A ride with Chris and two bikes

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Chris from Speedgoat came by for a day of riding.

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 We traded bikes several times for comparison.

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 steel and ti.

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Chris wrote more about the ride in the Speedgoat blog.

Rohloff 14 SpeedHub Jones

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

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The bar was custom bent by Seven.

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

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 The bike is 24lbs.

A bike for me.

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

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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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

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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.

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

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 Here it is with the seat down for the decent.

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Down to the bottom it goes.

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 It’s a good one.

Steel frame with titanium truss fork

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

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Steps

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Steve taking the steps in So Cal.

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