well....its got fat tyres!

thanks for the comments guys....dad loves it.

ninety":2eqzi8um said:
Ooh, nice bike! And that front hub is beautiful...
Can I ask, what rims are you running to get away with those tyres?

velocity p35 29er mtb rims. 35mm wide black and 29er......exactly what i needed.

(i really need to get a picture of the lack of tyre clearance)
 
I always forget about 29ers! Thanks for the info though and I'm not surprised your dad loves it!
 
the more I look at it, the more I like it :cool:

by the way, what is the width of the rear hub ?
what is the exact ref of the hub ?
front hub is 100mm ?

did you have to "adjust" the frame width ?
what was the donor frame ? was it heavy or better ?
love the rear shape

what do you have as rear cog and front ring ?

will start to look at similar donor frames :idea:
but not every road frame could do the job :?:
because of tyre clearance :?
 
I don't understand.... I was actually lost for words having seen the first picture, and that doesn't happen to me very often.

Holy sh*t, that is such an amazing turn around and the result is absolutely gorgeous. I am sat here astounded, that's a job very well done there.
 
ok lots of questions:O
bduc61":2jcijm4s said:
the more I look at it, the more I like it :cool:

by the way, what is the width of the rear hub ?
what is the exact ref of the hub ?
front hub is 100mm ?

Rear hub is 117mm old.
rear hub is a sturmey xrd3
http://www.sturmey-archer.com/products/hubs/cid/3/id/14
yep, 100mm.

bduc61":2jcijm4s said:
did you have to "adjust" the frame width ?
what was the donor frame ? was it heavy or better ?
love the rear shapes

frame was ~ 115mm, so the hub just went in, i didnt cold set it or anything.
Donor frame was a 1930s malvern star frame, frame is heavy as all hell, but so are the rest of bits. complete bike weighs 14.98kg
bduc61":2jcijm4s said:
what do you have as rear cog and front ring ?
Rear cog is the supplied sturmey 19t, front crankset is a japanese something or other pulled off a donor 50s bike as the original cranks didnt actually match.
bduc61":2jcijm4s said:
will start to look at similar donor frames :idea:
but not every road frame could do the job :?:
because of tyre clearance :?

yeah, tyre clearance is a big issue, i had my doubts the tyres would fit.
 
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