Surly Steamroller owners...

Not thought about a kickback hub but I like the sound of it.

Yes! That's been posted in here or the surly thread before, I'd totally forgotten about it. Basically the gold-standard steamroller for me

120mm rear disc is possible no?
Get a double sided threaded hub and put one of those threaded disc adapters on (2quid from AliExpress).

Yeah it's nice, and seems to work for him, here's a picture of it after a 300km gravel race

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Presumably the franebuilder that did the work approved. If you take it to a framebuilder please report back

Looks spot on, food for thought

The Special Ed he refers to is this guy https://instagram.com/oulufixed?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=1jbwftqfadn8w

So not a professional framebuilder, but has built a few nice bikes and modified many. He's added a braze-on and pulled out a dent on my Sibbo too.

I'm fairly sure the Steamroller fork can withstand a disc brake tab being added.

I mean, how different can the fork be on the Straggler, for example?

So I don't know if we are just talking pot luck with the forks

Pot luck :)

Lets rethink.
It can be done.
Everyone says No. Surly won't endorse a mod like that, don't do it. The factor is tube wall thickness and crown. The wall thickness is unknown unless anyone has found an actual listing of the tube/fork blade used.
You can buy Surly droputs and fork crowns so specs are out there.

There is one example in the wild that appears to still be going strong.
I would attempt to contact directly (which might be doable ) what disc mount and how was it welded/brazed.
Replicate that as it's been done and worked, the variable is the fork Blade ? has the material changed since that modification. Unlikely but possible..... the weight of the forks is well known and never seen any chatter about anyone getting a lighter weight than the known weight for the fork, which indicates the materials haven't changed.

Overthinking all this as i am off work and bored :)

26" Disc Trucker fork with cable brake.

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why so surly from pedal room.

a couple of stock fork conversions out there but hard to find actual close up pics of the mount used.
this one also has rack mounts welded on.

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Just a quick question regarding tire choice:
I'm thinking about buying a steamroller und planning to use 35c tires.
Over in the tire thread the recommendation seems to be Voyager Hyper, Marathon Supreme, etc.
How do these tires hold up to a little bit of skidding? Surely someone on here will have some experience?! :-)
What is your go-to wide-ish tire suitable for street riding including skidding?

Panaracer pasela is decent

+1
32/35mm Paselas are great!

Thanks for the suggestions. Have read that people have mixed opinions on the Paselas.
How do they compare to the Ribmo? They seem to be decent as well...

Ribmo are working well (albeit in a narrower size) for me.

Been running one in the back of one fixed bike for god knows how long. I actually bought a Rando to replace if ages ago as I was in decathlon and it was cheap but it’s still not worn out yet.

Hey James,

Thanks for reaching out. As the Steamroller is our most pared down, track-ish style bike, we will not be updating the frame or fork to run disc brakes.

Regards,

Evan Giannobile
Customer Service + Warranty Support

So we will be forever doomed to bodge a disc brake onto a Steamroller

Did you email Triton too?

Nope. You think it is worth doing?

Absolutely. I want to see this done! I just know if I do it with my cc it'll look gappy and a bit naff compared to a steamroller

How much are custom steel disc forks? Maybe if a few people were interested it might make economic sense?

I know @ginllfixit wants one

One of the Polish builders does disc forks for track bikes for about £100 I remember, I forget which one atm. I would certainly be up for getting one. Argos is my local builder here in Bristol, I might cycle up to see him and get a quote. I got a feeling it will be significantly more expensive though.

Yeah that is why I am loathe to swap in my Straggler fork. I will enquire.