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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: May 17, 2026, 12:35:54 PM »
Quote from: h0use on May 09, 2026, 10:51:54 AM

Proper looking bike! In the end I ordered from Yoho, but opted for a SL8 instead. 1 more week before they ship it out. Hopefully the quality is going to be good.

It's a nice frame as well, good luck with the shipment  :)

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: May 17, 2026, 12:32:37 PM »
Took the bicycle for a test ride, man this rides nice, smoother than my Venge, but still feels stiff.

Installation was fairly easy in comparison with the Venge, only the bb is a pita without the correct tools.

Here's a photo, I'll remove some spacers in time.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: May 09, 2026, 09:39:29 AM »
Quote from: brembilla on May 08, 2026, 01:56:53 PM
Looks great. Good luck with the build; hope all your threads are clean and aligned 😂. Only downside is that paintjob is a dead giveaway because it was only offered on the V1 if you care about being called out.

Thx, I don't care about being called out, I just wanted a nice looking colour which I was sure of that they wouldn't fuck up  ;)
Liked thé clear Carbon as well, but there are enough black/dark frames on thé Roads here already.

Fyi, my venge has a colour that they don't sell over here and never been called out, even by an ex pro who has riden on specialized bicycles... None the less, when I get complements I always say it's a chinalized, so now it Will be a fagina?  8)

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: May 08, 2026, 12:18:19 PM »
Received te frame from yohobike, took about 1 month after first payment, 660eur total with payment directly to them. Frame looks well made, smooth finish inside unlike my venge from 2020, which Is still ride.

Frame is a 56 and weighs 1139 grams with all screws and derailleurhanger attached + di2 battery holder.  Fork 505 grams with two screws attached, seatpost 198 grams and handlebar 38mm 90mm weighs 349 grams.

Now waiting for bb tool to install it. Installed a wheel to see if it's symmetrical, seems good.  8)

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: April 19, 2026, 10:36:20 AM »
Quote from: h0use on April 15, 2026, 09:52:30 AM
Is Yoho still the best store to buy these in?

I've ordered a frame a couple of weeks ago, should arrive beginning of May I think.
I'll keep you posted.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: November 05, 2025, 01:51:39 PM »
Nice frames guys, thinking about getting me a clear coat 56frame as well somewhere next year, gonna use my 105di2 group as well so hope to be around the same weight.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New Tantan Seraph X71 - Replica Factor Ostro VAM V2 (UDH)
« on: October 20, 2025, 02:09:52 PM »
Quote from: Vincent57 on September 30, 2025, 01:55:24 PM
Heya!

I'll do picture time tomorrow

No issues with udh, replaced it with some I had, same old issue.
With some basic trigonometry I determined that i needed to displace hole 0.9mm further up.

Gravity will keep the wheel in place, although i have to fill the ovalized space for rigidity.

Everything is back in place straight et than ever. UDH hole was too low. Tolerance was over the moon. Hambini would've cried.

Thanks for ideas and suggestions.

Waiting for Seraph reply, holidays incoming.

Can you share pics of how you actually solved this issue?  :)

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: October 19, 2025, 12:32:06 PM »
not everybody is a native English speaker ;) yeah I guess the tolerances are shit, but since these bikes are made in a mold, seems the problem should be searched elsewhere, no? Or else, everybody would have this problem?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: October 18, 2025, 02:26:51 AM »
Here's how he solved it:

No issues with udh, replaced it with some I had, same old issue.
With some basic trigonometry I determined that i needed to displace hole 0.9mm further up.

Gravity will keep the wheel in place, although i have to fill the ovalized space for rigidity.

Everything is back in place straight et than ever. UDH hole was too low. Tolerance was over the moon. Hambini would've cried.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: October 17, 2025, 03:42:15 PM »
Quote from: bdyck on October 17, 2025, 11:58:51 AM
An update on the frame I received from RK Ultra/FC carbon:

I started my build and realized that I might have a problem with the frame. I've tried three different wheels just to rule that out and I have the same problem with all of them. The rear triangle seems misaligned from the rest of the frame. When I put the rear wheel in, it sits off to the right and at an angle. Is it possible I'm missing something here or is the frame really that out of alignment? Any opinions/advice are welcomed. I contacted the seller and I'll see what they say...

Otherwise everything seems mostly ok, they forgot to send me a 7x9 clamp for the seatpost which they sent out very quickly after, and the logo on the non-drive side of the seatpost is tilted the wrong way. I'll include a picture of this too.

Vincent had the same problem in the TanTan topic: https://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,6275.90.html

after I told him to check the end-caps on the wheels and the UDH hanger, he got is solved. According to him, it was the UDH hanger..

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New Tantan Seraph X71 - Replica Factor Ostro VAM V2 (UDH)
« on: September 30, 2025, 01:16:25 PM »
Quote from: Vincent57 on September 30, 2025, 12:04:50 PM
Thanks for the reply and for the suggestion!

I've been through 3 wheels (proven ones) and switched from driveside to disk side. All wheels have a good center (checked with "parapluie" tool (in french))
The wheel (and only i can see it, no camera even my 300mm zoom can capture it)
Is tilted. It's doing an "x" with the front one.

Thanks again, but no dice sadly  ;D

Could there he a problem with the UDH?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: New Tantan Seraph X71 - Replica Factor Ostro VAM V2 (UDH)
« on: September 30, 2025, 11:21:06 AM »
Didn't you just switch the endcaps of your rear wheel?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Replica Factor Ostro VAM
« on: September 24, 2025, 03:39:27 PM »
Yeah, just use a cheap AE bb, did the same for my replica Venge. Need to replace it once a year though (bb of +- 15eur)

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Best TPU tube brand
« on: September 15, 2025, 02:43:30 PM »
Quote from: OralMaster on September 07, 2025, 10:52:29 PM
how did it worked out for you? the orange meroca tpu tubes were the best i ever had, almost zero pressure lost in 1 week.

To be honest, I think I lost about 1 bar in a week after 13 hours of riding. A bit more than with butyl before, but normally I always add a bit of pressure before every ride, now I didn't, just to check.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Best TPU tube brand
« on: September 07, 2025, 06:58:37 AM »
Quote from: -Tarantula- on September 04, 2025, 01:45:18 PM
Received my 5 Meroca tpu tubes today, orange, 80mm valve, paid 2,39 per piece, 28g. Will try them tomorrow.

Did the plug Streets of Mesen (from the Gent Wevelgem classic) which has lots of small stones, also a bit of gravel with my roadbike and these tpu tubes, No flats. So they are not more vulnerable than butyl tubes imho, all depends on the tire (continental gp 28mm zit thé moment)

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