Pinch the tires or pinch the stays. Obviously the former would be more desirable
I have boxes of little trinkets like that wife rolls her eyes knows full and we'll what I'm thinking of when I buy them
Searched TRM’s Blackbird thread to see how he dealt with those tires. He cut the inside of the stays and had his cousin weld in plates. Have seen folks pinch the inside of the stays. Maybe a little pinch and some spreading?
Awesome stance you got going. Try to set it up so that front tire can’t contact the inside of the fork. Surprise front wheel lock never ends well.
Those spring forks can mess you up.I looked at TRMs solution this morning. I would rather not cut and weld unless I have to.
Ever since flying over the handlebars on SteamRoller with the Girvin fork, I am keenly aware of making sure the front tires not only clears the fork at rest, but more importantly does it clear under compressed load from a bump.
Still have to work out the rear clearance. I slid the wheel back as far as I could in the drops and if the wheel was perfectly true it bareky cleared. But that was with less than 20psi. Once I pumped up the tires to 35psi the wheel wouldn't roll. These pics are with the tires pumped up.
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Looks like a good reason to make up some kind of rear beehive springer!
A BMX headset, or a stem?I recently saw someone dimpling chain stays using a BMX headset as a tool. The four bolts allow you to really crank down. Might be worth looking into.
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I looked at the big front tire on your beehive. Do the stops on the flanges keep the tire from contacting the spring base?
Perhaps @GuitarlCarl 's stay crimper method would work to give you just a smidge more room for 35 psi in the rear tire. I like how it's packed up inside like it is. It has a great stance, and with that seat tube bent like it is, it appears that it was designed to fit a fatty in there! And as you always say, MO FATT MO BETTA!
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One advantage of adding something to the dropouts is the ability to alter the geometry of the bike. On mine, I'm lowering the rear to get a more laid back angle and lowering my seat height.
I recently saw someone dimpling chain stays using a BMX headset as a tool. The four bolts allow you to really crank down. Might be worth looking into.
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An extension that follows the look of the existing dropouts would probably work best on that frame.Very true. If I do go the dropout extension route, it will probably be minimal extension. I really like the current stance. I also like how the curve of the wheel flows with the curved seattube. We'll see what happens.
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