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Rawland Stag 2.0 Fop Chariot is finally finished! Rode it 22 miles to work today and it feels pretty great.
Full photo set here with close-up shots: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_squirrel/sets/72157662424971515
For reference, here is what Stag 1.0 & 1.5 looked like: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_squirrel/albums/72157632599562268
Changes include:
- Replaced factory fork (now lives with Michael) with small group-buy Jeff Lyon Fork. Same A-C & Rake but lighter weight Kaisei “Toei Special” blades + 53mm GB crown. Added some rack braze-ons and external dynamo wire guides (see photos). Painted by a friend at R+E Cycles (more pre-paint photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_squirrel/albums/72157649085331519)
- Replaced tiny Nitto M13 rack with Orc Rack that was custom formed to a size small Swift Ozette bag. Unique attachment for the Cyo Premium and similar wires guides as fork. (Tiny M13 made the bag so wobbly and absolutely required decaleur to JRA)
- Replaced Acorn Rando bag with new Swift Ozette SM. It uses cordura on the outside & X-pack for the inner water resistant layer, most seams are sealed with some goop from the fabric store. Velcro straps on the base wrap around from the outside of the rack instead of the inside for ease of attachment.
- Edelux I (upside down version) replaced with Cyo Premium for ease of taillight connection. (Note: lost switch cap on light so I put electrical tape over to keep water out, used my heat gun to make it a little more permanenet)
- Secula replaces crappy PDW fenderbot light + Magnic lamp. I masked off the lens and spray painted the black body with chrome spraypaint to match fender.
- Dynamo wiring for rear glued into rear fender gutter, slipped inside blue heatshrink tubing along with the Pusher cable, looped over to fork (held in place with small piece of aluminum tube taped & zip-tied to DT). Two Supernova quick-disconnects installed at bottom bracket and fork crown so the bike can easily be taken apart.
- Replacement Sugino OX601D crank arms (free) cuz other one cracked at axle.
- Replacement Pacenti PL23 2.0 rims (free) cuz other set were pulling through at the eyelets. Was going to ditch them completely but cheaper to keep the spokes and just do a swap. Will probably eventually upgrade these to something more modern.
- Replacement Dura Ace FD-7800 (free) for the one that exploded.
- Shimano PD-M995 25th Anniversary Pedal in blue color because matchy-match (drunken conspicuous consumption)
- Swapped 44cm Nitto Noodles for 40cm Nitto Noodles
- Swapped Dura Ace Brake Lever BL-7402 for some Campagnolo Record Carbon levers (not shakes)
- Since the lever bodies are significantly longer I swapped 100mm VO stem for 90mm.
- Ditched terrible Berthoud leather bar plugs for Nitto ano blue plugs
- Found some NOS Tektro RBP brake straddle in blue anodized colorway. Previously were some neat combo Dia Compe straddle cable hanger roller & quick release but since the new brake levers have a quick release built-in I figured I would get something less likely to explode. The roller also prevented you from getting the straddle cable lower to the fender/rack and the entire thing had some extra mass slapping around down there.
- Beautiful new bar tape from Michael (Thank you buddy! <3) + found some 3M purple electric tape that matched the bag!
- Swapped SRAM PG-1070 12-28t cassette for a 11-28t
- Fresh Wippermann conneX chain
- Purple brake housing, blue shift housing (only one little loop at dangler)
- Fiks Reflective stickers at TT/HT, some on the seatstays & rear fender.
- Thanks to Braden for the water bottle!
Lookin good. Is the fork noticeably better/different?
Honestly I can’t tell the difference since the gap between experiencing the last fork & this one was so long and drawn out.
Entire bike feels pretty great though so no egrets
Nice! Matchy matchy is excellent. But you may need a blue and purple helmet now.
do you have pictures of that?
congrats on having matched every last match, even SwissStop BXP pads
33mm + fenders should fit under those brakes unless the Seven fork does something weird
do you have pictures of that?
congrats on having matched every last match, even SwissStop BXP pads[/quote]
Unfortunately didn’t take any yet. it’s probably not going to be pretty. I put some RTV in the gutter, pushed the wire on top and sort of pinched it partially closed so the wire didn’t immediately spring out before it could cure.
Good eye on the Swissstop BXP pads, forgot that in my list
was asking more about the external wiring
what does it look like between the quick-disconnects?
[quote=ryker]
Sorry to those who have seen this on the gram.
My new Naked Bicycles custom frame designed for 33mm tires or 28mm + fenders. The silver stem feels a little fop chariot but Imma ride it before dicking around in case I want to adjust the fit. Now to install the Honjos.[/quote]
nice looking bike! double down and get a silver sp? (can’t tell if that one is alloy or carbon…but yeah)
That Naked is the business. I would ditch the silver stem too though.
Stripped my Presidio for powdercoat (color suggestions welcome), built this up! Loving it so far.
On the ride where this picture was taken I dented the toptube, dislocated a finger and ripped a bottle cage in half. Great success
[quote=JUGE FREDD]was asking more about the external wiring
what does it look like between the quick-disconnects?[/quote]
You can sort of see it in these three photos best:
https://www.instagram.com/p/-ai6pHh_oD/ (note: RTV did not hold, kept the aluminum tube but electric tape + zip-tied it)
https://www.instagram.com/p/-ajYfgB_od/ (note: ended up replacing that cone bolt with low profile hex head)
and if you embiggen this:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_squirrel/23387406099/
I probably should’ve taken an extra 20 minutes to drill a hole in the fender and pop a grommet in at the BB but I was getting impatient and figured the grommet would force the wire to enter the fender at a 90 degree angle and unnecessarily impede on the tire clearance. The way it enters the fender now is a bit more parallel and low profile even though it looks sloppy from below.
This rules!
How does this thing ride compared to your Elephant? I’m a low-trail-fat-tire-front load newb, but these bikes seem incredibly similar to me-- did you just wanna have two randos in different sweet colorways?
The plan was to make the Stag my fast, long distance bike that would be the go-to for SIR road rides or light gravel weekend rides but could also be a speedy all weather commuter. I was trying to get away from an all-rounder and make something more purpose built for covering long distances efficiently. It’s significantly lighter than my NFE and has a much smaller bags making it relatively more aerodynamic without sacrificing carrying capacity of basic items. After the commute home last night I realize the bike handles so much better than it used to. Not sure if its the new fork/rack/bag or shorter stem + narrower handlebars but it just feels really intuitive up front. I think I finally understand the hype of narrow bars & low trail
NFE is a much more solid bike. Something I feel comfortable bombing down bumpy roads with a camping load strapped to the fork. It can take wider tires than the Stag and I can easily pop the fenders off and still have dynamo lights operational (Stag is a forever fendered bike). I love the bigger rack and bag on the NFE because it can easily take care of errands/groceries that require me to move stuff around town yet it feels a million times more lightfooted than the Cycletruck. While the bike feels speedy when riding alone I find it slightly more difficult to keep up with faster cyclists while I’m riding in a group. When heading into headwinds the XL bag can feel like it catches the wind a bit more (might be perception?).
Not sure if most of this is bullshit in practice but it was the idea behind having two very similar bikes. I’m trying to move away from typical road bikes & typical touring rigs so this is sort of a 650B low-trail riff on those two genres.
stag and naked are the bees knees
[quote=jimmythefly]Wow that is shiny and beautiful. The red-on-red is really nice.
reminds me of this, haha
fantarckstic bikes on this page!
Dynamo wiring chat: I got some of these as a low cost alternative to the supernova quick connectors. Haven’t wired them up yet but they seem solid on their own. They require soldering.
^have some of those wired up on the NFE for fender removal, since the rear light wire runs through the rolled edge of the rear fender. They work just fine and are completely identical to the supernova connectors from what I can tell. Have 'em all done up nice in marine RTV sealed heatshrink too!
Edit: also got them on eBay in a packet of 20 from China for a couple bucks.
Can be found cheaper on ebay in reasonable quantities, I bought 20 pr for the next 10 bike wirings. Usually listed under RC vehicle accessories