Here’s another of those brake levers set up with Shimano Bar Cons on a recent build we did: https://www.instagram.com/p/BBf-AV5w1Cr/?taken-by=gravelandgrind
On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 10:12:56 AM UTC-5, Gravel & Grind Espresso + Bikes wrote: > > Just finished this Hunqapillar demo build. We’re long time fans of wide > flare dirt drops, so putting Nitto’s newish wide flares on seemed like a no > brainer. I’d be interested in the IRD quasi brifter program for a while, > and again, this seemed a good test bed. We like them, cause you can throw > more or less whatever shifter on. In this case, I used some vintage Suntour > DT shifters. We’ve been playing around with ultra wide range gearing for a > while, stealing conceptual tech from 1x systems and appropriating it for > our own uses, IE not 1x systems. Around here, the climbs are nasty enough > that if you are loaded down with a winter load or even a plush summer load, > you want really low gears. Why? Walking is hard, on loose rocks and leafy > trails, while pushing a bike. Fine for hiking but a pushing 70 lbs up a > steel slope isn’t my idea of a good time. Long cage deore and XT 9 speed > derailleurs take up the necessary slack. This is a 44/24 front ring combo > and a 13-40 rear, but we’ve done even wider combos with success. My money > is on the Deore rear derailleur if you wanna try it out, and the IRD wide > range cassette. > > I spec’d a SP hub up front, with a Busch and Mueller Luxos U for leading > tours in the back country/emergency cell calls. Shimano’s excellent and > cheap LX hub is in the back. Nothing else of weirdo note, but the rack > handles loads well, and the Surly Extra Terrestrials fit with mud clearance > but not gobs of that. > > This is a test ride bike, and it’s a 51 (I normally ride a 56, but these > have long top tubes) so come check it out if you’re in the DC area. > > -james > Co-Owner, Gravel & Grind, Frederick, MD > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
