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@Smallfurry
This cant be straight forward.
With a 35mm wide rim, trying to compensate for a 17.5mm offset, I'm guessing the non drive side would have zero bracing angle, and still not manage it?
Eds example up the thread, seems to be using a wide (unicycle?) 29er rim, with the non-driveside drillings redrilled to the over side of the rim. I could see you gaining 10mm of the offset this way. Which would be enough for a decent wheelset.
Alternativly you could cross spoke the wheel (drive side spoke going to non-drive-side of rim and vise versa). On a wide flat profiled rim this would add strength. If the rim round or has depth. You'll get nipple angle issues. I've seen this done on 100mm US Chopper rims (because the rim is so wide it removes the bracing angle, so the wheel was cross laced to get some back). Look bloody difficult........
......I'd love to try it.
Something like the Salsa mukluk gets around this with 170mm rear hub. But if you loved the ride of the pugsley, IMHO, you should go with that.
Like I said. I'd rather have several tyre sets, than several wheelsets. A pair of black floyds, at 20 PSI, on 65mm Marge lights, are going to be similar in diameter to a pair of 29er big apples. The only difference would be a bit of weight. Alternativly Hookworms fit 65mm rims nicely, and there are definitly whispers of the 2.5" - 3.7" tyre size gap being filled. Exciting times indeed.
I'm currently thinking of using the fatbike to commute/shop/trek etc. While I slowly rebuild the CX-Commuter.