That should even work with a OneUp V2 210mm.

If my diagram is correct, you'll have about 330mm of space between saddle clamp and seat clamp. The 210mm OneUp V2 will stick out about 60mm and has a stack height of 33mm, so 320 - 60 - 33 = 227mm possible dropper travel. The OneUp is pretty compact though, so a different brand might give you a lot less.

Nice to see someone running one with a Topaz! I’ll be able to offer some tuning tips once I’ve got my initial mixed wheel build done (March, probably). I already run DVO on my current bike and am really happy with the performance.

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.

My large frame arrived today in perfect condition, nicely packaged. I’ll start my own build thread soon but will have a few questions for the general thread first.

Starting with: I’d been planning to start with a solid post to get my height dialed before installing a dropper but am hesitant to remove the dropper cable guide.

Any suggestions on how to handle that? I was thinking about leaving it in place and placing the far end of the guide inside the solid post for now.

I won’t really be doing any real rides like that, just pedaling in the driveway to dial in the height —
And even that probably won’t happen for weeks, we’re pretty snowbound in Maine right now.

Can anyone who owns this frame tell me about how it climbs. I want to build an enduro-ish bike to take out to asheville but I live in charlotte and the trails are a lot less gnarly so Im wondering how this frame does on hard climbs and slow tech features.

Hi

Did anyone used this bike hard for some time and can give a verdict about the quality? Me and some friends bought FM 936 for 1 year ago and they have been holding on quite good, some problems with the bolts to the shock but noting major.  But xc is one thing and enduro and bikepark is quite another game, do i dare to buy this bike for hardcore thrashing?

Regards

Mikael