Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Disc brakes, 650b with clearance for MTB tyres, S&S Coupling and a boring royal blue powdercoat.

sounds like the oak

Far from it, only similarity is the low trail geometry and the 650b wheel.

Damn, that sounds awesome. Is that so you can take it to the States when you visit family? (S&S)

A head or quill?

Ahead, modern groupset and the like (Campag Chorus).

Dat shit cray, start a thread?

Not yet till the cheque cleared and everything's confirmed.

Have you placed your order for a pound of powdercoat yet?

Nobody will steal my winter bike! :-)

I'm thinking about building something along those lines. On a cheaper frame of course. I would want mudguards though, and not metal ones, and that could be an issue.

strokes chin

Porn >>>>>>>>>>>>>

I would want mudguards though, and not metal ones, and that could be an issue.

You're limited to the plastic SKS in 26" as they don't make them in 650b.

Nobody will steal my winter bike! :-)

Excellent. Who needs more?

strokes chin

The surly straggler is gagging for it.

You're limited to the plastic SKS in 26" as they don't make them in 650b.

No chance of using 45mm SKS longboards on 650b (with 32mm tyres) then?

I'd imagine* 700c guards would fit better than 26"?

*based on nothing but outer diameter for the tyre on the rim.

Depends on tire size.
559 = 26
584 = 650B
622 = 700c

wups, as you said.

...I'm still thinking 700c guards are going to be closest.

Meanwhile... and whilst on the subject of weirdo wheels. I am liking this. It gives an old bike new uses.

No chance of using 45mm SKS longboards on 650b (with 32mm tyres) then?

plastic = flex.

26" P50, tyre's 38mm;

The great thing about disc specific mtb 650b is the weight of the wheel.

ZTR Crest stock wheelset weight a reasonable 1550g.

ZTR Podium go down as low as 1330g.

Meaning they make great road wheels with a 32mm Grand Bois Cypres (260g).

^^ Yeah. VO's blog has a bit on the subject.

The surly straggler is gagging for it.

Perhaps not, the Surly's bottom bracket will likely to be too low for most people (72mm) as it's designed to run up to possibly 44mm tyres (it come with 41mm as standard).

Putting 650b, even with the 42mm will drop it quite significantly, having said that, my Oak have a big BB drop of 76mm (255mm from BB to tarmac, 10mm lower than a typical touring bike), so it's not the end of the world.

I know surly dropped the BB (and lengthened the TT a little) over the Crosscheck... as you say, neither is ideal for 650b (in theory).

There are a ton of OTP disc cross bikes with highish BBs, they seem ideal candidates for weirdo wheels and fat/light tyres.

A massive amount, the CC have 66mm BB drop, but the canti mount will have to be modified to run 650b.

Or just get a deep drop caliper.