Don't take anything for granted. Had to sell the bike I bought for bbshd build
Plan was to build a fast comfy performance 99.99 percent street driven bike. This is the bike I bought in red.
I knew the fork was heavy and low grade but thought I would give it a chance for pavement use. A no go lol. The lack of slow speed compression damping was a bit annoying. The lack of any rebound damping to speak of was extremely annoying and the 28mm stanchions flexed bad under as hard as I dared cornering with the knobby tires on it. So as I expected I would end up doing I bought a rockshox silver recon tk29 solo air fork. The stock fork was 493mm crown to axle and 46mm offset with 75mm travel. The rockshox is 506 crown to axle at 100mm travel and 486 if I put the 80mm travel spacer in it. The fork would be OK to use either way.
The rockshox also specs at 200mm max disc size so this was great as I plan on Tektro Dorado's with 203 front and 180 mm rear discs. All is good so I decided to get my street tires. I have 2 different schwalbe in mind and both 50kph e bike rated. The marathon deluxe folding bead which is expensive and lighter than the energizer plus wire bead. Both have a great grip rating so for starters I ordered the energizers got them mounted up and mounted them on the bike which was a PITA lol. The wide tires and short narrow chain stays made it a bear to get past the derailleur. Now for the clearance. It is not acceptable. It is to tight. The rims have to be perfectly true and any kind of tourqe from the bbshd will make them rub.
I have digital calipers and could have made sure but I took bikes direct word for 2 inch tire clearance. Oh well.
Here is the bike that is replacing it. A gravity 29.1 and getting the rockshox fork I have and the Tektro Dorado's.
I knew the fork was heavy and low grade but thought I would give it a chance for pavement use. A no go lol. The lack of slow speed compression damping was a bit annoying. The lack of any rebound damping to speak of was extremely annoying and the 28mm stanchions flexed bad under as hard as I dared cornering with the knobby tires on it. So as I expected I would end up doing I bought a rockshox silver recon tk29 solo air fork. The stock fork was 493mm crown to axle and 46mm offset with 75mm travel. The rockshox is 506 crown to axle at 100mm travel and 486 if I put the 80mm travel spacer in it. The fork would be OK to use either way.
The rockshox also specs at 200mm max disc size so this was great as I plan on Tektro Dorado's with 203 front and 180 mm rear discs. All is good so I decided to get my street tires. I have 2 different schwalbe in mind and both 50kph e bike rated. The marathon deluxe folding bead which is expensive and lighter than the energizer plus wire bead. Both have a great grip rating so for starters I ordered the energizers got them mounted up and mounted them on the bike which was a PITA lol. The wide tires and short narrow chain stays made it a bear to get past the derailleur. Now for the clearance. It is not acceptable. It is to tight. The rims have to be perfectly true and any kind of tourqe from the bbshd will make them rub.
I have digital calipers and could have made sure but I took bikes direct word for 2 inch tire clearance. Oh well.
Here is the bike that is replacing it. A gravity 29.1 and getting the rockshox fork I have and the Tektro Dorado's.
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