Thank you for all your responses, especially IRaphl and Carbonazza. It has helped me narrow things down a bit.

Does anybody have any experience with LightCarbon wheels on a mountain bike ? I see plenty of posts about road wheels.

They have quoted me $499 for the DT350-AD930-XC-RACE before shipping. https://www.lightcarbon.com/mountain-bike-29er-asymmetry-design-mtb-carbon-rims_p75.html

Presume these are the DT Swiss hubs, although the site just says DT350 ?

- DT350S MTB boost hubs (15*110/12*148mm)
- Sapim Race spokes (28)
- Asymmetric design MTB carbon rims, tubeless ready

The only thing that concerns me is the inner bead width of 25mm which seems narrow to me?
And it specifies the max tire size as 2.4” - I run 2.5” on the front?

Ok, so my first choice the ICAN S8 is no longer available, so I’m on to the Light carbon LCFS911 and the Carbonda FM936. Either one I have to buy a trunnion mount rear shock. Was hoping to use my eyelet mount shock but alas it looks like this is unreliable.

Leaning towards the fm936 because of the extensive first hand positive experiences here. Looking at the normal weight frame i.e. non super light, but it only comes with a bsa73 bottom bracket. I absolutely can’t be buying a new crank spindle for this so the question is will my existing nx sram crank work with the bsa bb from a overall width perspective. I realize I need a 24/22 diameter bearing set.

My nx crank is currently in a 92 gxp mtn press fit bb - my concern is that the bsa 73 bbs have screw caps on each side that stick out from the frame - will the spindle be long enough ?

Also does anybody have any comments on the durability of the Carbonda paint ?

......and just got the same message from yishun bikes - “domain yishunbikes.com couldn’t be found”

Thank you. Yes, I’ve been binge reading when I should be working. Agreed, I’d be concerned using the adapters because the load point is so far away from the attachment flange that the bolts could bend - the large disclaimer on their website doesn’t inspire me with confidence either. Also it looks like you would need two of these @ $65 each! The right fitting shock is looking more reasonable all the time.

I bought this frame the other day.
It size is M and I am 177 cm tall.
I also had it painted.

It uses Shimano / Sram mix components, SR Suntour 120mm boost fork and SR Suntour trunnion mount 165mm x 40mm R shock units.
The wheelset is hand assembled by me, XT hubs and Carbon Rims.  And It equipped GIANT dropper seatpost 125mm.
The bike weight is just 12 kilograms without pedals, and bottle cage.

There was no major problem with the assembly.
The assembly work went very smoothly.

I haven't ride on the trail yet, but I'm going to the trail on February so I want to write my impressions.

@kisuke3 I just found your post and I really like your paint colour. Can you tell me what paint code you used ? Thank you very much.

Hello, new to the forum, but have been spending every waking second for the last week trying to decide what is the most comparable Chinese frame to a 2019 Kona Hei Hei. I put together a list of some of the frames that I think are closest, but I know nothing about geometry and even less about how geometry translates into riding experience. I do know that I really like the feel of my Kona hei hei and would like to build a Chinese carbon frame with the components from my hei hei - like I say I don’t know if this is even possible, but if I can’t use the majority of the components I already have it won’t be economical for me to do this.

Components:
29er wheels: front - 110x15, 2.5 tire; rear - 148x12, 2.35 tire,
SRAM nx, 1x28 chain ring, 11x42 - 11 sp
Rockshox Sektor RL Air 165x48 (rear)
Rockshox Monarch RL 120mm (front) offset =56mm
SRAM PF92 bottom bracket
1-1/8x1-1/2 headset (I think) - will need a new one anyway.
31.6 dropper seat post - internal cable

The hei hei literature describes it as a progressive cross country race and trail bike. It has 100mm of travel in the back and 120mm in the front. I can compromise somewhat on the ride feel/geometry but I’m not looking for a downhill bike. I mostly ride cross country aggressively and like to hit any jump/drop that is less than 2 feet - not sending it....but not going easy on the bike either. I have put together the attached table of options so far. I think the Ican S8 might be the best match on a overall basis but it’s very subjective. Any advice on geometry, other models I should consider, suppliers or wether this is ridiculous exercise are welcome.....if it’s relevant I’m 5’9” and weigh 180lbs.