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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: February 26, 2025, 08:46:11 AM »
Asked RK Ultra Extreme Carbon Fiber Store for a link to all the available colour options.
https://1638572289.x.yupoo.com/ pw: 654321. I gotta say the paint jobs look insanely nice, i was especially curious about the DUKE version since that is so rich in details.
There's also multiple shots of the BB and Headset area to be found, confirming the great quality.

confirmed same source from 1 factory/seller, I remember that familiar wood laminate as the backdrop. Also my frame was featured  :D

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: February 19, 2025, 03:43:13 AM »
Thought I would throw this out there for anyone purchasing via F-C:

Tips:

They do not include the silicone seat post cover that sits at the bottom and in mine and the other user (Oralmaster?) opinion the 20mm transition head piece is kind of ass so you should order those parts. Anjoy cycling seems to have them, they even have the official Factor bar tape if you wanna go all the way. I am using F-C's spacers though.

my suggestion to anyone buying replica bikes is to always get the original spacers set, simply because the original are lighter and meshes well. the fake ones are injected molded and many flashings

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Anyone tried the supposedly real Syncros handlebars on Ali?

Looking for something for my Addict Gravel

i am using for my authentic addict gravel RC frame. So far so good, i had to file the inner steerer tube wall to get it to fit inside the fork.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: February 03, 2025, 10:33:27 AM »
I have recently purchased a SL8 from Taiwen Eisen and from another store. The quality of the Taiwan Eisen’s frame is top notch compared to the other one. I haven’t built the bike yet but at first sight, it’s pretty excellent to me, especially for 600USD (shipping including and no taxes).

Here are few pictures of the interior of my frame (sorry for the quality) VS the F-C’s SL8 (white and green color, they sent me some pics)

i am suspecting the SL8 from FC is the same as tantan TT-X68, but with fake darimo barstem and seatpost. my seller told me since this frame is done by a renowed factory, they won't be doing any paintjobs showing the S-Works logo.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: January 24, 2025, 06:24:22 AM »
Do you know why I'm not able to open alexpress F-C carbon shop from the link? I receive info that is unavailable in my country. Where you guys buying this?

it’s the chinese new year, they will be back. also, the ostro V2 will start shipping from march onwards

新春快乐 laowais!

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: January 21, 2025, 04:50:12 AM »
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damn it looks like they improvised it! mine came with steel screws prone to rusting so i had to spent an additional 190 dollars just to get the authentic black inc cages to “complete the look”

we have the same paint job and same frame size, and yours is significantly lighter!

hope you’re happy with your purchase!

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: December 31, 2024, 02:46:53 AM »


The black inc aero barstem has been produced, not sure when it reaches alixpress, but i reckon soon

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: December 28, 2024, 03:46:33 AM »
Ha. Great eyes, I thought nobody would notice  :D There is about 1-1.5mm play in the headset area. The fork slipped down as I was trying to fit these very snug handlebars on the fork while the bike was lifted in the service stand. To be fair, this happens to me with every bike that I service and it takes me 2-3 tries to fix it - I guess I am doing something fundamentally wrong (maybe I should do it with the bike on the ground?) So I need to refit the handlebars and all will be good.

Inside looked pretty much exactly the same as oralmaster's, I had a thorough look with a flashlight. No bubbles, no wrinkles, no loose material. If you want, I can take couple pictures of the BB area when I refit it.

@Oralmaster: How much did you ride yours? What are your impressions in terms of how it rides?


I haven't been riding for nearly 2 months due to travelling. I honestly cannot tell the difference between a real (test rode) ostro and mine. It's definitely stiffer and more responsive than my oltre xr4.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: December 23, 2024, 05:56:36 AM »
i should not have used my pre puberty online moniker 20 years ago as my username....

anyway, for those who got the highest tiered ostro v1 frame, do share your build photos here!

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: December 11, 2024, 12:26:49 AM »
Anyway to order the v2 if you're only a native English speaker? I actually ordered a 54cm from your original seller off aliexpress and am waiting on it, I will be taking detailed photos and using a camera to look inside the frame and will post it here when it arrives.

But I would like to know if that seller does the 45cm frame for a smaller girl friend of mine (The v2 in your goofish link).

if you can do transfers using alipay then wouldn’t have a problem to purchase it. the seller can do english just enough for you to communicate clearly what you want.but you would also need to arrange for shipping by yourself. else it won’t be long before it starts to sell on aliexpress, then you wouldn’t have to worry about the above 2

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: December 06, 2024, 10:04:30 AM »
Completely agree, people would eat these up. The quality of the my ostro frame is superb honestly. The internals of mine are extremely clean like the white one, and it was off XianYu for 2950, 3000 yuan ish. I'd buy one if I were you. I'm many thousands of miles in and still going strong. They are making a t1100 Ostro Vam v2 and I'm considering that bike aswell. The counterfeit market in Asia is insane honestly. the 20th anniversary ospws came out like less than 2 months ago and its already available to buy as a clone. Any I honestly cannot believe they are counterfeiting such obscure parts like darimo, carbonti, srm etc

 xianyu is such a great place for a shallow person like me. a lot of the oem bike brands which offers great frames are also on xianyu, it’s just that they are not marketed to the west. Either they are don’t have the intention or panda podium don’t pick them up.  i.e the 众为g20 and g30 gravel bikes are such frames that undeservingly goes under the radar.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: December 05, 2024, 10:04:35 AM »
what frameset did u get? and where are u getting the darimo nexum and seatpost?

nexum drag

https://www.goofish.com/item?spm=a21ybx.search.searchFeedList.7.792d3da65ihUSr&id=831649676355&categoryId=126866920

seatpost

https://www.goofish.com/item?spm=a21ybx.search.searchFeedList.25.58c53da6Un5Hit&id=831086303616&categoryId=126866928


I am getting the frame with the above 2 for a total of 7000 rmb (god knows when he will deliver though)

they just listed out the new ostro 2.0

https://www.goofish.com/item?spm=a21ybx.search.searchFeedList.1.786b3da6d2QfWv&id=830250233595&categoryId=126866897

prices listed are probably downpayment

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after quite a bit of searching im going to get the carbonda 505sl.  Looks very similar geometry to a roubaix.  might add a redshock stem if i want some more comfort but hopefully with 32mm road tyres that should be good enough.

great to hear! maybe you ask if they can do this paintjob since it's literally their OEM  ;)

https://grindcycles.com/collections/grind-lab

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