Carbonda fm936 Thoughts

[casual_build]

Other than a few grams what the difference between the light and super light frame?

I'm 5'9" and 200 lb's. I don't care if the super light frame is 200 grams lighter if it isn't as strong.

Pardon if this question had been asked before. I did query to see if it was answered and didn't find anything.

Thanks in advance for any answer....

That's the only difference.  A little different carbon, prob T800 on the superlight vs T700 on the standard I'd guess.

 

I asked Carbonda when I bought mine in July 2020. Adam said the superlight uses a different layer construction and different materials. They have the same strength.

It's been over a year since I bought mine, but a couple people had defects with the non-superlight frame. One in the headset mount and another in the rear shock mount, iirc.

[Lovewookie]

mine arrived yesterday. Bang on 2 weeks from postage notification to my doorstep in Scotland. Unboxed it this morning at it looks great.

heard others comment about the shock hardware being a bit rubbish. The upper steel pin looks solid enough, the trunnion bolts look OK too. guess the proof will be when I bolt it all up.

Should I check the linkage pivots or are they generally OK? (I'll be checking torque anyway, so may undo and put a bit of pritt stick loctite (248) on them)

[JvanJ]

nice bike,  can you share the size and your height?, still trying to decide between S/M

I have a height of about 187-189 cm. The size of the frame is XL. I use stem 60mm. steerer tube about fork  217mm.

[carbonazza]

Should I check the linkage pivots or are they generally OK?

Pour some thread locker, I didn't and lost one screw this summer.

[Arno Knell]

Short summary after five month with my Carbonda FM936:
4033 Kilometer
101093 Meter altitude difference
No issue
I am absolutely satisfied with this Bike

[ilyamaksimov]

Short summary after five month with my Carbonda FM936:
4033 Kilometer
101093 Meter altitude difference
No issue
I am absolutely satisfied with this Bike

my chainstay cracked after 3700 km and 42 km uphill I'm waiting for new ones under warranty.

[carbonazza]

my chainstay cracked after 3700 km and 42 km uphill I'm waiting for new ones under warranty.

Do you jump, high drops or other funny things with the bike ? 
Good to know that Carbonda keep remaining behind their products.

[ilyamaksimov]

Do you jump, high drops or other funny things with the bike ? 
Good to know that Carbonda keep remaining behind their products.

just ride cross country

I saw the crack by accident, the frame did not show itself in any way, if I had not seen it I would have traveled further without knowing about it. I conclude that the frame has a huge margin of safety

but sometimes there is a marriage that carbond works out, which is great

[PrincessZeeeeta]

marriage

Those russians It's defect

[carbonazza]

Those russians It's defect

What ?!? Marriage and defect are synonyms in Russian    ...

[PrincessZeeeeta]

What ?!? Marriage and defect are synonyms in Russian    ...

Literally one word lol

[emu26]

my chainstay cracked after 3700 km and 42 km uphill I'm waiting for new ones under warranty.

Did you have to cut through the frame before they would agree to warranty?

[ilyamaksimov]

Did you have to cut through the frame before they would agree to warranty?

it was like this

[emu26]

it was like this

That is pretty bloody good customer service right there. Just how long have you had the frame, time wise, not km's?

I spent months arguing with Felt over a cracked frame which they eventually denied.  fortunately for me I'm Aussie so as soon as I mentioned Department of Fair Trading to Wiggle they offered me a choice of two different frames.

[ilyamaksimov]

That is pretty bloody good customer service right there. Just how long have you had the frame, time wise, not km's?

I spent months arguing with Felt over a cracked frame which they eventually denied.  fortunately for me I'm Aussie so as soon as I mentioned Department of Fair Trading to Wiggle they offered me a choice of two different frames.

I ride this frame with November 2020