Furry's fat and long bikes

I'm thinking that my Pugsley was offset 17.5mm, but again, this was to allow for clearance in all gears. With an Alfine out back, and a single ring up front I reckon it's do-able, and should mean a non dished rear wheel. So even though the hub stance is narrower, the lack of dish should keep it plenty strong. Certainly more so than my old offset pugsley rear, which never gave me trouble anyway.

I instinctively worried that spoke bracing angle would be poor, as the rim drillings are reall far apart. But the flange spacing of an alfine might well be as good as a 170mm cassette hub.

As my muddled post shows (kinda) the fattest par of the tyre is closest to the chainring.

I've seen a Mundo running a fat rear with IGH, and standard BB. It involved using a roller to coax the chain away from the tyre.