Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Mine are more powerful and with more rim clearance than the best (non-hydro) caliper brakes I've tried. If you don't need the clearance (road use) you can run the pads close to the rims and they're very powerful.

They're still fairly useless in situations you'd usually choose a mtb.

Setting them up is relatively fiddly, but I didn't find it difficult.

Setting up centerpull is easier, especially when you don't need to run a certain straddle height, high or low, it still be pretty powerful.

Cantilever is perfect for huge clearance, but can be tricky trying to make it powerful (varies on different cantis though).

Blatant plug for a very nice practical not porn/not ant frame set... see it here:

http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/259657/#comment12001185

Some nice details here...

Peter Meilstrup's new bike + racks he brazed! by Andrew_Squirrel, on Flickr

Tall headtube is tall!

Gotta get those 650b 50mm Vee Rubber soon, they look perfect for off roading.

Some cool photos in that guys flickr

650b 2" tyres under my 45mm PDW full metal guards on the 931 CDF.

All these acronyms add up to a fun winter ride!

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Are those PDW cages any good?

Hah, could've asked me to sell you that tyres.

Quite impress with it, roll very nicely on the road with enough traction off road.

The Vee Rubber Speedster 27.5 1.95 would be the perfect tyres (and folding too).

Sadly I think there needs to be more mud clearance. You could fit 1.75" tyres.

http://www.thebicyclestory.com/2014/12/glen-copus/
Nice interview

My gf likes hers, holds the bottle nice and tight

Seems to work well and looks interesting. A little bit heavier than the your standard cage.

Oh they look nice and would give even more clearance.... unfortunately just spent £40 on the Panaracers!

@miro_o I'm more planning gravel paths and fire trails so hoping 10mm clearance all round will be enough. Might adjust the guards to push them as far out as possible.

Drop the pressure between 25-35psi and have some fun.

The amount of mud brought up into the guards seems to vary loads with different tyres.

Mud tyres or semi-slicks (like those Vees) shouldn't carry too much mud but the in-between types (SmallBlock8s etc) are a bit of a disaster.

I'm on mud tyres (RocketRons) for trails now.

/csb

These are Panaracer Comet hardpack tyres so hopeful they won't drag up too much crap.

Will report back next week.

did they run out of headtubes in Taiwan?
this is getting ridiculous, first the Surly Straggler and now this:

that VO frameset would be amazing if it wasnt for that headtube.

Wheels look tiny.. 26?

I think those are 2.29 feet wheels.

Set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/beardedpeter/sets/72157624931039435/with/5034001997/

Never understood the necessity of that second top tube.

Me neither.

Strength for large sizes? Strength when using shit tubes? SWAG?