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Re: FM1002 / FM1166 - 150mm frame
That 830 looks interesting too. It does, on paper, but as some of the folks affected by the 831 situation have pointed out, there’s an extra risk in trusting a company that would bring such a flawed product to market without adequate field testing, and then charge $200+shipping for a “fix” that itself still appears to be fatally flawed. The 830 *looks* like it wouldn’t suffer from the same problems, but with no field testing, we can’t be sure…and a dual-link swingarm bike puts lots of strain on the links’ bearings so it wouldn’t take much of a design flaw to cause issues with flex, bearing damage etc. Don’t get me wrong, I’m extremely tempted by the 830 myself and would rather have one than a relatively generic 4-bar with an upside down shock. But I’m doing an unbranded frame build because I’m on a tight budget — not because I have the leeway to try all over again with a second frame because the first was a lemon. December 18, 2021, 01:52:45 PM |
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Re: Carbonda FM909
someone already had the same problem, so I did not buy an axle from carbonda. I order genuine DT Swiss with good size. I wonder if the FM1002/1002 take the same axles as the 909; I’d assume all their 148 axles are the same. If that’s correct, I should probably ask what model (thread length/pitch) of DT Swiss axle you bought. I’m looking for a bolt type but it would be good to know exactly what I need regardless of the brand and type. January 02, 2022, 12:42:08 PM |
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Hardcore hardtails
Hardcore hardtails with legit progressive geometry have been hard to find in the carbon category, from what I’ve read on those sections of the forum. I was browsing AliExpress and noticed a store with several titanium models, some of which look quite progressive: PYTITANS Official Store https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0KeCPE I assume we’d be hard pressed to find someone here who’s actually owned one, but figured they might be of interest to people looking for these kinds of frames. They clearly market some of their products as analogues to branded bikes: two different hardcore hardtails are marketed as “Kona ST” and another is marketed as having the same geometry as a Linskey. That definitely earns an eyebrow raise, but doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t legit. January 05, 2022, 07:46:45 PM |
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Re: Hardcore hardtails
Here are the two versions marketed as Kona ST analogues, there’s also one that seems to be less “hardcore” marketed as a Santa Cruz Chameleon analogue: January 05, 2022, 07:49:52 PM |
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Re: Cheap hardtail...Spcycle SP-M05 vs Airwolf YFM026?
Be careful of dealing with Airwolf — if you buy from them just assume zero post sale support. There are a number of unfortunate stories on here and also the usual general forums like MTBR/Pinkbike.
January 11, 2022, 01:00:58 PM |
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Re: FM1002 / FM1166 - 150mm frame
I will be running Dvo Onyx and Topaz on my mixed wheel build! Will be good to have some to talk to about setups with, never been on Dvo rear shock before but love my Onyx. How long did it take after you ordered for your frame to ship? I ordered on Dec. 29th and am still waiting… As for suspension, I think you’ll really like a Topaz with this bike. The ability to fine tune the very bottom and very top of the travel via the positive and negative spacers, plus being able to tune damper support (bladder pressure) separately from the air spring should be perfect for a bike with kinematics like this. I’m expecting to put 2-3 spacers in the positive to compensate for the regressive dip after 140mm of travel, and zero in the negative since the rest of the travel is nicely progressive. Bladder pressure should be able to stay low (175-180 I’d guess) since leverage is reasonable and the linkage has good anti-squat. I’ll definitely be posting updates to those thoughts when I can actually test the bike out, but it’s going to be a slow build process so that might be a couple of months away. I’m also going to test out over-stroking the frame, as I got a 205x65 Topaz. If 163mm travel is too much and the seat stay bridge hits the seat tube, I have a 2.5mm travel spacer to cut that to 156. Figured folks here will be interested to know how that works out. January 13, 2022, 01:03:12 PM |
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Re: Chinese forks
IMO suspension is one of the areas you should be most cautious about cutting corners. A midrange Suntour is pretty much the best value out there. I’d make sure to get one of their spring backed IFP models (like the Auron or Durolux), but pretty much anything above the XC32 level is going to hugely outperform any of those generic forks and be much more reliable/safer out on the trail. With a lot of those other forks, if you blow them out — and it’s a distinct possibility that you will — that’s pretty much all she wrote. The vast majority of LBSes can’t or won’t work on them. January 15, 2022, 11:15:53 PM |
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Re: Carbonda FM909
Inelegant phrasing. I should have said “not *as* common” as they seem to be in the open-mold world. Same mistake in a few of my comments in this thread about flex stays, for example I had been meaning to say flex stays are used more in XC/downcountry bikes than gravity ones so I don’t follow that segment of the market very closely and my impressions could be wrong. It came out sounding like the opposite, apparently. January 17, 2022, 07:30:17 PM |
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Re: Titanium Gravel bike: PYTitans build thread
FYI I can't see any of your pictures. When i click, i downloads it and my viewer can't display it. I get the same problem. They all load as blank pages. January 20, 2022, 10:31:28 AM |
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Re: FM1002 / FM1166 - 150mm frame
That’s pretty much what mine will look like but with blue lowers and different parts, so this is nice to see!
January 22, 2022, 03:40:15 AM |
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