Carbonda fm936 Thoughts

[emu26]

Have you run the outer housing full length?  Is the housing seated into the shifter correctly? I don't see how this would be happening if both of those things have been done. 

Also, make sure you have installed your derailleur correctly and it is engaging the stop the way it is meant to.

The outer often pulls into the frame over time with suspension cycling where it is run under the bb, one of the reasons I don't like that design, but that shouldn't be a problem with yours as it is over the bb.

[ESC]

Areid280 - I don’t believe that white plastic is suitable gear housing. Gear housing shouldn’t bend or kink when gears are changed. I would run the gear housing outer the whole length.

Good luck

[Arno Knell]

@ areid280,
you must run the outer shifter housing the whole length !!

[areid280]

Thanks guys, I will reinstall with outer cable running the full length!

[PrincessZeeeeta]

Could someone recommend fork? Unfortunately I am far away from MTB to understand anything about it

RS/FOX. RS is cheaper, and I do not know if fox much better because it has 2x price
If RS, Do I need remote (for XC races)? I heard that Deluxe is fine for climbing without lock, but sidluxe is more DC shock that is why remote is necessary for uphill. Probably RT3 can solve it? What the f* is MegNeg? About SIDLuxe - not clear if trunnion has remote


My short list:

RockShox Deluxe RT3 Debon Air 165x42.5mm   268.9
RockShox SIDLuxe Ultimate RL Solo Air   285.71
RockShox Deluxe Ultimate RCT   286.9811939
Fox Suspension Float DPS Factory 3Pos-Adj SV   488.49
Fox Racing Shox Float DPS EVOL SV 3POS Factory Trunnion Rear Shock - 2022 Model   528.57
Fox Float DPS Kashima Factory Series 3Pos-Adj Trunnion Evol SV   569.5218394

Thank you,

Can't say about fox suspension simply because of lack of riding on it, but personnaly I choosing between sid ultimate 120mm and pike 120mm. Sid looks like ultimate xc fork but according to forum racers it has a lot of problems. On the other hand Pike is obviuosly weighted more and need some fine tuning for doing good on xc race, but it's pretty reliable and known already. Actually if you're pretty new in mtb you could take Reba 100m and sidluxe. Decent fork that is just works if correctly tuned.

Shocks:
1. Sidluxe - yes, I also couldn't find any trunnion sidluxe with remote and it seems like it doesn't exists at all
2. Any Deluxe - probably the most versatile option with settings and whistles, but may be it's overkill for such a short travel bike

Regarding to remotes - this is the very personal and depends of your climbing technics imho. My last full suspension didn't have any and I had no problem at all but someone can say opposite.

[Mino8]

Can I use a 165x38 shock. I ve just found a x fusion 02 Pro. Anyone knows this shox? Is it good?

[Mino8]

Is this one

[Lovewookie]

you can use it, with 38mm rather than the 40mm stroke shock you'll get a little less travel, but it will probably not make a huge difference in ride feel.

The X Fusion shock is a budget option, but they're actually pretty good and X fusion have been slowly but surely carving a good reputation for themselves.

I can only speak for their forks in terms of feel, as to me, rear shock between manufacturers don't feel that different, mostly as there's more than the shock at play between bikes, shock rate will be a bigger factor between two different bikes running different shocks....but, for their forks, they're well made and pretty reliable, if not that sophisticated in terms of damping.

[Cbc4447]

My frame is finally painted and heading my way. I can’t wait to build it!

[ckl]

Wow, thats nice color

[Russ59]

Hi All
Anyone got a torque spec for the pivot bolts ?

[Russ59]

Wing just emailed me, torque settings on the bolts 

[Shinso]

Russ, are you able to share the torque settings? Would be v useful...

Thanks

Shinso

[Shinso]

In it's current as shown iteration my size small Vitus Rapide CR is 11.5kg, including 300gr XTR pedals, 10gr carbon cage and 400gr loaded seat pack.  Deviations from the original spec are:

2.35 Racing Ray & Racing Ralph tyres (both 700grams)
Wheels running tubeless
Ashima rotors
Fovno Ghost crankset
45mm UNO stem
15mm low rise Chiner carbon bar 720mm width
Elita One 400mm carbon post
Specialized Romin Evo Pro carbon saddle
ESI chunky grips
Removed remote lock out switch and cabling

The reach of the bike is such that I'm glad I went for the size small at 5'9" (slightly short torso/longer legs).  Needed the riser bar to compensate for the low stack height.  I love the way the bike looks, not like the embarrassing mess that Scottish-saddled poster put up a couple of pages back.

I tidied up the cabling with some self-amalgamating rubber tape and used a foam damper tube to quieten some of the internal cabling after I removed the lock-out cabling.

I think there is no difference between the CR frame and the CRX frame and have no idea if this is the standard or light FM936, not that it really matters.  No issues to report on the frame itself at all.

The bigger tyres feel bombproof; it's telling that I've had these on for a couple of months having experimented a lot with other tyre choices.

Where I live the trails are light to middling XC, the Ridgeway in South Oxon is not that demanding - despite a lot of people riding around on trail/enduro bikes for some reason.  This bike fits the bill perfectly and I hardly ride the road bike at all these days.  That might change now we're into mud season!

The only thing I might change in the Spring is switching to some Chinese carbon wheels.  I can live with the boat anchor all steel cassette until it wears out, it's an expendable anyway...even if after 1500km it is hardly showing any wear...

Shinso

[impmonkey]

My frame is finally painted and heading my way. I can’t wait to build it!

Beautiful