Hi All Foldie Sifus! How was your weekend rides?

This post has been edited by kingchin: May 7 2018, 10:38 AM

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OK...OK...thanks...

i saw mostly of the fold bike rim not using sport rim?
is it because sport rim heavy ?


thanks ...

Just to inform you that if you are thinking about a 26" rims, you might not get the 26" tyres readily available at your LBS.

pic credit to baikbike
For example; if you bought a Tern Eclipse X22 that comes with Schwalbe Kojak tyres (35-559), there's a high chance it's not in stock.
So your alternative is to buy from Taobao.

Sorry, I don't quote understand what you mean by "sport rim".
Can share a picture of what this sport rim looks like?

i"ll vote for RT. smooth rolling, lightweight, and reasonable price (taobao).
k-fun is lighter than dahon stock wheelset, rolling also ok lah. produce tame sound.
onka is still available at one LBS here in melaka (406, 74-100mm). New old stock. price oso cheap. hi-profile, aero spoke. but the downside is it's quite heavy too (1.7 kg without the skewer).


This post has been edited by fatani: May 7 2018, 03:01 PM

Hi Fatani,

Is that picture an Onka? Cheap means how much is it? Cheaper than Kfun? Heavy, can it be any heavier than stock Dahon?

Any recommended TaoBao seller for foldie parts? Looks like i have to venture to beyond local ( can't read chinese, thus no TaoBao for me so far)

yes. that's an Onka. yes, much cheaper than k fun. am not too sure what's the weight of the original dahon wheelset, but for onka's 1.8kg (incl skewer), it's a bit heavy for me. not that i can't cycle with that load, but i prefer to conserve my energy so that i can ride longer distance in a shorter amount of time. btw, the hub is silent type.

i oso am never a user of taobao (same prob like yours). my friend help me to get those items from that website.

if u prefer the k-fun wheelset, no need to order from taobao ler. got one local seller selling it for rm420 (almost similar to taobao price edi). i bought from him last time. too eager to get the wheelset that time that i can't hold my patience to wait for the longer delivery by taobao.

This post has been edited by fatani: May 7 2018, 03:37 PM

So far i cant find the kfun for that price in BBS..its close to rm600 and that without QR skewer yet. Mine to share that seller?
Btw, Whats the weight of Kfun set plus skewer.. around 1.5kg..

Sooo jealous… now saving up for Nintendo Switch.

never try ali express. use google translate for buying from taobao. u tought i know mandarin and im malay?nowdays google is your friend maaa..

i will definetely pick shimano crank over the litepro, or at least fsa. like ken said before, litepro is still cap ayam. resale value are sucks!only foldie owners know litepro brand..

if i were u, i'll find old shimano crank. the 5 arms one, and find 130bcd. u can later add on litepro chainring if u wanna go for it. at least, its a good investment over litepro

the rt is lighter than onka, but the rolling smoothness, onka wins. i had onka and still keeping it. i had bought many rt wheelset and experience using it for a while.rt is 24mm and onka is 30mm profile.

30mm is good for all rounder rim, either climbing or flat road.. dont go for high profile like me,.. i buy the highprofile wheelset coz it looks nice.. aero spoke does help u in rolling and wind resistance.

LBS mostly selling 20inch rim?


as attached photo ...not sure its call sport rim or not ...haha...

thanks ...


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sales on fb groups are more lively than bbs. try search fb user 'pay kok guan'. the dude selling litepros and fnhons stuffs. also search for 'dirstore'.

yes, the tiagra crank. or maybe he can topup just a little bit more and get the 105.and yes, in terms of durability, shimanos are hard to beat.

man, now u make me feel a lil bit of regret to not grab the onka..haha. but still, my personal preference is still the lighter wheelset, due to the hilly terrain where i live. u sifu use apa wheelset pun still laju jugak

good for exercise what, those wheelset.

Mine is BMX rim. Still struggling to splurge out 300~400 to replace my generic cup and cone hub with 36hole shimano one… my rim is jus bomb proof!

how much hilly that u consider hilly?mine observation word of hilly means bukit, place named with bukit. like bukit fraser, or bukit bendera. as long as no word bukit means no hilly maa..hahaha

i've done fraser, cfal and also cameron highland with onka wheelset. the benefit of lighter low profile wheelset is for climbing, where else the greatest benefit of high profile is on flat road and when in peloton ur using less effort pedalling (just a few tap easily get 30km/h) but with 30mm, consider all rounder u will get both!

bydaway, 300g are not that much lor. for fb what weight u consider as light?for me, 10kg below are lighter bike for fb.my tern also still didnt acheive below 10kg (its 10.5kg with heavy high profile wheelset). suprisingly, my doppel fx04 are below 10kg for half the price ive done with my tern setup.

u my sifu maa.. eh ken, still waxing the chain?long time no cycle with u, any trip to fraser after hari raya?might wanna join u lah..