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Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
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Been eyeing this forum and frame for awhile. Curious if anyone has purchased the xfusion rear shock mentioned as an option from Carbonda. Price? Model? How does it perform? I'm guessing it's the standard 165x40? Thanks!

Bought a frame a week or so ago, was told that the x-fusion shock was no longer in stock.
September 30, 2021, 10:47:20 AM 		1
Re: Welcome to Chinertown - Introduce Yourself! Hi, Nik in Glasgow Uk.

Just received a FM936 and really looking forward to building it and riding it.

I was directed to this forum from Singletrackworld.com where I've been a long term member. This is such a good place to get advice about what's good, what's not, and more importantly how well issues get dealt with.

cheers all.
October 08, 2021, 03:19:59 AM 		3
Re: Chinese Carbon 29er Pic Thread. My FM986.



apologies for blurry photo, and partly broken garden etc...I'll get better pics soon when out on it.

built from stuff transferred off the main xc hardtail. it's quite a mix.

Sid forks, non boost 120mm solo air, well, I say SID. Sid crown and internals, Reba 15mm lowers. 46mm offset
sidLuxe rear, manual lockout as I was sent the wrong one and can't be bothered sending it back to spain!

RF Aeffect cranks, Unite 34T chainring, XT 10 spd rear mech, SRAM GX 11 speed gripshift, 11-36 10 spd cassette, think it's a SLX. Chain is a clarks self lubricating, which as far as I can tell just means it's slotted.
Xt M785 brakes, 180F shimano 6 bolt rotor, 160R 6 bolt rotor
wheels are:
Front, novatec on DT x392 with a mix of ACI DB and Dt DB spokes, as that's what I had at the time. green alloy nipples...
Rear, Bitex 106R centrelock hub, 142x12 with Mt Zoom boost adapter, ACI DB spokes on Stans Crest rim.

Nobby nic tyres, both 2.25.

Bontrager Rhythm Elite seatpost, Selle San Marco SKN saltire edition saddle. cheap green seat clamp
Token headset
load of spacers from my shed.
Sunline 70mm stem
Niner carbon flat bars 720mm x 8deg
Odi Longneck grips.

cheap purple bell.

probably weighs about 24-25lb, havent got the scales out yet.
Quick up and down the road and it rides very light, accelerates quick despite being quite active.

not a pimp build, but a functional one.

October 11, 2021, 10:13:32 AM 		5
Onirii M2 and M4 hydraulic disc brakes Saw that these are now on Aliexpress.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004315008249.html

and

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004314866410.html

saw a few on here were interested.

they do look very nice, and reasonably priced too.
June 01, 2022, 08:00:36 AM 		1
Re: Onirii M2 and M4 hydraulic disc brakes Just pressed buy on a set of the Zrace ones as they're about £20 cheaper than the Onirii branded.

will update when they arrive!
June 02, 2022, 04:54:11 AM 		1
Re: Onirii M2 and M4 hydraulic disc brakes the 4 pot pads look very similar to Hope E4 pads, see: https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/nukeproof-hope-tech-3-e4-mtb-disc-brake-pads/rp-prod175496
June 14, 2022, 09:15:04 AM 		2
Re: Spcycle hardtail M028 Well, it arrived a week ago and I managed to get it built up over the weekend, and ridden a little. it's the XL, 21", measures up 20.25" centre BB to top of seat tube.

Bought via aliexpress, ordered 29th April, but ordered it painted so expected a bit more of a delay. finally delivered 13th June, though it should have been a few days before but parcelforce in the UK are rubbish.
I was a bit late getting it built as it needed a boost chainring. Thought I may get away without, as I have with a few boost frames, but no, non boost hits the chainstay. Even with boost there's only a couple of mm clearance when running a 34T, wouldn't want to go bigger/oval, but think the recommended max for the frame is 32T anyway. This also means that the boost wheel adapters for 142 wheels doesn't really work that well and the chain drops when on the large sprocket. Normally not a problem, just use another spacer on the disc, move both axle spacers over to disc side and re-dish, that is unless you have the centrelock boost adapter, like me, then you can't shift the disc over any further :-/ it'll need a proper boost wheel then....

Anyway, not a bling build, all parts I've had on various bikes over the years. mostly XT, mix of 10 speed cassette, 11 speed mech, and 11 speed sram gripshift, manitou minute's at 120mm that need a reshim as they're set to a very basic trail damping (one of the great things about ABS+ damper is tunability)

Rides like a bike. short stays are a bonus, makes it easy to lift up and over things. Relatively roomy, have a 80mm stem in there, but will play about with different ones to see what works best. Steering with the 120mm forks is quite neutral, though I'll need to see what it's like once I've fettled the forks a bit more to give me a little more support.
Broke a couple of strava PR's, on descents and traverses, so pretty capable. I've not got the legs to better some of my climbing PR's, but it's quick all round and feels solid under power. ;-)
June 23, 2022, 03:49:15 AM 		6
Re: Onirii M2 and M4 hydraulic disc brakes They arrived today, and my, they are pretty.

ordered on the 2nd June, so 22 days to the door (UK)

They came in a air pocket pack, no box, but all fine and no damage.

front came fully bled and set up, rear came with the caliper attached to the hose, and the lever separate, plus a bag of gubbins.

they'll go on my tame trails bike, less chance of me killing myself if they fail. 

I'll update when I've got them fitted.
June 24, 2022, 07:24:09 AM 		4
Re: Onirii M2 and M4 hydraulic disc brakes Finally got round to fitting them a few days ago, after a bout of illness has stopped me going out.

So not used in anger yet, but I thought I'd give a few details on how it's gone.

Firstly, they come set up front left hand. which, being British is all wrong for me. First thing to do was swap the levers.

This was as easy as it is with any brake. 8mm spanner at the lever, undo, pull out hose, swap round and luckily no need for a new olive.

The hose is fairly flexible, but doesn't seem to need, nor come with, a barbed end reinforcing thingamy.

Now, I said the separate lever and caliper and hose didn't come filled. that was wrong. the lever has a screw in cap in the end with 10mm spanner flats. the hose has a small screw with a rubber seal to seal the end. fitting is a doddle. cut to length, remove caps and screw, fit lever rubber cap, screw thread compression bit and olive. pop it all together and nip it up.

in theory you shouldn't need to bleed it. however I will. I say will, as the bleed nipples are not a size I've got. the caliper end is M3 (I think), the lever end is M5. I have a multi size kit coming, so I'll update on ease of bleed and exact sizes.

Fitting the calipers to the bike is easy, as you'd expect. The levers are easy enough, it's a similar type setup as avid/sram used, a wrap around clamp with a bolt that runs through the lever but it's worth noting that the edges of the clamp are quite sharp, so watch those carbon bars and make sure the bolt is undone more than needed when adjusting the angle of the lever.
The lever fixing bolt is a torx, couldn't say exactly which size, a T20 sort of fits, but is slack. T25 doesn't fit. it's like a t23, if that was even a size. fairly typical for chinese bolts to be a more vague size than expected. it is steel though, and you do need to give it a bit more effort to close the clamp. I'm going to look for replacements fairly quickly.

Back to the calipers, the pads on the X2 are shimano G04/G03 size. The stock pads look cheaper than anything I've seen before. I swapped them out with a set of used pads from my SLX/XT brakes to give them a try.

Aligning the calipers is easy, but for my bike needed a little fine tuning as they run close to the rotor.

first 'up and down the road' brake test was a little underwhelming. modulation was good, but ultimate power seemed to taper off a little. Now, I'm 90kg (give or take a few portions of cheesecake) and run a 180 rotor up front and 160 at the back, so figured maybe that was it. Then they started to squeal...and squeal.

so, back to the workshop to remove the glazing from the pads and clean them up.

decided to go with new pads instead of the well used ones, just to give the brakes a fair trial.

bought new resin pads, didn't want to risk the additional heat build up from sintered, even though they are my preferred in shimano brakes. Cleaned up the rotors with brake cleaner, cleaned up the caliper pistons, just to make sure there was no oil in there too, a light sanding of the new pads prior to fitting and out I go for a couple of road hill reps to bed the pads in.

immediately different from the near outset.

Modulation is on par with my shimano's, albeit the final bite comes a little longer in, but ultimate power had me endoing down the hill, even with my butt hanging off the back of the saddle. All pretty controllable too, had a couple of nice nose rollers balanced, to my surprise.

The lever feels firm to use, little flex in the lever and only a bit in the lever body on the bar. It has enough shape not to be too narrow and not to wide. it reminds me of the feel of my old Hope Mono Mini's, but with more bite.

ultimate proof will be in the longer riding though, but so far, I'm hopeful (no pun intended)

:-)
July 04, 2022, 05:55:50 AM 		5
Re: Carbon handlebar - Surly Corner Bar style saw these, looks very interesting. still a bit pricey though.


July 05, 2022, 03:38:34 AM 		1