadre de sa bicyclette ?

La peinture n'est pas correctement appliquée, avec des endroits où elle n'a pas été recouverte de couche transparente, ce qui a causé des taches.

Quel est le principal inconvénient avec les freins de la bicyclette de Harry ?

Les freins n'ont pas été ajustés correctement et nécessitent un câblage spécifique pour fonctionner efficacement.

Quel a été le problème avec le.stem de la bicyclette de Harry ?

Le stem acheté sur AliExpress s'est fendu, ce qui a obligé Harry à utiliser un stem 3T peint par lui-même.

Quelle marque de roues utilise Harry sur sa bicyclette ?

Harry utilise des roues Elite Carbon de la marque AliExpress.

Quels sont les problèmes que Harry a rencontrés avec les roues de sa bicyclette ?

Les roues ont une traînée de frein usée rapidement et les辐条 ont tendance à se détacher des nipples.

Quel est le groupe de vitesse installé sur la bicyclette de Harry et quel en est l'état ?

Le groupe de vitesse est un Sensor Empire Pro, qui a rencontré plusieurs problèmes mineurs au fil du temps, y compris un ressort qui bouge et une pièce qui s'est détachée.

Si l'argent n'était pas un objectif, quelle marque de bicyclette Harry choisirait-il ?

S'il n'y avait pas de contrainte financière, Harry choisirait une autre marque de bicyclette, car bien qu'aussi rapide, celle qu'il a actuellement ne fonctionne pas aussi bien que les grandes marques.

Combien de coût total Harry a-t-il estimé pour construire sa bicyclette ?

Harry a estimé que le coût total pour construire une bicyclette comme la sienne serait d'environ deux mille livres sterling, sans compter les éléments qu'il avait déjà.

Outlines

00:00

🚴‍♂️ Montage d'un vélo de course sur AliExpress

Dans ce paragraphe, l'amateur de course cycliste Harry partage son expérience de construction d'un vélo de course à partir de composants achetés sur AliExpress. Il a utilisé des pièces counterfeit, mais le vélo a tenu le coup et a été utilisé dans des compétitions, y compris les championnats nationaux de route. Harry discute des avantages et des inconvénients de chaque composant, tels que les freins, la roue, le cadre, la chaîne et les pédales. Il mentionne également les problèmes de peinture, les ajustements nécessaires et les réparations occasionnelles. Malgré les défis, Harry est satisfait de son projet, bien qu'il envisage de changer de vélo en raison des petits problèmes récurrents.

05:01

🛠 Réflexions sur la qualité et la performance du vélo assemblé

Dans le deuxième paragraphe, Harry poursuit la discussion sur les performances de son vélo construit à partir de composants AliExpress. Il aborde les problèmes rencontrés avec le système de dérailleur, les roues qui ont endurci les vents transversaux et les usures prématurées des bords de frein. Il compare les performances de son vélo avec ceux de grandes marques, reconnaissant que malgré une vitesse équivalente, la fiabilité et la qualité ne sont pas à la hauteur. Harry admet que, sans contrainte budgétaire, il choisirait un vélo de marque, mais il est fier d'avoir réussi à créer un vélo performant à un prix beaucoup plus abordable. Il conclut en disant qu'il est temps de passer à quelque chose de mieux, mais il garde un sentiment d'accomplissement pour le projet qu'il a entrepris.

Keywords

💡bike racer

Un 'bike racer' est un sportif qui participe à des courses de vélo. Dans le script, Harry est décrit comme un 'elite bike racer', indiquant qu'il est un coureur de haut niveau. Le thème de la vidéo est centré sur l'expérience de Harry avec son vélo construit principalement à partir de pièces achetées sur AliExpress.

💡AliExpress

AliExpress est une plateforme en ligne de commerce électronique qui offre un large éventail de produits à des prix compétitifs. Dans le script, il est mentionné que Harry a acheté la plupart des pièces de son vélo sur cette plateforme, ce qui souligne le thème de la construction d'un vélo de course à faible coût.

💡National Road Race championships

Les 'National Road Race championships' sont des compétitions nationales de course cycliste sur route. Harry a participé à ces championnats sur son vélo de course assemblé, ce qui démontre la performance de son vélo et est un point clé de l'histoire racontée dans le script.

💡counterfeit

Le terme 'counterfeit' fait référence à des produits qui sont des copies de marque sans autorisation. Dans le script, il est mentionné que certaines des pièces du vélo de Harry sont des contrefaçons achetés sur AliExpress, ce qui soulève des questions sur la qualité et l'éthique de ces achats.

💡Elite Wheels

Les 'Elite Wheels' sont une marque de roues de vélo qui ont été utilisées sur le vélo de Harry. Elles sont mentionnées comme un exemple de pièce d'origine qui a fonctionné bien, malgré être achetés sur AliExpress, contrastant avec les expériences négatives avec d'autres pièces.

💡group set

Un 'group set' est un ensemble de composants de pédalier, de dérailleur et de système de changement de vitesse pour un vélo. Dans le script, le 'sensor Empire Pro 12-speed Mechanical group set' est mentionné comme une partie importante du vélo de Harry, ayant des performances mitigées.

💡brake track

La 'brake track' est la surface de la roue sur laquelle les freins du vélo s'appuient pour ralentir ou arrêter le vélo. Le script mentionne que les 'brake track' des roues d'Elite Wheels usent rapidement, ce qui est un problème de performance pour Harry.

💡aero bike

Un 'aero bike' est un vélo conçu pour minimiser la résistance de l'air et améliorer les performances en course. Le script mentionne que le vélo de Harry est un 'aero bike', ce qui est important pour sa performance dans les courses, bien que cela ait aussi ses inconvénients sur les montées.

💡breakaway

Un 'breakaway' est une situation dans une course cycliste où un groupe de coureurs se détache de la masse et mène la course. Harry a participé à un 'breakaway' lors des championnats, ce qui montre sa capacité à rester compétitif malgré les problèmes avec son vélo.

💡project

Dans le script, le 'project' fait référence au processus de construction du vélo de Harry. Il est décrit comme une expérience enrichissante avec de nombreuses leçons apprises, malgré les défis rencontrés avec les différentes pièces et leur fiabilité.

Highlights

Harry, an elite bike racer, built a bike almost entirely from AliExpress parts.

The bike has been used for 20,000 miles, including the National Road Race championships.

The bike features an Elves Fallath Pro Rim brake version with a sensor Empire Pro 12-speed Mechanical group set.

Counterfeit ee brakes from AliExpress are not recommended, despite being used on the bike.

Custom painted 3T stem and SRAM red crank are among the bike's components.

Elite Carbon wheels with Continental gp5000 tires and latex tubes are used.

Issues with the bike's paint job and clear coating are discussed.

Problems with the bike's bottom bracket and seatpost slipping are mentioned.

The bike has a rear brake routing issue requiring internal routing through the headset.

A broken AliExpress stem was replaced with a custom painted 3T stem.

Elite Wheels from AliExpress have performed well, but have issues with brake track and spoke wear.

The group set has had multiple issues, including a pin falling out.

Despite issues, the bike is fast and has been competitive in races.

If money were no object, Harry would choose a different bike due to reliability.

The total cost of the bike was around two thousand pounds.

Harry reflects on the project as fun but with ongoing issues.

The bike is nearing the end of its life due to constant use and issues.

Transcripts

my friend Harry is an elite bike racer

and a couple of years back he built a

bike to race on almost all from parts

from AliExpress I know for a fact the

bike is still in one piece and last week

he raced the National Road Race

championships on it so it must be going

well he came into the studio and he

talked through what parts were good what

parts were bad and how the bike is going

20 000 miles later the bike is an elves

fallath Pro Rim brake version with a

sensor Empire Pro 12-speed Mechanical

group set counterfeit ee breaks from

AliExpress we do not ever recommend you

buy anything counterfeit custom painted

3T stem SRAM red crank Elite Carbon

wheels Continental gp5000 with latex

tubes and ultegra front Mech Harry

you've now ridden 20 000 miles on this

bike it's been a journey

there's been there's been a lot of hops

and a lot of Downs on it it's been fun

it's like taking care of a child that

just breaks lots of things

um and it's their last year's model or

the year before and it sells the

AliExpress for 800 quid I bought it for

it was like finishing issues with it so

the paint like here it's not all it's

not I think a frame should be clear

coated fully but it's like they've done

a clear coat on here but they're not

here or there so it's like I think they

maybe have done this the wiped it over

the click it like the frame should just

be like one clear coat I think so like

you can kind of feel where it hasn't

been coated properly and it stains the

paint actually so the white bit I can't

get fully white anymore but that's like

the least of the issues though are the

brakes that weren't faced properly there

was like little bits of paints kind of

overrunning it but that's okay I just

saw that one myself but the average

person probably wouldn't know how to

bottom bracket was extremely tight

fitting

like I thought I was going to snap the

frame should I get the one bracket in

seatpost kept slipping down that has

been sold recently by some Loctite in

the in the bolt but also uh I've wedged

this sandpaper in there I think one of

the main really annoying things is is

um if you come around the other side

there's a rear outlet for the rear brake

but there's no Inlet so you have to you

have to root the rear brake through the

headset you can root the other gears

through the down tube here but it still

leaves you having to root at least one

cable through here so you have to use

this which is a really stupid issue

because brakes and like cables are not

supposed to bend like that

so I've it's like it forces you to root

everything kind of internally or at

least the rear brake anyway which I find

is quite stupid because the rear brake

doesn't work as well

um and with these breaks these fatality

breaks like you like anyone who has real

or fake ee breaks knows that you have to

like root the cable in a very certain

way otherwise it doesn't really work and

it just like it just it's another

barrier to

for that rear brake to work properly

these are not ee brakes the ee brakes

but not ee brakes so they were 100

Cardinal AliExpress as well and I've had

the only reason why I bought them

because they had really really good

reviews and they've worked they've

actually worked fine uh you just have to

root them properly they have they have

the cable has to come in a certain

direction and some frames allow that

some frames don't and it's kind of based

on your frame rather than the brake like

where the brakes are placed and what

what angle the cable can come in at so

that's why I've had to use this like

little cable noodle thing on the back

otherwise it just doesn't come in

properly I had a stem snap on me almost

snap on me I I experimented with a

AliExpress stem that was the only thing

that I was concerned about and it broke

yeah there was a crack and I was like

why is it spongy as I'm Like Doing

Crystal palaces and stuff and I'm like

oh there's a crack in it yeah

um so this is just a 3T stem that I've

just painted myself the saddle was my

saddle so that's fine it's like

coming off at the moment

um but we could just say that it's body

geometry technology that moves as I rock

across the saddle the wheels are Elite

Wheels uh from Mali Express they it's a

brand that just happens to sell an

AliExpress

um 82 on the back 60 on the front

um they've actually been pretty good

apart from the brake track that's worn

pretty quickly and the spokes that sees

pretty quickly to the nipples so if you

do need to tour a spoke you just need to

replace it yeah

um the bearings on these were Chinese

ceramic bearings they actually have

lasted extremely well they lasted over a

year hadn't changed them service them

anything and they were like spinning

like perfectly so I was really impressed

with those brake track is like yeah you

can see it's like basically it's gone so

like it was machine brake track like the

zip brake track and then probably six

months after like the machine but it was

just like gone you can even see on the

brake track how it was machined and now

it's like

there's no brake track left and it the

brake track was non-existent after like

seven months and now it's like starting

to dip in already and I've only had the

wheel set a year and a half

twenty thousand miles on it that's not

that good is it the same Brands I had a

hill climbing rule set and the brake

track was like it kind of it wasn't

machined but it was just like

a break track and it would kind of gone

after six months and I messaged them on

AliExpress asking

telling them about it what do I do and

they told me to get some sandpaper and

do it myself I'm not joking I have the

messages I was like oh thanks Elite

Wheels but then I spoke to there's

another person who I was dealing with

from Elite rules about these ones and

they were very very nice and her name

was Suki one thing about the wheels as

well as they're in the Crosswinds

they're not very stable to be honest

because it's 82 on the back seats on the

front it's not very stable in Crosswinds

and it makes it very hard to get a valve

which is 82 mil depth not 80 but 82.

that's quite annoying um

the group said that's been an

interesting one as well I've had lots of

little issues with it the other day a

pin actually fell out from here group

set a sensor Empire 100 quid for

both shifters in front of red Aurelia

the front derailleur throw it away

forget about it don't try and make it

work replace it with an ultegra one the

rear derailleur

moves a bit

so there's like a little there's a

spring in here basically that stops IT

from moving around and it's not very

good and as you can see it moves around

quite a bit

and I've replaced it once and that's how

that's still happening so it's not

that's not very good is it after about a

year and a half of using a pin fell out

here and I I was in sorry didn't know

what to do and my Mac kind of fell apart

and I saved it by getting a twig shoving

it in there and snapping it off and that

got me home I'm not joking

um so the group set is okay

um the shifting I quite like when it

works it works when it doesn't it

doesn't because this is the thing

there's there's so many like lots of

little issues there's not one big issue

that I remember a new raced I've race

now a year and a half on it and the

National Road Race Champs I've just done

that two days ago yeah and you're in the

Breakaway and the Breakaway yeah world

tour right that was fun yeah

yeah that was good fun uh very hilly

route so an aero bike of Aero Wheels

have felt a bit sluggish up the hills

but on the flat it was you know it was

flying it is a very fast bike it is very

fast

um but

how well it works is just like a

different

kind of story If Money Was No Object

would you carry on riding something like

this or would you pop through a bigger

brand so if money was no objects no I

would be riding something else

but the thing is the point is is like it

it's it's kind of just as fast as other

brands if you would that are like 10 000

pounds but it doesn't work as well so

that your HDI 2 would work a million

times better than this and other Wheel

sets would work a lot better and other

frames and other breaks and Etc but

um I don't have like thousands and

thousands tens of thousands of pounds to

spend so I wanted to try and make

something as fast for like one tenth of

the price how much was the total cost of

this in the end uh I already had things

like the crank set and stuff and you

know I've bought power pedals for it but

you could you you could build a bike

like this for

just over

around two grand I think I think it was

a really good project that I've done and

I've had a lot of fun there's been a lot

of ups and downs but I'm kind of just

getting sick of all the little problems

to be honest I just keep on happening

and it's I don't see the problem

stopping so it was a good project but I

think I will probably have to change in

this bike soon because it's just on its

last legs of I do ride bikes into the

ground

so if someone you know I think

maintenance is a big thing but that I'm

not very good at but uh I'm kind of

getting sick of all the little issues

now and I'm reckon I want something else

to be honest so the spec has changed

slightly over the last couple of years

I'll put a link to the original video

that we filmed when he first built the

bike up in the description down below

and if you want to give Harry a follow

I'll put a link to his YouTube channel

as well I'm sure you'll join me in

wishing him all the best for the racing

season coming up and thank you for

watching

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