Originally Posted by
guy153
If pedal strike is the issue you could also try shorter cranks. Those are trending these days anyway.
This is part of the formula for sure, I'm told that a lot of folks who ride these on 406 wheels lose the cottered cranks and go down to 165mm but still have more pedal-strikability than usual (and I tend towards wide pedals to fit my feet so that seems extra likely for me)
Originally Posted by
Duragrouch
Small-wheel folding bikes are among those bikes that have made tremendous advances. Further, good ones with 406 wheels have become commonplace, and lower in price, at least on the used market. Thus, I would recommend surveying the market and deciding what your long-term goals for the bike will be, and finding a nice used example as a canvas to paint on. What city do you live in? The markets vary greatly, a big bike city would offer better selection on craigslist.
Yeah agreed - I'm in SE michigan and have been (and will continue) looking. Realistically this is probably a build-it-up-next-winter project so there is absolutely no rush for me. A right-priced dahon or similar seems very plausible - I do kind of want a 3 speed hub on this which seem less common on the newer bikes - haven't really decided yet though (and obviously not a deal breaker because I can always move one over or rebuild the wheel).
Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
One issue with adding a crown race seat further up the steerer is that it will drop the top of the steerer down and into the stem/head tube. In other words,the steerer might not be long enough to have this happen and still secure the headset adjustment and stem.
I agree with doing a bolt on dropout extender trial/test first, just don't leave the fork at that state for long. Andy
Originally Posted by
lnanek
There are really huge crown races out there:
https://ebay.us/m/jWPLPQ
Similarly, there's some headsets that intentionally add a lot of vertical padding.
I've been considering them for my Trek 5000 which I'd prefer was more like a hybrid than a road bike.
ooo I heard mention of those but couldn't find any actually for sale! I think the very-tall crown-race-for-a-sealed-bearing-headset really seems like the way to go at least for initial experimentation. Cheap and non-destructive, also doesn't change the brake (or steering) geometry and probably gives a little extra wheelbase as a bonus. Combined with a rear wheel lift I could probably get a decent amount of extra height - and easy to tailor to the height to match the available steer tube length. Presumably less structural risk too since the load is going down to the original crown race seat.