Trifox MFM100 Long Term Review - Low Cost Carbon Fiber MTB Frame
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Do these low cost carbon fiber frames really hold up?
Don't buy a cheap Chinese carbon fiber frame until you watch this!
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I own same frame bike for a few years, I also have some expensive bikes like yeti and there is no big difference, so I can recommend it too 🙂
could you share the AliExpress link?😊😊
@@TheOracle1994 I bought it in 2020 and AliExpress has no orders history earlier 2022
@@TheOracle1994 seller has picture with my bike on the bridge etc (matte black frame, manitou fork). Pictures were stolen from my Instagram. And I don't recommend the seller, he forgot to put rear trunion shock screws kit and didn't send it to me after I asked him to sell it to me for 100$. He said NO, like if you want 1$ screws or anything else so by one more frame or don't bother me. So if you gonna buy this frame you should be ready for it. 🙂
yeah.. i remember when you built this one up.. nice bike and people need to remember.. EVERY BIKE will have goods and bads,so just expect it because there isnt a "perfect" anything. Glad it surprised you and you enjoyed it all this time. Now I wonder,.........Whats next?? :)
It would be interesting to see tolerance measurements of the BB shell, head tube. An easy way to show if its made to spec. But most don't have these tools. But gauges with specific diameters exist.
Check out Hambini and Mapdec they show such gauges. But I don't know if toolmakers make those. Hambini does.
If press fit BB creaks it's likely due to out of spec BB shell, like undersized, oversized, misaligned BB shell. the problem is most manufacturers can't do it properly, some use absurd methods too.
Another reason it can creak is cheap bad spec bearings, worn bearings, but worn bearings is for all bbs, but if you have a BB without preload, just regular bearings not angular contact bearings then it will wear and you can preload it so it will creak. Always go for angular contact bearings, most bottom brackets are, if you buy a decent one.
Angular contact is like cup and cone.
Not made to spec, and misalignment is not exclusive to carbon.
You can have horribly made frame where they welded on a bb shell, head tube and other stuff after wards not drill it out after the frame had an alignment. But with carbon the BB shell has to be bored/drilled properly. most don't do it well. If it's undersized squeezing the bearing, it can be corrected by reaming it. Parktool has tools for it, but carbon wears it out fast, and it gets out of stock fast, as bike shops use them up.
but too bit hole is not that easy.
Thanks for this great information 👍
have the same frame, the bolts for the rears suspension as you said are really crap. Very easy frame to make 120mm suspension front and rear,
I am building one now. Where did you get the rear shock mounting hardware?
will this frame accept the new T-type transmission from SRAM?
12:35 Of course you were faster on this bike, it's a light XC bike for the XC trails. On an enduro, DH trail on the other hand you would suffer more.
Hi. I have Polygon T7 that is a little bit heavy. nd i am considering to get Carbon Frame like this. Question will all parts from Polygon fit in this frame? Polygon specs: Fork
ROCKSHOX RECON RL BOOST 15X110MM, 140MM (29”) TRAVEL. Rear Shock
ROCKSHOX DELUXE PLUS SELECT SPECIAL TUNING E2E:210X55MM, HARDWARE:8MMX25MM. Shifter
SHIMANO DEORE SL-M6100-R, 1x12-SPEED TRIGGER. Cassette
SHIMANO DEORE CS-M6100 10-51T MICROSPLINE. Rear Derailleur
SHIMANO DEORE RD-M6100-SGS DIRECT ATTACH. BB
SHIMANO 2-PIECE CRANKSET BSA THREADED. Seatpost
TRANZ-X JD-YSP23JL 170mm TRAVEL.
Very cool frame! Does Trifox have any frames with more travel?
I wish they did but as of this recording they do not.
Very cool. What was the final weight of the complete bike?
It was right around 32lbs. I didn't have the money to go crazy light on this build.
I ride in north nj like you.....plastic bikes do not hold up well for me.
We do have some rough stuff around here. Interesting though that Santa Cruz is only going carbon now. Thoughts?
@@rgmtb Had and broke a plastic hightower, on a slow speed crash(otb) on Boon in jungle habitat. Hit the rear triangle on a sharp pointy rock and cracked it. That was a $450 dollar crash that would have been just a ding on an alloy frame. Had to wait for 3 weeks for the triangle as well. Sold it and I now ride an alloy transition sentinel. Also killed a carbon stumpy in ringwood with a rock strike to the side of the protector on the down tube.(X over trail)