I did not see anything posted about this frame while searching. YES I did search but was not sure if this was posted under a different name. Does anyone have any feedback on this frame. I am going to email them about it today and see what they come back with. Mostly interested in the stem.
Thoughts.
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I don’t understand, how did they cram the bladder in there? 
If you like and want it get it. Don’t listen to anyone else. Get the geometry if you can and see if it will
Remotely fit you. It looks clean and if you have the components to finish it then go ahead. Don’t ask for thoughts!
I thought the purpose of a discussion board is so people can share their thoughts. that stem is interesting. If you find anything out from them, let us know. I haven’t had the best luck getting much info out of Hong fu or feng fu in the past.
I want there to be discussion on this frame as it is interesting to me and I thought it would be for others as well.
Pretty blatant copy.
It’s interesting to me that it has a standard single bolt brake caliper mount on the fork but what appears to be a twin post TRP-style mount under the BB. FWIW, I hate those twin post TRP-style brakes, especially the side-pull versions. I would suggest using a center pull if possible with that frame design.
Another potential issue is the seatpost clamp. Tightening those bolts effectively pulls them away from the frame. People have had issues with genuine Shivs pulling the threaded part out of the frame. If that is an issue for a manufacturer like Speshulized, I imagine it would be even more of an issue for a manufacturer with relatively poorer quality control and so on.
Check out Hongfu’s Facebook page. They’ve just posted a few pictures of their new TM6 TT frameset.
Gimme dat TM6!
I put 20k miles on a $400 hong fu frame before it got turned into a commuter. I would have no problem buying another.
Mine was $415, but I also did 16,000 miles on it. Hongfu does a good job, but the bikes lack subtlety in ride feel.
meh…doesn’t rank on the flattery meter unless it has a brand name on it…not that I’m keeping score or anything
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that stem look like the monolink stem of orbea. i would be scare of this and want more details. orbea as had major issue with the stem dropping on riders and they never found a fix…
hope this one is better. i like the reminder of the frame…they make decent bike for the price…
I will most likely change out the stem to the TriRig newer stem as I like that design better. I believe that this stem is a 90mm stem as so is the Tririg stem. Just need a reply on price for the frame.
that stem look like the monolink stem of orbea. i would be scare of this and want more details. orbea as had major issue with the stem dropping on riders and they never found a fix…
hope this one is better. i like the reminder of the frame…they make decent bike for the price…
It’s actually the exact same stem on the Falco V. I haven’t read through that thread so I don’t know if there are any issues with it on that bike. I found the stem for sale separately (labelled as 75mm but is actually 80mm - I think they have other lengths too) & it looks solid so far. I haven’t ridden with it yet.
well, i just had a look at the Hongfu TM6… wow… that is very good for a no name bike. i will pick that one first!!!
So how does one purchase a Hongfu? Directly off their web site? Some of the Chinese frames sell on Ebay, but I don’t see Hongfu, though I all I did was search on the company name.
So how does one purchase a Hongfu? Directly off their web site? Some of the Chinese frames sell on Ebay, but I don’t see Hongfu, though I all I did was search on the company name.
I´m in the same situation than you.
I found a Facebook profile, but i don´t know if it is correct…
https://www.facebook.com/HongFuSports
I sent a message but they didn´t answer…
i’m all for saving money. what troubles me about these bikes are the space between bikes made in china, or taiwan in an older era, versus bikes made in the orient after having been engineered in the U.S., quality controlled at the point of manufacturing by U.S. agents, tested repeatedly in the U.S. according to CPSC and other industry standards, subject to CPSC and other recall rules, warranted according U.S. (or canadian, or european) brand sensibilities, and so forth.
entropy results when you don’t pump energy into the system. QC, testing, brand accountability, etc., is the energy pumped into the system. i don’t buy dog food or any constituent dog foods “sub assemblies” from china. some stuff i either won’t buy from china, or won’t buy it without very intrusive engineering, testing and QC from a western brand.
that’s just me. you decide for yourself what’s best for you. me, i would probably rather buy a fairly late model, lightly used, name brand bike on the secondary market if i did not want to spend the money for a new, high end superbike. or i’d go for a model downstream. i’d buy frames and parts nearer the end of their “cycle”, that is, i’d by force 22 now instead of red 22, or ultegra instead of Di2 electronic, or a frame that’s 3 years old and has been downstreamed.
somebody’s going to post to this thread and say, “of course slowman is saying this, he’s protecting his advertising revenue.” think what you want. just, the further we go into the future the fewer and fewer of our readers know that in another life i was a bike manufacturer and i’ve done the asian rodeo and, frankly, there is a very, very different sense of accountability and work ethic there than there is in a western country. i remember watching a news report on a rice farmer complaining about the local manufacturing plant poisoning his rice, so that he could not feed it to his children. so what did he do with the rice he grows? “we send it to another part of china.” that’s entropy, chinese style.
The frame looks pretty sweet and the stem looks very interesting…the stem could probably be very useful for an AGer who may use his bike for different Tri distances or just multi-use in general.
The thing that stands out most to me, being a Shiv owner, is that the seat post clamp is identical to my Shivs. These seatpost clamps have been notorious for stripping out. Specialized is good on their warranty and have been replacing the frames however, it would be much more difficult to get a replacement through a Chinese brand. I got no problem ordering a Chinese frame as long as everything looks sound…the seatpost clamp does not look sound.
I just received an email from Hongfu about the pricing.
FM376+FK376+SP376+ST376:$668(frame+fork+seatpost+stem)
headset:$15