How I got back the front RD of Wheeltop electronic GS work again...

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The front shifter of the Wheeltop EDS Tx stopped working about two weeks ago.  I kept thinking why.  I consulted their manual, tried to remove the battery.  Tried to synch and pair them once again.  They all looked ok.  I recharged the battery several times.

Until I saw that the left shifter does not light.  So its battery that powers the bluetooth is dead. 

This post bought this morning the battery.  I got two at P19.00 each.  I replaced the battery and lo and behold the EDS worked again.  I was thinking of bringing this back again to Mario but there is no need, anymore. I solved the problem.  What a relief.  What an achievement....\

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Rode up to DOMSA today on a road bike; practice makes climbs easier

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Rode up to DOMSA on a Road Bike ((Sworks with Wheeltop gs)   this morning.  This was much better ride than before.   It felt easier (maybe because thisi post shifted to the biggest cog early and rode less intensely) and because I am having more practice.    

I met Ruben, Nolite and cousin Rommel Unidad (he was on Colnago with Campy groupset) and several other familiar faces

As usual, the males made Maritess of people who were not here, and talked about ladies with diabetes.   

This post finally got the Wheeltop EDS TX shift to the large chain ring

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It has been a month since the said group set arrived.   And two weeks ago, while the GS was adjusted via apps by the mechanic to shift to the biggest cog 36t, it stopped shifting at the FD side to the lqrge chainring.   While it does not bother me in riding not to have the 50t, I am a little bit disappointed that the bn GS does not workk 100%.      Tried again the apps, but this post could not make the large chain ring work.   Reviewed again the manual and the apps.  It has to be mechanical issue.    The chain has to be 0.5 to 3 mm from the side of the FD cage.  

I tried to adjust the crank so that the chain ring would move inward.   Then reviewed again the adjustment of the C limiting screw of the FD assembly.   I tried to screw it in while in the small chain ring mode.     Then all of a sudden, the chain ring was inside the  cage by 2 - 3 mm.  And trieid to shift it and it worked.  Eureka.    PTL

Its a good buy after all.   

The problem with the Wheeltop not shifting at FD for large chain ring is mechanical; we thought it was apps

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While the mechanic was able to fix the large cog not shifting, the shifting to the large chainring ensued.   However the signal then was weak and then decided that we defer the fixing of the problem.

However when we went to the apps, it said, the large guide must be 0.10 mm inside distance to the chain.  However the adjusting limit screw was to its limit.

Can increasing the length of the limit screw be the solution?  Let us see

Cheap electronic groupset is giving me and mechanic headaches.

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It may not be the groupset itself but the apps.  Its hard to get the apps to work.  It asks for so many things and by the time you receive the verification code, they say it has expired.    And then  the adjustment.  The mechanics was able to make the rd climb to 36 t.  Now tinopak:   the fd works only on small chain ring.  Its only at 01 and wont shift to 02.  What the.....

All 3 bikes now functional: S works, Sava Ti, and Pinarello F10

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Before, only the Ti was usable functional bike.  Pinarellos hood was ripped off after a dooring accident;   the Sworks SRAM changer was toast, as well as its rear tires whose side walls had puncture holes. 

For the Pinarello, this post had DIY make do solution for the rubber hood cover:   just wrapped old bike interior to make the feel on the right STI (brifter smoother and for aesthetic purpose), 

For the S works for the tire used super glue to bond the rubber patch on to the sidewalls.  Now am more confident that I will not get puncture as a I ride.  For the shifter, I bought an electronic changer for the the bike.  Though its not perfect, I can use most of the gears I need:  the front chainring, big and small, and the 36t large cog.   

Solved.  Now happy

Biked this morning up to Morong KM 44, visited Mario Toledo to have the bike fixed - Wheeltop does not want to shift to 36t

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This post biked this morning to Morong KM 44, near the New Municipal Building of Morong.   On the way, I discovered that there is a Bikol Ni Lugawan in Mambog Binangonan Rizal near the INC church.  That means, I have to bike just 10 km instead of 20 km+ to Lagundi Morong Rizal.

At Cardona a 60 ish MTB rider just past the municipal hall passed by and conversed regarding my destination and I said I am up to Morong only, and he said he is from Tanay.   I chased him and overtook him at Callahan and over the top he overtook me and chased him again from the exit arch and overtook him near the Bombongan crossing.  He inquired about my age and answered 73 and he said he is 59   So that is about 2 decades difference.   

I returned and then proceeded to my main destination a bike mechanic from Mambog Binangonan Rizal.  He lives at Crystal East Binangonan and arrived there at about 9 am.  He awoke at about 9:30   I went there to do a back job on the Wheeltop electronic GS that does not shift up to 36 t.  I need the 36 t to enable me to ride up steep hills like the ones going up Mambog.   There were 3 hills till Marios place and I only had 32t to manage the climb.  The first one was about 20% grade.

While waiting for Mario, I conversed with the regired Msgt from PA.  He was being massaged on account of neuropathy from diabetes and difficulty in standing   I learned that his wife just died  and may be he weas recovering from the grief.  We talked about same situation as I have.  Diabetic and growing weakness. I advised him to exercise some more and be happy.

As for the bike, Mario was able to make the gears go back to 36t.  But he needs to access the apps to smoothne out hte high gears.  

Still debugging the Wheeltop EDS Tx gs ; it does not shift to 36t

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I am on my third day after Mario installed the Wheeltop DS Tax.  Its not completely debugged.

There were two problems:    1.   It does not shift to the big chain ring, 2.  The RD does not shift to 36t (allegedly the biggest cog that it could accommodate.

When Mario installed this all gears were working.  However the cranks set got loose, the highest gear 11t was not working well, so I made adjustment to the RD (and then the 36t) does no work anymorel

I waited to get the apps to function but it was quirky.  I got the gears all smoothed out all right, but the 36t still not worked.   So I have to go back  to Mario because it looks like its mechanical. Just minor tweaks.

But I am happy over all with the way the bike works.  It gave me added confidence and added ommph.  Speed.   

Unboxing Wheel top electronic GS - masubukan

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Affordable, reliable/  Puwedeng itry, ma experience?

Pag nagkabonus masubukan...

Economically priced electronic group set from China - Wheeltop

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Its 50% of the price of Shimano or  SRAM.  Experts say that the abandonment by SRAM of the mechanical GS market.

The price at Lazada is P29,000+ for rim brakes and P34,000 for the first time user.  The regular price is  700 pounds or Php 49,000.

The parts are made of carbon fiber

I might be tempted to try out the electonic group set  (My s works configuration makes it difficult to stick to cabled gs)

Good experience so far