Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

Remembers when people would sew two tyres together and cut & shut two rims together for fat bikes :)
The good old days of the Pugsley running 2 x135mm hubs so you could interchange in case of drive fail are long gone with the race to get the fattest tyres and suspension forks.
Marketing types took over there :)
Check out the Hub spare parts prices and well anything to do with super wide fat bike prices.... :)

Shimano bolts come with those because the adapter changes the angle of the caliper, so the bolts are no longer perpendicular to the tab

I'm sorry, you've lost me there

That frame looks like it's designed for 29+ wheels, the clearances and chainstay are enormous.

Edit: oic, it's a fat bike frameset. Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole personally.

Interesting. Why? It's light and fits whatever tyre/wheel size you want.

q-factors on fat bikes, and other things, they used to be simple.

Geometry designed to make 26x5" tyres not suck is not necessarily going to make for fun riding with other wheels, fat bike standards/q factor is a pain in the ass, I wouldn't trust a fork dropout with a massive gouge in it, and it looks awful.

Honestly I'd buy the Marin with a 100mm front fork and get the Deore/Halo/Hope hub CTBM suggests on the product page, it's not really a big deal imo

woooooza!! :)

Hahaha! Excellent.

Edit:

get the Deore/Halo/Hope hub CTBM suggests

Yes, if the £20 141 mm deore was available it'd be a no-brainer (CTBM says he might have been mistaken as he can't find it anymore). Sinking a £170 hope rear hub into a £149 frame seems a bit much.

secondhand china carbon = creaky mess

Wait, am I made of secondhand China carbon then?!

haha! no, just finely crafted steel

Winning at eBay. How often do you come across a tiny yet proportional-looking single speed 29er with proper sliding dropouts and surprisingly modern reach and geometry numbers for two hundred quid?

Bit of a strip down and a fresh Salsa CroMoto Grande fork and I reckon it's going to be a bit fun.

Anyone got a SRAM 10 speed mech they want shot of, longer cage preference....?

Any strong opinions either way in the 2018 Brother Big-bro? Looks quite adaptable now it's using a tapered headtube.

I have a medium cage apex

ah too slow! just bought a new GX. thanks though!

The GX will be better

hope so. looking forward to finally getting my bike fixed.

and it looks awful

Seller is rapidly approaching the £350 mark (posted). Starting to get ridiculous. Will sleep on it but likely get it and use the hubs to build up a 29+ wheelset eventually.

cheap used MTBs are false economy because 9/10 times they don't work. Tru Fax.

tiny trek

Nice find!

Unless they're SS rigid.

Trusay

That's the 1 out of the 10