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Re: Welcome to Chinertown - Introduce Yourself!
Hello I'm Patrick from France (near Paris) I just discover this great forum while looking for a new MTB frame. But I'm not new in Asian bike as I buy a titanium frame from XACD in 2003 and full suspension from Carbonal in 2014 (see image below). I will start a new post in order to get your feedback on my quest.  Thanks Patrick October 12, 2021, 06:52:57 AM |
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Re: FM1002 / FM1166 - 150mm frame
Finally went to the trails so here some pictures of the final build, it better at everything compared to my hardtail (especially the climbs maybe because the 41mm offset fork) I wonder how it compares to other bikes, I need to ask people on the trail to give some features a try using my bike I think, someone climbed something that looked like a 80cm vertical rock on his bike..
November 26, 2021, 07:49:03 AM |
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Re: Chinese Carbon 29er Pic Thread.
Love my Carbonda FM 936. Build in March 2021. 5500 Kilometer 140000 Meter altitude difference No problemlos, just fun December 25, 2021, 03:39:24 AM |
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Re: Chinese Carbon 29er Pic Thread.
I just have to say that the LCFS958 is still a great bike, love riding it. Maybe in todays tounge its more downcountry than trail, with 130/140 mm travel (?) But it climbs well, descends well, is easy to handle quite light, a great bike :-) And after the issues with the AM831 I must say that Light Carbon frames fell very thought through and well made. January 02, 2022, 03:00:03 PM |
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Re: FM1002 / FM1166 - 150mm frame
For anyone following along at home, the frame arrived just before Xmas (3wks postage to Australia). The finished quality of the frame and paint job is great. Paint near the bearing is generally good, only looks like one spot where the paint might flake off, time will tell. The only thing I don’t like is the top cover for the headset but you can’t really complain for $15. Overall I’m quite impressed with the whole experience. I can’t comment on how the bike actually rides but my partner seems to like it. I’ll try take it out for a spin and offer some feedback in the future. I’ll take some more photos when the dropper post arrives. January 04, 2022, 04:25:26 AM |
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Hardcore hardtails
Hardcore hardtails with legit progressive geometry have been hard to find in the carbon category, from what I’ve read on those sections of the forum. I was browsing AliExpress and noticed a store with several titanium models, some of which look quite progressive: PYTITANS Official Store https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0KeCPE I assume we’d be hard pressed to find someone here who’s actually owned one, but figured they might be of interest to people looking for these kinds of frames. They clearly market some of their products as analogues to branded bikes: two different hardcore hardtails are marketed as “Kona ST” and another is marketed as having the same geometry as a Linskey. That definitely earns an eyebrow raise, but doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t legit. January 05, 2022, 07:46:45 PM |
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Re: FM1002 / FM1166 - 150mm frame
I will be running Dvo Onyx and Topaz on my mixed wheel build! Will be good to have some to talk to about setups with, never been on Dvo rear shock before but love my Onyx. How long did it take after you ordered for your frame to ship? I ordered on Dec. 29th and am still waiting… As for suspension, I think you’ll really like a Topaz with this bike. The ability to fine tune the very bottom and very top of the travel via the positive and negative spacers, plus being able to tune damper support (bladder pressure) separately from the air spring should be perfect for a bike with kinematics like this. I’m expecting to put 2-3 spacers in the positive to compensate for the regressive dip after 140mm of travel, and zero in the negative since the rest of the travel is nicely progressive. Bladder pressure should be able to stay low (175-180 I’d guess) since leverage is reasonable and the linkage has good anti-squat. I’ll definitely be posting updates to those thoughts when I can actually test the bike out, but it’s going to be a slow build process so that might be a couple of months away. I’m also going to test out over-stroking the frame, as I got a 205x65 Topaz. If 163mm travel is too much and the seat stay bridge hits the seat tube, I have a 2.5mm travel spacer to cut that to 156. Figured folks here will be interested to know how that works out. January 13, 2022, 01:03:12 PM |
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Re: FM1002 / FM1166 - 150mm frame
How long did it take after you ordered for your frame to ship? I ordered on Dec. 29th and am still waiting… I ordered my frame on the 23rd of Dec and an hour after I sent my previous message the frame tuned up! Mine was shipped with WXY international express. I originally thought about putting 3 spacers in the negative to begin with so its good you are thinking the same thing, will play about with setting once I get the bike out on the trails. I quickly put my fork, shock and wheels on the bike today and did have a look at to see how close the seat bridge gets the the seat tube when bottomed out as I over stroked my last frame and did think it might be possible on this but I think 65mm will be to much and 62.5mm might be possible but will be close. January 13, 2022, 02:22:24 PM |
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Re: Carbonda FM 1003 / Flybike FM 1266 180mm "Super Enduro"
According to Adam, Carbonda has FM1003 Frames available for purchase, but medium size only. I'm waiting on the large. Sorry, I don't have any other info.
January 13, 2022, 04:50:01 PM |
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Re: Chinese Carbon 29er Pic Thread.
I have just completed this Carbonda FM936 for my wife. It ended up being 12.6kg / 27.8 lbs and rides our local terrain very nicely. These forums were a great resource to make sure the build went smoothly. Also just for fun, is a picture of my Hongfu FM015 road bike I've had since ~2011 January 16, 2022, 09:59:05 AM |
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