Planet X kaffenback - Touring / Cross

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13085563/

This bike is slowly turning into:

One of the more interesting Current Projects threads.

Edit: Hm, new page. Kinda screwing up your thread, @bankiren. Can delete the picture if you want.

hahaha!

This gets better and better every time.

Stunning bike with awesome details!

This thread is awesome, love the leather chain stay protector, the leather will need a lot of upkeep though if it gets wet and or sweat.

now lets see you make leather hood covers!

P.s I'm also extremely jealous of the workshop setup you and your friends have!

This sunday 18:00 ferry goes to gdansk in poland,
our plan is to go Poland - Lithuania - Latvia - Estonia.

Pushed the bike hard for two days of courier work this week to just feel it in before the trip, it feels great.

i will post pictures on my instagram - @bankiren - on our trip, plan is to ride it all in two weeks.

Built a quick camera holder in the back today, bolt is shorter after picture :)

Did 140km today, damn i love those tempobars :)

So nice.

Roads are not the best here in balticum, but all peolpe are supernice and everthing is supercheap here :), pictures on my instagram!

Followed!

Cool build! What's the weight of the new fork and how does it ride? I'm riding the Kaff with the OG fork and it is heavy as fuck and rides a little dull

I'm using mine as my daily commute: http://bechbox.com/photo/bike/kaffenback/2016/kaffen01.jpg

^ fuck that's nice too though.

Isn't the Kaffen supposed to be a tank though?

Yeah it is, and it gets me there every day all year, but I'm commuting 40km each workday on this fucker and I'm beginning to miss a little more fun and not just stable ;-)

bankiren, did you see my question about the weight of the new fork?

and how did the bike hold up on your trip?

You might need to do a little @bankiren to get his attention ;)

forgot this thread, your kaffen looks rad, next time i go to garage i wall give you all spec on the orlowski fork.

bike was amazing on the trip, i like the geometry with the custom fork. @megl

winter is here and i came over a replacement fork for merida espresso and built the kaffenback up as cheap wintercross.

i dont want to slam the orlowski fork so this was a good and cheap solution for now.

10,64 kg as pictured.

Cool - thanks!

The winter build looks great! Where did you get the fork?

At my LBS, they had some problem with stock forks on merida espresso and this was the replacement forks from merida :)

If you dont need bigger tires than ~33mm (kojak) try asking omnium (Jumbo) for a short spare fork for the omnium cxc. axel-to-crown 370mm, rake 45mm 38mm, iso disc taps.

This would make the bike less dull. You can buy it as a spare. But ask for the short version.

I have got one. about 900-1000grams, straight legs, steel. I will get a picture up later...

http://omniumcargo.dk/omnium-one-and-cxc/

damn, that omnium frameset with discs are nice!

@svendhöek thanks for the heads up! It seems like a winner

That CXC frame is mighty fine too!!

The fork with a 28mm rubino pro (24mm high from rim edge):

There is 32mm from the rim to the bottom of the fork.

Cool - thanks dude! :-)

Thanks for the heads up about the cxc forks! I contacted omnium. 110 euros for the forks, he said the rake is 38mm.