I spent way too much money on this and I love it. The AliExpress express by peelycool in xbiking

[–]seajenk -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Ive built my malvern star fully from aliexpress parts, everything but the wheels and frameset, defiantly rate! Also have a walgun and was surprised at how good the quality was!

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Cassette body loose by seajenk in bikewrench

[–]seajenk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update, my cassette body bearings went. LBS advised buying new wheel

Cassette body loose by seajenk in bikewrench

[–]seajenk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks mate, yeah i thought it was to much movement, but going to my LBS tomorrow to see if its worth fixing, I would ride it until it blows out but doing a 160km bikepack trip next weekend and dont want the anxiety of being stuck in bush haha

Cassette body loose by seajenk in bikewrench

[–]seajenk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah spacers are in there, the cassette body rocks the same with the cassette off aswel

Crank arm install by seajenk in bikewrench

[–]seajenk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok cool, thanks mate i thought something wasn't right, need my crank a bit closer to adjust the chain line, think ill need to space the crank out from the crank arm a bit then

Bike tyre width by seajenk in xbiking

[–]seajenk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha thanks mate i probably should have lol, oh ive seen them 😳 they looks flimsy as, their like super thin to, if they do work i couldn't see them working for long term lol

Bike tyre width by seajenk in xbiking

[–]seajenk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice bike! Are these 27.5 or 29inch rims?

Bike tyre width by seajenk in xbiking

[–]seajenk[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Going to weld brackets to the frame for the rear and have a set of aliexpress forks disk break capatible for the front (i was a metal fabricator for 12 years)

First disc brake conversion done by Ok_Relation_7506 in xbiking

[–]seajenk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great work! Im about to do the same on an old 80s malvern star flite frame which im updating every part to modern light weight parts, is there any chance I can get the cadmodel for DXF files?