Required fields are marked *. Looks sweet.. Will that fork be available separately? After that, he started digging into off-road touring, but decided to focus on shorter rides on high-quality routes.

The Nordest Sardinha features a Taiwanese-made, double-butted CRMO 4130 frame with clearance for 27.5 x 3.0″ or 29 x 2.6″ tires. Continue on for more photos and complete build details…. Originally published in The Bikepacking Journal 03, Ditibised is Alexandera Houchin’s extraordinary story of training for the Tour Divide, framed in four seasons…. Featuring a made-in-the-USA steel frame, sliding dropouts, and plenty of mounts, its a great option to consider when eying bikes such as the Krampus, ECR, and the Tumbleweed Prospector. No rocker dropouts on this one, in efforts to shave weight. I heard a rumor the Romanceürs might be back sometime this year. The Evasion frame is designed around 26+ (26″ x 2.8 can also fit 3″.) share. The rigid-specific Longitude is no exception. Yeah I agree, that does have a nice ring it. Well don’t fear, that beauty is not leaving the line up and hopefully more will be available around October. Outside of bikes, music has always been a driving force in John’s life, and the audiophiles among us might be interested in checking out his work as a mastering engineer at panicStudios. PSA: Crust Evasion Lite's JUST went up for sale. Just looking for the frameset, but would consider extras. Note though that there’s no provision for racks, as by their own admission, they much prefer soft bags, and the bottom bracket is press fit rather than threaded. In addition, note the bottom bracket spec. View All Features. Logan had a ton of fun on the Pine Mountain 2 in Spain a couple of years ago; read the review below. Love the color. If you know of a bike you think will make a solid addition to this list—preferably one you have first-hand experience with and can recommend—please let us know in the comments below.

If you want to go to thru axle and make your bike 148mm rear spacing then these are the drop outs you need. The new ones come out in a few weeks, but I'm not expecting them to do raw a second year in a row - and not super keen on stripping a new bike. But It’s just as happy on a 650b tire (27.5″) up to x 2.4. While not shown with drop-bars, the Velo Orange Piolet is designed for either drops or flat bars. F*#& tapered (unless it’s carbon which I guess is used to make carbon ride less like crap). . Some are more suited to technical trails than others, which we’ve mentioned in our overviews. Crust Bikes Home › Forums › Classified. Like all good bikepacking rigs, provision for fork bags and rear racks are all accounted for. Yard Sale; The Parts Bin; FAQ; Login × Recently added. 4: Integrated headset cups. ( Note Dropouts are NOT Paragon made, they are Taiwanese frame components designed to accept Paragon inserts. Even unloaded the frame handles great and feels agile, though its touring geometry means a bit more effort is required when navigating more technical singletrack.

The Troll is rigid specific, the rear dropout is compatible with a Rohloff hub, and aside from a full complement of rack mounts, there’s no less than four sets of triple-pack mounts on the fork, facing both forward and aft. Cjell Mon’s signature plus hardtail. Are there fender mounts on the fork and frame, and is there attachment points for a rear rack? No rocker dropouts on this one, in efforts to shave weight. The fourth issue of The Bikepacking Journal hit mailboxes this spring. Yard Sale; The Parts Bin; FAQ; Login × Recently added. View The Classics, The Bikepacking Journal is our printed collection of inspiring writing and beautiful photography.Find details here alongside a growing collection of web exclusive features... Have one to share?
Oh yeah, you would use this with two Xpac fabs chests ( For despite the many copy cats out there, the chest is indeed still the best.) This looks awesome and love the color! It’s simple, classic, and sensibly specced. Glad it helped. Bike Tips Ep1: Spacers. 3: Fixed 142mm X 12mm rear dropouts. Bottom bracket height, standover clearance, and trail are all calculated with a 356mm (14″) radius tire. When it was released, the Crust Bikes Evasion was a true to form game changer for production bikes but even then, some games should be changed up a bit. 11 comments. All sizes are heat treated CR-MO

26 x 3.0 fits in the front and 26 x 2.8 is the max for the rear. I have a Gorilla Monsoon and love it, but wanted something with more tire clerance but no super long rear ends and a carbon front fork.
Also note that the complete build, down to $1,450 from its original price of $1,750, now has a more limiting, single chainring gear range (32T x 11-42T), which could be restrictive for heavy duty off-road touring, without modifying it with a smaller front chainring or larger rear cassette. You know what I am talking about right?