650B Elephant National Forest Explorer

Late May, Glen is ordering the tube set this week.

Powdercoat will take a while.

Geometry have been sorted, he ordered the tubing and should start building it soon.

The Oaks geometry is;

**Reach: **352mm
Stack: 595mm

National Forest Explorer will be 13mm longer;

Reach: 365mm
Stack: 600mm

The main reason is that because the NFE is more of a bicycle I'll adapt regularly (from upright gravel riding to slammed touring), 365mm reach mean that if I were to run compact drop*, I'll have to run a 120mm stem (normal for a frame with a stack of 600mm), classic drop** required a 90mm stem.

*75mm reach
**100mm reach

excited to see how this turns out. what colour are you thinking?

Gloss black, a la Rapha.

Glen have mitered the tubes yesterday, should look like a bike by now hopefully.

http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-ash/t51.2885-15/926781_1511426882413363_99699047_n.jpg

Glen
Have you picked one of the stock colors from the revised website yet? Hoping to drop it off with the powder coater Friday.

Mid to late June ETA hopefully...

He should've sticked to TIG.

Le trolle

Dibs on your Cannondale when you sell it.

Those chain stays look like they've been set closer to the centre line of the bike than I'd normally expect. Is there a particular reason why?

Centre of the BB you mean? it'll have a longer wheelbase so doesn't need to be set far apart, also enough clearance for a road crankset and 2.1 MTB tyres.

He says it's a little bit complex to do.

Yep, that's what I meant Ed. I can see that with the road cranks & 2.1 combo there's going to be a fair bit of fiddling about.

this sounds sick.
sub'd

Frame and fork finished, currently at the paint shop awaiting a gloss black powdercoat, might take 3 weeks depending on the queue.

Like I said, top tube is 1cm longer, and head angle is 1 degree steeper, 3 bottle cage mounts were possible.

1 Attachment

how many scoblebricks are you aiming for?

None.

Does 60cm qualified for BBB porn?

no.

54cm top tube certainly doesn't

I like it. More frames like that should be made for people with long legs vs short torso like myself. When do you think this is coming your way?

None.

Does 60cm qualified for BBB porn?

no.

Yes, but its the minimum requirement

are you on crack? 60cm c-t is tiny especially with an extended seattube as above

I wanna see your big mamas, 60cm +

...

Tyres arrived, folding Panaracer Comet 2.0, liking the thread pattern on it, compact enough for road and path, and 50mm should allow a super low pressure of says, 20psi.

1 Attachment

Ohh they look fun.