Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Non-driveside fail of The Tank

Drum brake front, Nexus 7, phat Schwalbe Super Moto-X's = you could tear down a wall with this thing.

oh i fucking love this. what is is? plz sell it to me, thanks

Looks like a “Pilen” [the arrow] a bike designed for the swedish military if my memory serves

I does remind me of the Retrovelo Paul and Louis as well.

Super close, it's a Kronan. Almost (entirely?) identical to Pilen, basically just reproductions of the old M42 bikes.

Wow, thank you! I actually just sold it, and you're making me regret it right now.

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Found an old one of my Sabbath on a big day out in Yorkshire. Must be 10 years ago!

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^Thats an hour and a half in the saddle right there

2 hours of walking for me.

haha yeah, probably right. I was being a bit optimistic as usual

Can anyone recommend an off the peg frame (current or something I can keep an eye out for second hand) that has a relatively large stack , fits 650b wheels with a tyre around 42mm?

Surly bridge club? or a croix de fer would do 650x42 no worries, but less stack

There’s a mtb ride I do that that has a climb that rises 1000 feet over 1000 metres and I often wish it were stretched out a bit. I don’t know that stretching it out to 5 ½ miles sounds much better though!

Thanks but not Surly, stack is important

Trek Dual Sport, bags of stack and 650x50 fitted as stock

If you can find an AWOL or a Marin Four corners, both meet your requirements.

The bridge club is not as low as Surly normally is. It's designed for 27.5x2.4" tyres though so not what you're looking for anyways

still fits 650 x 42, just loads of spare room and pedal strike.

Yea so it's shit

just about functional though. i chose to assume that 42mm is not the upper limit on tyre size, unless this bike is being built around a specific pair of tyres with sentimental value

edit- it could be a bike fit thing, but then i would think shorter cranks would be easier to find than a high stack bike for small 650 tyres

Salsa Vaya

Kona Drew Plus

Marin ;
Four (candles) Corners

NICASIO+

Larkspur (although that specs 2.35) tyres

Breezer Doppler?

650bx42 will fit in 26" bikes too, so you could think about converting an old mtb