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Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts Riding a 42.5 shock I can tell you the chance of having isseus is minimal. Rode a bikepark!! with this bike without problems. Even cleared a jump of several meters!
Did also some enduro tracks in the Dolomites(Italien Alps) as xc biking there and it was great. Better than last years biking with a canyon nerve; better going up and way better going down.
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July 20, 2020, 04:01:52 AM 		1
Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts I've been riding a 42.5 mm stroke shock on my size L frame since March. Plenty of clearance with the shock bottomed out, never had any contact between the seat stay brace and seat tube. Not even any semblance of worry that it might happen, because it won't.
And yes, I have bottomed. I jump the thing, come off drops, ride it like a MTB should be ridden, not just on some lame gravel trails.
I ride cross country trails, flow trails, trails with natural technical rocks, roots, drops, jumps terrain, sanitized bike park trails with manufactured jumps and drops. I'll take the natural terrain trails all day every day over manufactured bike park stuff.
And I'm 225 lbs.

But sure, you guys keep on going on about your hypotheticals. In the real world, the 42.5 mm stroke works beautifully with the frame.
July 24, 2020, 12:21:56 PM 		1
Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts Formula Cura for me, nothing else!
Shimano second.
I won't use Magura or SRAM ever again.
July 30, 2020, 05:57:30 AM 		1
Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
Quote from: Zdrenka89 on September 03, 2020, 01:10:42 PM


Haven't weighed the bike yet but frame was to spec.

Looks like a very light build. Wonder how much you did spend on components.

Why you did take size L? Your seatpost length looks enormous!
September 04, 2020, 01:20:46 AM 		1
Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts Just to remind you that in the good old days of QR on the back that small 4-5mm part was in fact fully open (no material at all) and as long as your QR was tightened properly there was no problem.
September 29, 2020, 07:17:19 AM 		1
Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts Just received my frame with custom paint job. Super stoked to build it up. Like everyone else has said, I opened up all the pivots and greased everything. Overall quality seems good. Will post a final build pic and what parts I used.


October 10, 2020, 03:36:56 PM 		1
Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts Hi All,

Long awaited is my completed build photo. I took the bike out yesterday for the first time on proper trails. It rides like a dream. The suspenion is very efficient on the climbs and supple on the small stuff without bob. It feels like a magic carpet ride. My 2 friends said they've never ridden anything like it before - in as good way. I was hitting 500m long rock gardens, 20cm deep mud dh tracks, flowy jumps no problem.

The Rockshox SID Select 120mm 44mm is fantastic. It eats up the chatter and roots but gets very progressive towards the end of the stoke never bottoming out. 
Shimano XT 12s is fantastic, cant fault it, shifts under power so so well.  XT brakes are fantastic and cannot fault them.  The BTLOS wheels are a dream, carbon wheels are like riding on train tracks, not a jot of flex. 11kg helps the climbing performance no doubt!

You can see my excel for the build in my previous comments! The only thing you need is a external lockring for the front disc due to the 15mm axle.

for 3.5k euro I think to replicate the Geo and spec of my build, the only things on the market are the NS or specialized epic Evo. For a similar spec both are 5.5k-6.5k euro.

Basically, you can replace the frame and the whole drive train OR buy a second set of carbon wheels, and still be less than the Specialized Epic Evo. In my opinion that's better than any warranty!!! 



October 22, 2020, 05:54:31 AM 		1
Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts I have to say I do like the lines of this frame. The ride is fantastic, too.
October 23, 2020, 11:32:58 AM 		1
Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts Hey guys,

just received the first pictures of my FM936. I wanted the colour like the new Orbea Oiz.
I think the made a really good paintjob.
Now it is time for waiting, till the frame is here.
October 24, 2020, 02:27:17 AM 		1
Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
Quote from: BeTon on October 24, 2020, 07:22:14 AM
Shimano SLX 4 pot brakes

I reccomend 2 pot Shimano XT/SLX. I think you'd struggle to get to the point where you need 4 pot on this bike considering the type of riding it's capable of. With the Ice tech rotors they stay cooler than other brakes too. 2 pot saves some weight too. At a maximum, 4 pot front, 2 pot back. I was going to do 4 pot too but with 180mm rotors, it's not really needed to put 4 pot.
October 25, 2020, 06:59:16 AM 		1