Hello Kim

I'm located in the northern most part of Denmark(Jutland) and mainly riding in that area - I have yet to take the bike for a test ride as the weather have been really bad the last few days with snow, hail and rain. I don't want my first ride to be too muddy/wet.

I will give a good feedback here when I have something to share

Karsten

Honestly I can follow you regarding the 1x11 setup but I need a 42 back and a no bigger than 27 in the front to climb the long steep sandy hills around here and at the same time racing some fast Enduro sections with 30+ km/h - I cannot see how I could manage that without some crazy 120+ on the pedals

Regarding the chain issues, the chainrings are brand new same as the chain and the testing was done with the chain in a straight line in order to eliminate chainline issues. To be honest I did not even consider the chain itself but that was the only part that I had a spare one and it turned out to be a good idea, not too impressed with the SRAM combo to be honest.... I hope that XX will be better than X9 or I will change for a XTR setup.

The last couple of days I have been "fighting" my front dérailleur, no matter what I did the chain would jump off the big cog when shifting up. The dérailleur was adjusted exactly to specs as stated by SRAM but no matter what I did, every third shift it would end up like this:











Right now its a X9 groupset with a FSA Comet 386 chainset and a SRAM 1031 chain, all brand new stuff and only the X9 front dérailleur bought separately. As stated above, no matter what I did it would throw off the chain almost every time I shifted up and as I'm a big 50+ guy (220 pounds) the 1 x 11 setup is not an option 

Well well, today I took an old worn Shimano 10 speed chain for the hell of it and bingo, it now shifts perfectly and no issues at all. I guess that I will stick to Shimano chains in the future.......

BTW this front front dérailleur fits perfectly on an CS-036 from Peter(not too impressed by the fact that I could not get any help from him what so ever) but if he reads along here he can advice future buyers if needed - front dérailleur:

Btw here is a few random pictures of today's build, stem/handlebar and rims are interim until I get my permanent stuff.

As you all can see, I got "inspired" by somebody else colour scheme here 

I think you need a direct mount front derailleur like the E-type (E2) of Shimano. Be aware, there're two models (S2 and S3). I don't have a  036, but my 256 has these types and on the picture ot hte 036 it looks like the same system. In my topic about my IP-256 there's some information about these two models....

Thanks for your feedback, it is indeed very much appreciated. I do find it a little strange that Peter is selling a frame and don't know what FD's that will fit. Did you get more experience using the SRAM FD? I mean, with the lining of the cable on the Shimano E2 type, it looks like a matter of time before I will either break the inner cable or it will cut through the frame exit I do plan on a X0/X9 setup, so a SRAM FD will be perfect.

Yet again thanks

Karsten

Hello all

First of all thanks for providing this huge amount of good info, making it so much easier to choose a good Chinese vendor when in marked for a new MTB. I have just ordered a CS-036 from Peter and I'm presently collecting the few bits and pieces that I'm missing for this build. As I will use a 2 x 10 SRAM X9/X0 gear group, I would like to get a good suggestion of a front dérailleur that will fit the frame? There are so many different 2 x 10 shifters from SRAM and I'm unsure witch one that will fit the frame. Also, I have a tapered Manitou Tower fork and was looking for some advice on a quality headset that will fit.

Thanks in advance and kind regards from Denmark

Karsten

Hello

Thanks for providing this huge amount of good information. I have been riding MTB's for 15 years and in the market for a full suspension carbon frame. I'm from Denmark but have been riding trails all around Europe and mostly focusing on Enduro riding as well as XC.

Kind regards

Karsten Horn