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etigge
post Oct 23 2015, 07:39 PM

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QUOTE(Blackbird @ Oct 23 2015, 07:28 PM)
Hi,

I will be going to Frasers Hill and thought of bringing my foldie to cycle around Frasers Hill(not up Frasers Hill ya..  biggrin.gif ), anyone done that before? Worth bringing my foldie there?
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Many foldies have done that from Kuala Kubu Baru to the clock tower in Fraser's Hill. That's where the main action is, from KKB > Sungai Chilling > GAP Junction > Fraser's Hill. Riding at the peak is quite limited and most of the roads there are hilly too. Make sure your brakes are A-OK thumbup.gif
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post Oct 23 2015, 10:34 PM

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QUOTE(H2D @ Oct 23 2015, 03:23 PM)
there are plenty of freewheel 7 speed, 11-28/30 even megarange 34t over in taobao.

u can change the crankset too to get more teeth,...  biggrin.gif
if u know what to look for...
won't cost u alot....
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can KA1606 shimano tourney RD handle this ?


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post Oct 23 2015, 10:57 PM

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QUOTE(fcuk90 @ Oct 23 2015, 10:34 PM)
can KA1606 shimano tourney RD handle this ?
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wah u use 16inch wana use mega 34t meh biggrin.gif

the tourney rd on trinx 20in normally is tx35, u can see the number at the back.

online user said can handle 34t.

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post Oct 23 2015, 11:02 PM

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QUOTE(etigge @ Oct 23 2015, 02:01 PM)
Alternatively, change the wheelset for about 400 bucks. Get a better wheelset with sealed bearings and use the common cassette with the free wheel on the hub. For this, I am sure you will go for the max 10 speed or at least 9 speed, I mean mean why stick to 8 speed , right? nod.gif  Here you need to change the RD and the shifter in addition to the wheelset.
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post Oct 23 2015, 11:08 PM

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QUOTE(H2D @ Oct 23 2015, 10:57 PM)
wah u use 16inch wana use mega 34t meh  biggrin.gif

the tourney rd on trinx 20in normally is tx35, u can see the number at the back.

online user said can handle 34t.

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no lah, i want ask whether it can handle 11-28 laugh.gif
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post Oct 23 2015, 11:19 PM

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QUOTE(HHCC @ Oct 23 2015, 03:39 PM)
Another good suggestion. Thanks H2D. If I were to change to this megarange 34T, what other components do I need to change? Can I reuse my existing RD, chain ring, shifters?
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just make sure the rd can handle 34T, and 11T

for shimano components refer to this website, all parts... kinda susah cari this page....

http://productinfo.shimano.com/#/spec/2.4/...ar%20Derailleur
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post Oct 24 2015, 12:26 AM

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QUOTE(H2D @ Oct 23 2015, 11:19 PM)
just make sure the rd can handle 34T, and 11T

for shimano components refer to this website, all parts... kinda susah cari this page....

http://productinfo.shimano.com/#/spec/2.4/...ar%20Derailleur
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post Oct 24 2015, 01:39 PM

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QUOTE(H2D @ Oct 23 2015, 03:23 PM)
there are plenty of freewheel 7 speed, 11-28/30 even megarange 34t over in taobao.

u can change the crankset too to get more teeth,...  biggrin.gif
if u know what to look for...
won't cost u alot....
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Hi, can you provide exact link to this? I try to search but not able to find it. I would like the mega range one. Thanks
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QUOTE(PaulKong @ Oct 24 2015, 01:39 PM)
Hi, can you provide exact link to this? I try to search but not able to find it. I would like the mega range one. Thanks
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this is freewheel bro, not cassette.

after searching i realized this 7 speed 11-34T freewheel, is rare stuff and not available sweat.gif

i got the pics from this seller in taobao, but 11-34T is not listed for sale, probably sold out.

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r....ucket=19#detail

for 7speed freewheel, very common - 13,14 - 34t, 11-28/30T

if for 7 speed cassette 11-34T i found this

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r....ucket=19#detail
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post Oct 24 2015, 04:03 PM

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QUOTE(H2D @ Oct 24 2015, 03:13 PM)
this is freewheel bro, not cassette.

after searching i realized this 7 speed 11-34T freewheel, is rare stuff and not available  sweat.gif

i got the pics from this seller in taobao, but 11-34T is not listed for sale, probably sold out.

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r....ucket=19#detail

for 7speed freewheel, very common  - 13,14 - 34t, 11-28/30T

if for 7 speed cassette 11-34T i found this

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r....ucket=19#detail
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Dahon route is using free wheel just like dahon vybe. So after I select, I got this. Is this correct?



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post Oct 24 2015, 04:11 PM

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QUOTE(PaulKong @ Oct 24 2015, 04:03 PM)
Dahon route is using free wheel just like dahon vybe. So after I select, I got this. Is this correct?
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u buying on ur own?, just make sure seller is sending you the correct item,
sometimes they don't have stock.
u can contact the seller on your own, if u can read chinese.

i only use agent frm lyn to buy, cos it is cheaper.
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post Oct 24 2015, 08:31 PM

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QUOTE(PaulKong @ Oct 24 2015, 04:03 PM)
Dahon route is using free wheel just like dahon vybe. So after I select, I got this. Is this correct?
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Looks like a freewheel to me Paul. Hope that's what they'll send. I bought one from Aliexpress a year or so ago. The quality is obviously not that nice but no choice. Wish Shimano continue making the 11t ones.
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post Oct 24 2015, 09:05 PM

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Hi fellow foldies, may i know where can i buy baby trailer? Thanks
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post Oct 24 2015, 10:48 PM

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QUOTE(H2D @ Oct 24 2015, 04:11 PM)
u buying on ur own?, just make sure seller is sending you the correct item,
sometimes they don't have stock.
u can contact the seller on your own, if u can read chinese.

i only use agent frm lyn to buy, cos it is cheaper.
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How does lyn agent works?
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post Oct 24 2015, 10:51 PM

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QUOTE(desastar @ Oct 24 2015, 08:31 PM)
Looks like a freewheel to me Paul. Hope that's what they'll send. I bought one from Aliexpress a year or so ago. The quality is obviously not that nice but no choice. Wish Shimano continue making the 11t ones.
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Quality not that nice? I thought gear is just gear. How to know about the quality?
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post Oct 24 2015, 11:16 PM

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Hi fellow foldies, may i know where can i buy baby trailer? Thanks
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post Oct 24 2015, 11:47 PM

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QUOTE(PaulKong @ Oct 24 2015, 10:51 PM)
Quality not that nice? I thought gear is just gear. How to know about the quality?
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2 years ago, an OCBC staff brought a Hummer to me to calibrate it's gear, saying that he had sent to a few shops already and it was still not shifting smoothly. I, of course started to calibrate and after half an hour or so, I still can't get it to shift crisply. Then I took out the wheelset and found out that it uses a China made freewheel cogs. Taking a chance, I rummage through my stuffs and found an original Shimano ones that I took out from my old Dahons. Sure enough, the shifting was smooth after that. That's the difference. nod.gif

If there are no difference, nobody will want to buy Dura Ace cassettes right, when a Tiagra is also 10 speed and with the same cogs spec. A Dura Ace cassettes is almost 1 K compared to a Tiagra which is only 100 bucks. There has to be a difference in shifting. Even when I used the Shimano 105, there are difference when I change cassettes from 105 to Ultegra. It's the precision tolerance of the cogs and also the metal used. I am sure many don't realize that when we change chains, it is also better to change the cassette as well. Sometimes the wear of both components are link and if a new chain is installed without the cassette changed, the sharpness of the cogs which was grinded with the old chain might wear off the new chain faster.

Whatever quality or speed, the freewheel always loses in shifting performance. This is because the freewheel has a little play and this makes the cluster of gears sways from side to side. Try and see your bike, spin the rear wheel and look from the rear. You will notice the cogs are swaying a bit. That's why, it doesn't go more than 8 speed as the tolerances for 8,9, 10 and 11 are too small to accommodate the sway. In fact 8 speed are also hard to calibrate smoothly but off course if you don't mind a bit coarse shifting it is OK. That's why I still say, moving to hub freewheel ( freewheel is the mechanism that allows your legs to stay on the cranks without following the rear wheel rotation, that's why a fixie don't have a free wheel, when you coast your legs follow the rotation of the cranks ) is way more advantageous. It is an advancement of the gearing technology. The freewheel mechanism is moved from the cassette to the hubs.

The best freewheel cassettes I have encountered was made by Epoch. I think you can order online. Sunrace makes them too. The one I saw in Joo Ngan Son is a Sunrace.
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QUOTE(PaulKong @ Oct 24 2015, 10:48 PM)
How does lyn agent works?
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u contact the agent via pm, email etc.

send the link of item, which type etc, ask them to contact seller to check stock.

price of item in rmb, seller need to post to the agent's warehouse in GZ, so need to add domestic postage.
some times seller offer free shipping.

air shipping frm gz to west msia ranges from RM11-RM14 per kg depending on agent.

weight of items rounded to next kg, so 1.5kg is 2kg etc

got formula to calculate volumetric weight, if vol is higher will use it.

some items are classified as sensitive and need to add special fee.

the exchange rate varies, ask them for quote, normally they don't update the old rate.

eg, price of item RMB90+ domestic shipping RMB10, total = RMB100.

RMB100/1.5 = 66.67
66.67 X 1.1 = 73.33 this is the price if the item in linggit 73.33
then u need to pay air shipping fee, cheapest so far is RM 11 per KG.

u can read the instructions on the agent's thread. if tak paham ask them.

below are a few recommended ones.

- fast reply, have sea freight down to 0.1M3
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3126118

-cheapest sensitive charge
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...24313&hl=taobao

-lowest air fee RM11
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2828557
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3063342

-got small parcel sea pack
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3190582?hl=taobao
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...01562&hl=taobao

-very organized but RM14/kg
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...24040&hl=taobao


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post Oct 25 2015, 07:34 AM

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QUOTE(etigge @ Oct 24 2015, 11:47 PM)
2 years ago, an OCBC staff brought a Hummer to me to calibrate it's gear, saying that he had sent to a few shops already and it was still not shifting smoothly. I, of course started to calibrate and after half an hour or so, I still can't get it to shift crisply. Then I took out the wheelset and found out that it uses a China made freewheel cogs. Taking a chance, I rummage through my stuffs and found an original Shimano ones that I took out from my old Dahons. Sure enough, the shifting was smooth after that. That's the difference.  nod.gif

If there are no difference, nobody will want to buy Dura Ace cassettes right, when a Tiagra is also 10 speed and with the same cogs spec. A Dura Ace cassettes is almost 1 K compared to a Tiagra which is only 100 bucks. There has to be a difference in shifting. Even when I used the Shimano 105, there are difference when I change cassettes from 105 to Ultegra. It's the precision tolerance of the cogs and also the metal used. I am sure many don't realize that when we change chains, it is also better to change the cassette as well. Sometimes the wear of both components are link and if a new chain is installed without the cassette changed, the sharpness of the cogs which was grinded with the old chain might wear off the new chain faster.

Whatever quality or speed, the freewheel always loses in shifting performance. This is because the freewheel has a little play and this makes the cluster of gears sways from side to side. Try and see your bike, spin the rear wheel and look from the rear. You will notice the cogs are swaying a bit. That's why, it doesn't go more than 8 speed as the tolerances for 8,9, 10 and 11 are too small to accommodate the sway. In fact 8 speed are also hard to calibrate smoothly but off course if you don't mind a bit coarse shifting it is OK. That's why I still say, moving to hub freewheel ( freewheel is the mechanism that allows your legs to stay on the cranks without following the rear wheel rotation, that's why a fixie don't have a free wheel, when you coast your legs follow the rotation of the cranks ) is way more advantageous. It is an advancement of the gearing technology. The freewheel mechanism is moved from the cassette to the hubs.

The best freewheel cassettes I have encountered was made by Epoch. I think you can order online. Sunrace makes them too. The one I saw in Joo Ngan Son is a Sunrace.
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Yup, these Chinese ones do not rotate true, as though you have not installed correctly. If you are running 7 speed, you'll probably not notice any difference in shifting as there's enough play in the chain.
The Sunrace ones could be better but I they are the 13t ones over here in oz and are around A$35.

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post Oct 25 2015, 08:32 PM

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QUOTE(etigge @ Oct 24 2015, 11:47 PM)
2 years ago, an OCBC staff brought a Hummer to me to calibrate it's gear, saying that he had sent to a few shops already and it was still not shifting smoothly. I, of course started to calibrate and after half an hour or so, I still can't get it to shift crisply. Then I took out the wheelset and found out that it uses a China made freewheel cogs. Taking a chance, I rummage through my stuffs and found an original Shimano ones that I took out from my old Dahons. Sure enough, the shifting was smooth after that. That's the difference.  nod.gif

If there are no difference, nobody will want to buy Dura Ace cassettes right, when a Tiagra is also 10 speed and with the same cogs spec. A Dura Ace cassettes is almost 1 K compared to a Tiagra which is only 100 bucks. There has to be a difference in shifting. Even when I used the Shimano 105, there are difference when I change cassettes from 105 to Ultegra. It's the precision tolerance of the cogs and also the metal used. I am sure many don't realize that when we change chains, it is also better to change the cassette as well. Sometimes the wear of both components are link and if a new chain is installed without the cassette changed, the sharpness of the cogs which was grinded with the old chain might wear off the new chain faster.

Whatever quality or speed, the freewheel always loses in shifting performance. This is because the freewheel has a little play and this makes the cluster of gears sways from side to side. Try and see your bike, spin the rear wheel and look from the rear. You will notice the cogs are swaying a bit. That's why, it doesn't go more than 8 speed as the tolerances for 8,9, 10 and 11 are too small to accommodate the sway. In fact 8 speed are also hard to calibrate smoothly but off course if you don't mind a bit coarse shifting it is OK. That's why I still say, moving to hub freewheel ( freewheel is the mechanism that allows your legs to stay on the cranks without following the rear wheel rotation, that's why a fixie don't have a free wheel, when you coast your legs follow the rotation of the cranks ) is way more advantageous. It is an advancement of the gearing technology. The freewheel mechanism is moved from the cassette to the hubs.

The best freewheel cassettes I have encountered was made by Epoch. I think you can order online. Sunrace makes them too. The one I saw in Joo Ngan Son is a Sunrace.
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Thanks for your in depth explanation. If that's the case, I'll stick to what I have now. When time comes, I'll use your options 3. One time spend it all. Hahaha 😅😅😅

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