Aliexpress
 

Has anyone bought tires here?

I buy lots of stuff there but skip tires which might be cheap copies wish could jeopardize my life. That goes for carbon handlebars and seats as well. Best Buy to date, a razor and 50 shaving heads for $6. Should last me a couple of years at least and it works great. Take that Gillette and BIC and your outrageous prices.

low key $$$ saver site,
 

bought 3 pairs this year- CST jack rabbits($20. each shipped) and 2 pair of continentals 26" race kings non folding.see zero deviations from same tire bought from bikeinn and much cheaper. $55. pair shipped is hard to beat,maybe the next set.
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also bought 6 sram 180 rotors $7.each shipped.also match oem bought in the US,in oem packaging and machined+dated not stamped like $30. Shimano slx rotors.https://www.aliexpress.us/item/32568...Cquery_from%3A

I would be worried if any "non folding" tires I have ordered arrive folded as shown in the illustration above.

Sorry to hijack the thre thread a bit.
Are you saying Aliexpress directly is repressing Uyghurs or that just being a Chinese entity they are supporting it?
Unless you have nothing made in China your point is moo.

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:roflmao2:Good catch,

I wouldn’t buy tires from any source that I thought might have a good chance of being fake or sub-standard in any way. IMO just not worth the risk with safety/performance critical gear.

I bought some Conti Ultra Sport IIIs. They worked fine.

Realize that AliExpress similar to Amazon and even eBay are sites that have a bunch of different seller's advertising their wares there for sale. Many selling the same thing or similar looking things. So your experience might vary depending on the seller you purchase from. Some probably know nothing about what they are selling other than they can get dollars from you if they sell it.

I've bought a fair amount from them. So far no bicycle stuff.

clarifing,
 

pic is an example of a hard to beat price.the non-folders arrived very well wrapped & in full unfolded size.its true there are many independent sellers with varying prices,competition makes for better prices.

We have had to do some thread clean up.

Please, no politics

Many times I have seen the exact same product, with the same atrocious spelling, sold on Ali as Amazon by the same seller. The Ali price always beats Amazon (no cut by Bezos) but you do have to wait longer for shipping from China.


Still leery about buying tires through them, unless I see multiple reports by people who have bought them and have a few thousand KMs or miles on them. Maybe I am being overly cautious but a catastrophic failure can ruin ones whole day, week, month……

‘Xactly. I am firmly convinced that online shopping has created a culture where people feel ashamed if they paid more than $1 more for something than they could have had they spent more time scouring the Internet. The fear is so strong that many are willing to risk a lot to save someone money. I’ve been around here for a long time. The number of “Did I get ripped off?” threads is not minimal?

I have used AliExpress very sparingly, but when I do I rely on this Chrome extension to give me some information about the sellers so that I minimize my chances of getting swindled. I also never spend any more than I am willing to lose; the highest dollar purchase has been a Sensah groupset that I ordered from their official store and that was very low risk.
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Yeah. The funniest posts are when they are asking in the past tense -- after making the purchase.

I'd much rather make my purchases from reliable sellers, or even directly from the manufacturers, if possible. But then, I have enough money to pay extra for reliability and peace of mind.

As a pure coincidence I’m reading a book at the moment about the psychology of happiness and one potential cause of mental stress is being faced with too much choice, especially online. The fear of making the wrong decision or not finding the best deal can be upsetting to some people. Now we have Aliexpress and other similar online markets in the mix to make us even more anxious about our buying choices 😂

The Paradox of Choice, by any chance?

Yes, I think so. In my book it is referred to as the “tyranny of choice” coined by the Psychologist Barry Schwartz.

This is his 2004 book.

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Ha, ha. This concept definitely applies to tire choice and then where to buy them from! So far I have simply ignored Aliexpress completely.

I have a pair of Maxxis Pursuers I bought from Aliexpress with 2,000-3,000 kms on them and they're still going strong. Absolutely nothing wrong with them. I bought a Schwalbe Lugano II from Aliexpress as well, and that was just fine. A friend of mine just bought the tanwall ZTTO tires as well. They're branded with some German sounding name, but it's the Shenzen ZTTO company making them, or having them made with that brand by some OEM company nearby, like CST. They're surprisingly good IMO, but you have to buy the stuff first, to judge its quality. Those tires are around US $10 a piece, they don't break the bank, and as my mate said, he was really just curious to see what they're like.

I didn’t realize it sells used tires​​​​​​. :D

Never bought anything from Ali Express, but my take away is that the branded merchandise like Continentals, Schwalbe's shouldn't usually be a problem.

While the unbranded stuff, you get what you pay for, and you shouldn't expect too much from such stuff, with respect to its quality. They sell unbranded junk on Amazon too.

What about possible fake branded gear? I think higher end Continentals are still made in Germany so they would first have to be exported to China before being sold back through Aliexpress. I doubt that would be a viable business model. Lower end Contis are at least made in China, so they would be more likely to be genuine on Aliexpress.

It is possible that the same stuff from the same brand is sold at a lower price in China (a developing country) than in a developed country like Germany, UK, or US. The quality (and maybe, also the cost) could be exactly (or more or less) the same, but just the pricing is lower in China. The purchasing power of the people in a still developing country is not the same and is lower than those in a developed country. Companies cannot charge the same prices in all countries for the same product. Now that would not be a viable business model.