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Not if you get a brace put in the rear triangle like so:

Personally I wouldnt bother. If you have plans of touring then the clearance wouldnt be enough for proper tyres. You'd also need a new fork as that one won't be strong enough for a disc brake. Just get some of these and throw your parts bin at it

you can have the zefal alternative of that ^ for free if you come and collect from SE1 @PhilDAS

http://ridinggravel.forumchitchat.com/post/installed-roadlink-having-issues-8117461

Seems to be a bit of a hit & miss regarding the usage.

Might go with Roadlink if I need 11-36/11-40 at the back.

That's a done deal. Have you got any other nice bits for me?
(not necessarily for free)

I know it'd need a brace. But the stays look thin and I've no way of knowing the tubeset, Genesis didn't know.
I'll be doing some light touring, more bikepacking than anything. I won't be using >28c tyres.
Obviously wouldn't be putting a disc on that fork which is why I was only asking about the rear.
Cheers

i will check .. I think I have liberated one of those handlebars will bring both in on Friday.

My point about the fork is that if youre replacing the genesis fork and getting possibly £200+ of mods to the frame, why not just get an OTP disc frameset without worrying if youre about to land on your arse during hard braking.

I imagine a frambuilder could tell you the tubeset too

Because I wouldn't be spending £200+. I got this for well under a hundred pound. the only mods I'd have done would be under a hundred and I'd get a second hand fork for pennies.
Not that it matters because its a hassle and I won't bother. Just considering things is all.

easy way?

I don't want a touring bike. Or I'd have bought one. I want a road bike. It'd just be nice to have disc brakes cheaply.

What's the wheelbase like though?

I'll be sure to measure it and chuck the whole lot in the skip if its >100cm

Also I don't think he's completely crazy. My BMC has a ~96cm wheelbase and it feels well nippy and whippy!

Commuter is done for now.

y? borderline goes into 'just build a new frame' territory.

Errrr...

lol

Building this up as part of my spring clearout. Bianchi coaster brake frame, wide Rigida coaster wheelset, 32c Panaracers, some Campa stuff and a bit of new parts.

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I've just been thinking about my fork predicament. Seeing as 1" threaded forks are a lot more common than 1" threadless forks, is there any reason I couldn't buy some threaded forks with a longish steerer and cut them down to below the thread, making them into threadless forks? The head tube on my Donohue is pretty small so it shouldn't be too hard to find forks with a long enough steerer to do this.

@ltc I have done this before with no issues

dont even need to cut of the treaded part really, leave the long steerer threaded forks for us big boys.

keep the threads and use the top part of a threaded headset above the stem to preload the headset.
Probably lighter than star nut and top cap.

Thanks for the advice! I'll probably do that rather than get something custom made.

You can put a star nut in a threaded fork just fine.

But you'd end up with a massive stack above the stem or be clamping on the threaded part of the steerer surely?

It wasn't a safety advice from my part. I just thought it could be cool.