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Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
I've been riding a 42.5 mm stroke shock on my size L frame since March. Plenty of clearance with the shock bottomed out, never had any contact between the seat stay brace and seat tube. Not even any semblance of worry that it might happen, because it won't. Same here. While I don't have a ton of mileage on the bike yet I've been riding this bike hard with a 42.5mm shock. Natural, non-groomed terrain. I took a good size drop on my ride this morning and there is not a hint of contact between the seat stay brace and the seat tube. There are several people in this long thread using 42.5 with zero issues. If someone is actually having seat stay brace and seat tube contact at bottom out with this size shock then that's an anomaly. Still, official spec from Carbonda DOES list 165x40mm. July 24, 2020, 12:44:03 PM |
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Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
I've been riding a 42.5 mm stroke shock on my size L frame since March. Plenty of clearance with the shock bottomed out, never had any contact between the seat stay brace and seat tube. Not even any semblance of worry that it might happen, because it won't. Just like a said earlier...lot of hypothetical shit...in real world zero issues after riding endoro en even a bike park with big jumps and botteming out! This bike gives lots of convidence 
July 24, 2020, 01:16:32 PM |
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Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
Wow, watching that all I could think was why in the world is it covered in road base gravel, that makes any corner super sketchy. Then the guy crashed. Maybe it's there for erosion control, don't know. But no way I would want to ride that. I just rode the boulderdash to lava flow trail last weekend on my carbonda with 42.5 mm shock. No issues. July 24, 2020, 08:15:03 PM |
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Chinese floating rotors
Has anyone been running Chinese disc brake rotors? How have they done and how do they compare to others? Just ordered some ZTTO 203/180. (https://a.aliexpress.com/_dUKUdCL ) They look awfully similar to these https://www.uberbikecomponents.com/category/482/Radiator-Disc-Brake-Rotors, which have many good reviews. I suppose anything will be an upgrade over my RT54s 
July 25, 2020, 12:40:20 AM |
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Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
Sure. It looks pretty much like all the others in the thread, but here it is: July 25, 2020, 01:30:48 PM |
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Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
The color on my bike was done by me, it's all vinyl. I wanted to try wrapping the bike instead of paint. I don't know that I would do it again, it shows wear more and to replace is a bit difficult. I'll just paint next time. The decal on the downtube is basically an old nickname of mine, it's fun to get confused looks from people asking about a brand they've never heard of. Crankset is the Shimano MT-900 with an AB oval 32 tooth ring. Rest of the drivetrain is 8100 XT and Magura MT5 brakes. July 26, 2020, 11:27:56 AM |
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Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
It is 3M 2080, the gloss blue metallic. I also did use 3M VViVid clear vinyl over the top in certain spots - downtube, outsides of rear triangle, back side of seat tube, etc. I washed the frame with soap and water, then went over the areas the film was to be applied with rubbing alcohol. The problem areas have been on the top of the top tube where the headset cover sits, all that twisting motion has bubbled/bunched it up and it looks like garbage, so if you cover the top tube cut it short of the headset area. Also the inside of the rear triangle. Whether it is the constant dynamic forces or the constant abuse from dirt/rocks/mud/water, etc., it just isn't handling it well. It is peeling back in spots and just looks like crap up close. It's also not strong at all, a few little scrapes in the vinyl along the top tube, even from leaning it against a tree. So, either cover it all with the thicker clear stuff that is made to handle abuse, or just paint it and then cover the paint. Replacing the colored vinyl will mean I have to peel off the clear stuff in the areas where it covers the color and then peel off the color. Not worth it unless I am ready to just do it all over again. It looked really nice at first, but started showing wear pretty quick, and here we are ~4.5 months from completing the bike and it doesn't look good at all up close. Live and learn. Everything covered in the VViVid still looks really nice. But that stuff is made for abuse. July 27, 2020, 12:09:22 PM |
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Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
Fork offset is a sutble difference and these types are more than likely not designed around a single offset. Its more about preference. I went with a 44mm offset SID fork (build still in progress, so i cant tell you how it rides) and i can see that falls in line with brand name manufacutures. Specialized and Cannondale also spec similar bikes with 44mm. July 28, 2020, 01:30:26 AM |
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Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
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 
July 28, 2020, 04:13:58 AM |
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Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
Yeah I'm going for the 44mm offset SID select too. Also, pretty cool feature with the SID is to change from 100 to 120 or visa versa it seems you only need a 40euro air shaft change. I shipped with DHL, do you know if Carbonda will update me with the tracking number once they ship it? Thanks  July 28, 2020, 06:02:06 AM |
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