diff --git a/src/blog/posts/2024/3/4-months-in-parts-review.md b/src/blog/posts/2024/3/4-months-in-parts-review.md index 1e99e26..081154e 100644 --- a/src/blog/posts/2024/3/4-months-in-parts-review.md +++ b/src/blog/posts/2024/3/4-months-in-parts-review.md @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Link: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005648190524.html Price paid: £64.77 Rating: 5/5 +![Sensah gear shifters mounted onto a road bike](./src/images/sensah_shifters.jpg) + These shifters are _excellent_. I've done maybe 2000km on them, and they've been faultless so far. They're light, feel really comfortable, and shift beautifully. I bought them to replace some broken Shimano 105 shifters, as these are compatible, and haven't looked back once. I'd quite happily use these on every single bike I owned, I'm that impressed with them - they're mechanical only, but pair them with some Shimano 105 derailleurs to get an excellent mini groupset for < £100[^1]. ## Sensah Ignite 2x9-speed shifters @@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ Link: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006054821364.html Price paid: £13.97 Rating: 3/5 +![Black ZTTO rim brakes mounted onto the front fork of a road bike](./src/images/ztto_rim_brakes.jpg) + I'm going to preface this by saying these brakes haven't ever _failed_ (yet). In the "does this stop the bike" sense, they've been absolutely fine. These are £14 rim brake calipers I bought after my Tektro ones bit the dust and I needed an interim replacement. Where they fall down is the build quality - clearly a lot of the bolts and screws aren't made of decent stainless steel, because after even a short while they were quite rusty. Secondly, both calipers seem to stick quite a lot (as in they don't release fully after letting off the brake), and nothing I've tried so far (adjusting tension, lubricating the springs) has made much of a difference. However, I suspect it might be a cable routing issue, so I'm going to try swapping the cables & housing, and see how that pans out. Overall though, I wouldn't bother. Don't gamble with brakes, spend the extra bit of cash and get a decent set of branded brakes - the Shimano 105 brakeset can come in at < £60 in some places, which is a worthwhile purchase in my opinion. diff --git a/src/images/sensah_shifters.jpg b/src/images/sensah_shifters.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f79719 Binary files /dev/null and b/src/images/sensah_shifters.jpg differ diff --git a/src/images/ztto_rim_brakes.jpg b/src/images/ztto_rim_brakes.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a91c863 Binary files /dev/null and b/src/images/ztto_rim_brakes.jpg differ