Over the past week, I've seen several things posted on the interwebs that proclaim fat tire road bikes are coming to a bike shop near you. They are already here at Black Mountain Cycles. Been hear for over a year and I've been putting in miles on these for a few years.
The Black Mountain Cycles frame is here and it will fit your fat tires. These arrived just over a year ago. The supply is still good. This one will be heading to its new home down south in San Mateo County this weekend. It's a great looking bike. The new owner had it built up with a little creativity in choosing my #1 Cross Build and then upgrading the hubs to silver, change the brakes to fit the road frame, change the bars to Nitto Mod. 177/Noodle, change the stem to a silver Cane Creek 100, and build it with as many silver parts as possible. It turned out really nice looking. Simple, understated, and ready to hit some mixed-terrain rides.
The new owner has his own set of quick release levers. These black ones were used to keep the wheels in place during the build.
Clearance, Clarence. If I would have shot this shot from a little lower, it would have shown the true (more) clearance with the 33mm Jack Brown tires installed.
(What's playing: The Beatles Good Morning Good Morning)
The Black Mountain Cycles frame is here and it will fit your fat tires. These arrived just over a year ago. The supply is still good. This one will be heading to its new home down south in San Mateo County this weekend. It's a great looking bike. The new owner had it built up with a little creativity in choosing my #1 Cross Build and then upgrading the hubs to silver, change the brakes to fit the road frame, change the bars to Nitto Mod. 177/Noodle, change the stem to a silver Cane Creek 100, and build it with as many silver parts as possible. It turned out really nice looking. Simple, understated, and ready to hit some mixed-terrain rides.
(What's playing: The Beatles Good Morning Good Morning)
3 comments:
It never gets old: "The road frame takes Jack Browns, no problem" Just think of all the fun tires you can run: Challenge 700x29, Gran Bois 700x32, Paselas, Continental 700x28, etc etc. Have you ever photographed the road frame with a ~30mm Cross tire? That would be SICK, as the kids say
such nice looking bikes! What fenders do you typically recommend to customers for the road build?
Chris - I've installed both Honjo aluminum and SKS Chromoplastic fenders on the road bikes. Both work great. There's just a different aesthetic look/appeal to each one.
Bubba - I have not installed a cross tire on the road bike, but have heard of an owner of one who was running, I believe, 32 Ritcheys.
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