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Just bought one of these

And this afternoon I’m going to tell Mark Lynskey I want to make a frame to go with it

shedfire 10:02 am on March 9, 2009 | 11 Comments | # |

Flamejob 10:27 am on March 9, 2009 | #

Oooh want!

What Taiwan backwater did it come from??
Flamejob 10:28 am on March 9, 2009 | #

*subscribes
DaveP 10:43 am on March 9, 2009 | #

Cool! What’s the details?
Daz 11:32 am on March 9, 2009 | #

So where do you put the petrol in? ;o)
Olly 11:32 am on March 9, 2009 | #

Nice, very nice. Don’t they weigh as much as eastern europe though?
shedfire 11:34 am on March 9, 2009 | #

They are 4.5Kg Olly. Which is quite a bit.
But it’s “low and central”. We’ll see.
Flamejob 11:44 am on March 9, 2009 | #

http://www.srsuntour-cycling.com/SID=si7950385475ae845bf1d51298fbb4c6/index.php?screen=sh.detail&tnid=2427
Matt 1:12 pm on March 9, 2009 | #

I can’t wait to see how weird a HT w/ gearbox looks.
em 6:18 pm on March 9, 2009 | #

not liking this, http://www.bike-community.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=108&c=2

rohloff all the way, simple elegant solution.
ash 6:32 pm on March 9, 2009 | #

4.5 KILOS? not pounds? wow that is a lot… shame really.
dave 9:59 am on March 10, 2009 | #

can you not just jam a HT2 axle through the middle of a rohloff instead?

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