For info I was running 11sp XT with an 11-42 cassette and it cleared enough to ride, though in any real mud would have been interesting.
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I have an 11-50t cassette on it now…might be asking too much.
this clearance is one of the motivations behind the “8 of 10” or “9 of 11” e-bike drivetrains from companies like Box
they use modern chain tech, but with the big cog further outboard
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I definitely have this issue with 12s on the dummy with 2.5” tires. Might suck it up and switch some box9 onto it.
Attn: small wheel enthusiasts who are missing some top end.
64 tooth 144bcd Sugino for $40
They also have this 61 tooth 130bcd jawn, if your crankset is more common.
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showing me this website is violence.
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Cool sundeal monsieur.
https://www.hermes.com/us/en/product/odyssee-terre-compact-carrier-bike-pedal-H5000837v03/?fbclid=IwAR0cO_VE2xH_IjpBkJkNgcODn-_JSDh7RgfsnjjwIP3UkYsj9A_xuuN5hhw&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
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shit fenders
You could get this 2018 manual Forester for less.
https://www.edmunds.com/subaru/forester/2018/vin/JF2SJAAC9JG607397/
Could also get a salvage title Porsche
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Chonky e-Burro puts a smile on my face. Fenders, racks, tires, bars, seat height all hit the mark for me. Even the looptail is kinda cool
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a steel Swift folder is back too with disc brakes
and a Brompton block headtube brazeon
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What’s the overall review on the swift from you? It needed to be steel and with a front mount block?
How travellable is this precious bean?
Where are the written specs?
How fiscally irresponsible am !?
Oh no?
cathy_aaack.bmp
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when I was dithering mine into a cycletruck I had also bought all the Brompton spare hardware with the idea that it’d be the travel setup
but I never put the bosses on the front of the headtube, after all the deep dithering over the demountable cycletruck rack on two QR scraxles with 4 dropouts
the design is extremely “back of a small car” foldable
also does great at “it needs to technically fold for the rules of this train”
for travel it’s more “break it down into pieces to go in a duffel bag”
So should Ryan buy one?
I say yes!
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Can it be comfortably drop barred?
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As far as I can tell, the swift is not Amtrak compatible
Also I’m starting to dither on this Bike Friday I’m gonna get. Has anyone run a shimano 12sp mtb derailleur on a 20” wheel? What 1x wide range derailleurs have y’all had luck with?
do you have any idea of tire width? big gears and long cage derders is playing with fire