If the dropouts are currently 1020 or another mild steel, but Matt wants to continue with the CNC manufacturing process, there's no reason apart from cost not...
... I would say that pretty much sums it up! ... Some dropouts are cast, some are forged. I would assume that LS investment casts all of their dropouts, since...
In case it wasn't already stated, this solution with result in the strongest rear wheel in addition to no tweaking of the frame being needed... Doug...
The current dropouts are both laser cut and then CNC'd. From 7mm cro-mo plate. Things like fork blades and dropouts are best made of material that can be bent...
... I don't know. I have mixed feelings about the 559: - I think it is the perfect size for smaller bikes - 8 year old kids can easily ride a 559 bike - I like...
Understood. In a previous conversation you mentioned the possibility of going with the 650b fork, which is probably what I'll do. Now that I've been riding the...
... E X A C T L Y When I'm on a 559 bike, it feels like a adult-sized BMX bike. And that's kool. Sometimes being bounced around is fun. But sometimes being...
... Frames built for 571 are also nice 559 frames (although they are often limited to around 30mm tires). The radius difference is only 6mm, which just means...
... It's a lot easier to find nice 559 tires than nice 590 tires. 590 tires are almost always utilitarian. The CdlV is as good as it gets, and you can get a...
Jeff, that thing looks great. Nice job. I'm really getting fired up about mixtes. While driving home yesterday, I saw a guy riding a single speed/fixie mixte...
... OK, so that makes it even /more/ curious. If the frame will fit either, why is it that those frames seem to /always/ be spec'd with 571 wheels, /never/...
... Why does 571 exist at all? It makes no sense to have two sizes that are so close. It does, and performance-oriented road bikes use 571 as the stock ...
... You might as well turn that around and say that since 571 is so dominant, why does "road 559" exist at all? After all, nobody uses it on road bikes...
... The problem is that 571 doesn't come in tires over 23mm wide except for one Terry model. ... They make 559mm tires down to 20mm wide. There is no logical...
As the name implies, it's a 54 with a 55 cm top tube. I got the frame and fork from Matthew about a month ago, had it Framesavered and built it up. Has less...
I was cleaning out my garage and found these tucked away neatly in a box. Anybody need a set of the gen 1 fender stays? I think I've got the other hardware too...
Howdy folks. These are probably something that really shouldn't be shipped due to cost, but I am looking for a nice pair of alloy rimmed 27" wheels for a bike...
What is the spec'd spacing of the top of crown bosses on the P/R fork? Or, what's the average actual measurement? Mine measure 71mm apart. Thanks, Neil...
I have to share this one. A friend of mine recently took on a couple of rats as pets. My brother had a rat when we were kids. They're nice little critters and...
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