While this would be tempting, I don't know if there's an easy way to do this with the set-up. My bike will have Shimano hydro disc brakes and Di2 and the frame was built around that end. Not sure it can easily be converted for SS and it would mean buying separate brakes/levers in the short term.
Go with a fixie setup and that problem is solved.
DROOL
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The pain that hurts the worse is the imagined pain. One of the most difficult arts of racing is learning to ignore the imagined pain and just live with the present pain (which is always bearable.) - Jeff
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rectumdamnnearkilledem
That is pretty!!
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
A few shots...he (Toothless...after the dragon in HTTYD) already has 90 miles logged. Trying a slightly longer stem than what Seven recommended (found I felt really cramped in the drops with the 80. 90 is what I have on my other 2 bikes, too). Permanent tape (gray Lizard Skins) won't go on until we have all the fit all dialed-in. Pretty certain most of that extra head-tube above the stem will be going bye-bye soon.
The cat is also Seven. She has 7 toes on her left front paw (and 6 on the right + an extra on each hind foot). She has already decided that the bike is hers.
Ti looks even better with some sandy splatters of mud!
Dirty Girl
Nice. What model Seven is that? Evergreen? Is that a rack mount?
My new Brompton is plenty dirty already but can't yet compare to slo's bike. I've discovered that when riding after dark in the rain the spray coming out the front fender into the beam from the front headlight is almost mezmorising.
Ooh, I don't want to see any snow pics, yet!!
Mudhoney. Really, the difference between the Mudhoney and Evergreen are mostly semantics. My bike's built with the notion that I'll be using it for CX/gravel/road... It does have rack mounts, which I may or may not ever use. It didn't cost extra to add them, so it seemed worthwhile.
The wheelbase tipped me off that it was something different. Semantics is right. It's hard to eyeball the difference if it's not overtly setup for racing. I'm seeing people do cross on gravel bikes. I think my Crosshairs would make a fine gravel bike and a fine all day riding bike. It too has rack mounts so someone might have been thinking that when they built it.
It snowed at my uncle's house in WI this morning.
Yeah, there was snow and sleet on this side of the lake, too.
As for geometry, mine was really limited by my size, too. As it is I have pretty significant toe overlap...a bit moreso than on my Redline, even. I get it on my road bike, but that's almost never an issue, with the exception of out/back turnarounds in the middle of races. I have to go really carefully through slow, tight turns in CX, which kinda sucks, but it is what it is. I'm short, but my feet are relatively large for my height.
My former boss' wife's Seven has 650 wheels and still some overlap. Seven didn't want to do it but she knew what she needed and got it.
I wonder how 650 wheels would go on a cross bike. Tire choice would be an issue I'd guess.
I wonder if it would mess with BB height...? Always seems like fixing one problem creates another. Though I do wish 650B mtn bikes had been more of a thing when I got my 29er. I think I'm really probably too small (5'3.5") for that size wheel...it's a little cumbersome.