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Any pics of the mudguard solution?

No picture but I drilled straight through the chainstay bridge and put the bolt through with washer and nut on the back. Can get a photo if you want but it's nothing fancyz

Rear derailleur cable is just full housing along the top tube and down the seat stay. Real nice to have as few entry points as possible for water to get in.

Agreed, flaps, black saddle, knife holder, and a touch of silver would suit it.

Crust Lightning Bolt prototype:

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And my best bike.

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I was thinking more of the front, I need to squeeze in a mudguard to my rode bike. @Ecobeard had a good solution but I'm wondering whether to sack off having any guard forward of the back of the fork

Ah right, I put the guard in, marked it up and with a fresh Stanley knife carved out an arc on either side - little by little I kept placing the guard back between the fork and stopped when it just sat nicely without being squeezed. I then finished off the arcs with a fine file. Because the arcs are only the width of the fork blades you can't really see, I think I would struggle to photograph it without removing the guard.

What crankset is that?

FSA Omega BB30 with 48/32 from ebay. With that strange 120/90mm bcd.

The frame (cnc-bikes gravel) has a PF bottom bracket so it made sense. In the end it cost less than 100€ with 4 chainrings (48/46/32/30) and I can run 48/32 here in flat Brandenburg and change to 46/30 when I go near hills.
And despite my clumsy attempts fitting the bb without tools first (and then buying a tool) I have no problems with the press fit thing with plastic cups so far.

I really don't get why people complain that much about press fit BB's.

whats a cheaper option to Sugino OX601 for sub compact crankset?

I want 46/32.

Praxis Works Alba, but it's 48/32.
https://www.evanscycles.com/praxis-works-alba-chainset-48-32-EV316128

I thought so. I looked at that and decided the weird chainrings would be a problem when FSA inevitably don't make them any more.

You'll have a new bike by then ;)

Spa TD2 running two rings ;)

I think crust made a mistake with only fitting low rider mounts. A low trail biek needs bosses higher for proper rando racknezz. Also price. Do like the frameset though. What are the alternatives for same price? NfE?

It was that or 300something for sugino or going square taper and adaptor stuff.
Also what @Jaap says. Those are not exactly cranks for life.

The production frame has additional bosses higher up, this is a pre production model I found on a google 650b group.
I don't think NFE is an alternative, the crust thing only fits 42mm 650b with fenders and is really a randonneur while the NFE fits way bigger tires and is quite different.

The elephant is almost the same price at 1385$ vs 1350$ for the crust.

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@kisspascool Really bloody nice.

Perfect I'd say. La fraise cycles isn't it?

@dangeek Thanks ! ;)
@c.h.e. Indeed !

@kisspascool very very good! Custome rack? And what deceluer?

Not an obvious choice, but I converted a FC-6603 to chainguard/46/30 for not too much money. If you can source a cheap triple to start with it could make sense.

FC-6003

pic? and what chainrings?

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Custom rack (made by a guy in Netherland, if I remember correctly) and custom 'decaleur' made by Andreas (La fraise) (just a small piece of alu fixed on the stem plate)