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Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
I've been in touch with Airwolf with question if the headtube bearing and seatpost issues are resolved. They have confirmed they are. I asked for for recording as proof, and I received the videos attached. If the issue with the headtube bearing is resolved is hard to judge when not fully assembled (like in the video). What I can tell from the seatpost, it's humongous. It goes all the way through, at least far enough. Any thoughts? November 17, 2023, 03:28:08 AM |
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I built fake Factor O2 back in November 2020 to replace my heavy Merida Reacto 400. I've been riding a custom painted disc version of this frame, also since 2020. Did several bike trips with it including some speedy descents in the Swiss alps. Mileage is around 15.000km until now, zero complaints, the frameset is solid! November 25, 2023, 04:08:58 PM |
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Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
How much time does it take to complete the painting? Around 8 weeks. January 25, 2024, 10:35:40 AM |
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Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
You are pretty limited because of the d-shape steering tube. You might be able to use a normal stem with a wedge. Ridley produces them, couldn’t find any on ali. That's very unfortunate to hear, I guess you're very unlucky. Seems like not all owners run into the same issues like you did. As far on my judgement of the frame, no issues so far. Fingers crossed that I won't run into trouble and need to deal with them once after putting some milage on it. I'm building up the frame as we speak. February 06, 2024, 01:20:35 PM |
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Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
I just shortened the steerer tube and installed the entire thing. It fits nicely and there's no rubbing or any play. Fork rotates as intended. One thing I want to point out. The expander plug did not fit correctly, after tightening it was quite off-center, which made it impossible to slide the stem over the steerer tube. I took a vice and trimmed some material from the most top part of the expander plug (which sits on top of the steerer tube). By doing this, the radius got smaller and was able to assemble the cockpit. Took about 30min to complete the job. Very happy with the result. February 07, 2024, 12:35:37 PM |
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Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
They advertise this integrated bar being compatible with D shaped steerer. Any ideas if it would be suitable? https://a.aliexpress.com/_EJu6eT3 Looking at the cable routing the Ryet integrated handlebar might fit, the second one with the wedge (Black inc. copy) definitely not since the corner the cable needs to make is too tight and the wedge doesn't correspond with the shape of the steerer tube. The original stem provided with the Airwolf frameset the cable runs 'freely' along the steerer tube, there's a separate hole in the stem to route the cables through, which is identical to the ST31 and ST32 Cervelo stems. Any traditional 31.8 stem should work on the D-shaped steerer tube without the wedge is my guessing. Wolffcon made it work with a Zipp SL Sprint stem, what I can tell from the pictures. https://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,4109.msg53296.html#msg53296 https://chinertown.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4109.0;attach=18751;image February 08, 2024, 01:00:48 PM |
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Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
It might even be possible to install the Mission/Black inc. handlebar without the wedge and use the top cap provided with the frame. The only thing might not be possible is adding additional spacers, unless you trim down excess material to make it fit. This is how the headset top cap looks like. February 08, 2024, 02:10:08 PM |
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Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
My build is pretty much finished, still waiting for some small parts to arrive and need to dial in the rear mech. Overall quite satisfied with how it came together, especially for what I spend on it. Total costs: € 2650,- incl. handbuilt wheels with DT-Swiss 350 hubs and Sapim CX spokes. Assembling went pretty much flawless, except for the expander plug as mentioned in one of my previous posts. The frame does have one noticable flaw which are the holes for the bottle cages are not aligned properly. The bottle cage mounted on the seat tube is pointing somewhat outwards towards the non-drive-side. No way you can fix that when mounting plastic or carbon cages. I wonder if other frame owners have this same issue. February 09, 2024, 01:28:26 PM |
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Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
Did you shape the expander top-cap a little? It sits really tight in the stem. Unfortunally I can‘t find any other D-Shape Expander here in Germany - Cervelo and/or Factor should fit, but seems to be very expansive and not available in aftermarket… I wouldn't bother buying an more expensive (original) one, you will probably end up with the same challenge. I did use a vice to trim down material of the top-cap. No way otherwise it would fit. February 10, 2024, 06:43:06 AM |
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Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
I had the chance to take this bike for a little spin last week and I ended up doing a 75km testride. This bike is just fantastic, not sure what else I can say. Comfortable, yet responsive and no noticable weaknesses. For this build I decided to go for a mullet setup which I still need to get used to. Somewhat overrated for the area where I live. Everything is flat as a pancake and coming from a roadie, this setup doesn't go fast enough to my likings. Might change to a SRAM XPLR setup to see which one works better for me. Parts list:
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