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Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts Ready to get this build started.
Made up of both new and used parts. Will probably upgrade the fork at some point.

Painted Regular Weight FM936 Frame (Stock headset and Axle)
Velocity Blunt SS Wheels
RockShox Reba 100mm
Fox Float DPS 165x42.5
M8000 11 speed Groupset
M7100 SLX Brakes
Ashima 180mm Rotors
Fovno Phantom Crankset and BB
Wren Carbon Bars 750mm
Uno 35mm Stem
KS 125mm Dropper
Aliexpress Carbon Seat
Vittoria Barzo and Mezcal, both 2.35
ESI Chunky Grips

A bit of a budget build but it should tackle everything here in Michigan just fine.
Wrapped most of the frame last night in 3M, have just two chainstays left (ran out of 3m)

Should have it wrapped up over the weekend. Super excited!
April 01, 2021, 10:27:11 AM 		1
Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts Build is done. Ignore the derailleur cable. I have it trimmed now ;) The color is based of the gloss/metallic green of the revel ranger. I sent adam a picture of that bike and they ran with it. Looks amazing in person.
Bike is 25.5 lbs with my old pedals. A nicer cassette and pedals should get it down to about 25.
Will be taking it on it's first real ride tomorrow. Pumped!
April 05, 2021, 09:13:53 PM 		1
Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts Finally finished my build.  Size M, SL. BTLOS i30, DTswiss350, XT cassette and shifter, SLX brakes and derailleur, e*thriteen crankset, Fox elite shock (Giant Anthem 2017 model from ebay), SID Ultimate 120mm, 150mm OneUpV2 dropper.  Rekon F2.5 R2.4. 25.8lbs w pedals.

Absolutely love this bike.  Was looking for one bike that I could use on trail rides and also race in local XC events.  It ticks all the boxes.  After a few tune up rides I took it out for a hot lap yesterday on my usual 11mi loop.  To compare I'm coming off a 2017 Giant Trance w 160mm Lyric fork, and sometime ride an old but fast Schwinn Homegrown 26er hard tail.  I was within 5% of my best times on the gnarly downhill sections, and PR'd pretty much every flat or climb section.  I even cleared a huge techy hill that I've never done before.  I couldn't believe how much faster I was on this bike. Especially this early in the season.   It is about 10lbs lighter than my trance, so that's got to be part of it, but I never felt under-gunned on the downhills.  The geo and the 120mm SID felt almost as solid as the 160mm Lyric on my Trance.  I definitely bottomed out in placed where I usually don't, but tokens will fix that. 

In all, zero regrets with this bike. Thanks to everyone for sharing your builds and info.  Made the process so much easier for me.
April 09, 2021, 12:43:54 PM 		1
Re: Carbonda FM909 They just sent the picture of my 909 painted.
May 10, 2021, 07:08:51 AM 		1
Re: Carbonda FM909 Cable routing near the pivot. going upper of BB shell, goes to chain stay.

May 11, 2021, 03:58:11 AM 		1
Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
Quote from: Nickk2000 on July 21, 2021, 09:01:15 AM
Fwiw my dengfu bike box came beat up like that too. Took pics and videos, frames fine.

Hopefully velo packaged it well, dengfu packaged mine well as well. I think the sellers know the boxes get thrown around so they package them very securely with wraps and stuff. That dent is probably because it got pushed up against a conveyer belt entrance or somethingn, but i bet its fine. Let us know :)

Thanks! All seems to be okay on first sight, I checked with Chris and he asked to unpack and make pictures. Have checked and all seems okay, frame was packed really well indeed.

They did send me the wrong headset bearings... Anybody knows the correct size?

So far really happy with the paintjob and the quality of the frame. Will do a more thorough check in daylight tomorrow. Some first pictures:
July 21, 2021, 02:24:07 PM 		1
Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame Finished!! All was fine, but the internal cabling thru the stem-handlebar is not easy…at the end looks great. I’ll ride tomorrow to test it, will see how it works.
Info: this bike shares geometry with SL7, but the seatpost has little seatback.. have in mind to fit.

- Velobuild frame VB-R-168 size 58.
- Velobuild integrated stem+handlebar 110/440
- Ultegra 8020-8070
- Crankset Rotor 3D+ 1x (42t)
- Cassette leonardi 9-36
- wheels serenade 45mm (28mm witdth) tubular
- 7,6kg with pedals and bottle cages.

 
October 21, 2021, 01:11:16 PM 		1
Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
Quote from: TomTailor on October 24, 2021, 12:59:23 PM
How much Setback does the velobuild seatpost have?
Thanks

20mm, it's the only option they have. I wish they offered a 0mm set back option.
October 24, 2021, 01:36:57 PM 		1
Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame
Quote from: stmbike on October 27, 2021, 04:32:37 PM
Hey guys.. how are going your builds?
I put it the sl7 seatpost cover that I read in some posts. It fits perfect.

I got one as well and they fit great. Most economical original SL7 part one will ever find? lol
October 28, 2021, 11:30:27 AM 		1
Re: Carbonda FM909 They have already painted it for me.
November 26, 2021, 02:47:03 AM 		1