Comments on: Big Dummy Build http://crankedmag.com/2008/04/09/big-dummy-build/ { ride a bike... everyday, everywhere } Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mark http://crankedmag.com/2008/04/09/big-dummy-build/#comment-7907 Mark Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:15:34 +0000 http://crankedmag.com/?p=295#comment-7907 <p>Surly says that the answer to the chain-hitting-the-tire problem is using a square tapered BB and a longer spindle. Oh well. http://www.surlybikes.com/spew19.html Or just get a rohloff and do what this guy did. http://www.ridingthespine.com/Journey/category/chupacabra/ that is no big dummy though. it is a full custom frame. check out the secondary rear hub. and both front and rear dropouts are spaced at 135, so you can swap your wheels front and back. http://trafficcycledesign.com/products/category/7</p> <p>sorry for link-bombing.</p> Surly says that the answer to the chain-hitting-the-tire problem is using a square tapered BB and a longer spindle. Oh well. http://www.surlybikes.com/spew19.html Or just get a rohloff and do what this guy did. http://www.ridingthespine.com/Journey/category/chupacabra/ that is no big dummy though. it is a full custom frame. check out the secondary rear hub. and both front and rear dropouts are spaced at 135, so you can swap your wheels front and back. http://trafficcycledesign.com/products/category/7

sorry for link-bombing.

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