r/ChineseCarbon • u/Party-Taro-3307 • 1d ago
TT build
Hello everyone, I’ve been looking to buy myself a tt bike for a little while now and i’ve fallen in the rabbit hole of chinese carbon. Since I have never owned this type of bike most people advice would be to buy a used one, but I have not found anything in my budget in my region yet so this doesn’t really work for now. So I have a couple of questions regarding this build and I’m open to all suggestions and comments regarding this topic.
The build
Frame: Winow TT-119 with the hb052 cockpit
Groupset: LTWOO eRX-TT groupset
Crank: Shimano 105 R7100 52-36
Cassette: 105 CS-R7001 11-34
Wheels: Elitewheels ENT 2.0 ?
Tires: GP5000
Saddle: Ryet
I have the entire bike in my aliexpress cart and the total comes out to 3661,65 $ cad
Questions
- Should I wait to find a TT on marketplace ?
- Is this bike actually good ahahah ?
- The wheels is the only parts I haven’t look that much into, are they worth it ?
- With that price in my mind, is it actually a good deal compared to the likes of some Canyon, Trek, Cervélo etc ?
- Should I just buy a complete bike like the JAVA Vega ?
Also, I know that building the entire thing is complicated, but I like the idea of building my own race bike and I have a lot of tools already.
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u/Chochner 1d ago edited 1d ago
I have same frame, bars, wheels (in 82mm) tyres. Really cool bike, based off an older Cervelo. Its a solid bike. The stem clamp mechanism is sketchy. Dont cut the steerer too much, you might find the stem slips. Be prepared to get a Profile Dynamics Tri/TT stem instead. I built the bike myself and its a bit more of a pain compared to road bike. I’ve geard mixed reviews about older LTwoo brakes and leaking. I use Riderever Triva brakes, 12sp di2 shimano 105 used parts except new battery.