Raised chainstay frame on budget Trail Bike.

[Retrorockit]

I was in Dicks Sporting Goods and stopped to loook at the bikes. I saw one that had an interesting frame. I guess it's about a $500 MTB. Nishiki Colrado Pro 27.5. HT with 100mm Suntour fork amd 20mm axle I think..
The frame has a raised chainstay on the drive side. It comes with SRAM NX 1x11 setup 2.8 tires, and Techtro disc brakes.. But it loooks like it could go staright to belt drive.
https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p...hoCysUQAvD_BwE

[ncrkd]

Funny you should mention this bike - it does look very interesting for our nefarious purposes, at a great price and not a lot of waste.

Here's a clumsy BBSHD build video, using this bike:

How would you belt it - one speed with one of those cassette single speed conversion kits? Maybe the Sturmey Archer 3spd IGH cassette hub, like one of rider's BBS02 builds? If it were my build, I'd spend a little more and bump up the front rotor to 180mm and maybe a better mechanical caliper.

[Chucknelson01]

Hi, I tried this same build with the bbs02 but used the Luna 30t chain ring where the chain was hitting the elevated chain stay. Did you go thru all of the gears using the stock 46 Bafang ring and had no chain rubbing with the BBSHD? I will try swapping out the ring

[ncrkd]

Hi Chuck - I don't own one of these bikes, and didn't make the video.

[Rider]

This frame looks very interesting. I will have to go check out its' geometry...

Chucknelson01 - How in the world could a 30T on a BBS02B possibly hit the chainstay on this bike? The stock chain ring on it is a 30T or larger. Can you post a picture that shows what you claim?

The BBS02B is lighter and has a better cadence than the BBSHD, so the only reason to go BBSHD is if you want more watts or throttle without pedaling IMHO.

[Retrorockit]

The puny bottom bracket get's thrown away for a mid drive. A 29 er would be hard to get the gearing low enough. If I didn't already own 3 bikes i would have one.

[Mr. Bungle]

I LOVE Elevated Chain Stay (or ECS) bikes! No chain slap!

[Rider]

EASY BELT DRIVE BABY!

[ncrkd]

How would you tension the belt with that fixed rear dropout? Time for one of the derailleur hanger belt pulleys maybe?

I'd love to get one of these especially at that price, but I've got a frame in a box that I can't afford completing. I'm too possessive to sell anything off.