Looking ahead at a potential winter project: What frame-sets are available that use disc brakes and would be SS compatible? I looked at the Redline Conquest series, its got CX geometry, which would work with my type of commuting/leisure riding.

Others? I'd prefer horizontal drop outs. Not too thrilled on tensioners.

Thanks!

Nature Boy. Raleigh Furley. State Thunderbird. Just to name a few..

Surly Straggler

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Oooo.... they even make a few smaller frame sizes as well. Gotta look into that a bit further...

Every frame is SS compatible. Every. Frame.

Nature Boy is tops.

You can also use an eccentric bottom bracket on the Twin Six Standard Rando to run it as a single speed. It has rack mounts which the NB Disc doesn't have.

Soma Wolverine is sweet. It uses sliding dropouts instead of horizontal dropouts, which makes keeping the rear wheel and disc brake aligned a no brainer. I have sliders on my mountain bike, which used to be SS, and I love them.

I have one answer I will give in the form of John Coltrane:

Okay, okay. Nature boy. I get it.

Just in case:

In your opinion, are EBB's a pain in the ass? Prone to creaking?

Wonder why Raleigh doesn't list the Furley under their cyclocross category? Its clearly a cross bike.

Never owned one, but have heard nothing but good things about the newish Niner Biocentric 2. A friend owns the T6 above (the one with WTB Nanos) and has praise for that EBB.

Assuming proper installation, PF30 creaking issues seem to be mostly overblown hearsay.

Warning dumb questions ahead:

Speaking of a nature boy disc. Does anyone ride one fixed instead of ss?

How easy would it be to go back and forth? The disc brake makes it more complicated to switch wheel sets, so it would be all about going back and forth between a cog and freewheel on the disc wheels right?

Sorry for that. Seriously considering one to try cx and I'd prefer to ride fixed when not racing.

Thanks!

But, if you are riding fixed, why do you need a rear brake ?

Basically you would just have to take of the Cog and Lockring and put on a freewheel. It wouldn't be super difficult though you want to make sure everything you are using is high quality and you know what you are doing so you don't damage threads. If you are switching a lot you could booger your threads and that is no bueno.

Disc Brakes don't really make it all that complicated though because you are still taking a wheel off so as long as you have the same rotor on each rear wheel it wouldn't be hard. Putting on the old wheel or the new wheel would be the same. One thing you could also do is clean the brake pads with isopropyl alcohol and maybe also do the same for the rotors and just make sure they stay nice and clean.

I don't.

Bear with me, but – having zero experience with disc brakes – this question confuses me. I'm not trying to take apart the rear braking system every time to switch from FW to fixed. Or am I missing something.

Thanks. That's what I imagined was the case and was just looking for confirmation.

No problem.

If you are riding fixed with no brakes (bad idea wouldn't recommend it) then you could just get another wheel and just don't put a rotor on it. So long as you don't go hydro you will be ok if you accidentally pull the brake lever. However have a brake isn't a bad thing unless you are on a velodrome or completely closed streets where everyone is doing the same thing and won't do something different.

Gaaaaah natureboy!!!!!