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Have finally (just about) finished the S3X Kogswell and had my first ride on it and while it still need some tweaking, am very happy with it. Here are a couple of pics;
Initial impressions are that there is some backlash in the hub, but not enough to worry about, not sure I'd want to rely entirely on the hub for stopping, hence the rear brake.
To start with the hub kept dropping out of gear in the lowest gear when under load (i.e. making my way up a couple of steepish hills) but think I've got it properly adjusted now. This wasn't a problem once I got a feel for what was required, instructions weren't great, very minimal, but like I said think things will be okay now.
Started with 48x14 gearing as I thought 46x14 would be a bit low, but think I got this wrong, 48x14 is too high, think I'm going to try 49x15 next.
The Kogswell frame has quite a long top-tube and relaxed geometry, so thought the straight seat post and short stem would work with the moustache bars, but this is feeling a touch short in the cockpit, so am going to fit a slightly longer stem and a seat post with some lay back.
Going to fit some black Brooks bar tape, swap the Lepper Voyager for a black Brooks, haven't decided which one yet and will fit a Velo-Orange Constructeur front rack, will also fit mud guards in the winter. Think I might ride this for the Dunwich Dynamo.