oh sweet
i texted coutrytruck bro about picking up a prime brisket and smoking it tomorrow
he said oh shit i’m coming over for dinner
i said cool bring yr tig welder
he said ok
well that was easy, guess i might built a little front rack soon
let the foppery begin
oh yeah and moyer is bringing tacos and a puppy over on sunday
if norman doesn’t wreck their pup then i might pry some info from him about racks and tig welding and brazing and what not, shit he might even be collecting some building shit again for fun…
[quote=cookietruck]and according to heatheory my 58mm trail bike should handle fine with a small front load
but i can say right now with where i sit on the bike it actually handles best with a small bit of weight in the rear…[/quote]
your actual experience lines up with mine
I’ve put handlebar bags on a bunch of bikes in that range, and even a u-lock kinda sucks. A six pack makes for some bullshit.
I just bought a frameset in the same ballpark of longish chainstays for rear panniers, but that’s already been lowtrailbroified. Am hoping for it to do both atmo
It’ll be interesting to see what the actual geo ends up being, I could end up getting a crosscheck fork (and maybe slightly reraking it) to get less offset.
[quote=cookietruck]ps i’d have him braze bosses on top of the fork crown on each side and bolt the rack there up top
and according to heatheory my 58mm trail bike should handle fine with a small front load[/quote]
I think the largest load I put on my midlifecrisismobile when it had a medium-trail (57mm) fork was something in the ballpark of 20 pounds. It was fine, though the front end really wanted to fall off to one side or another when climbing steep ramps.
It’s a bit more stable climbing with a lower trail (36mm) fork, and I could push the rack a bit forward without making it hideously tippy, but tbh the most obvious advantage I got with a lower trail fork was a lot more clearance for fenders plus 29mm tires.
Bumping this
Get me into 700x28-32s, porteur rack, fenders, etc. basically what the ahearne does but with disc brakes. Is there a porteur geo that can be done with a 396ac fork?
[quote=Miguel]Bumping this
Get me into 700x28-32s, porteur rack, fenders, etc. basically what the ahearne does but with disc brakes.[/quote]
If I was in your shoes I’d just see if someone could modify the ahearne’s NDS chain/seatstays to fit a dick brake. It comfortably fits Nomad 28s, and really who needs anything else?
