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Has anyone used one of these: http://www.xlc-parts.com/produkte_detail_en,0,8254.html
They seem pretty cheap, are they any good?
Yeah and it looks cheap, so seriously, what do you think?
Doesnt look too dissimilar to the KS racing ones to me
I've got one. Or, I had one for a couple of months and now it's away for warranty repairs. When it worked, it was was great, if quite heavy (730g with remote and cut-down cable). It went up and down smoothly and in a controlled manner. The remote was a bit shonky, but worked; I had some trouble getting space for it on my bars. Then after a few rides it started slowing rising from lowered by itself. It wasn't such a problem, but then a couple of rides later it started dropping uncontrollably; just a couple of cm at first and then the whole length.
Mine was very cheap, relatively speaking, from bike-components.de. I should hopefully get it back, in working order, next week.
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Doesnt look too dissimilar to the KS racing ones to me
I did some research before buying mine, and they seem to come from the same Chinese factory.
So any more information on these? did you get it back fella? just seems like they all cost a bloody fortune, and most of them break :-/ not great!
Yeah, it came back in a little less than 2wks. It's still doing fine, although the bike has been used a bit less due to other commitments. The only thing I did was change to a better cable and outer after the original started getting gritty. Apart from the weight, I can't really see much of a downside so far.
Anyone any more experience of these? Looks interesting...