A day that began with rain – much needed, prompted a desk-clearing procrastination effort. All in aid of productive waiting. For the tracked-arrival of a large parcel
Lots of excitement hereabouts for your new ride, Tom! (Though I was counting on carrying a lot of my future gear on your longbike piloted by you. Blast, might have to rethink that.)
Tom, Looks great so far. What a beautiful frame. I’ve just spent my first hundred miles from Bozeman on the Larrys on pavement, but I’m turning off onto the Divide again tonight. Sweet, sweet suspension!
Frame offset? Normal Pugsley offset? With a Rohloff, it seems you wouldn’t need quite as much chain/tire clearance, unless the frame might someday run with derailleurs.
It’s got the normal pugsley offset – mainly in case I want derraileurs later. In minor hindsight I might have pushed for a symmetrical 135mm rear to run a rolhoff with fat tyres as long as you don’t want to go above huskers on marges and maybe a more conventional 29er set up if you wished. Maybe with enough space for 29×3″ too… That’s what we’ll be aiming for on my wife’s bike as she wants to be able to do 29er expedition touring in the future with the same frame.
Tom
The Rohloff chainline seems to be 50-something (54, 58mm?), and an Innova fat tire on a 65mm rim measures about the same as the ISO 94mm description, so it seems a non offset fat-Rohloff would work. It’s nice to have the versatility of the Pugs offset though, even though it’s a bit of a mindfuck to most. It’s not really that weird once you get past the fact that the frame looks bent.
bicyclenomad 
Lots of excitement hereabouts for your new ride, Tom! (Though I was counting on carrying a lot of my future gear on your longbike piloted by you. Blast, might have to rethink that.)
Joe.
Oh dear! You should have told me before I ordered it! ;-). Scott’s got a plan for a something ‘long’ so maybe you could ask him….
Tom
Tom, Looks great so far. What a beautiful frame. I’ve just spent my first hundred miles from Bozeman on the Larrys on pavement, but I’m turning off onto the Divide again tonight. Sweet, sweet suspension!
Frame offset? Normal Pugsley offset? With a Rohloff, it seems you wouldn’t need quite as much chain/tire clearance, unless the frame might someday run with derailleurs.
It’s got the normal pugsley offset – mainly in case I want derraileurs later. In minor hindsight I might have pushed for a symmetrical 135mm rear to run a rolhoff with fat tyres as long as you don’t want to go above huskers on marges and maybe a more conventional 29er set up if you wished. Maybe with enough space for 29×3″ too… That’s what we’ll be aiming for on my wife’s bike as she wants to be able to do 29er expedition touring in the future with the same frame.
Tom
The Rohloff chainline seems to be 50-something (54, 58mm?), and an Innova fat tire on a 65mm rim measures about the same as the ISO 94mm description, so it seems a non offset fat-Rohloff would work. It’s nice to have the versatility of the Pugs offset though, even though it’s a bit of a mindfuck to most. It’s not really that weird once you get past the fact that the frame looks bent.
Wow!
Enjoy the new fatty!
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Vik
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Just got to finish building the rear wheel, wire up the shifter and she’s ready for a trip to the trails on the weekend :-) :-)
What BB/crank is that?
It’s a RaceFace Atlas FR – available from Chainreactioncycles.