Temu for cycling goods

[Bub Marley]

9 hours ago, alleyne said:

I ordered some bar tape for my indoor bike. Temu had some Supacaz lookalike for R100 bucks, when it arrived it was packed in the exact same box that the original comes in and the actual product is indistinguishable from the real stuff, must have walked out of the same factory. Bought a couple more packs but I see it's gone from the site now. 

Link please?

[tinmug]

8 hours ago, Bub Marley said:

Link please?

If you go back and re-read alleyne's post you will see a vital bit of info: "... but I see it's gone now.".

[madmarc]

19 hours ago, alleyne said:

I ordered some bar tape for my indoor bike. Temu had some Supacaz lookalike for R100 bucks, when it arrived it was packed in the exact same box that the original comes in and the actual product is indistinguishable from the real stuff, must have walked out of the same factory. Bought a couple more packs but I see it's gone from the site now. 

Its probably better than the original - All mine bought locally had the top layer of rubber peeling off in first 12 months absolute crapest bar tape i ever used

[alleyne]

13 hours ago, Bub Marley said:

Link please?

Here's the item from my order history, even cheaper than posted. There are still some that look like the same as Supacaz designs, my bet would be they're all the same. 

 

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

Bought a hydration pack and 1.5L bladder (R280 altogether) as well as a phone holder (R70), a bib (R500), cycling shorts (R160) as well as an XS jumpsuit (R320) for my kiddo, and some other bits and bobs such as full face snorkel masks.
 

I am WELL impressed with the quality of all the items - the bib/shorts/jumpsuit honestly need to be seen/worn to be believed and the masks are identical to the one I paid R1000 for, but were R280 each. 
 

Order date 1 February, took delivery today the 10th. 

[Dusty]

9 hours ago, RobynE said:

Bought a hydration pack and 1.5L bladder (R280 altogether) as well as a phone holder (R70), a bib (R500), cycling shorts (R160) as well as an XS jumpsuit (R320) for my kiddo, and some other bits and bobs such as full face snorkel masks.
 

I am WELL impressed with the quality of all the items - the bib/shorts/jumpsuit honestly need to be seen/worn to be believed and the masks are identical to the one I paid R1000 for, but were R280 each. 
 

Order date 1 February, took delivery today the 10th. 

Please will you let us know the quality of the bladder too?

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

3 hours ago, Dusty said:

Please will you let us know the quality of the bladder too?

Will do - at a glance it’s really well-made and solid. Definitely doesn’t feel like something that cost R91.00

[dewaldsss]

Took the plunge and bought some kit, saddle and glasses. will revert back once they arrive. I see a few SA reviews on the items...

They have some nice Tadej Pogacar clothing for the upcoming TDF

 

 

[babse]

Few months on a carbon 3D saddle and its been flawless.

 

Also rolling some 380mm intergrated bars. Saving me some Watts so im happy.

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

9 minutes ago, babse said:

Few months on a carbon 3D saddle and its been flawless.

 

Also rolling some 380mm intergrated bars. Saving me some Watts so im happy.

I’m about a year on a “spiderweb” saddle on MTB and also flawless. I’ve had two surgeries for perianal abscesses prior to this saddle and so far all good a year later! 

Bib shorts I got (say Lameda on them) are my favourite by far out of my shorts and still feel and ride exactly the same as day 1.

The saddle was like R180 and the bib R350. Not that I don’t want to support local but I need more bibs than I can afford at local prices. 

[betaboy]

Local prices on bibs can be eye watering…. Most cost more than my first Racing Bike. 😅😂

[Vaultboy]

Sjoe, I've bought a ton of cycling stuff on Temu. All good quality, so far. Delivered on time.

A few best buys below. The best deal has undoubtedly been the 'Boas', for R20, (Lake boa vs non-boa models is over R1000 difference). 

 

[Dobri]

I have also bought a lot from Temu, took 3 orders to get the right shorts as I like the padding very thin and agree, Lameda is excellent quality so far, should last as long as Assos or Ciovita did.

Glasses with myopic lenses is a winner.

MTB shoes I found weird fit, I'll  avoid in future, cleats slightly to big and didn't fit properly in the SPD pedals so I will also avoid this in future.

Gloves and especially winter gloves are good quality.

Refund / exchange process was flawless so far.

But I made a mistake and ordered from Ali Express last time - nightmare - I will strongly advise to avoid them.

One set of shorts completely wrong size on the website, I send photos of the advertised product, my waist, other shorts I have etc. - no luck, they refused to refund so I donated them.

Second set of shorts - the seller stated wrong item description - gloves instead of shorts, customs cannot clear them due to wrong value and description, it has been 2 months and still arguing about the refund even though I provided all the evidence and they have been shipped back to China.

[Vaultboy]

4 hours ago, Dobri said:

But I made a mistake and ordered from Ali Express last time - nightmare - I will strongly advise to avoid them.

 

I ordered from AliExpress years ago, and they were ok - I bought cassettes, chainrings, pedals, grips, tools. Not clothing. The problem was that shipping was via sea, and locally via SAPO, so I had a few long and nervy shipping experiences. I had hoped that TEMU would make AliExpress up their game and bring prices down, but alas. I reckon AE is obsolete. 

[betaboy]

I must admit, I’m Temu and Ali free. I have yet to assist the Chinese Empire in gaining world domination. LOL. 

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

On 4/22/2025 at 3:35 PM, Vaultboy said:

The best deal has undoubtedly been the 'Boas', for R20

We’ve got a bunch of Temu BOAs in use and they’re brilliant. Haven’t had one break yet and my MTB flats in particular take quite some force mostly from me moering off the bike.