Carbonda fm936 Thoughts

[Birdy79]

Anybody in contact with Adam lately? I contacted him after Chinese New year, but no reply so far....

I had requested a quote through Carbonda's site late last month. My contact/seller was not Adam but Maria.
Emailed back and forth for two weeks and always received a prompt reply. Last week completed the order Normal with BSA BB, size M, candy red and gray decals.

[carbonazza]

The worst part is probably knowing the damn thing would have been on your doorstop 6 months ago if you'd just accepted a BB92 from the get-go. Dang!

It will be good for the bearings experience.
My two friends got a BSA frame.
We'll ride in the same mud with our DUB spindles.
If there's a difference it'll be quick to show up.

[zorinena]

Here is my build..First bike build ever... easier after i got all the parts / tools, but still took much longer than expected ( Fork and dropper post took 5 months to come due to backorder ). Just need to reduce size of cables / cut steerer tube )and having some issues with the derailleur goes to 11-12 gears..

10.5 kg.. total weight, cost about $4K

I am just compiling the parts list.. will post the link. Thanks for all the folks who helped.. several of you went over and above to help me put the bike together..

[RobertRinAustin]

Looks great.  Really like the color.

[reddi]

Here is my build

Nice!
I'm curious to see your parts list. So i can figure out what makes mine that much heavier (11,5 kg)  .

[wfl3]

Nice!
I'm curious to see your parts list. So i can figure out what makes mine that much heavier (11,5 kg)  .

It's likely gonna be a lot of slightly lighter parts that all add up to that bigger difference. Some areas are cheaper to lighten than others, but overall it can get spendy.

My FM936 is now up to 10.1kg ready to ride with 120mm fork, power meter, 125mm dropper, pedals, cage, wireless speed sensor, computer mount.

It was 9.7kg with the 100mm fork, no power meter and some lighter bars

[carbonazza]

Looks great.  Really like the color.

I was thinking the same. I love the blue fading to black.
yeah... it gets depressing how long it takes to get parts now.

@zorinena, I think the Barzo should be in front and the Mezcal in the back.
You need a more grippy front, and a more rolling rear.

[Vipassana]

It's likely gonna be a lot of slightly lighter parts that all add up to that bigger difference. Some areas are cheaper to lighten than others, but overall it can get spendy.

My FM936 is now up to 10.1kg ready to ride with 120mm fork, power meter, 125mm dropper, pedals, cage, wireless speed sensor, computer mount.

It was 9.7kg with the 100mm fork, no power meter and some lighter bars

This interests me greatly (weight).  I would be very happy to hit 10kg or less with a dropper.  I current ride a ~9.3 kg hardtail and have become a big fan of ultra light bikes. 

I'm glad to see it can be done with this frame. I'm still waiting for component supply chain issues to resolve and if I want the FM936 or FM909 before I start my build.  It's not going to be cheap...

I'll be looking at your posts carefully.

How are you liking it so far?

[hahel]

Hi All,

Anyone know if there exists a ShadowPlus/directmount hanger thats fits this frame?
I'm running shimano gears, and in theory a shadow plus hanger sounds like a good idea and i'm curios to try it out.

[QuentinLL]

This interests me greatly (weight).  I would be very happy to hit 10kg or less with a dropper.  I current ride a ~9.3 kg hardtail and have become a big fan of ultra light bikes. 

I'm glad to see it can be done with this frame. I'm still waiting for component supply chain issues to resolve and if I want the FM936 or FM909 before I start my build.  It's not going to be cheap...

I'll be looking at your posts carefully.

How are you liking it so far?

It is hard and expensive to hit 9,7kg for 120mm with dropper but possible.
Some parts can still be optimised (saddle, dropper, derailleur, handlebar, expander... 9,5kg might be possible. Even less with Trickstuff brakes)

[Andreas_SWE]

Hi everyone!
Thank you for all the great info I've got from here regarding this frame.
Yesterday I received my own and ordered it without paint.
It was delivered matt black like many else here.
I did this because the paint delivered by Carbonda seems to be quite bad according to some here.
I'm going to leave the frame to one of my frieds how is a professional Auto painter and the question is if we can use normal 2-k paint or shall there be any special paint?
How has people here done it?

[Jotegr]

Normal 2k paint is fine. The important bit is going to be using the right primer. Something that's good for the epoxy in the carbon but other than that you should be fine. If your buddy does automotive stuff then he should have some access to an appropriate carbon primer and then be good to go beyond that.

[KiwiKev]

Was just over at Ican Bikes looking at their S24/FM909 and see that they have a new 2021 frame S3 which looks like the front of the FM936 with the rear of the FM1001... geo chart is identical to FM936 and shock travel of 100mm with 165*40 shock - weighs slightly more due to chainstay pivots (true 4-bar Horst link) and beefed up seat stays due to not being flex stays. Available as a complete bike (with carbon wheels) as well as bare frame.
https://icancycling.com/blogs/articles/full-suspension-xc-bike
https://icancycling.com/collections/mtb-frame/products/xc-full-suspension-mtb-bike-frame-s3

[impmonkey]

Frame is painted and shipping soon!

[RobertRinAustin]

Great color.