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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Chinese floating rotors
« on: July 28, 2020, 10:03:13 AM »
I briefly tested these in 180 front 160 rear https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32835654025.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.59bb6c37nc7f5I

My experience is very bad.
I had not a constant sensation in the brake lever, all like the thickness of the disc was not equal. I also had the feeling that the disc was not rigid enough.
Came back the avid centerline very fast!

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: July 28, 2020, 04:13:58 AM »
Quote from: Colt__Seavers on July 28, 2020, 12:13:17 AM
Learned that putting a 44mm fork on 51mm designed frames of certain bikes makes you feel going over the bar the whole time.
It's probably true with a 71/70° head angle and short wheelbase bikes not with fm936 geometry.

As said by Zdrenka89 it depends of your preference.
Basically short offset gives more stable direction at high speed while long offset gives more manoeuvrable bikes at slow speed for tight corners.

With the fm936 i'll go with short offset to suit the DNA of the bike, if you mainly ride around trees at 5 or 10 mph it's not the ideal geometry anyway ;)

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: July 20, 2020, 04:11:11 AM »
Quote from: adroitrider on July 18, 2020, 09:38:29 PM
5. Geometry posted is likely not quite accurate (all frames)

What do you mean, as far as i checked, dimensions are right.
Do you have more precise informations if all frames are concerned?

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29er / Re: ceccotti 29er HT
« on: June 25, 2020, 09:49:31 AM »
I already saw this frame somewhere, it should be comfortable with the thin seatstays.
I won't go more than 120mm fork not to slacken the seat tube too much, for 250 euro i get a brand new reba few years ago...

Why not going 32 holes rims if you're an heavy rider? no weight penalty and probably a bit safer.
They are many wheels builders, with novatec hub, bladed cn spoke, you can end up with 600-700 euros set if you are low on money.

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: March 25, 2020, 01:41:35 PM »
Quote from: Happybiker on March 25, 2020, 02:40:48 AM
If anyone is interested I saw the tune ID on the Stevens Jura is very similar, looks like they tried slinger stroke shock.

2020 Factory Series Float Trunnion
2020, FLOAT DPS, F-S, K, Remote Down, Trunnion, Evol LV, PTU, Stevens, Jura Team, 165, 45, 0.4 Spacer, DCM, DRM, CMF, Orange Logo
Do not put a 165x45 on the fm936, i said it before the maximum is 165x42,5 confirmed by carbonda!

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: March 23, 2020, 02:50:39 AM »
I meant the other screw the one supposed to go in the thing you pictured ;)

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: March 22, 2020, 09:20:25 AM »
You can replace the left screw by a steel one.
Something like that with the correct dimensions https://www.aliexpress.com/i/32779413095.html

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: February 12, 2020, 03:26:44 AM »
About shock size :

165x42,5 fits, you have a few millimeters space between seatstays arch and seat tube.

165x45 doesn't fit, at full travel the arch is touching the seat tube.

All these informations were confirmed to me by carbonda.

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: February 06, 2020, 12:13:14 PM »
Pinkbike has written a short test of the twin brother, the NSbikes Synonym.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/ns-bikes-synonym-tr1-review.html

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: January 04, 2020, 06:55:42 AM »
Quote from: sissypants on January 03, 2020, 11:56:41 AM
I really like the rear triangle that NS Bikes has tooled through Carbonda and will see what Carbonda says about licensing issues, tooling costs, etc.

Stevens still hasn't come out with their bike. Do you think they killed the project after NS went live with the Synonym?

About ns bikes i found this when trying to find reviews of their bike : https://mtb-xc.pl/2019/07/04/rower-gorski-z-przyszlosci-ns-bikes-synonym-2020/
This is what a guy probably in touch with NS said :
"Szymon Kobyliński (7Anna):

The bike was indeed designed and developed 100% by NS Bikes, but we allowed several companies to use our front triangle to reduce costs (carbon forms are extremely expensive, and here we have as many as 4 sizes). So in the future there will be several bikes with similar geometry. But the rear, suspension, rocker etc. are unique to NS Bikes."

Probably stevens has not made enough testing to lauch their now.

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: December 18, 2019, 10:50:13 AM »


This is the clearance with 42.5mm shock


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Thanks, so it works

Quote from: maettu99 on December 17, 2019, 07:42:49 AM
Am I wrong or do I see a manual Lockout on this picture.

If you don't use a remote which is what I would like to do, how difficult is it to reach the lockout lever at the bottom while riding?

Thanks!
It's depends if you are flexible or not, have a good balance or not. There's always a risk to ride one-handed with awkward position and the lever is small you can move the rebond by accident too.
Definitely if you want to race go for a handlebar remote or don't change shock setup.

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: December 11, 2019, 02:08:58 AM »
It seems something scratched your frame and the bolt too, probably just paint.
Can you check with no pressure in your shock if you can take full travel without contact issue between rear and seattube?

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: December 07, 2019, 11:08:09 AM »
Carbonda advise me to stick to the 165x40 shock as mentionned in the updated geometry chart.
With 165x45 when you bottom out the shock the arch between seatstays comes in contact with seattube.
Even if i rode like that and my frame still intact, there's a potential risk.
I think with 42,5 stroke there's no contact, i will check.

Carbonda said me at the moment they won't modify the rear triangle.

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29er / Re: Chinese Santa Cruz
« on: December 04, 2019, 10:10:59 AM »
Quote from: bruto on December 04, 2019, 07:09:58 AM
You would have a pretty hard time trying to flex a solid rear triangle like that ;)
the lower link is backwards, hugging the down tube and its rear pivot is obscured by the rear triangle, but the drawing shows where it is
http://www.apexcreative.com.tw/files/CF7-213_GK.jpg
Did you have the frame in hand or did you see what's supposed to be hidden?
I can only imagine something like the yeti suspension with an eccentric or the updated switch infinity system.

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29er / Re: Chinese Santa Cruz
« on: December 04, 2019, 05:26:12 AM »
Quote from: bruto on December 03, 2019, 09:31:07 AM
for the record, this is VPP too: https://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/Crazy-Bike-Tech-from-Taichung-Bike-Week,12690/550-Open-Mold-Trail-Bike-Frame,134304/sspomer,2
and is 2 years old now
also sold for 600 by http://www.ltbikes.com/product/100.html
or more, if you want it with a shock and branded: https://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/Crazy-Bike-Tech-from-Taichung-Bike-Week,12690/DaBomb-27-5-Trail-Bike,134257/sspomer,2

This thing is a single pivot design based on a flexing rear triangle.
On a VPP there is an additionnal link between rear and front.

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