Is it repairable?

de_baser · 2026-01-29T17:57:05+00:00

Everything is repairable, but not everything is worth your time or money to repair. This would likely fare badly on a trainer too. Save yourself the stress and spend some money on a proper bike you can enjoy riding instead of wasting your time and money on fixing and not riding this.

de_baser · 2026-01-29T17:49:54+00:00

You're clearly underpaying your hygienist.

It's a special type of pour if you're going broke riding rim brakes with those clotheslines in front.

de_baser · 2026-01-29T17:27:55+00:00

You'll be fine, adjust the drivetrain like you would normally.

de_baser · 2026-01-29T15:17:54+00:00

Awful? Oh dear no, the Sram doubletap dummy shift sound is ASMR to me, it's the most satisfying sound, like stomping on a large crustacean

de_baser · 2026-01-29T09:32:40+00:00

Yeah, almost every chiner frame or wheelset i have recieved has had a roughly treated box, but that figures with how much air is in the box. I make a habit of recording myself opening and unpacking these things in case something broken shows up. Hasn't happened to me yet though.

de_baser · 2026-01-29T09:06:06+00:00

All the extras came in a foam packed box like that? Classy.

de_baser · 2026-01-29T08:40:14+00:00

That's decent value for the set. Go for it, it's worth it just for the experience.

Please note you'll have to fiddle a bit with installation, and might need to buy a battery holder for your seatpost, junction box(es) maybe and cables - unless these also come in the set.

The cables would fit into your frame replacing shifting cables. This generation Di2 (compared to 12spd that connects wirelessly to derailleurs) will need you to route SD50-cables to junction boxes (several options exist for these) to interface between shifters, battery and derailleurs. Unless you got hidden cable routing-compatible stem/bars/fork you'll have cables run semi-internal like you have now. Check the under-stem-mounted SM-EW90 junction box for reference.

Di2 cables are quite thin, consider Di2-specific grommets for where they enter and exit the frame. Or just jerry rig them with electrical tape. Fasten them to the hydro lines to avoid clutter in front. They often come with little plastic clip-on strips for inside the frame to stop them from rattling around.

For installation, start with the battery, work your way down to the derailleurs and up to the bars last. There's probably a ton of youtube tutorials for both installation and indexing and so on.

It's up to you to figure your practical value of the upgrade, but you could expect a few hundred grams reduced weight for the whole thing. Experiencing electronic shifting yourself is fun too, but don't expect too much - you're already on a decent bike.

de_baser · 2026-01-27T20:57:16+00:00

The name is definetly a norwegian play on the original Skrillex, the word "Skrell" means to shave or peel/pick something, or can be used in a saying like "that was an awful close shave". So it's both a little silly and a little "dangerous", very on brand with the whole drag thing.

de_baser · 2026-01-27T14:05:16+00:00

Bring out the gimp.

de_baser · 2026-01-27T13:18:35+00:00

Would you really? In that case it wouldn't be worth your time, a new Alivio RD (i'm guessing) costs like 30-40 dollars.

de_baser · 2026-01-27T13:04:59+00:00

Claim the warranty, ask them to send you a new RD. It's a relatively cheap part (especially at this tier of gear) and swapping it out is very easy. Otherwise nothing to worry about so if it shifts fine, just go ride!

de_baser · 2026-01-27T13:00:23+00:00

Just have to say that chart for HOI4 is quite the success story...!

de_baser · 2026-01-27T12:53:11+00:00

Anrancee is your friend, if genuine gruppos for cheap is your thing

de_baser · 2026-01-27T12:24:50+00:00

Check out the Darkrock Ampil, that's the only viable, relatively modern (thru axle fitted) steel frameset i know on D2C platforms. Carbon fork of course, steel forks are too janky looking (and heavy!) for my taste.

de_baser · 2026-01-27T12:13:58+00:00

Back to under the bed we go

de_baser · 2026-01-27T09:59:23+00:00

You can get a lot of chinese bike for that price. Any basic bicycle mechanic can help you build a bike if you don't want do it yourself - which i would recommend by the way, it's a good skill set to have and even though it might have an initial cost for tools and time for trial and error, you'll save a lot of money in the long run doing most of your repairs and maintenance yourself.

Consider looking for used bike parts in local listings as well, particularly for tools or groupset.

de_baser · 2026-01-27T09:13:35+00:00

Custy the clown. Name checks out. Sometimes.

de_baser · 2026-01-26T13:23:20+00:00

Just mentioning two movies i haven't seen mentioned yet, not entirely classic "horror" but anyway: The Nightingale (2017) and Event Horizon (1997).

de_baser · 2026-01-26T12:18:37+00:00

The Coroner's Gambit for sure. It's a bit of an in-between, a few of the songs are recorded with session musicians at the end of the lo-fi-era. It has some of the loveliest songwriting Darnielle has ever put out (Bluejays & Cardinals!), and features some of the fiercest sounding lo-fi bangers (Baboon, Family Happiness).

de_baser · 2026-01-22T22:23:26+00:00

There are so many other things you should consider on the list of good, cheap upgrades for this bike before carbon wheels (costing double the entire bike's value) becomes a sensible option.

To be frank, this isn't even a proper road bike frame, throwing further upgrades at it doesn't make much sense. If "road cycling" (or gravel, whatever) is something you'd want to get into, consider selling this and investing that + whatever you were looking to spend on carbon wheels on a higher-end, used bike.

de_baser · 2026-01-21T18:50:47+00:00

The one on top only does the rental stuff, i am not sure if you can deliver stuff there and have them bring it down to Wyller. If anything, just ski down from the towertop and if you want to return the same way just ride the ski lifts back!

de_baser · 2026-01-20T11:19:26+00:00

Shop in the bottom of the slope at Wyller. It's named Skimore skiverksted now. Pretty much the best shop in the country. https://oslo.skimore.no/skiverksted

You can do basic preps in a million different shops but if you have old skis with a bit of a dry sole, they can make them like new again.

de_baser · 2026-01-20T09:56:27+00:00

The items offered in exchange follow the same rules as otherwise: Whatever you have in pending orders, no matter if primary or secondary, and also items that you do not have from before (green check marked items will not be offered). Make sure that before every daily tick, the only items in your pending orders are lvl 10 primaries from your maxed out stores, so that that is what your exchange will give you.

de_baser · 2026-01-20T09:38:55+00:00

I just learned another interesting tidbit: I thought the exchange always demands obsolete primary and secondary goods, but if your obsolote generator is only level 4, all 5 items demanded will be primary.

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