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@mrJL
I've just ordered a Soma Wolverine from the states. Mosquito closing and Cycleworx's price coming in well over £100 more than the delivered and taxed cost of the frame pushed me to ordering from 'merica.
Now to plan the build!
Doing it on the cheap for the time being, funded by the sale of my little used 97 Cinder Cone and often used and always hated beater. Thinking flat bars, MTB shifters & discs, MTB rear mech, 1x10 with narrow wide chainring at the front. Wheels I'm thinking anything cheap to get my rolling. I know absolutely fuck all about discs so this will no doubt be a massive compatibility learning curve. Something along the lines of this:
Maybe next year or sooner I'll go down the alfine route, possibly even the belt drive route, so not going to spend too much on components that'll not be used once that conversion happens. Something along the lines of this: