Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Yes, latter is design as a touring tyres.

The thinner sidewall, slick carcass and lightweight build contributed greatly.

Kojak's got ruined in no time on my Brompton... Side wall got cuts so easily. Never again on a Brompton, which is a shame as they were nice to ride.

you fine with this one Ed?

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I know that this is 'not porn and not anti' but I just puked on my cock.

why are you in this thread with your dick out anyway

Dude the tyres...

Need all black.

Sometimes i just like to let it get a bit of air, it's quite pleasant and improves circulation.

It's not your bike is it?

@edscoble Any ideas what the tyres on Jan's firefly is? I'm running 26" btw and liking the look of them.

It's compass' own Rat Trap, a massive 2.3 slick (54mm) that weight a mere 418g for the extra light version.

That's only slightly heavier than my Grand Bois Hetres (412g), which show the main advantage of the 26" being able to stay light at such a large sizes.

Does anyone know any thign about these panniers? My search truned up nothing.

Also rather nifty convertable rack:

All of those are super nice - who makes them?

This might be useful in your pannier search? I don't see them in the photos, but there's a lot of brands there that might lead somewhere...

TM what's that saddle bag ?

Looks like a restrap :)

£££ but thanks

The Crust Bikes cargo fork is for sale for $250 and I want one.
(Makes bikes with 400mm axle to crown and pref 72° head angle cargo-ish)

That doesn't look like it make sense.

More rake is required to make it cargo like, not head angle.

The 72° head angle is so that the platform on the fork is level, so not the end of the world if it's not.
In the description he says it has "properly designed rake" so I reckon that's accounted for.

That make sense but also quite limiting than just ensuring that's there's enough rake to compensate and be able to adjust the rack to be levelled or slightly sloped.

Will look into it, as I'm on a train.

The Fern Story via pannier cc should give you the answer. it won't open on this steam driven PC.

There are some really nice bikes on that Fern site.

It seems Kristin is a friend of the Fern builders and started up Paks so they should be able to help via Farcebuch or Twatter, whatever they are.

wow ! amazing !

I heard you like bidons... etc

Uhh and this is lovely as well. Refreshingly different...

@Hulsroy do guards really make sense on this? Wouldn't any terrain requiring that kind of tyre just clog up and/or rattle to shit?