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young_gun-
Wow I should've looked a bit more closely at all the options Surly had smh. I guess the Bridge Club fork is exactly what I'm looking for? Disc only, has 3 pack mounts, big tyre clearance, and 420mm A2C.
It'll steepen up the handling a bit but that's good since I'm running drops. There's also the handy side-effect of steepening the seat tube angle, which is nice because I run my saddle quite far forward.@Slappingpythagoras glad to hear they ride quite well, the price and specs line up very well with what I'm after.
@hippy classic 2000s paint, I can't hate it honestly
@el_presidente love the gold stem, I'm quite tempted to throw something shiny into the sea of red/black/white :D
themidge
Hmm, would the ride really be too weird with the Surly fork? It's the only thing I could find that has enough mounts - 3 pack specifically, could kind of get away with a central low rider and mudguard mount, but really not ideal. There doesn't seem to be anything else between 400 (too short) and 485 (too long). The head angle is already quite steep, 72° from measuring the photo upthread, which is about how the frame would sit with a ~450mm fork. I also measured the reach and it's looking like I'll need about a 60mm stem which I assume would help keep the handling a bit snappy.
Thanks for the heads up re: crank clearance! I've got a set of road cranks I can check with so I'll do that when I get the chance. They're currently on the pub bike, whose inadequacies as a gravel bike also contributed to this project :D
