Originally Posted by
danko
I'm looking to build a custom commuter/light touring bike with a Rohloff Speedhub and need some frame recommendations.
My criteria are:
-Steel
-Classic geometry - horizontal top tube
-Fits the Rohloff speedhub without need for chain tensioner (horizontal dropouts?)
-Ability to run wide-ish tires (700x32 or x38)
-Ability to have a rear rack
So far, I've found the Surly Cross-Check frame. Are there any others that I should be looking at?
Thanks!
PS: Apologies if this is posted in the wrong subforum.
Co-Motion makes ALMOST what you are looking for and use Rohloff specific designs, but they are very pricey:
Co-Motion Cycles | bikes-grid-all-singles
Cycle Monkey is the US distributor for Rohloff.... literally any bike shop you buy a Rohloff from in the US in turn buys it from Cycle Monkey, which is part of the reason Rohloffs are enormously more expensive through a bike shop than direct from Germany, but they also build bikes and nobody known Rohloffs better...
http://cyclemonkey.com/bikes.shtml
Unless is is Rodriguez Bikes (R+E Cycles) in Seattle, which is the US leader in building Rohloff bikes by volume.
Custom road bicycles and custom tandem bikes hand-built by Rodriguez and Erickson in Seattle
At this level all the bikes are custom so you can get any shape top tube you want.