Orlowski Appreciation Thread

what forks?

Chinese Hylix

Here's the preliminary build! Waiting on an adult sized stem and an SLR saddle arriving! I'm happy with her at this stage though

@negaatio, would you mind sharing some geo details or a bike cad file? I'd like to repurpose a frame with this kind of sliding drop out, so would be interested in chainstay lenght, head tube angle and fork A-C/ rake? The same goes for the one with Wound up forks, but always forget who it belongs to?

came here to post my bikepacking setup

ill fetch ya the geo chart also!

@FredyCro here

that head angle is a bit on the steep side, as I'm not that keen on 71 deg sluggish steering cx bikes

Cheers, fork definitely looks longer then 395 A-C in the pics. I'd like my build to steer as a road bike (but also clearances for at least 35c and mudguards), and the head angle is going to depend a lot on the fork length, I guess.

thats the tapered cx disc from enve.
http://enve.com/products/cross-fork-disc/

*QUICK SPECS
Material: Carbon Fiber
Steerer Tube Length: 350 mm
Rake: 47 mm
Axle to Crown: 395 mm
Brake: Disc
Axle Compatibility: QR
Max Rotor Size: 160 mm
Max Tire Clearance: 48 mm
Crown Race Diameter: 1.5"

missus' orlo

650c 4130

Here's an updated picture of my Orlowski before she becomes a 650b 'adventure bike'

I've got some nice annodised purple accessories to take me back to 1994!

looks beautiful

pretty! what kind of tyres ya gonna use?

I've got some Panaracer Gravel King 1.5's (38c)at the moment but I'm pretty sure they'll be too wide as the clearance isn't huge on the frame. Think I'll try get some Grand Bois (32c) as they seem to be the only 650b tyres I can find smaller than 1.5's

Here she is in all her 650b glory!

Looks smashing, I think!

yup thats nice!!

HOT !

Now got mudguards and rack fitted

Great stuff. High rack, though!

Looks really good!

real frikking pretty that!

Awesome. What's the BB drop? Looks hellish low. Can you pedal through corners?

Thanks guys

@JB the rack is designed to be secured by the QR skewer. I've got it secured to the mudguard mount. Might try to lower it somehow. I don't plan on carrying a massive amount of weight so shouldn't be a major issue.

@macaroon pedal strike isn't an issue. BB height is around 15mm lower with the 650b wheels/tyres. I don't plan on riding the Red Hook Crit on it anytime soon so I'll just continue to coast around corners.... ;-)

rdy for cx season :)

Still the best looking bike on the forum ;-)