Hongfu - FM058 Custom - 9,380kg

[danK]

add 150g.

Add 150g to the claimed weight or is that add 150g for a rear shock?

[Tom]

add 150g.

Add 150g to the claimed weight or is that add 150g for a rear shock?

only plastic, no metal bits & pieces.

[danK]

Thank you. At 2.1kg with rear shock that is nice! I wait until Lunar New Year over before communicating with Peter or whomever has a 19 inch frame in stock. Give me time to decide on rear shock.

[Tom]

New titanium ring for the upcoming season 



details.

my pleasure



installed, back with -25° stem & Clement FRJ tires.

[lRaphl]

That thing is a piece of beauty!!!

[Carbon_Dude]

Almost looks too purdy to get dirty!

[Sitar_Ned]

I've already commented on this post, but damn.. this thing is ridiculously sweet. I always loved those plastic mag wheels on bmx bikes back in the day.. and this build kinda scratches that itch. I seriously don't know if I would even take that thing off road.. just cruise around the park lol. Nice job, man. Makes me want to start a "build of the month" feature on the forum just so I could post pics of the bike for everyone to see!

I'll echo what jkcoda007 asked: what's the verdict on frame performance? I'm assuming you have a decent amount of experience with different frames. Would be interested to hear your take? Also, I'd be cool to hear what you think of the wheels as well. Thanks.

[finnicone]

Great looking bike Tom!!

What is the shock size on the 058 frame? Is it 165 or 190?
I got a drawing for an XL from HF, it clearly reads 190, and they refer to that when asked.

At the same time they talk about "shock size: can be both 165*38mm and 190*44mm" on the HF website.
Obviously you can not choose between the two. (and I think 190 is 51 stroke, not 44, those are 184*44.)

[carbonazza]

installed, back with -25° stem & Clement FRJ tires.

With such a steep stem, do the levers, shifter touch the frame when turning the bar ? It looks no...
Not sure what you could do more to make it even more awesome 

[Tom]

Almost looks too purdy to get dirty!

Have a look how I ride it. I ain't the easy/gentle kind with my bike.
Expensive parts have to handle what they are made for.

https://www.facebook.com/thomas.skubiszewski/posts/10156418109859131
https://www.facebook.com/thomas.skubiszewski/posts/10156365181774131
https://www.facebook.com/thomas.skubiszewski/posts/10156319918084131

That thing is a piece of beauty!!!

merci Raph

I've already commented on this post, but damn.. this thing is ridiculously sweet. I always loved those plastic mag wheels on bmx bikes back in the day.. and this build kinda scratches that itch. I seriously don't know if I would even take that thing off road.. just cruise around the park lol. Nice job, man. Makes me want to start a "build of the month" feature on the forum just so I could post pics of the bike for everyone to see!

I'll echo what jkcoda007 asked: what's the verdict on frame performance? I'm assuming you have a decent amount of experience with different frames. Would be interested to hear your take? Also, I'd be cool to hear what you think of the wheels as well. Thanks.

Merci Sitar_Ned,
Yeah those fancy bmx wheels also ring a bell over here part of the magic...
Be my guest for your build of the month thread, I can help you with that, will be honored.
So far the frame is more efficient than my previous FS, mostly because of frame geometry & suspension setup (R414 shock). my attention points are linkage quality & rear triangle stiffness.

Great looking bike Tom!!
What is the shock size on the 058 frame? Is it 165 or 190?
I got a drawing for an XL from HF, it clearly reads 190, and they refer to that when asked.
At the same time they talk about "shock size: can be both 165*38mm and 190*44mm" on the HF website.
Obviously you can not choose between the two. (and I think 190 is 51 stroke, not 44, those are 184*44.)

It is 165mm
When I ordered, back in summer 2017, the frame was available with both 165 & 190 configuration, so two different front triangle possible with identical geometry (they said...). Since then they did not sold a lot of 190 and I doubt they carried on producing them.
Anyway, Hongfu now replaced this frame with FM258 correcting the headtube & brake caliper problems.

installed, back with -25° stem & Clement FRJ tires.

With such a steep stem, do the levers, shifter touch the frame when turning the bar ? It looks no...
Not sure what you could do more to make it even more awesome 

They do.

[bxcc]

Have a look how I ride it. I ain't the easy/gentle kind with my bike.
Expensive parts have to handle what they are made for.

https://www.facebook.com/thomas.skubiszewski/posts/10156418109859131
https://www.facebook.com/thomas.skubiszewski/posts/10156365181774131
https://www.facebook.com/thomas.skubiszewski/posts/10156319918084131

Congratulations on not having a show bike and actually using it, I love it. The bike is definitely eye candy. Is that an Intend stem in these pictures?

So how do you like the KA engineering ovals? The Ti ones have me intrigued but I think I might have to order an aluminum one in the "mint" color for my wife's Tallboy 3.

[Tom]

Congratulations on not having a show bike and actually using it, I love it. The bike is definitely eye candy. Is that an Intend stem in these pictures?

So how do you like the KA engineering ovals? The Ti ones have me intrigued but I think I might have to order an aluminum one in the "mint" color for my wife's Tallboy 3.

Yep, Intend it is 
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The color does not match but hey, it is for testing purposes only








What would you like to know about KA's oval titanium ring, their strength, durability, the efficiency of ovalisation ?

[bxcc]

What would you like to know about KA's oval titanium ring, their strength, durability, the efficiency of ovalisation ?

Very nice!! I've been watching Intend's facebook and instragram posts for awhile now as I love the machining on their stuff.

Just your overall impression. I've been using an oval ring from Absolute Black for the past 2 seasons and I'm very happy with them. I may go for a Ti one once my AB one wears out. But I do like the looks of the mint KA one as my wife still has a round ring and it appears that it would be a good match for her bike. You haven't run into any issues then their stuff? I notice you have a few logo's of theirs on your bike so I'm assuming you are familiar with them.

[sclyde2]

Anyway, Hongfu now replaced this frame with FM258 correcting the headtube & brake caliper problems.

I had a look at your other thread and, with the help of Google translate, worked out that the brake caliper issue you had was that magura brakes didn't fit very well.

What is the headtube problem that you refer to?

[Tom]

What is the headtube problem that you refer to?

this problem :



hense..



 

This is from last sunday with new tires from TUFO, titanium ring from KA engineering & Cassette from Garbaruk.

https://www.facebook.com/thomas.skubiszewski/posts/10156606639374131