Malheureusement, they don't show. I'd like to see them if you can
conveniently repost. Even though your tires are skinny, hard 50s.

Patrick "just put *more* lovely miles on his Fargo" Moore

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Peter Andrews <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I thought I'd post some photos of my 60cm 2008 Bomba's chainstays
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> a 113 spindle (about .666 mm of chainstay clearance for the big ring
> after ultimate tightening of crank bolt).  I should've pulled the
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> On Oct 22, 12:23 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The custom was my idea, too, until I (1) learned that the Fargo does
>> indeed have room for 70s and fenders and air space and (2) got a very
>> good price on an almost new one.
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>> The Fargo has more clearance than did my Monocog 29er.
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>> Speaking of which (he said, craftily) the Monocog, much modified
>> (below) frameset plus lots of parts is for sale cheap: $300 + s/h in
>> CONUS. Includes OEM sp, new Profile bb and headset, Profile upjutter
>> stem, 46 sm Salsa Bell Laps, front and rear ROAD BB7 calipers with
>> front 185 mm disk (no levers) and (if you remind me) the OEM Redline f
>> and r hubs (ss).
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>> Modified by me: I squoze the right chainstay to accomodate a 46 t ring
>> with a ss drivetrain. (Don't ask why.)
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>> Professionally: removed canti brazeons; added fender and rack mounts;
>> added cross-forkleg strut, tapped, for good front fender line; and new
>> dark teal-y green powdercoat.
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>> The attached photos of the Fargo bb area are poor -- forgive the
>> fuzziness -- but my battery was very low and I could not get the flash
>> to work. The stays are deeply dimpled on the drive side to accomodate
>> a triple crank while keeping chainline and Q decent. The downside is
>> that nothing bigger than a 38 and 28 -- at most, possibly not even
>> these, since the existing 36 and 26 are very close -- will fit on the
>> middle and inner positions: a 44 and a 30 bottomed out when just slid
>> on the 113 spindle.
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>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Garth <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> > Patrick, do you have any photos of the Fargo's BB/chainstay area? I'm
>> > curious how they get the extra clearance for fatter tires, are the
>> > stays dimpled or something?
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>> > Now that you mention it .... it would be nice to be able to use the
>> > huge fenders with wider tires. I'm limited to P50 fenders on the
>> > Bombadil, Cascadia 29'ers won't fit the fork.
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>> > Maybe I should get a custom monster tire non-29'er Bomba-like frame
>> > made. It wouldn't be lugged, but I'm not married to lugs.
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