Originally Posted by
jimcross
I'm curious about such skinny tires on a 29r. Why not the something like the cyclocross frame?
The CF frames from China started to look problematic for this project. I got conflicting information from different sales reps as to when they could ship and not much to choose from in the 29er. I looked into CF cyclocross frames from China, but I was concerned about springing the 130mm dropouts apart to take the 135mm Alfine hub. So I switched gears and ordered this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWNX:IT
It has 130mm dropouts but I am not too concerned about spreading a metal frame a tad. When I get the hub, I will see if it has locknuts or spacers that can be shaved down slightly. I plan to get the most flat-resistant rear tire there is because changing the rear wheel sounds like a pain with the internally geared hub.
I have parts coming from all over the place and anticipate the UPS guy coming to my shop almost daily in the next week or two. So far I have received this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWNX:IT
Its going to be a lot of fun.
Don in Austin