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29er / Re: LCFS948 - a new enduro from Light Carbon
« on: February 01, 2024, 11:21:39 PM »
Quote from: jefflinde on January 19, 2024, 01:46:07 PM
Leave it as it is.  like you state, you are limited on how far into the frame you can go.  if you make it too short, a taller rider wond be able to get a post in far enough and will still have issues.

The trend in the bike industry is to have a longer dropper post with a shorter seat tube. For example the ibis Ripley and Ripmo, two of the best selling bikes in the industry, have ST lengths of 418 and 432mm respectively. It allows for more customization via different length dropper post and is much nicer as you can move the seat way out of the way when you are descending. With dropper post reaching lengths of 240mm, it shouldn’t be a problem accommodating longer legged riders. Additionally, droppers are starting to have shorter and shorter insertion lengths, which can make up somewhat for a short frame  insertion length. If this seller wants to sell the most amount  of frames, he should try to lower the seat tube length. As it is, it will deter buyers looking for a frame with modern geometry.

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29er / Re: LCFS948 - a new enduro from Light Carbon
« on: January 02, 2024, 12:48:59 PM »
This might already be out for production, but if there is anyway to shorten the seat tube length so riders could fit a larger dropper post and have a lower stand over height, it would be really appreciated. It would also probably make the bike more attractive to a larger audience of buyers. 495mm is a very long seat tube length for a size large bike. Most manufactures try to get those below the 450mm mark.

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29er / Re: Hardcore Hardtails?
« on: November 23, 2021, 12:21:12 AM »
I have been looking for similar frames and I've found these two. If you added a headset that slackened the head angle and/or a longer fork you could get pretty close to the geo of the Nukeproof.  It would still be shorter travel, but these have a more aggressive HA than most.


https://www.workswellbikes.com/XC/wcb-m-336(29er).html


https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Airwolf-Hardtail-Nice-Looking-148mm-Axle_1600178836027.html?spm=a2700.galleryofferlist.normal_offer.d_title.5a384218SWmnQu

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29er / Re: Is this a Transition clone?
« on: April 02, 2021, 11:36:44 AM »
Quote from: jonnybearback on April 01, 2021, 06:07:31 PM
Topfire replied.. its available in medium.. but as per the odd image in the OP link

Are you saying that the geo matches the link in the first post or the picture that was a few post after that? They seem like different bikes.

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29er / Re: Is this a Transition clone?
« on: March 30, 2021, 11:35:21 PM »
Judging by the bottom bracket drop on the geo chart, this seems to be a 27.5 bike. I wonder how much travel it has in the front and the rear.

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29er / Re: FM1001 / FM1156 - 135mm frame
« on: March 10, 2021, 10:17:36 AM »
The geometry on this bike reminds me a lot of the La Sal Peak by Fezzari. I haven't seen any complaints on the sizing for the La Sal Peak from the reviews that I have read. https://www.fezzari.com/lasal. I'm looking at the Geo thinking, that is a reasonable reach, but maybe that's because I'm coming from a 2016 Diamondback Mission with a 430 reach on the size XL haha.

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: March 02, 2021, 10:14:40 PM »
Hey guys I just saw that Vitus is using this frame for their new Cross Country bike. https://vitusbikes.com/collections/rapide-fs

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29er / Re: Chinese SC/AM831 Group Buy
« on: February 25, 2021, 09:08:08 AM »
Maybe this has already been answered, but how would shipping work with a group buy? Would they send them all to one location and then you have to pay for shipping to your specific location? Also, would one person in that original shipping location, let's say New York, have to work with each member of the group buy to get the frames from New York to their proper destination? Maybe it's way easier than this, I'm just trying to think of the logistics of shipping in my head.

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29er / Re: FM1001 / FM1156 - 135mm frame
« on: February 24, 2021, 03:53:13 PM »
For those of you that own this bike, how does it climb? Is it one of those super soft suspension designs that makes you sit and spin up the hill or is it a platform that is more responsive and urges you to get out of the saddle and go faster. Right now I have a sit and spin bike and I kind of hate it. I'm hoping this frame will be a little more snappy than what I have.

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: February 24, 2021, 03:49:45 PM »
For you suspension design guys out there, how does the ICAN model compare to the Carbonda Model? I noticed that the rear triangle has a pivot point in the rear chainstay. Would that make it more of a Horst link system? I'm asking because I'm really looking for a zippy suspension platform. Right now, I ride a 2016 Diamondback Mission 2 160mm/160mm and it's a heavy tank. It's definitely the type of bike where you just sit in the saddle and spin. I'm really looking for a short travel bike that urges you to get out of the saddle and go faster, kind of like a fun hardtail. Does this frame ride like that? If not, do you guys think that the ICAN model would ride more like that?

https://icancycling.com/collections/mtb-frame/products/cross-country-bike-boost-s3#

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