Welcome to Chinertown - Introduce Yourself!

[Carbon_Dude]

Welcome Karsten Horn! Must be getting pretty cold at your place by now.

[karstenhorn]

Welcome Karsten Horn! Must be getting pretty cold at your place by now.

Yes indeed and there is a big snowstorm going on outside as I write this

Anyway then I will have sufficient time to build the full suspension frame(CS-036) I just bought from Peter.

Kind regards
Karsten

[robway044]

  Hi guys!  The name is Rob!  I am on the fence about building my own full suspension Chiner-MTB, from an old GT Karakorum I've got laying around (upgraded to a better bike). This is my first DIY build, since being a kid building BMX bikes, and I'm looking forward to the satisfaction of saying I assembled it myself.  That is if and when it's running reliably.  Anyway, any and all advice will be well received and much appreciated!  Thanks for the add!

Rob

[Carbon_Dude]

Hi Rob, welcome to Chinertown!

Depending on how old your GT is, you may not be able to salvage many parts for the new build.  I suggest you create a spreadsheet and start listing your parts as well as cost to build the new FS bike.

[Giraffoto]

Hello everyone, and here I am introducing myself. I have a 29er with an aluminium frame at the moment, but have been planning for some time to swap the frame out for a carbon 29er - so this is a site just made for me!

[cmh]

Depending on how old your GT is, you may not be able to salvage many parts for the new build.  I suggest you create a spreadsheet and start listing your parts as well as cost to build the new FS bike.

Yeah, it used to be that if you were switching to a new frame, all you had to worry about were the parts along the seat tube - seat post/clamp, front derailleur, bottom bracket - but now with so many new standards, that's no longer the case. Knowing what you've got now would help understand what you could reuse.

[Maria Jiang]

Hey buddies,Maria here.Thank you &Glad you all built this forum and so happy to be part of it!  Thank you so much

[Carbon_Dude]

Welcome Maria.

[JohnSpeed]

Hello all! Just signed up but been browsing for a few weeks now. What a great resource this site is, glad to have stumbled on it from YouTube. Learned a lot and think my next ride will most definitely be a chiner. Been  wanting to go carbon for literally a decade but just couldn't justify the price considering my old Trek aluminum hard tail technically  still functions. Finally ready to upgrade a bit though and these prices on carbon frames and rims really make them an option for budget conscious guys like me!

Thanks again to the mods and admin for the site, it's been very helpful!

[Carbon_Dude]

Welcome John Speed, let us know if you have any questions when you are ready to build your new carbon bike!

[HarryS]

Hello everyone,

Im new here obviously but have been reading up (lurking) for a while. I learned a lot about these frames and it led to the purchase of a CS-057. I normally ride a Trek Remedy 27.5 but wanted something light for more XC oriented stuff and 24hour races.

Cheers,
Harry

[Carbon_Dude]

Welcome Harry, hope your experience purchasing the CS-057 from Peter was a good one.

When I built my -057 it weighed in at 19.5 lbs on the scale at the bike shop.  It's on the lighter side but still seems to be tough as nails, I've not had any problems with it so far in two years of riding it.  Today, there are several choices for a lighter weight frame but I've been very happy with the -057, I like the geometry better than my -036 even though it's the -036 I ride more since the trails around here are fairly rough.

[225]

Hey guys,

Looking to buy a Chiner. I would like a 12k gloss finish hard tail. Who makes the best frames for that?

This is my first MTB. I have a cross bike, but since I live in MTB Mecca, I might as well get one.

I'm in Asheville, NC.

[Carbon_Dude]

Go to www.xmcarbonspeed.com and look at the hard tails there.  Once you choose a frame, contact Peter and he will get you pricing.  While you are at it, I highly recommend getting bars, seat post, and carbon wheels if you building a new bike.  From Peter's website, it looks like if you spend more than $750 the PayPal fee is lowered to 1.5% instead of the usual 4%.

[225]

Go to www.xmcarbonspeed.com and look at the hard tails there.  Once you choose a frame, contact Peter and he will get you pricing.  While you are at it, I highly recommend getting bars, seat post, and carbon wheels if you building a new bike.  From Peter's website, it looks like if you spend more than $750 the PayPal fee is lowered to 1.5% instead of the usual 4%.

Thanks, I'll email him right now.