Finished my bike this weekend. And made one ride so far and ... I really like the bike.
So far no problems with the FD. Everything is very smooth.
The 30mm hookless wheel set gives a lot of grip. First ride I had 2 bar into the wheel set. To test if there where any leaks. The sealant have to do some work, they wheel set is not completely sealed yet. Ridden once my aluminium bike with 2 bar pressure in the tyres and that wasn't really good voor my back. With the carbon bike, the shocks are well absorbed. Going to ride tomorrow with lower air pressure.

My steer is 68 cm now, which is 3 cm shorter than before. And this is very noticeable. In loose sand it's a little bit difficult to keep track. But I will have to get used to it.

A little disadvantage is the internal cables. When riding on a bumpy trail, I can hear the cables bumping in the frame.

Nice bike, dude! Very beautiful !

Brute force 

Hi Joe,

Nice to have you here.
I suppose you're looking for a new 29er with a Chinese frame as basis.

Tell us more:
- what mtb are you currently riding?
- how long are you?
- do you want a hard tail or full suspension?

Please before asking everything, take a look to all these topic in this forum. There's a lot of information.
And then make up your mind and ask !

Running it 1x is not an option.

But it cannot going up and then going down to act like a top pull. That is not possible. There is no bolt or something to hook up.

Found one guy who's riding the bike with 3x10. Got the same problem, but replaced the plastic pipe with an aluminium one.

I'm searching all over the internet, but didn't find a solution. And Peter told me it's not a design failure.

It's a Shimano FD-M785-E2 XT Front Derailleur 2x10 (E-Type). It's a dual pull, can be used as bottom pull or as top pull.

This FD is the one that fits on the direct mount of the frame. I don't know if there are different versions of the FD-M785-E2. I thought this is the only FD that fits this frame by using the direct mount.

Finally started with the build of my bike.

Now I'm on a point where I've got doubts.

I'm using a direct mount FD. When I'm looking to the position of the cable on the FD. I've got my concerns about the durability. The angle of the cable is to sharp ime.  I think it will damage the exit hose/pipe in no time.

Do I something wrong? Do I forget something ?

Maybe a bandana is the solution for you ? Are you bald ? Or very few hair ?