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29er / Re: New Enduro Frames
« on: October 20, 2019, 12:43:37 PM »
Hi

Heres my P9 from Ican. Coming from a xc background I found this bike a joy to ride. Its given me a touch more confidence on doing jumps and stuff .

I dont want any more slacker angles than this because it climbs so well for a 150mm travel bike and it handles the rougher downhills brilliantly.


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29er / Re: Painting a Full Suspension Frame...Who has done it???
« on: September 20, 2019, 01:58:40 PM »
plastidipped

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29er / Re: Painting a Full Suspension Frame...Who has done it???
« on: July 02, 2019, 03:42:57 PM »
hi,

i've painted or more precissely plastidipped my fs frame. i would advice to cover bearings or better still remove them and fill the void with twisted newspaper. you dont want to paint surfaces for bearings or pivots imo. plastidipp is different process, so i left some bearins in situ.


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29er / Re: New Hong Fu FM058 build
« on: April 14, 2019, 12:52:36 PM »
nice bike,

I have the old fm036 the play you refer too in the back end might be what I had this was down to the mounting holes for the shock being slightly larger than needed on the linkage. I eventually cured this by using a new ti nut and bolt, whereby via complete accident the nut was drawn into the linkage recess and wedged there firmly enough to act like the hole was re-bored. Play now cured.!!!

best regards


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29er / Re: Chinese Carbon 29er Pic Thread.
« on: January 13, 2019, 01:19:03 PM »
pic again..




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29er / Re: Chinese Carbon 29er Pic Thread.
« on: January 13, 2019, 12:45:47 PM »
Heres my FM036 size 15.5 bought from Hongfu November 2013. I have added internal dropper after a quick drill and fishing.

This is my second time plastidipping but this time its a whole frame respray with gloss finish and protection tape added to some of the more vulnerable contact points.

 I'm hoping the plastidip  lasts more than one year in a good condition as the UK winters do this product no favours at all.











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29er / Re: ip-036 suspension linkage flage nut size
« on: January 06, 2019, 06:18:56 PM »
hello,

I've purchased 3 orignal lightweight nut and bolts from Hongfu in the past after I found the bolt had snapped in the middle or the head had sheered off, can't remember  happened 2013-2014, . i sent an arrowed picture to them and all was sorted for a few dollars.

best regards

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29er / Re: Internal routed dropper post on 057?
« on: July 11, 2018, 06:02:02 AM »
Here's a link to my dropper solution-- post#2328

http://forums.mtbr.com/29er-bikes/dual-suspension-chinese-carbon-29er-737952-24.html#post13733558

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29er / Re: 29er with internal routing for dropper?
« on: July 11, 2018, 05:33:18 AM »
Here's a link to my dropper solution- go to post 2328

http://forums.mtbr.com/29er-bikes/dual-suspension-chinese-carbon-29er-737952-24.html



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29er / Re: IP-036 29er Full Suspension Carbon Frame Build
« on: July 10, 2018, 10:23:41 AM »
Just to clarify

I don't think I described the solution properly. I have bushings in my shock eyelets . For each eyelet you have a 3 pc bush kit. The two bushings that slide over the cyclindrical pivot bar are not wide enough to take up the gap to the left and right of the frame.

To be honest, I used small rubber o-rings I had laying around as I had no metal shims to fit, but the affect will be the same.

I'll try to post pictures, but hopefully everyone will get my drift.

Well hopefully after sourcing correct size shims in metal, this will turn out to be a legit fix.

best regards

PS, I've also put up my DIY stealth dropper mod over on MTBR.

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29er / Re: IP-036 29er Full Suspension Carbon Frame Build
« on: July 09, 2018, 04:43:32 PM »
Hi,

I've had an o36 since 2014 and still going strong. As some owners may know there's an annoying bit of play when you lift the bike off the floor. This play does not get worse over time.


i'm glad to report that the fix for this is very simple; after many years of periodically looking to see what could be causing this give, I've found the play is due to the  cylindrical bars which pass through each shock eyelet.

It seems the length of the bars are two long for the frame and need thin shims added.

This play had made me buy the RWC needle bearing kit to no affect years ago, so the mystery is now solved.


Hope this helps someone, not that the play affected the ride once you sat on the bike but I've yet to ride it off road. I might find it rattles less along the trail or brings a smoother suspension feel, not sure!!!

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29er / Broken FM036
« on: September 15, 2017, 08:53:35 AM »
Hi

I broke the chainstay on my FM036 after 4.5 years. I must state that after doing a MtB skills course two years ago I have definitely become more air born in my riding but nothing dramatic, so for example taking off from ramps over small fallen trees and getting air from the local pump track humps, so really only things of  around a two foot height.

Three weeks ago I found a small square concrete platform next to a local play area which measured about 10ft x 10ft and 2ft high. I decided to practice repeated roll offs and jumps,'starting low to high as there was a ramp to the top which made this possible.
 
After spending half hour practicing I noticed after a jump landing some flex in the rear but I thought I had broke the wheel bearings and decided to go home. On closer inspection I had broken the chainstay on the right side all the way round clean through and the left seemed to be cracked only on the outer  layer of carbon.

Well a new stay is $160 plus shipping but I decided to get a carbon repair kit as I've repaired my road bike ok some 9 years ago.

I've now repaired the chainstay ok and basically wrapped cracks on both sides with four layers of carbon and hope this is stronger than before.

The reason i think the chainstay broke is that the landing was not as straight on whilst trying to avoid obstacles after landing and maybe this stressed the one side too much OR I may have simply tested the limit of this xc frame.

Either way I've not changed the way I use the frame and its holding up well!!!






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