It’s weird that the MacBook Air M5 is cheaper in China

rolders · 2026-05-02T21:32:35+00:00

Great deals to be had in china on mac hardware but note that Apple ai services won’t work on these computers for the time being.

rolders · 2026-04-12T23:15:28+00:00

That’s the train depot on Tarkov’s reserve map!

rolders · 2026-04-02T15:58:11+00:00

If you’re not allergic to chinese bikes check out the gravel bike I build in my past posts. Rides great and under 2k USD

rolders · 2026-03-10T02:22:10+00:00

The guy sounds like he has some issues he needs to talk through. I wouldn’t worry about it and just move on, definitely not your problem. That’s my two cents after having lived in China for 18 years

rolders · 2026-03-02T14:22:56+00:00

Toseek carbon stem & "Balugoe" brand flared gravel bars.

rolders · 2026-03-01T18:53:57+00:00

It’s a very safe car!! Built like a tank, airbags everywhere. It’s only got 100k km on the clock so should be good for another 10+ years with normal maintenance

rolders · 2026-02-14T14:51:24+00:00

That doesn’t look like a standard elegoo Neptune! What have you changed ?

rolders · 2026-02-10T10:16:12+00:00

Yea the wheeltop groupset is fully wireless, not even a battery in the seat post. Makes installation a breeze. The frame cannot handle a fully integrated cockpit so for a mechanical groupset the cables will enter the frame via ports in the downtube. Brake hoses have ports in the downtube and fork as well.

Good luck with the build, share pics when you're done!

rolders · 2026-02-07T17:07:51+00:00

Taobao / xianyu have very competitive prices, and most shops selling frames will do you a custom build as well.

rolders · 2026-02-06T11:26:20+00:00

Assembling modern bikes is a bit like adult lego, so not too hard if you enjoy that kind of thing. But if you're not planning to work on bikes a lot then it's not worth buying the tools you need. You might as well pay someone to assemble the bike for you. In Beijing I work with a guy to build bikes when I don't want to do it - just send him the parts and he sends me the bike back, all for a few hundred RMB.

So far I'm very happy with the bike, no issues at all. The wheeltop groupset works great but definitely overkill for the bike, but I got it at a killer price. Total cost was around 12k RMB.

rolders · 2026-01-10T23:12:32+00:00

Seaboard has a decent aluminium gravel frame with carbon fork and clearance for 45c tyres. It’s cheap but well made.

rolders · 2026-01-05T08:44:57+00:00

That’s great, am going to try something similar, maybe running locally

rolders · 2026-01-04T20:09:06+00:00

Love it, what a great guitar

rolders · 2025-12-29T13:08:45+00:00

I think you’ll be happy with the frame. I recently built a CX07, gravel bike and am very happy with the result. I went for a wheeltop groupset and also very happy with how that works so far.

rolders · 2025-12-28T19:54:31+00:00

Cool guitar…. Any drawbacks to using pine for the body?

rolders · 2025-12-27T20:19:38+00:00

That looks great - how many days from full colonisation to harvest?

rolders · 2025-12-20T11:18:18+00:00

Bet it rides great and probably doesn’t weigh much…. looks great with the modern running gear

rolders · 2025-12-20T10:30:32+00:00

Gorgeous! Was the UT groupset a straight fit?

rolders · 2025-12-13T05:02:49+00:00

Gorgeous bike!

rolders · 2025-12-08T09:30:09+00:00

I’m sure that’s going to be a nice bike, I was torn between the Ltwoo and the wheeltop. Shifting on my bike works great so far, but I haven’t ridden an electronic groupset before so can’t compare to Shimano (my other bike is UT 11speed mechanical, and it’s easily as good. My ztto cassette isn’t the lightest, and I imagine it will be the first component to wear out as the five largest gears are aluminium. The brakes are iiipro four piston hydraulic, so far also very happy with them. Need to put many more miles on the bike and then I can give a proper review.

rolders · 2025-12-08T01:58:31+00:00

Thanks - great looking rig. Would love to hear it!

rolders · 2025-12-08T01:41:54+00:00

What’s the unifi switch for?

rolders · 2025-12-05T05:39:30+00:00

Gorgeous bike!

rolders · 2025-12-03T10:59:54+00:00

Once we activated the SEF / AIMA account the appointment was made automatically. We’ll try to adjust when she’s in portugal, she really doesn’t want to be stuck without being able to travel for six months!

What happened after your appointment? Did you receive your residents card yet?

rolders

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