dcrf26 frame - Scott Foil?

[Frank]

@Sebastian: can you also tell me the maximum tire clearance in the rear please?

[RDY]

BTW, TanTan claimed on instagram that they tested this frame with 32c tyres .

Lol.  Continental recommend 22-24mm and 21-25mm is the official compatibility IIRC.

They must have really had to search around for a 15.5mm ID rim to shrink the tire width enough to claim 32 compatibility.

[Sebastian]

@Sebastian: can you also tell me the maximum tire clearance in the rear please?

Exact measurements have been posted here a few pages back. I have not received my own frame yet.

[Frank]

Exact measurements have been posted here a few pages back. I have not received my own frame yet.

Thanks, I found the post: 44mm

[Sebastian]

@Admins Can we merge these threads somehow? TanTan TT-X38=DCRF26

Makes no sense to keep both threads.

[Eddy_Twerckx]

Any more long term reviews of this frame? Can pick one up for around $500 USD with the current AliEx sales. I want a stiff bike to race crits. Wondering if this will fit that bill.

[Sebastian]

Any more long term reviews of this frame? Can pick one up for around $500 USD with the current AliEx sales. I want a stiff bike to race crits. Wondering if this will fit that bill.

2.500 km on mine. As much as I like this bike, I can't recommend this particular manufacturer - as in Sequel Sports. As I wrote in this thread earlier. User Frank and me we both had forks which looked very unclean inside and were not round in places. The RD cable exit port on my frame was very rough inside. Rough to the point that I had to properly go about in there with a file to put the cable through. The seller's reaction was very telling in that they didn't acknowledge the problem on neither Frank's frame nor mine, saying that all their frames were like that. So if you buy there, you're definitely taking a big gamble with regards to QC.

With all that said: I like the bike. I like the way it rides. I think it's plenty stiff. I think I answered that question already in the TT-X38 thread. We were all posting there for simplicitiy's sake, since it's the same frame. And if you want this frameset, I'd say rather buy it from Tan Tan. It seems their quality is more consistent. Though there are examples of this frame from Tan Tan where the upper headset bearing was sitting too loose.

[armada]

i am enamored with this frame. can someone point me to the best seller, the one without color in this thread looks amazing.

[lantz]

I ordered mine directly from TanTan and it's been mint. It felt a little sluggish on the get-up-and-go early on, but as I've adjusted to it from my Argon 18 Gallium CS, it feels like a weapon now. It's downright fast.

For TanTan's part - everything was in _pretty_ good shape when I got mine. I had to face the caliper surfaces a bit and did some small cleaning of the upper bearing assembly cup in the frame, otherwise I consider it pretty good quality.

I will say, the dust cover for the seatpost clamp is pretty world class shit, would *love* to find a replacement for it and the bottom bracket interface was a little soft, had a small splatter of paint that I had to clean up, but that's all to be expected with these sorts of buys. I'm really happy with it.

[c.etzo]

mine came from sequel store on aliexpress

[Sebastian]

mine came from sequel store on aliexpress

Mine too. Still going strong and I like it a lot. But I can’t recommend this seller. See my post above. If I had the choice again, I’d buy from Tan Tan.

[lantz]

As I'm not super well-versed in all of the specifics around different top-spec frames/etc. - is there an analogue for this seatpost shape that I could use to find a different dust cover? The one with the TanTan was just a flat rubber cover that shifts side to side very easily and it's tight around the post.

I'll take the calipers to the post when I get home and see if I can't cross reference them, but if it's an easy reference to another seatpost that's searchable, please god tell me.

[Sebastian]

Mine is like that too. While it’s not super annoying, I think I’m just gonna leave it off at some point. It does little to avoid water ingress anyway. I might just seal the seatpost with silicone, if it concerns me. I don’t adjust the seat height anyway now that everything is set correctly. But you might get away with the original Foil dust cover which only covers the seatpost wedge. It probably slots into the screw head.

[lantz]

Mine is like that too. While it’s not super annoying, I think I’m just gonna leave it off at some point. It does little to avoid water ingress anyway. I might just seal the seatpost with silicone, if it concerns me. I don’t adjust the seat height anyway now that everything is set correctly. But you might get away with the original Foil dust cover which only covers the seatpost wedge. It probably slots into the screw head.

Good shout.

[epifas87]

Bought one of these from SEQUEL store on Aliexpress in the orange/yellow YS7497 color, size 49, on Aug 20th, received it on Sep 19th.
Absolutely LOVED the color, wasn't sure if I was gonna like it seeing the pics on the phone.
Overall, I didn't see any problems regarding the carbon construction inside, as far as I could see on the frame openings..

Here are some concerning points I noticed upon delivery inspection:
-Minor paint defects under the clear (don't really care)
-Front fork is "too wide" for the hub, making the axle squeeze it onto the endcaps. Makes me question if this will shorten the fork lifespan.. And LOTS of paint left on the dropout
-Rear dropout had A LOT of paint where the hub sits, making it almost impossible to put the wheel in place (I know this is easily solvable during assembly, I'm just pointing out for clarity)
-One of the bottle cage screws came broken, NO IDEA how that could happen
-Front brake hose exit on fork leg is terribly shaped, will definetely need to be filed down
-And the WORST part: one of the sides of the bottom bracket is VERY hard to screw the BB into, it goes in normally for 2 or 3 turns, then gets VERY hard, and all I could do (since I didn't have the T47 tool) was go back and forth, progressing little by little in screwing the BB in, then I gave up and took it to my mechanic.

Will probably have some updates on the next few days, as he will be swaping frames using my parts (105 group and brakes and Elite ENT wheels)