super slim
Zen MBB Master
Ratz I keep forgetting that the first batch will not arrive in USA until July!!!
T50 - Everyone likes a bike you can kick start
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super slim
Zen MBB Master
I personally like the green frame and shot blasted other parts, which will allow the addition of reflective 3m tape without being obvious, until a light hits it!
trapdoor2
Zen MBB Master
Apart from the tin-seat joint not flexing enough to lay back into V20 range, I would say that the rear seat stay isn't going to be adjustable enough to suit. While I'm sure one could cut it down somewhat (as it telescopes, etc.), I would say that an easier route would be to fabricate a set of shorter stays. As you're creating a training platform, you've no need to make it into a road-worthy bike...you don't even need to worry about extra weight at all.
I would probably find a good seat (Thor or perhaps a V20) and make up a set of wooden adapters for both the base and the chainstays. Easy-peasy.
Additional benefit from a 2 X 4 solution is that you're not cutting the original seat stays and the bike is easily configured back to road-worthiness.
trapdoor2
Zen MBB Master
Absolutely. You could easily come up with a simple "sawhorse" type stand that would take the place of the rear wheel. Just build something out of 2X4s. Since it is a standard 100mm "front" dropout width, one of those DIY bike transport things (I have two mounted on my trailer, I can't recall what they're called but they're just a bit of steel bracket with a skewer that screws down).
Like this:
The problem, I think, is going to be the seat itself. It isn't designed for the angle between the seat and the back to be as laid back as the V.
Dropping the rear end down will raise the bottom bracket proportionally (not 1:1 though). I don't expect you'd get a perfect replica of the V20's geometry...but you might get something in the ballpark.
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Doug Kline
Guru
I have a couple questions on the T50 frameset. Is it disc brake only? And if disc brake only, will a 27.5" or 650B wheel fit? From the few photos I've seen it looks like they might without a fender, but does anyone know definitively?
super slim
Zen MBB Master
The Aluminium seats look the same as the Softrider, Quest, and QX100, so it is pliable, and rubber grommets between the base and back as used on the Softrider increase the flexibility!
Disc brake only!
A 26"*2.0" tyre will fit without a mudguard, and a 26"*1.75" with a mudguard!
A 26"(559) *1.75" (45 mm) tyre has a 648 mm tyre outside dia, which is similar to a 650B*28 (27.5"*1.25"), a 648 mm tyre outside dia.
A 26"(559) *(2.0") 51 mm tyre has a 661 mm tyre outside dia, which is similar to a 650B*38, a 660 mm tyre outside dia, which is similar to a 700C*20, a 664 mm outside dia.
http://www.bikecalc.com/wheel_size_math
Disc brake only!
A 26"*2.0" tyre will fit without a mudguard, and a 26"*1.75" with a mudguard!
A 26"(559) *1.75" (45 mm) tyre has a 648 mm tyre outside dia, which is similar to a 650B*28 (27.5"*1.25"), a 648 mm tyre outside dia.
A 26"(559) *(2.0") 51 mm tyre has a 661 mm tyre outside dia, which is similar to a 650B*38, a 660 mm tyre outside dia, which is similar to a 700C*20, a 664 mm outside dia.
http://www.bikecalc.com/wheel_size_math
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Doug Kline
Guru
Thanks! That's the table I needed.
ratz
Wielder of the Rubber Mallet
Now someone put that in a spreadsheet that shows just the T50 compatible combinations.
Cruzbike Chris
Well-Known Member
Please! We need a build spec spreadsheet @ratz so we can start our planning!
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super slim
Zen MBB Master
http://cruzbike.com/forum/threads/700c-quest-3.6159/
I found this forum for 700 * 25 wheel just fitted to the front of quest 3, and easily fitted to the rear, a 650b* 45, or a 26"*2.2" wheel will fit.
Does the T50 have the same front fork as the Quest 3?
I found this forum for 700 * 25 wheel just fitted to the front of quest 3, and easily fitted to the rear, a 650b* 45, or a 26"*2.2" wheel will fit.
Does the T50 have the same front fork as the Quest 3?
super slim
Zen MBB Master
Ratz, I was looking for your spreadsheet on the winter upgrade of the Quest, but could not find it.
IF you can find it, could you kindly upload it hear, as I think it would be a good list of recommended components.
IF you can find it, could you kindly upload it hear, as I think it would be a good list of recommended components.
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