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Cool. Enjoying them?

It's an Apex group and I think it goes up to 42 in back. It handled long, pretty steep road hills well, but I'd like to be able to take this on some more gravel/singletrack stuff, and for that I'm thinking I'd like to be able to gear down even further.

Local rando/touring/fancy silver bits shop figured out a way to get a gearing range wider than Eagle on the cheap (before Sram released the cheaper versions). Basically through some combination of friction shifting, mountain drivetrain bits, and magic, they run huge pie-plate cassettes and doubles that have, say, a 22 and 42 ring.

http://gravelandgrind.com/turkey-vulture-gearing/

Trying to work out if the glitter dreams does best as black or brown finishing kit -- what have people done with their purple stragglers?

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@mk1mark so good, what bar tape/stem is that? i'm in search for both...

and whereabouts are you in that 2nd one?

Thanks!

The Bars are Salsa cowbell I believe, Those along with the stem and tape were all stock on the bike.

Just over in Hackney marshes in the photo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR6lFaPTxh0

Fit as f*ck that - excellent work. Deserves a repost to the pron thread!

^ thanks, I'm still not sure if I love or hate this bike, the proportions do my head in.

On the other hand this 650b model looks much better...

It's funny - I was thinking that about my straggler. I look at other stragglers (like yours) and think they look great. Then I look at mine and I feel like it's a bit awkward.

Oh man I saw one of these with a pink Chris king headset the other day. It was so perfect

Just built up this ripper, loving it so far

Some dreamy gravel there!

Did anyone order a Straggler that was too small for them?

I'd love to swap my 54 for a 52 frameset...

If only

I have no idea what I'm talking about but it looks like a decent fit as is! What are you looking to change?

top tube length issues? My cross check is a bit on the long side and I've been wishing it was a couple of cm shorter.

I even find my wife's 50cm cross check a surprisingly long reach - certainly not a huge difference to my 52cm straggler.

Why do they do that? Do people in 'merica have longer arms or something?

All Americans install their seat posts the wrong way round - fact.

The fit is ok lengthwise, it's just visually I would prefer a smaller frame with a little more seatpost on show. Less of a garden gate.

I think the frames are long to accommodate chunky 700c without toe overlap

More seatpost and more spacers?
I think it looks great as is, well proportioned

My pacer! 52cm with I think a 500' long top tube, still could use a longer stem.

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This page makes me want a straggler