Carbonda FM909

[Colt__Seavers]

New light weight XC fully frame 100/100 travel coming up.
Available from June 2021 the earliest.
http://www.carbonda.com/mountain/full-suspension/130.html

[adroitrider]

Pretty much the same geometry as the 936. I like the two water bottle mounts.

[carbonazza]

Pretty much the same geometry as the 936. I like the two water bottle mounts.

That is a clear advantage of having the shock horizontal, instead of vertical.
Are there any others? Weight of the pivot? Better anti squat?
Or disadvantages?

[wfl3]

Very easy access to the shock controls even w/o a remote.


Looks like it could be a little brother to my Fezarri Signal Peak, but with bigger brother geo.   ;-)

[Zipper85]

beautiful .... price?

[numberzero]

This is from another thread

Carbonda introduced new model FM 909 on their website. Lighter frame, comparable geometry and different shock mount.

Received following reply:

Thanks for your inquiry.
This is the new model for 2021 year.
United price 950USD/pcs
And 1st batch should be done on May or June.
The best regards!
Adam

If you look at carbonda website there is only one version aka the superlight.
It's a bit expensive compared to the normal version of fm936 which has the same geometry but you gain 250 grams and 1 slot for bottle cage.
If you consider the cost of shipping and a shock it's nearly the price of a good sale on a branded frame

[Vipassana]

We going to start a group buy? I'm in.

[adroitrider]

That is a clear advantage of having the shock horizontal, instead of vertical.
Are there any others? Weight of the pivot? Better anti squat?
Or disadvantages?

Cable routing looks cleaner. I find it hard to clean the 936 under/behind the shock.

The ISG tabs are interesting. I don't find them necessary for my riding but some may.

It looks like an Epic while the 936 looks like a Spark.

[wfl3]

IMO those 2 bolt ISG tabs are good for chain retention devices only, not for bash guards.  Look like they'd break off easily if used for bash protection.


I haven't been able to see exactly where the cables transfer from the front triangle to the rear stays?  I hate the under the BB design, housing exposed under there always gets knackered eventually and all the ones I've seen so far also eat into the carbon shell down there from the suspension movement. 

[QuentinLL]

It looks like Flybike FM1206 that is claimed to 1950g normal and 1650g (!!) super light
http://www.flybike-asia.com/product/179.html

[carbonazza]

It looks like Flybike FM1206 that is claimed to 1950g normal and 1650g (!!) super light
http://www.flybike-asia.com/product/179.html

Yeah... we discovered few months ago where Carbonda get their nice frames from
Flybike seems B2B only.
Still unsure if going direct with Flybike will not be more pains than gains, than through Carbonda service(paint, more shipping options, QC before shipping,...).
Well... @PappaZ was quite successful with it recently: http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,3028.msg24692.html

[theirishrider]

AHHHH they're not the manufacturer? wow, make it more surprising that their website is not great!

[QuentinLL]

Yeah... we discovered few months ago where Carbonda get their nice frames from
Flybike seems B2B only.
Still unsure if going direct with Flybike will not be more pains than gains, than through Carbonda service(paint, more shipping options, QC before shipping,...).
Well... @PappaZ was quite successful with it recently: http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,3028.msg24692.html

Ah okay :-)
Flybike say SL 1 650g and carbonda 1 750g, who's right ? 

[ilyamaksimov]

Ah okay :-)
Flybike say SL 1 650g and carbonda 1 750g, who's right ? 

1650 without paint and 1750 with paint;)

[carbonazza]

AHHHH they're not the manufacturer? wow, make it more surprising that their website is not great!

Well it is not that clear as usual when you try to know where frames are really coming from.
@Sissypants who seems living there or well connected, said something like Carbonda had a good engineering team, that they were designing/making molds, etc.

As long as they provide great frames and keep their excellent service, we don't really need a nice web site
Flybike's site is quite impressive though.