Hello, I'm Ted from Virginia.
I've been following the Chinese carbon thread on the MTBR forum for a couple years, toying with upgrading my aluminum hardtail (2010 Gary Fisher X-Cal) to carbon. Eventually decided to build up a FS (from a lightly used Devinci Atlas Carbon I found
), and intended to keep the hardtail for a backup, gravel roads or lighter duty, or just a change of pace.
Well, my hardtail was involved in a rear end collision, and now I have some insurance money to get a new frame. I've been looking at the FM057 for a while, but am also interested in the newer ones like the CS-041 and the Dengfu FM218. I'll be reading and posting about these in the near future!
Cheers,
Ted