Sorry, taking it back to the hardtails. Just finished building my 2020 Chromag Wideangle.
Wanted to build something different from my 29'er. Love being on a 27.5 hardtail!
Posted by: Jfong92
Sorry, taking it back to the hardtails. Just finished building my 2020 Chromag Wideangle.
- DVO Diamond D1 150mm
- Full Shimano XT 1X12 and 4-piston calipers
- Chromag Phase 30 wheels
- Chromag BZA bar and stem, Trailmaster saddle
- OneUp dropper and pedals
Wanted to build something different from my 29'er. Love being on a 27.5 hardtail!
Love the colour of that bike. Looks like a ton of fun too. 27.5 doesn't get enough love these days. Also, a set of long mud huggers on a 27.5 bike gives so much coverage and makes for the ultimate winter bike.
I see you really embraced the dvo/one up green. Good on you for trying to work that wholly unnatural colour into your bike.
Chromag has a bunch of one-offs HT builds for sale.
https://nsmb.com/photos/view/20106/
Just finished putting this together last week, and it's a great bike.
Z1 coil, SLX/XT drivetrain and brakes, We Are One wheels, etc.
... having a hard time with a photo. It's a Doctahawk.
26" ain't dead!!!! Its just locked in the Zwift pain cave.
Posted by: D_C_
In my experience, X01/XX1 Eagle chains last considerably longer than GX Eagle and are worth the approximately double in price, with well over double the lifespan. Getting the good chain is useful for protecting that $300+ cassette.
Yes and no. In terms of elongation absolutely. They don’t seem to elongate much at all saving the cassette. But I think they become sloppy laterally which affects shifting. Maybe the result of chain angle in lower gears? I’m still very impressed with longevity. I’m replacing my chains annually as well as the chain ring. I seem to hear noisy rings if I put a new chain on without a new ring.
Thanks!
Posted by: Bushpilot
That Doctahawk is a beaut.
Yes! Looks great. :-)
Posted by: tungsten
No no no how many times have I told you that short chainstays are good for climbing because they tuck the wheel under you!!
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We do have the space for it and I do really love it.
I'd keep it for this winter. Re-evaluate in the Spring. As long as the above is true and you ride it then keeping it makes sense. If you find you are not riding it sell it come Spring when bike fever is peaking.
Strongly disagree. If you have a Chromag (or any hardtail) with fixed dropouts flip it ASAP! Pretty strong rumour going around that Chromag is finally adding sliders to some of their frames!!!
Now all you slow-to-conform single speeders will have the ‘option’ to ride bikes a better way!
Covid wants you to single speed! Why else would there be no Eagle chains until July!?!?!?!??!?!?!???
OH that will be sweet! Any details on the grapevine? I love my konas with sliders (Honzo, Unit, Explosif). Always good to have an easy and reliable single speed option!
Isn't a Singulator a reliable single speed option? i like shorter chainstays to make the bike easier to get on the back wheel etc so the thing i never really liked about horizontal dropouts is that it makes perfectly short chainstays too long. Sometimes you get lucky with your gear and the chainstay length but I'm just as happy to run a singulator.
Posted by: RAHrider
Isn't a Singulator a reliable single speed option? i like shorter chainstays to make the bike easier to get on the back wheel etc so the thing i never really liked about horizontal dropouts is that it makes perfectly short chainstays too long. Sometimes you get lucky with your gear and the chainstay length but I'm just as happy to run a singulator.
Sprung tensioners are noisy and sensitive to chainline, frame flex and contamination with thick mud in my experience and depending on the frame, longer chainstays might actually feel pretty nice/better than the short setting, but that's obviously personal preference. Also think of the clean lines!
I had a ~1992 GT Tequesta set up with a fixed tensioner at the BB, that worked pretty nicely, but even there noise and friction were more significant than on a nicely set up bike with an EBB, sliders or track ends.
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