Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Not sure why the lever is mounted that far down, but it's working a "Stempelbremse", as below -

Ha! Never seen that before. Certainly adds to the bike's fun-ness

That’s fucking good that. Looks like it gets around.

Lovely.

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This is excellent! What’s the front/low rider rack?

Beautiful, what frame is that?

Is that not a Mather head badge?

It is. Well spotted

Tubus Tara

That’s great. Put some mudguards and a basket on and it very much fits my current riding.

Into the tiny double, very cute.

New page fail.

more bikes to the people.......
this time i went for mini-vs instead of the stupid pulley, much better!

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Triple, Paselas, Kalloy, reasonable cassette... this is very good.

10/10.

This is very very nice

amazing. was wondering what the brake situation was because they look big for mini v's. but alas, I was wrong.

less bling more function

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New bike for my father:

If anyone is interested in the backstory:

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16004828/

or more images:

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16066225/

I figured FBPNA is the best place to ask about this: what are the normal max clearances for tyres and guards & pros/cons for various rim brake types suitable for wide tyres?

Calipers are about 35mm; are mini-vs the same? V-brakes are about 40mm + guards, but require linear-pull levers or a travel agent; trad cantis are up to about 50mm+guards? And then centrepulls are about 42mm+guards, but require special bosses (and mostly have old-style lever cable pull?).

I have a pair of TRP CX 8.4 on my SSCX, it clears a 700x38c (actually measured at 37mm) with VO 45mm fenders, as I use it mostly for commute at the moment.

50mn tyre and 60mm guards with full Vs. would do more

Ta all; am in the early days of speccing a custom frame - basically a light tourer with touring clearances for #plush and #supple big rubber (700C) - so am wondering how big to go. I guess I'm either looking at ~38mm tyres and 45mm guards, or ~40-44mm tyres and 52mm guards. Not sure I need to go wider than that, so it looks like going for canti bosses will give me lots of options.

This is rad - is he happy with it?