Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
I have a Pug for four years with 2x9 gearing and the front derailleur (Sramx9 Group) made contact with the outer knobs on my Endomorphs. Sliding the rear wheel back and using Karate Monkey spacers solved the issue.
My point: Even though Surly swears everything fits and works properly on the Moonlander, I pretty much figured 4.0 was the biggest tire that could accommodate a rear cassette because my Pug was REAL tight. If in fact the new 4.5 tires don't have chainline/contact issues - the bigger the better for dry sand. Go Moonlander.
Surly says the Moonlander requires using the outer 2 rings of a triple, and possibly not using the innermost cogs on a cassette... if I were going to build a Moonlander, I would want to use either an IGH or a cassette/IGH combo to clear the rear tires.