The D-Shaped tube plus the flexible handlebars provided by Taiwan glory (tom) seems somewhat of a safety concern. It's definitely possible to make the stem slip. Takes a bit of force but its possible.

Quote from: BIFO17 on March 28, 2026, 11:10:06 AM
Il faut poncer l'intérieur du pivot pour qu'il soit rugueux. Tu peux en plus mettre un bout de papier de verre enroulé sur l'expandeur , ce qui renforcera l'adhérence.

It went from bad to worse. It snapped off and got stuck on the inside of the steerer. I was able to get it out but it's broken now anyway. So I need to by a new one. Do you know of a western brand that will fit or can i just get one from factor?

The plug is proving to be a bit of a problem. Ive seen people have bought replacments but cant find a link anywhere. Done some searching but not sure which will fit. Can someone point me in the right direction pretty please :)n

Thank you, yes they can torque to 5nm I went higher and it still would slip. But looking closer there is no gap and I don't think the stem can close enough so I've sanded down the in-between parts and its holding now.

I have another problem now the expansion plug is coming loose once installed. the steerer cut isn't 100% level so going to try level that off hopefully that helps. The plug looks really flimsy though.

Has anyone had issues with the stem slipping on the steerer tube. Im able to move the handle bars if I apply a lot of force

Quote from: datfrog on February 27, 2026, 12:37:11 AM
For those of you with the decals over the clearcoat. Polar had issues with the under-clear decals, to the point where they wouldn't ship my bike. It sounded like the curing, or heat, from the curing process was melting or otherwise deforming the decals. They said it was under control in late Jan, but I haven't heard back from them since. Polar is the only one who has proven to ship a quality frame with the under-coat decals on a V2, IIRC.

Mine is currently getting wrapped so hopefully the heat from that doesn't deform them.

Quote from: brembilla on February 22, 2026, 03:25:10 AM
Taiwan Glory = Yoho. They are one one in the same. TG is on Ali and Yoho is a website but the rep is the same Tom. These are the only pictures I have on hand but I will take more pictures up close at the paint in the morning.

@brembilla what saddle do you have looks like the shape I use but looking for a 3d printed one

Quote from: brembilla on February 22, 2026, 07:42:26 PM
Some pictures of the chipped decals, which took little to no effort to do. @BIFO17, hate to burst your bubble but the decal alignment on both of our seatposts seem exactly the same, which are both off from the original by ~20-30 degrees (real ostro pics for reference). Your paint does look a lot more purple than mine, which I wish mine was.

@bikemainie5 The Airia wheels are great. Took nearly 5 months from pre-ordering to arrive, but they are bombproof. Crashed on them twice and they just needed a little truing before being good to go again. At 1180 grams for steel spokes and a 25/31.5 rim profile, couldn't be happier. Not sure if a sub 1kg carbon spoked wheel would survive 2 big crashes like these did.

Nice I ordered mind and they said they would ship in 2 week. I checked a month later and they said lol we've not even started making them yet and we are going on holiday for basically a month XD. As long as they are good wheels I dont mind

Yeah im gonna wrap mine seems like the only solution just dont want to make the bike look tacky. Do you have the film on in those photos I cant see it

on mine the UCI decal is the only one under the clear coat. I wonder if its because the reflective decals wouldn't be as effective at reflecting light if they were under the clearcoat.

I've also bought those light bicycle wheel still waiting on them are they any good?

mine are definitely not under the clear coat. I was able to scratch a bit of the decal off with my fingernail didn't even try that hard.

Quote from: brembilla on February 20, 2026, 11:07:30 AM
Yeah mine are over the clearcoat. Just accidentally chipped a piece off trying to check for you 😂.

That's mad they done that the decals are gonna rub off in a few months. I dont know why they would go through the effort of what looks to be a great frame and ruin it with putting removable stickers on. It beggars belief XD

my frame arrived from Tom and there's no clear coat over the decals. Is this normal?

Quote from: brembilla on February 13, 2026, 12:21:16 AM
yea

Thanks

Is this essentially the t47a?