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Re: Welcome to Chinertown - Introduce Yourself! Hey,

My name is Izzy and I'm from Israel.
I didn't ride a bike for prob 15 years but returned riding for a year now.
I've built an hard-tail with a frame from china (BXT, Ali-express), and looking to build a full-sus setup next,
I likely can get away with my XC on most of the trails near me, but I'm hoping that a slack full-sus trail bike will give me the safety/confidence/courage boost that I need.
I mainly built my bike for the fun of it (and even laced my wheels (and keep truing them every now and then cuz I prob did a crappy job :P)), but I guess I actually can save a nice amount considering bikes are kinda pricy in my country and one can avoid paying some taxes by buying parts from aliexpress/ebay
February 27, 2021, 03:28:53 PM 		1
Re: FM1002 / FM1166 - 150mm frame
Quote from: deucelee on November 02, 2021, 10:50:56 PM
Any updates? Shredder?

Got it :D, I still have some work to do on it so I've been riding only in the city for now (when it will be trail ready i will post some nice pics with with the trail view)

So far it feels absolutely great,
but I'm not a bike expert and it is my first full-sus, modern geo bike,
I pedal with the shock open and don't really notice it (maybe i just set it to be too firm (~25% sag))
even tho i set my handle bar way to high it climbs better than my smaller hardtail prob because the sit, feels more inwards
the sitting position feels comfortable (i did around 90Km so far) but that can change when i will adjust the handle bar height
the only downside is my tires rolling resistance (2.5 and 2.4 DHF/DHR) which is a drag in the city :P
November 03, 2021, 02:48:26 AM 		1
Re: FM1002 / FM1166 - 150mm frame Finally went to the trails so here some pictures of the final build, it better at everything compared to my hardtail (especially the climbs maybe because the 41mm offset fork) I wonder how it compares to other bikes, I need to ask people on the trail to give some features a try using my bike I think, someone climbed something that looked like a 80cm vertical rock on his bike..
November 26, 2021, 07:49:03 AM 		7
Re: FM1002 / FM1166 - 150mm frame
Quote from: FlaMtnBkr on December 12, 2021, 11:13:11 PM
On the lower trunnion shock mount, are there bearings or bushings there? The bolts look similar to other pivot points that contain bearings so I'm curious. The shock shouldn't move much in relation to the frame at the bottom mount, but will move some so I'm hoping they have done something to accommodate the movement.

I want to buy this frame as I'm in need of one, but I'm a bit skittish as the owner of an unrideable AM831...

Yeah it contains bearings I took a pic, I've no idea if they have done anything to accommodate that, any ideas on how to check?

Quote from: FullCarbonAlchemist on December 11, 2021, 02:14:57 PM
1002 owners, have you been happy with your shock tunes? Many of you have DPX2s or Super Deluxes fitted that I’d assume are the stock aftermarket Medium tune….

If I go with a 1002 frame I want to get the suspension right on the first try, so I’m hoping to benefit from the experience of those who’ve already tested this on the trails. Any info related to shock tuning on the 1002 would be much appeciated!

I just put the rebound in the middle and the sag on around 25%, I don't really know what im doing and don't really feel the difference :P (for the fork I just used rockshox's site - https://trailhead.rockshox.com/en/)

Quote from: endo.alley on December 19, 2021, 04:36:01 PM
Yeah agreed. There just is not enough good feedback on the completed bikes for many of these frames. If the chainstays and seatstays on these bikes are under engineered and flexy, going to a Horst link configuration connected to a vertical pivot link isn't necessarily going to fix it.

If you want you can tellk me how to test these things and I will
December 20, 2021, 02:20:55 PM 		1