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some specs on my bike front center; 24.5 in. a little over 62 cm chain stay length; 17 in. about 430mm to the center of the dropout the top tube has an effective length of 59cm which most people would say is too long but I like to stand up and stretch out the seattube length is pretty irrevelant but it's 72.5cm up to my wonderful brooks saddle from the center of the crank |
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i wanted a tall headtube because i think tall stems look a little like an afterthought on something that doesn't fit right and i wanted as much standover as possible because i am a little prone to accidents, besides this frame has enough tire clearance to use 29 inch x 2.1 tires and i might want to ride it offroad i used a 80mm steel nitto stem with custom bent steel handlebar both chrome plated, standing and climbing put a lot of stress on handlebars and stems and i like steel I am using a single 48 tooth chainring and a 5 speed freewheel on a high flange normandy hub with 120mm dropout spacing as i thought i might want to run track hubs the head and seat tube angles are both 74 degrees so this bike handles pretty quickly and i have 60mm of bb drop |
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I like linear pull brakes and the avid levers and the thomson seatpost are the only new parts on this ride besides the hutchinson tires and the frame of course the tubing in this frame is mostly columbus, a double butted .9 .6 .9 top and down tube, 28.6mm and 31.8mm respectively, a single butted seattube and a 1 inch steerer the dt-ht is lugged, the fork crown is long-shen, the lugged bb is kirk pacenti's and the rest is fillet brazed with paragon rear entry dropouts and 4 rack mounts front and back although I haven't built the racks yet the frame weighs a little over 4 lbs which i think is perfect for the type of riding i do and my weight I really like my bike a lot peace |