Carbonda or Carbon Speed

[tripleDot]

I'm looking (actually ready to purchase) for a 29er or 29+ cf fork with gear/bottle cage mounts. And Carbonda & Carbon Speed both have a model.

My problem is neither is responding to my emails. Anyone in contact with either one?

[carbonazza]

I'm looking (actually ready to purchase) for a 29er or 29+ cf fork with gear/bottle cage mounts. And Carbonda & Carbon Speed both have a model.

My problem is neither is responding to my emails. Anyone in contact with either one?

Yes, Wing at Carbonda replies quickly in general, but I'm a regular buyer there.
I remember telling her there were some folks not receiving replies.
She explained, sometimes you need to check your spam folder. They have issues with that.
And if your question or need is about something that is not ready and will come in a few months, it falls in the queue.
For instance if you ask them for a hardtail, since they focus on grave and full sus now, I guess you fall behind.
Maybe it is cultural to handle clients this way.

I don't know how Peter is doing now after his pause.
But it was always great to deal with. Not sure where he was getting his frame from.
Recently I saw that one https://www.lightcarbon.com/lightweight-lightest-cross-country-mountain-bike-frameset_p66.html that looks to a new version of the 041 Peter was the only one to sell here at that time.
Flybike-asia behind Carbonda, have a copy of the Stache he was selling too.
So maybe he had various sources, this was always opaque.

[bxcc]

I'm looking (actually ready to purchase) for a 29er or 29+ cf fork with gear/bottle cage mounts. And Carbonda & Carbon Speed both have a model.

My problem is neither is responding to my emails. Anyone in contact with either one?

Sorry, this doesn't address the "Carbonda or Carbon Speed" question but since you've dealt with Waltly in the past, I wanted to mention it.

Have you checked with Waltly? Supposedly, they have quite a few models available. You just have to ask for it. This one for my gravel build is $120 which seems really reasonable to me. that includes the thru-axle. But it only fits a 700*54 or 29*2.125 tire.

[tripleDot]

@Carbonazza, I am aware of the Junk/Spam folder issue and it's not the case. I already had contact with Adam of Carbonda just before the Chinese New Year (Feb), he told me their new fork won't be available until March. March came and no response from them anymore.

With Peter of CS, I was also able to had a chat with him last week via Messenger and suddenly he stopped responding. I've send him emails and even posted on his FB page and no response.


@bxcc, unfortunately the minimum tire I'm using is at least 29x2.25 & I'd like the option of putting a 29x3.0 as well.