Custom Rob English MTB

Hey BRP, was thinking about Alfine + Belt drive but I'd heard the hub doesn't like the high tension the belt requires (the Trek District Alfine BD model a few years back was meant to be problematic). I know you specked the front hub sprocket as backup but wondered if you/Rob had perhaps heard otherwise? Love the bike btw

Rob has been running a belt driven Alfine for the last couple of years on his own winter bike,,over a LOT of miles without a single problem.
Also,the newer centretrack version is meant to be a lot better in many ways than the original version.

Some more nice pics on bike rumor today ..

http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/02/23/nahbs-2013-rob-englishs-amazing-rigid-29er-tt-racer-and-tour-divide-adventure-bikes/#more-55179

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What an awesome bike! Not the kind of riding i do but im amazed at the skill and brilliance involved in making that. Remarkable!

Nice1, hombre.

Thats a lovely bike BRP.

Love the bags. Is the gap in the frame bag for carrying the bike?

Is the gap in the frame bag for carrying the bike?

Exactly that! Something that gets really overlooked in my opinion, but can make moving the bike around a LOT less hassle.

Seen some custom bags on the bikes of extreme snow bikers with the same opening. Cant say I've seen it on OTP framebags. Is all the cabling on the DT?

Rob has been running a belt driven Alfine for the last couple of years on his own winter bike,,over a LOT of miles without a single problem.
Also,the newer centretrack version is meant to be a lot better in many ways than the original version.

Figured as much. Thanks BRP

Is all the cabling on the DT?

Yeah. Nokon cables on the downtube. I would have gone with internal, but with the frame being the folding/split design it would have been more hassle.

Figured as much. Thanks BRP

There were quite a few bikes at nahbs running belt/alfine too.

looking good

Sure a stunning build. Congrats Scott.

There is a nice piece about adventure touring bikes from dirtrag HERE.

Not sure what Cielo were thinking though leaving all the bags completely empty on theirs. It spoils it for me personally.

yours blows the socks off any of the others in there... love the strapless bags!

Great news to see that English Cycles won 'Best in show' at nahbs! :]
Well deserved!

...And the even better news is that now the show is over, I can finally have my bike!!! :]

http://brimages.bikeboardmedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Rob-English-Tour-Divide-bikepacking-adventure-bike02-600x398.jpg

http://brimages.bikeboardmedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Rob-English-Tour-Divide-bikepacking-adventure-bike05-600x442.jpg

c'mon... these deserve embedding. wow.

Great news to see that English Cycles won 'Best in show' at nahbs! :]
Well deserved!

I'd agree with that. The rest of the show was full of slack looking fat bike cruisers, and 'look at me' builds. Meh.

English seems to build standard functional bikes, with added genius in the details.

Rob just told me that my bike won the Gates belt drive competition too! :]

Well deserved awards, all bikes on display are amazing. I was looking for few hours at the pictures as they came out, trying to understand some of it.

I think I know the answer but were you the first one to actually use braze on to mount the bags?

Amazing! Congrats on the accolades Scott (and Rob) That's one badass bike you have there, looks fantastic.

I think I know the answer but were you the first one to actually use braze on to mount the bags?

I've seen a few people use the normal bottle mounts in conjunction with straps, but I thought I was the first to have specific bag mounts around the whole frame...then the day before nahbs I saw that Scott from Porcelain Rocket also had his Hunter cycles fatbike made with specific bag mounts too. :]

Look like there's a whole new generation of mountain bike now, and you're part of it.

well the bikes been planned for two years, so it's nice to see it finished at last. :]