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Bearclaw Balthazar, frame too small so moved on. Rolling on 26x5” Surly Bud and Lou tires with screw-in Gripstuds
You’d have thought I learned my lesson, but nah. Frame too small yet again, custom Titanium bought second hand, but close enough for now. Wearing 27.5x4.5” 45Nrth Wrathlords, custom stud pattern with large concave down the center and xl concave in the side pockets
Exyr
Bruh you can't buy tit second hand. Titanium bikes are almost always custom.
malooooone
Yeah, normally I wouldn’t have tried it, but he modeled it after the geo of a production bike with only some small changes so I thought it might be close enough. I may be able to get on better with it by swapping the fork offset down to 44mm (thankfully that Enve has the option), running a slightly longer stem, and maybe some bars with a taller rise…
Or I can throw in the towel on this one and build out an RSD Mayor XXL next, or even better admit that what I really need is my own custom hahaha
LordKitchenersValet
? Why would that mean you can't get it second hand?
Exyr
Because they are literally custom built to the users build. They take leg measurement and torso measurement and arm length into account when building them. A brand new titanium frame is like 5-7k
LordKitchenersValet
As long as whoever's selling it has a build that isn't too different from the buyer, it'd be fine. Maybe not perfect, but fine.
Still, I understand what you're saying.
malooooone
Yeah that’s basically where I landed, not perfect, but fine. My torso is longer, legs shorter, and gut bigger than the original owner so I need a shorter standover/longer reach/taller stack than this current build for ‘perfect’. With a few a more adjustments I might be able to get close enough but as it sits, not quite where I want it.