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| The BWNN drop bar hardtail... something I've wanted for a long time! |
Ever since I built my Ti Salsa "Bike With No Name", I've wanted a suspension fork for it.
Gnat, the bike's original owner (and designer) just happened to have such a fork that I was recently able to acquire through some creative parts swapping. And as soon as the fork was in my hot little hands, you better believe I was hard at work installing it on my bike!
Though I will likely ride the bike with the rigid fork some of the time, it's awesome to be able to have this RockShox Reba to run when I want a little extra cush. And with crown races on both forks, it takes all of ten minutes to swap back-and-forth between the two... Perfect.
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| One more bike is ready for adventure in 2012... |
Thanks to
Nathan and Damon at
Cycle Works in Lincoln for their courier service of the fork from its former home in MPLS, and thanks again to Gnat for the fork (and frameset). I'm looking forward to hitting the trail on this beauty!
Cheers,
MG
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Beautimous! Lot's of fun will be had on that rig.
Thanks Brian. Yeah, I think it's going to get a lot of use in this configuration. That fork rides really nice...
Cheers,
MG
I have to ask. Is this a soon to be released bike by Salsa? It seems like a Ti Vaya with suspension corrected geometry. And what kind of crank/chainrings are you running there? Looks pretty trick.
So that's what my Fargo Ti would look like with a suspension fork huh?
Rod... Errin nailed it. The BWNN was a prototype of the Ti Fargo that was built in 2010, prior to the release of the actual bike. It's very sweet... Perhaps the most awesome bike ever.
I just realized that I forgot to answer your question, Rod, about the cranks & rings... I'm actually running an old-school Shimano Deore XT crank from the mid-90s (M737-series). It uses the somewhat forgotten 58/94 5-bolt format of chainring attachment, which unlike the more common 64/104 cranks, allows down to a 29t ring in the "middle" position. I'm running Salsa chainrings on the BWNN in a 30/44 configuration, which, paired with the 11-34 9-speed cassette in the rear, gives me a very practical, usable gear spread.
It's my "getto" 2x setup...
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