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In our plan the rear shock is 210*55mm,with these changes will the shock size change or just have more room?
now we are change the design to make the frame can fit for the shock with big piggy bag.
Jeff I see you installed the suntour edge lor , how is it ? Any trouble with the bashing kit?
Thx
The length or RC will be 435mm.
the data is 450mm in the drawing because the drawing is for EMTB frame LCE971, the drawing of LCFS948 is no finished, so we have to use the old drawing to show it, EMTB request the longer RC.
On a related note, what do people recommend for removing the factory grease? I'm interested in finding the least nasty stuff that will do the job.
Keep the Spur, invest in a rear shock with remote lockout and some lightweight wheels with Berd spokes. I have Berd spoke wheels and in my opinion they are fantastic.
Hello Chinertown! Long time lerker first time poster. Anyway, I bought a frame directly from Flybike Asia (FBA) the other day and it showed up recently. I figured I'd post my build here.
I have a Carbonda CFR696 that I've been riding for about 3 years now and, as I understand it, is just a subsidiary of FBA; Anyway, the 696 has been an absolute tank with very little issues, so I decided to go on a climbing bike build journey. I reached out to FBA initially to buy direct and never received a response. About a year ago (Oct 21, 2022) I decided to try again and received a response from adam@hz-fb.cn. He was great to work with and very responsive. The final cost breakdown from FBA is as follows:
FRAME - $590.00
HEADSET - $15.00
SHIPPING - $190.00
PAYPAL - $35.00
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FINAL $830.00
Timeline was:
How did you buy directly from Flybike? i have been trying to get a hold of them for a a few days now and i have not been able to get a response back.
Sept 5th - Invoice Paid
Sept 21st - Frame is finished and images are sent to me for confirmation
Sept 26th - Fame is shipped with Fedex
Sept 29th - Frame is delivered, packaging in good shape.
Details of frame:
Flybike Asia FM906-D (light weight version)
Size 56
Bottom Bracket BB86
Weights
Frame: 970 (derailleur hangers, faceplates, bottle cage bolts, etc)
Fork: 470
Photos coming up next
I don't have one so take this as you wish. I know it says 27.5+ but it is actually a 29er frame, my experience with using these type of 27.5+ / 29er frames as that when you run them as 27.5+ the bb is too low and pedal strikes become an issue, particularly if you would normally be using 175mm cranks. Obviously dropping to 172.5 or even 170 mm does buy you a little more clearance but again, from my experience that is a compromise and pedal strikes still occur.
Dropping to traditional 27.5 wheels, even running 2.5s, is only going to drop the bb down lower still so I would not be recommending this.
Got some more stuff I forgot to post the past few weeks. Tubolight wheel inserts, Tubolight valves, Stans tire sealant, Shimano brake oil, Shimano brake fittings, Secret Chain wax, Sram foam grips, RYET 3D carbon Aircode saddle.
Had high hopes for the saddle but just isn't for me. It's nice and cushy but hurst my butt only after riding half a street block. Looks like for now I'm sticking with the Avocet O2 Air 40R I've had for almost 20 years.
XT F&R set is 574g at ~$225-250
LV2 F&R set is 413g at $265
So ~30% lighter at 10% higher cost. Seems promising if they can actually perform. And XT/XTR is a high bar to reach in terms of braking performance and, more importantly, reliability.
I have XT on all my bikes and love them. But I was recently toying with the idea of XTR or maybe even TS Piccolas (for no logical reason other than I want light and high performance) so these were compelling.
They responded to say that the pads are metallic and this is the shape (see attached image). I don't know off hand what style pad that is.
The price is $265 shipped to me in the US. They wanted to know if I wanted to be a vendor for them (not at this time).
