Custom frame for Rohloff

[Relayer]

Great looking bikes, makes me wonder about 953 tubes, drop bars, 700x32 tyres, disc brakes, and Rohloff of course .... past 50, wonder if 55th is an important enough birthday?!?!?

[JimK]

Ha! I put down money for a new Nomad on my 55th! I'm expecting a request for final payment maybe this week or next. And I have never even seen a bike anything like it, nor Thorn nor Rohloff nor cetera. Got to keep the spirit of adventure!

[julk]

This guy in Scotland will put a removeable joint into a seatstay to permit a belt drive. If you look carefully at one of the last photos on the blog page you will see one fitted to the bike on show.

You would need a new paint job after, but it is possible.

[nicknoxx]

This guy in Scotland will put a removeable joint into a seatstay to permit a belt drive. If you look carefully at one of the last photos on the blog page you will see one fitted to the bike on show.

You would need a new paint job after, but it is possible.

Steel frames only though.

[PH]

PH
What rack is that?
Stu

It's a stainless steel Tubus Cosmo.  A slightly changed design new this year, wider top platform and a better protected rear light mount.  I'm a fan of Tubus racks but inevitably the steel ones get a bit of ugly surface rust after a few years where the panniers and hooks rub.  For the price I'm expecting this one to last my lifetime!
http://www.tubus.com/en/rear-carriers/cosmo

[nicknoxx]

Tubus make a titanium rack. . . .
Burls have them

[stutho]

Tubus make a titanium rack. . . .
Burls have them

Yes - I was half expecting PH to say that the rack was Ti, I have never seen one in the flesh.

[PH]

Tubus make a titanium rack. . . .
Burls have them

They make two - the Airy which has been around a while but wasn't suited to my needs and the brand new Logo Titan that wasn't around when I bought mine.  If it had been it would have been a contender, though at £60 more and a 25% reduced capacity* I may still have chosen the SS rack.

*30 kg instead of 40 kg, neither of which I'm ever going to get close to, but the extra capacity might indicate extra strength, which might be a good thing.

[Andre Jute]

It's a stainless steel Tubus Cosmo.  A slightly changed design new this year, wider top platform and a better protected rear light mount. 

It's a good rack, more solid than I was expecting by virtue of its triangulation, but it is still pretty small (looks like it was designed with road bikes and light tourers in mind even though it has a pretty decent weight rating), and the lower horizontal rails are inconveniently angled in under the toprails, presumably as part of the triangulation, making it difficult to hang bags and baskets and on them; my fave everyday luggage consists of an open Basil pannier basket, model Cardiff, and a leather saddlebag bag big enough to rest on the rack. But at the price, and in stainless steel, the Cosmo had better see me out, so it'll have to do.

Andre Jute

[snoogly]

It just celebrated its first birthday. Custom steel frame by Carl Strong.

More pics: http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/1186654/1/Rohloff?h=ef5a74

[nicknoxx]

Nice bike Snoogly

[wheezy]

Snoogly – Will that take big tyres? Puts me in mind of an MTB slicked-up for the road.

[snoogly]

It will take up to 2.5 tires, with fenders.

It's hard to describe what kind of bike it is  Basically it was built to suit my battered old-sih body, as I have bad back and don't want to lean forwards. Drops are out of the question for me, and I like flat top tubes. It is very stiff, but also very responsive. I went with disk brakes as I hate adjusting brake pads and cables ... So easy I know, but I got annoyed every time I had to tweak v-breaks.

I used to have a rear rack, but now I am using bags like this to carry stuff:

[ThousandYardStare]

That's one of Revelate's bags isn't it Snoogly? They do some interesting gear, including great custom frame bags. I'm picturing a long minimalist summer tour on a rack-free RST, with just bar bag / seat pack / frame bag. Mmmmmmhh, that'd be the way to travel....

[wheezy]

Mine looks very similar to yours when I swap out the tyres and forks for road use. This is in MTB guise:



No idea why this keeps failing. Shows up fine for a while, and then... nothing.