Full AliExpress Build: 1 Year Update

I love this bike. It has not failed me. I have used this bike for commuting, long rides, and just cruising around. It works for me.

The wheelset with the weird Comic Sans text is actually nice to ride. It's smooth and durable.

The square tapered omnium look-alikes are also pretty nice. I can't say much, just that they held up well. Probably won't buy another crankset. I am fine with these. The chainring looks like it will fold, but it won't.

For the cockpit, I changed my stem to a Cinelli DNA stem, but the original AliExpress stem is still fine and is currently on a mountain bike that I gave to my 9-year-old cousin.

I have no issues with the frameset. It's pretty stiff. I have mentioned my concerns about the full carbon fork before, that it kind of bothers me that the dropouts are also carbon, but it wasn't really that big of a deal. I check it every now and then, and it has no issues. The frame geometry is not that comfortable, though, but you can already tell that from looking at it.

Although I refer to this as an AliExpress build, it's actually more appropriate to call it a SEA (Southeast Asia) build. I just call it an AliExpress build so it's more understandable, as these are commonly found on AliExpress. I actually didn't buy it from AliExpress, but I bought it from a local shop. The local shop most likely buys it from AliExpress though. These parts are very common in SEA.

To the guy who said, "I hope you have full AliExpress health insurance," I have had zero issues with this bike. It's worth every cent.

I will get a new frameset soon! 😁

Thank you for reading, and I am sorry if my phrasing and sentence structure is not good.

Parts List:
Ardently Arena Pista
Legend dropbar
Ardently seatpost
Gray saddle
Skeace 49T Square Tapered
Level Up Start With Cycling rimset
Uno Widebar
Izumi Jet Black Gold

I spent around 430 USD on this.