E-Stay advantages

[incorrigible]

Not to venture too far off-topic, but full-susser fatbikes have also been built.

http://www.carverbikes.com/blog/Carver- ... -Bike.html
http://salsacycles.com/culture/prototyp ... on_fatbike
http://www.bikerumor.com/2012/09/07/phi ... t-collars/
http://forums.floridasportsman.com/show ... -Tire-bike

I guess it would be easier to make a full-susser fat bike because it looks like the only mod would be to widen the swingarm.

 

[B77]

Yeah just been looking at some, possibly overkill ?

Edit: there is a french fatbike builder, typically for the french the price is 2 1/2 times what everyone else is charging :roll:

 

[Loki]

hi
depending on size of your 55 incorrigible my be interested in it.
he doesn't have one. but would like one.
roy

Roy,

Wow, I guess we're all posting simultaneously, so I didn't see your comment until after I posted.

Dang right I want a redline. Thanks for thinking of me.

...there is no interest for E stays in the USA that I can see.

...ahem...um, interested here.

I think, I will hang onto this one, it's especially rare, It's my size and now that I know it is perfect for a 27.5 conversion it will be much easier to build this than try to get a new frame by my wife.

 

[incorrigible]

I think, I will hang onto this one, it's especially rare, It's my size and now that I know it is perfect for a 27.5 conversion it will be much easier to build this than try to get a new frame by my wife.

I was thinking of offering a trade, but I just searched your posts, and if that 20" Ritchey is your size, then that Fifty-Five is too tall for me anyway.

Redline also made another e-stay called the Forty-Four. I'm not sure what the numbers 44 or 55 mean, but I agree that those bikes are somewhat rare.

Over the last 4 years or so, I've compiled a fairly large image library of e-stays (most of which were RB postings), and I count about 80 manufacturers of e-stays (that I know of), and some of those manufacturers, like Redline, made more than one version. Most e-stays were made between 1988 and 1993, but there are some manufacturers that currently offer e-stays, including Mrazek (http://www.mrazek.com/), A.N. Design Works (http://www.and-style.us/), and Starf@ckers (I don't know if I can post the actual link here, but just enter "Xenon Frame Set" into Google Images and you'll see it). With that in mind, it seems obvious to me that the advantages of the e-stay design outweigh the disadvantages, because there's obviously enough of a demand for them that manufacturers keep making them to this day.

 

[hot chilli]

i have the perfect fork for a fatbike full sus...
Hanebrinks.. the ones i have just got, have 4.5 inches between the fork legs.

over the years alot of full suspension bikes have taken advantage of the extra tyre space that you can get with a raised swingarm.

the back end of my hot chilli will easily take a Nokian Gazzaloddi 3.0
this is only possible because its a raised swingarm.

 

[Raging_Bulls]

Only room for a 2.3-2.4 here :cry: This is a 2.2

(yes, I know it's out of center, the pic was taken from a topic where I asked how to correct that issue)

Then again, I can imagine my 503 would look good with discs. Time to send that spare frame to a framebuilder. Where's Si when you need him?

 

[rumpfy]

Re:

Is added weight considered an advantage?

I doubt, but from corperate America's perspective reduced lifespan is.

We're a nation of fatties. Mostly.

 

[elPedro666]

I think we're catching you up Eric

 

[elPedro666]

Right, I've been doing a bit of research and Haro (possibly others, Nishiki?) had an estay, early Extreme I think, with a bolted on rear triangle...

Sure you can see where this is going, how far are you prepared to take it? Shouldn't be all that difficult to get a wide rear triangle made up, with clearance, a disc mount and the dropout slightly lower than before to compensate for longer forks. LetmetalktoMarc has a front end for sale at the moment. Now that would be a proper job, keep the the angles the same but give high clearance. Only notable difference would be more trail. You could even have different mounts for the rear triangle to tweak the angles...

So, how far are you prepared to go...?

 

[mrlee]

1995 Smokestone with hs11's, capable of running up to 3" tyres on 26" rims front and rear thanks to girvin vectors also can run 700c wheel on the rear,

this was on the last nw ride, 2.5 supper tacky dh bonty's,

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a very versatile frame.