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This poor Ad.... Bikes still for sale people.....

Sometimes I wonder if unpainted aluminum should just be clear coated.

Not mutually exclusive. It's been done. with FWD

Good Point; that's been done before. I don't recall who, probably Hamish There's a nice s30 for sales..... lol with a bigger small tire problem ... :rolleyes: . A Zockra with 42mm :) Rear offset is probably the way to go but you get some impact on the trail relative to the fork angle might...

You'd be better off fabricating a offset bracket to lower the rear drop out; such that a 650b yeilds the same height and trail as the a 700c on the front; That's that's how the tilting trike prototype works. But in the end you just building an S40. That said don't cut the frame bike frame...

You guys might have solve the longing standing problem in the community. Nice work.

If Gotta agree there; but a better 650a wheel would do a lot; something on an Industry9 hub with a good low pressure tire would make a big different the little Q20 fly with the velocity A23's a crappy tire and a DTSwiss hub. I have this itch to get a S40 and trick it out with the fastest gravel...

Once you have been around long enough the title under your name boosts and you gain this ability and others. It's usually automatic based on participation and some logic I wrote 5-6 years ago. If you are particularly personable sometimes you get a funny one that I assign earlier. Just a perk for...

From the spec pages S40 Complete 2023: 28.6 lbs For the v20 it really depend what you put on it. Frame weight is 3.7lbs

Bike rotation begins. V20s get a new training space to make room for the new stuff. Too hot to ride outside for 2 more weeks anyhow. Technically this functions like living room #2 Amazing what you can do with a 3m x 3m space

Finished my Chain Research.... Ick that's gotten more complicated, but I'm glad it's not a year ago when KMC was chasing SRAM from behind. Scuttlebutt on all the forums is that the SRAM Flat top doesn't play great with the Qrings at all times; sometimes yes, sometimes no, and especially not if...

First ride reports. She's a lot lighter and more nibble now. Acceleration is silly, and she still whips down the street at 25mph+ thanks to that 10T sprocket in spite of only having a 36T chainring on the front. I have some new bigger gravel tires en route, and the SRAM 12spd chain is here for...

Ok, I'm overdue on my accountability reports. Day 42. Weight is 198, down 24 lbs. The target is still 175, currently on a plateau due to lack of sleep. 18 hour Fasting over a few days will likely be required to smack the metabolism back in line (not my strong suit) FTP: 163 up 21 watts...

Nope Nope, but on most good hubs changing from XDR to HG/Spline is easy. With XDR you can run XD Cassette with a spacer, the reverse is not true. So don't by XD hubs it's a waste; but just HG and XDR and know that you can move between the two and cover most bases at this point. "All your...

Everything above it is pinned to the top so it's at the top.

It's sort of the nature of unthreaded headsets; they are light and very adaptable, but they take a lot of abuse and they aren't locked down like the threaded ones. Hit that pothole hard? feel bad for your headset, Did not do bi-annual bike "tightening/grease" maintenance; feel bad for your...

Ok, that wraps up my testing of a build diary protocol. The lightbox seems to work well enough, and I'll definitely use lower-rez photos for the big project; these load a tad too slowly at even medium resolution. The new Apple cut just the subject from this photos, that's going to make this...

Calling @Robert Holler does the graveyard have any Long chain stays laying around for a Q20 frame?

Yes, it's that easy; I pretty much had your reaction the first time I did that on my kid's gravel bike a few years ago.

The final proof is putting a rider on the bike. Here's a third timer on an MBB; the total seat time prior to this; was about 30 minutes, primarily slow speed in the parking lot with the old dual drive install. This was learning to "clip in" day.