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Old 11-06-08 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by kringle
There are a few design flaws, though. The water bottle holes are too close together, two bottles won't fit without flipping a bottle around when inserted. The other issue I have is the low bottom bracket. If you can just send the blueprints to the factory, why not make a higher bottom bracket? It feels like I can't go bigger than 165mm cranks. Lastly, the rear brake bridge isn't designed for a short reach caliper. That's really odd because the fork that came with the bike does require a short reach caliper.
The only cosmetic issue I have are the brake bosses on the top tube. I know it makes the bike more functional, but zip-tying a brake cable housing to the tube to use a rear brake is functional also. Doing without the bosses will make the bike look immensely cleaner without a rear brake.
Thanks for the input- we just put our next order in and we already saw the brake issue- on future bikes both front & rear will be for standard reach brakes. Also- moving the downtube bosses up 30mm to fix that problem. We are having the rear brake cable guide braze-ons removed- we have had others suggest this also.
For the BB drop height- it is a bit complicated and the changes won't make it into this next order but we are going to look at that for the next time.

Keep up the input!
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