How are your bikes coming along? hoping for some feedback....
Cheers

They are in transit, I'll let you know.

It is not common that Hambini makes a extremely positive review of a frame.
The ICAN A22 passed the test with flying colors.

I guess they knew what they were doing, and extra machined the BB, the brake mounts, etc...
But in any case, I never worked with them, but will try for sure in the future.

The new geometry is Long slack low.
Longer reach.
Slacker head tube (and fork)
Lower BB.

I moved from years of 29er hardtails with 90mm, 100mm forks to an FM936.
The big changes are the above geometry, a full suspension and a dropper post.
And 10kg of bike instead of ~8.

I have much more fun now, especially on descents.
Harsh climbs are easier too, with suspension always fully open.
And not being as beaten up after long rides is priceless.
Especially for multi days events.

...That just shouldn't happen.

Welcome in the world of single-use Chinese bolts 
We should list all the bolts, and find reliable alternative ones.
I've ordered a bolt kit, and will measure them when they arrive.

Sorry if this has been asked before but thoughts on normal vs superlight?
 
what did you choose. carbon layup better on the superlight?

I was on a quest for a super light bike, so shedding some grams on everything is a must.
Otherwise it is probably not worth the cost.

And then a daylight photo of the colour. Artificial light makes it appear almost black.

I'm jealous, this is exactly the blue I wanted ( like TREK bikes ) and got a purple one instead 

Then he did a video of the first ride where he really dislikes it. His conclusion is that it's the worst bike he has ever ridden
Even if a frame looks good, a "chiner" will never have the ride feeling of branded engineered frame.

Two issues at the same time, he took a Trifox, and he's probably not reading chinertown 

I would be careful with elita. I have exactly this design with more material around the screwing for my gravel. For this usage it works very nice, also i am flyweight.  But there are a lot complains about broken Elita seatposts. Although this is referring mostly to the design with less carbon on the clamping.

Thanks for the information.
I did notice some wear of my Elita seatpost on a Canyon Ultimate where the inner clamping presses.
And changed it. I will check more regularly that part then.