Mondince FM356 61mm tire clearance

Started by AngryBear, May 08, 2026, 03:22:36 PM

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xcelrec

Just did a ~4km test ride to bed in brakes etc. Rides great from first impression. Still have a bit of a chimney above the stem, due to playing around with the stack. Will probably leave the spacers how they are right now (20mm including headset topcap) and shorten the steerer. Running 2.4" Pirelli Scorpion XC RH atm. but I think I'll go down to 2.25" thunder burts for my normal riding.


frewster

The candy red looks fantastic in the light. Might have to do something similar with my next build.

ains

Quote from: xcelrec on September 06, 2026, 11:19:49 AM
Just did a ~4km test ride to bed in brakes etc. Rides great from first impression. Still have a bit of a chimney above the stem, due to playing around with the stack. Will probably leave the spacers how they are right now (20mm including headset topcap) and shorten the steerer. Running 2.4" Pirelli Scorpion XC RH atm. but I think I'll go down to 2.25" thunder burts for my normal riding.

Wow! Cool build! Could you measure and take pics of clearances between tire - fork, tire - seatstay, tire - chainstay plz, plz, plz🙏🙂

xcelrec

Quote from: ains on September 06, 2026, 12:57:15 PM
Wow! Cool build! Could you measure and take pics of clearances between tire - fork, tire - seatstay, tire - chainstay plz, plz, plz🙏🙂

I don't have a caliper at the moment. Measuring with an allen key, it's ~6mm each side on chainstay and seatstays the 8mm fits. Fork the 8mm also fits, plenty with the tire measuring ~61mm on 32mm inner width rims.

Matt P.

Quote from: xcelrec on September 06, 2026, 11:19:49 AM
Just did a ~4km test ride to bed in brakes etc. Rides great from first impression. Still have a bit of a chimney above the stem, due to playing around with the stack. Will probably leave the spacers how they are right now (20mm including headset topcap) and shorten the steerer. Running 2.4" Pirelli Scorpion XC RH atm. but I think I'll go down to 2.25" thunder burts for my normal riding.
Can you tell me what type of bars those are? I'm looking for something with short drop like this so my neck doesn't get mad at me.

xcelrec

Quote from: Matt P. on September 06, 2026, 02:33:27 PM
Can you tell me what type of bars those are? I'm looking for something with short drop like this so my neck doesn't get mad at me.

Sadly no 40cm available. https://aliexpress.com/item/1005006590376773.html

clayp

Quote from: xcelrec on September 06, 2026, 11:19:49 AM
Just did a ~4km test ride to bed in brakes etc. Rides great from first impression. Still have a bit of a chimney above the stem, due to playing around with the stack. Will probably leave the spacers how they are right now (20mm including headset topcap) and shorten the steerer. Running 2.4" Pirelli Scorpion XC RH atm. but I think I'll go down to 2.25" thunder burts for my normal riding.
Looks great! I was thinking of getting the 2.4" Scorpions once my frame arrives, too. What made you decide to go down to 2.25" Thunder Bursts instead?

xcelrec

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Quote from: clayp on September 06, 2026, 11:25:04 PM
Looks great! I was thinking of getting the 2.4" Scorpions once my frame arrives, too. What made you decide to go down to 2.25" Thunder Bursts instead?

We just don't have the terrain here, mostly flat / no elevation hard pack gravel with little bits of single trail. The scorpions have quite low rolling resistance though, so I'll see how I get on with them first.

Aerosoul

Great bike, stance looks awesome. How tall are you if I can ask? I have a L on order

ains

Quote from: xcelrec on September 06, 2026, 01:06:28 PM
I don't have a caliper at the moment. Measuring with an allen key, it's ~6mm each side on chainstay and seatstays the 8mm fits. Fork the 8mm also fits, plenty with the tire measuring ~61mm on 32mm inner width rims.

Thank you very much!👍👍👍

ains

Quote from: xcelrec on September 06, 2026, 11:19:49 AM
Just did a ~4km test ride to bed in brakes etc. Rides great from first impression. Still have a bit of a chimney above the stem, due to playing around with the stack. Will probably leave the spacers how they are right now (20mm including headset topcap) and shorten the steerer. Running 2.4" Pirelli Scorpion XC RH atm. but I think I'll go down to 2.25" thunder burts for my normal riding.

It would be cool if you could extract rubber inserts for luggage from the fork and take a pictures of fork without them to be able to see how they are made. I asked Mondince about it but they didn't make such pics.

xcelrec

Quote from: ains on September 08, 2026, 08:02:40 AM
It would be cool if you could extract rubber inserts for luggage from the fork and take a pictures of fork without them to be able to see how they are made. I asked Mondince about it but they didn't make such pics.

Yes because there's nothing special about this, it's a simple through-hole.

Quote from: Aerosoul on September 07, 2026, 11:18:57 AM
Great bike, stance looks awesome. How tall are you if I can ask? I have a L on order

176cm / 81cm inseam.

povilasand

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Is this frame capable to carry two water bottle cages with medium to large sized bidons?

warthog

I like the tyre clearance!
It is very high stack.

Backfisch

This look great. What do you guys think, could I also go for an L with 177/83? My current Giant Revolt in M has the saddle all the way up and I'm using a 35 degree stem, from the geo charts an L frame would come out to the exact measurement of my current bike.

Has anyone seen a hole where you could route a dynamo cable?