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Cheers for the review - planning on flat bar (bullmoose) build, 29x2.0ish with guards, 1x11 SLX etc. Not sure if L looks a bit long but otherwise Should be perfect, one of the issues that bugs me with my CDF build is toe/guard overlap when riding slow tech stuff or wheeling so would have been annoyed if I had swapped build over to vagabond and had worse.
‘21 colourway is grey which is definitely a bonus imo
Only annoying thing is horizontal dropouts you had any issues with slipping?
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No issues with the dropouts, I would prefer vertical ones to make wheel removal a bit easier but it's nice to have the option for singlespeed/hub gear. If you want to run proper guards, you will have to bodge a seatstay mount, I can take a picture of mine later to give you an idea!
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Have you considered sizing up on Vagabond to an XL?
Looks like that would give you 15-19 mm more tyre clearance at the cost of +15 mm reach and 34 mm stack..
RodKimble
MisterMikkel
Absolutely love it. Mine's a 2017 but I think only the paint job has changed? Use it mainly for off road touring, singletrack riding and winter commuting (in Norway, so big studded tyres and guards - zero toe overlap issues though!).
Currently set up with PX Jones copies and 3.0" tyres - had to change to 1x to get the clearance though. It's been absolutely faultless, all the mounts you could want and I really like the fact it is all "old" standards, so it's able to use parts bin/second hand bits without any worries. Are you planning on running drop bars? It's pretty long in the top tube, so might be hard to get it to work well.