I may be crazy, but looking at the flip chip, do you have it set to the larger position? From the picture TanTan sent me, it looked like the flip supported 200 or 210.

I believe the pic of the 200/210 flip chip is from the FM08 frame, not the FM10. The FM10 flip chip is unlabeled.   The 200 is the max length shock that will fit, any longer and the seat stay arch will contact the seat tube.

Thanks. The tire has a good inch, or maybe 7/8 if I really jammed it into the bottom out bumper. But I'm running 27.5 plus tires, it would be a half inch closer with 29ers.  The only reason I worry about the spacing at 200mm is rebound over jumps or drops. I sure don't want it to make contact. I just hope that too out bumper doesn't have much give.

Going purely by the clearances I see in real life, I'm inclined to agree that 205 is probably a mistake.  The 200 is scary tight as it is.

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Clearance is RAZOR thin with a 210 shock and the flip chip in the 210 position. No room for error.

Ruh roh, sounds like my 205 is not going to work here. I may get creative, or just get another shock

Pics look great, frame looks beautiful. You're making me antsy for mine to get here! I'm in Boston by the way, not sure where on the east coast you are but if you're close, it'd be fun to compare frames to see how QC is from their factory.

Sorry, I misspoke before.  I have a 200x56 shock stuffed in there, and I'm not sure you can fit the 205.  I spent too much time in the Hightower Group Purchase thread and got my shocks confused.  The FM10 has the 200mm eye to eye. 

If you haven't ordered yet, I'm wondering if TanTan could simply drill the air can mounting holes up 5mm for you?  Or maybe I'm simply misjudging how much wiggle room there really is.  I mean, they did claim 185-205, right?  Next time I pull  the shock, Ill make a more conscious effort to see if you can squeeze that extra 5mm, but my initial gut reaction is that it probably wont fit.

I'm down on Wrong Island, so its a good 6 hour trip to boston.  I occasionally ride upstate NY, but never really in new england.  I do have a couple buddies that have houses in NH and are always offering me a chance to ride up there, but thats not necessarily close either.  But if I happen to be up your way, Ill shoot you a message.

First minor difficulty.  I couldn't pull one of the trunnion bolts out of the plastic shock brace they use for shipping.  It just spun and spun.  Had to drill through the other side bolt hole and tap it out with a long screwdriver.  Not a huge deal, but took a while.   If that's my only hurdle, Ill be very pleased.

As for the shock hardware, it comes with two piece hardware on the shaft side (stepped ala manitou style).  Then on the air chamber side, it has two spacers so you can use the standard 22mm hardware of your choosing.  You dont need need either the 54mm or 40mm hardware kits, though the 40 is probably better than what it comes with.  I may also go for a 22mm ABI roller bearing on the air can side.  But for now, this is working.   Clearance is RAZOR thin with a 200 shock and the flip chip in the 200 position. No room for error.  Probably only 2mm clearance before the arch hits the seat tube.  But a miss by a mm is as good as a kilometer, to paraphrase the saying from freedom units.

Also, the frame came with TWO axles.  Not quite sure why, they seem to be the same.

Moving along.

This is like Christmas morning

Brown Santa (the uniform) has yet to arrive.

Sorry mate, us badgering you must only make it feel longer.

No, no worries at all.  Its arrived at the local UPS warehouse.  Hopefully being loaded onto a truck right now.  Ill post pics the moment the frame arrives.  Usually around 5pm EST if its gonna make it here today.