650B Elephant National Forest Explorer

Yup.

107mm BB with Spa's own cranks.

Remind me what tyres they are Ed?

Know what you mean about the hoods ed. They're not that comfy.

It felt short, I think it work best when there's a perfectly flat transition from bar to hood, anything like my classic drop bar it get awkward.

Oddly the Campagnolo ergo levers is still very very comfy.

Oregon Outback NFE team

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Want one of these pretty bad...

Had a pleasure of seeing this in flesh yesterday; this was the best feature:

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I love this Elephant;

Elephant Walk - Bike casting an elephant shadow
from Michael Flückiger on Vimeo.

@edscoble, Did I read that you're planning to put the Rat Trap Pass tyres on this? You planning to use 'guards with them?

Where did you get this man? Looking for one.

The black Zefal HPX? Bought it NOS at a flea market in Denmark

Actually my current mudguard will fit perfectly well with the Rat Trap as it's 55mm.

I'll get the Rat Trap once my Grand Bois Hetres worn out, which after checking it five minutes ago, still got a while to go, maybe 3,000/4,000km left to go.

They the sks 65mm ones?

what guards? I'm in the market for some to fit over some 2.2"s

Bonor, I have a pair of Zefal 26 X 2 + that should work.

They are in Walthamstow if you are interested .

So yeah.

Many moons ago, when I order this frameset, I specifically asked to have at least 27.5 in 2.1inch of clearance.

At the time, the only option were the Grand Bois in 42mm, quite small for the sheer clearance of the frame but at the same time I knew more choices will appear.

The new Big One tyres at a whopping 60mm fit perfectly in the clearance of th frameset, especially the 60mm 700c mudguard.

Its 27.5 in 2.35inch, bigger than originally build for.

Once I finish the London-Edinburgh-London, it's time to overhaul it.

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Black really work on it with the mudguard and the thread is slightly more minimised compare to the 700c 30mm G-One, should make for excellent all round tyres, most notably touring in the Pyrenees mountains on gravel road.

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Looking great Ed. Mudguards ID?

I am ready to buy this.

GB stainless steel, 700c 60mm.

The 700c enable enough clearance for that tyres, as the frames max clearance is 700c x 38mm (min 26" 2.35 knobby).

Edscoble, predicting 650b before there was 650b

PM the lottery numbers this week please Ed

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Awesome bike Ed, kudos to schwalbe for their range

The rounder profile looks nicer than the flat Honjos I had seen so far with such large tyres.