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Re: Carbonda FM909 I am really astonished about some statements..

Did you ever see something finished just in time? Development usually  has delay. Of course it's sad to wait. But currently the world is far away from normal. Besides Corona China suffers from a big lack of electricity.. did you know that? It's hard to produce something when you have no power to run the machines.

Also the 707 frame was postponed several times. Now the first owners are already using their bikes. The 909 will come to us. It just takes time. Unfortunately longer than expected. But this is the same story if you order a complete bike, that is not standing around already.

The 100$ predeposit is kind of fair deal. For other goods you have to make a much bigger predeposit ...
October 31, 2021, 08:10:14 AM 		3
Re: Carbonda FM909 There are some good news from my order.
Seemingly my frame has already come to life.
I got the information from Katie that it will be painted next week. 
 :) Yes i am excited. Although I don't think it will be here before January.
November 03, 2021, 06:41:33 AM 		3
Re: Carbonda FM909
Quote from: federic000 on November 03, 2021, 08:38:17 AM
We want to know everything! Color scheme, decals, picture of frame before shipment  ;D

So far no picture. Colour will be carbon raw with a blue top coat. So the carbon structure will shine throught the blue top coat.
I will cut decals on my own,  which is why I am not sure about the colour yet. Gold, copper, bronze or teal are options. Or white,
holo,  grey.... . I would like a brushed metallic surface for the decals.
Also I was a bit crazy and will take the integrated cockpit.  If that's not working out there are headset options to run a conventional stem and handlebar. I just couldn't say no to that.
November 03, 2021, 12:22:51 PM 		1
Re: Carbonda FM909 That's nice colour shading.
My frame is also painted.  8)
Yes its rather a dark frame on the overview photo. Translucent color on black can't be very bright   ;).
The carbon blue raw effect is even more beautiful as I expected. In the top tube there is even a small weave part visible  ;D, although I didn't expect that.
 
This is more the kind of effect the rider itself can see and from distance it is not so pronounced. Since I am the rider, that's exactly what I wanted.

My frame comes in size S. Just if somebody asks.
November 19, 2021, 03:46:26 AM 		4
Re: Carbonda FM909
Quote from: emu26 on November 19, 2021, 05:51:04 AM
Exactly the way you described it the other week, except maybe for that section of weave.  Looks really good. More pics please when you get it in your hands.

Yes it came out really great. The small areas with the weave are the ( unexpected)  cherry on top.
 8) I will do photos once it is here. According to the current situation this won't be very soon.  If it arrives before Christmas that would be really amazing .. so I could use the vacation for the build. But let's see.
November 19, 2021, 06:54:36 AM 		2
Re: Carbonda FM909  ;) Christmas came early this year.

I think I have everything, but 2cm more spacer. Already ordered.
The color is amazing. When you are very close you the blue and carbon are visible.  In the Light it's then really blue. Otherwise it appears very dark. So it's a effect for the rider  ;D.  For chameleon effects I always think it's an effect only others see, but the rider always sees one color.
I already attached frame protectors.. will then start with the routing of hoses tonight. 8)
December 11, 2021, 10:02:45 AM 		9
Re: Carbonda FM909
Quote from: St0mpB0x on December 12, 2021, 06:51:16 PM
I was under the impression defualt routing was external. I'm not expecting mine to turn up with a headset suitable for internal routing.

Maybe. You should make that clear.
I asked for the internal routing. And update: I will get the correct dust cap, the warehouse made a mistake.
So it's just waiting then.
Meanwhile I just fixed the fork a bit to try the feeling.
I know it looks funny and a bit weird with all the hoses escaping the handlebar vertically.. but here the first impression of the complete bike in frame size S.

And then a daylight photo of the colour. Artificial light makes it appear almost black.
Those theoretical graphs look interesting.. but tell me, can you feel this differences during the ride?
December 13, 2021, 10:13:42 AM 		4
Re: Carbonda FM909
Quote from: d3xophen on December 13, 2021, 12:24:42 PM
How's the internel routing with XT brake through handlebar?

I didn't do the routing in the handlebar yet. I started at the rear since I have a prefilled XT. But I prepared the routing with the liner pieces. Look on the photo then you can see how the bending of the hoses will roughly look. Compared to the very strong S shapes and the small bending radius the brake hoses have to follow in a fully integrated road bike handlebar,  I guess that will work. Smaller angle will have a cleaner look though cause you will see less hoses.


December 13, 2021, 01:41:01 PM 		1
Re: Carbonda FM909
Quote from: dolemitesc on December 17, 2021, 05:56:57 AM
Found this after removing the black primer.  Anyone know what it is?  Looks like maybe a tag or something?  It is embedded in a rather thick layer of un-reinforced epoxy in the downtube.

Sorry I already put frame protection on the bottom. I don't remember something like this, but I didn't explicitly check for stuff like this.
Ask your contact?

My dust cap will probably take a while.. this time tracking does not show movement of the parcel.
December 18, 2021, 12:33:39 PM 		1
Re: Carbonda FM909 My dust cap arrived today ;D.
I had really good luck, the cap and spacers hang almost free, cause the envelope was pretty destroyed.

Brakes are not attached yet, everything else is finished.
11,4kg with 120mm front travel, with dropper post,  with remote for rear and front lockout, with platform pedals and bottle cages
My favorite OEM bike Canyon lux trail is listed with 11,8 in the most expensive version. Of course without pedals and cages.
December 30, 2021, 03:50:28 PM 		2