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Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame The SL7 compression part and decent bearings fixed all the issues i had. Did a few very hard gravel races with it, its holding up fine
June 03, 2024, 07:58:28 AM 		1
Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
Quote from: mattbchiner on June 27, 2024, 10:41:47 PM
I received my frame about one month after ordering.

First impressions were pretty good. Exterior - matte black paint. Definitely some overspray on the fork where the bearing interfaces. Haven't checked clearance/final fit yet.

Two of the riv nuts for bottle / top mounts are spinning in the carbon layup - so I can't really use them unless I somehow fix them from the inside (with some resin? will be tough to do).

I used a borescope to check out the insides - looks ok but I'm no engineer. Definitely some strands flying around in there.

The headset cups and bottom bracket cups look... slightly atrocious. But I think it will work ok.

Very interesting. I'm not sure it would pass the Hambini sniff test  ;D

This vid from LT might help with this problem?
June 27, 2024, 10:55:38 PM 		1
Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
Quote from: mattbchiner on June 27, 2024, 10:41:47 PM
Two of the riv nuts for bottle / top mounts are spinning in the carbon layup - so I can't really use them unless I somehow fix them from the inside (with some resin? will be tough to do).

I had this problem on my MTB frame. Just tightening the rivnuts did the trick. But you will probably crack the paint around the rivnut and of course have the risk of cracking the carbon. I had already written off the frame so I was willing to take the risk.

Edit: Just looked at your pictures. Those rivnuts look like they have not been tightened enough. The upper one looks barely expanded...
June 28, 2024, 01:24:54 AM 		1
Re: Airwolf YFR068 - 2023 Gravel Frame
Quote from: mattbchiner on June 27, 2024, 10:41:47 PM
I received my frame about one month after ordering.

First impressions were pretty good. Exterior - matte black paint. Definitely some overspray on the fork where the bearing interfaces. Haven't checked clearance/final fit yet.

Two of the riv nuts for bottle / top mounts are spinning in the carbon layup - so I can't really use them unless I somehow fix them from the inside (with some resin? will be tough to do).

I used a borescope to check out the insides - looks ok but I'm no engineer. Definitely some strands flying around in there.

The headset cups and bottom bracket cups look... slightly atrocious. But I think it will work ok.

Get one of these, and you should be able to fix that loose rivet nut yourself. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005501747655.html
July 05, 2024, 07:20:37 AM 		1