"They look like normal bikes with 26" wheels!"

Amey will now stop shitposting and all will be normal again

I've got an awful lot to answer for D:

More gearbox nerdery

https://youtu.be/F08bDBK7U7A

This is boring. Can you tell us some stories about endlessly bleeding Magura brakes?

Intersting. When daydreaming I often consider trying it out. I have a rolhoff on the tandem and its a bit clunky, so a crank gearbox would be the one.

I know Chris strisup was trying a pinion for a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW4aIatRP34
this looks real good.

I like that

Quite interested by a full sus gearbox bike, but everything I've seen so far is relatively long travel for my tastes. Makes sense I suppose, as extra weight and even the smallest loss in pedalling efficiency wouldn't be popular on a shorter travel XC/trail type bike

This has 184mm travel and a 62.5 degree head angle

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/bike-check-the-brewser-a-crazy-slack-experimental-gearbox-bike.html

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Bloody hell, we’re already down to 62 degrees. I swear a couple years back 64 degrees was laughed at.

The owner/builder has admitted that could be a bit slack for the 'mainstream' :-)

"The BREWser in its current form likely won’t ever be for sale, Adam says, because those numbers are not for everyone and aren't the most marketable. Still, it is being used to develop a similar but less out-there REEB frame that we’ll likely see in 2022"

Can’t wait till dammnit buys one…

What about Nicolai Saturn? It has only 130 mm travel.

What about Nicolai Saturn?

That's a very good point, and I'm surprised I forgot about it, especially as I have it bookmarked

That is cool

Nicolai Saturn

It's a big bike, but I'd likely have to spend an additional 750 euros for the custom fit for some extra stack

Or get some high rise handlebars...

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65 degrees only! Pathetic. How will you even Chuck it!
On the other hand. Doit.gif

That's what over 5k for the frame and gearbox? Peanuts in current market.

65 degrees only!

That is with a measly 140mm fork. Barely enough to drop off a kerb

Peanuts in current market

Cheaper still to not buy any more bikes

Oh, now I've made myself sad

not buy any more bikes

That's crazy talk!

And partly why this projects thread has such a low view count

That, and my brakes work

my brakes work

Could be worse.

446mm chainstays?! Very unflickable

Manoeuvrability not required when you can simply straightline everything

Nicolai Saturn? YES!