Jeff : Blog

Chris from Speedgoat came by for a day of riding.

 We traded bikes several times for comparison.

 steel and ti.

Chris wrote more about the ride in the Speedgoat blog.

Here’s Albert’s Jones with a Rohloff hub.

The bar was custom bent by Seven.

The hub fit up without the need for the speedbone adaptor.

 The bike is 24lbs.

I think this is the bike I’ll be riding the most this summer.

I can run the fat front tire or a normal 29″ but the fat tire works so well for me that I’ll probably keep it on most of the time.

 It’s under 26lbs as shown, without the bottle but with the crudcatcher and bottle cage. That’s not bad for an “all mountain/freeride/xc/trail” bike.

It looses about a pound with a 29″ front wheel.

 Right now the bike has my 17-34t modified XT cassette on a King single speed hub. I’ll be switching out to a single cog sometime soon. I like the gears but I like the bike with just one gear too. This may be my SSWC bike.

I’m using a Rohloff chain guide that I modified . It’s light, simpe and keeps the chain on the ring.

The tire clearance is good with a 2.55″ tire on a 35mm wide rim and it’s very good with anything smaller.

I’m testing a new carbon steerer tube is made by Edge composits. It saves 80 grams over the stock aluminum tube. They will be available soon as an option or upgrade.

 Leaving out the top cap /compression plug saves more weight.

 Here it is with the seat down for the decent.

Down to the bottom it goes.

 It’s a good one.

It’s more than half a pound lighter compared to the steel fork.

Steve taking the steps in So Cal.