Given that Brant said it was a wee experiment, I’d imagine it’s mostly PG.

So – where’s it going to fail first? Driveside CS/BB or ST/TT junction?

😉

If it does indeed flex like a pregnant yoga teacher, would not the caliper mounted on the chainstay/seatstay be at risk of failure ❓

I’m sure it’s very carefully designed with just sufficient lateral and torsional flex to make you think it’s flexing vertically without being a complete noodle.

Or maybe it’s laterally stiff yet vertically compliant?

I like the idea, but it definitely looks like an experiment/prototype (which I believe it is). It’s got a long way to go before it rivals the looks of the Stooge and I’ll be interested to hear how the flex pans out.

Quadangle?

Lisa Riley in a centrifuge 😆 😆

Will it weigh more or less than Lisa Riley in a centrifuge?

That is to ‘post of the year’ what a Steven Gerard free kick is to Liverpool
Bit late but a blinder

Will it weigh more or less than Lisa Riley in a centrifuge?

I am crying/choking.

OH is looking at me funny as she doesnt know who Lisa Riley despite being from rural Yorkshire.

SE Quadangle for fat middle aged men?

Interesting that they haven’t bowed the seatstays to get some softail flex out ot it.

I guess the average stw On One fanboy desk jockey has the weight to get any BB flex out of it if not the strength 😛

Also…B+ narrower than 29+, what’s the point?

Also…B+ narrower than 29+, what’s the point?

They’ll go nicely in the back of my 29er with the 29+ front & make the O-O fatty more versatile

Interesting, I wondered if that frame was ever going to see the light of day. I’d be interested in it, looks fun.

SE Quadangle for fat middle aged men?

Quite. Although there’s only one bike I’d want to own with a split top tube, and it’s not an SE:

Did you not get the memo?

cynic-al – Member

Also…B+ narrower than 29+, what’s the point?

Is B+ not supposed to fit in many normal 29ers and existing fatbikes? Which is kind of uncharacteristic for this sort of thing, it’s supposed to require a new bike…

That rear axle looks too narrow and weedy.

cynic-al » Also…B+ narrower than 29+, what’s the point?

I might have this wrong but there seems to be some sort of challenge in getting a 3″ tyre on a wide rim to work with a 73mm BB. This works for 29+ though, so I can only assume it’s something to do with shorter chainstays creating a strange angle?

It pains me to say it but, if that’s the case, then a wider BB, wider rear axle should help.

Is B+ not supposed to fit in many normal 29ers and existing fatbikes? Which is kind of uncharacteristic for this sort of thing, it’s supposed to require a new bike…

29ers? Dependent on chainstay width. Fatbikes – should fit in them all but many folk seem to think that a 100mm BB is going to host of knee problems.

finbar 8) a childhood icon for me and a reason I do like twin top tubes.

I though we where on about this new on one –

(WTF is that??? 😯 )

Linko

Looks like a baby Fatty, fitted with 700c wheels and Midge bars.

That ^ is what the word abomination was invented for.

Also…B+ narrower than 29+, what’s the point?

depends which tyres, the Vee ones are 3.25″. Kinda makes sense if ‘fat’, b+ and 29 all end up a gnats hair from each other. I can see b+ poping up in DH, we already used to have 26×2.7 michelins and even bigger nokians.

Just because you can doesnt mean you should, someone call the bad taste police.

It’s On-One – the Bad Taste Police gave up years ago.

😉

speaking of bad taste…
here’s my version of the whole “plus” thing.

26+ ragley pig-dog. 50mm rims, 3″ tyres.

Christ, there can’t be much clearance on max compression! You have checked that haven’t you?

ermm, you do realise that it’s the crown/ stanchions that move during compression, not the bridge/ lowers?

And you do realise that the bridge can rise above the bottom of the crown?

nope. full compression has been achieved and all teeth are in order.

More pics please anotherstan, that’s ace.

They’ll go nicely in the back of my 29er with the 29+ front

Just what I was thinking.
Should fit in my Niner.

More pics please anotherstan, that’s ace.

+1

What 26×3 tyres are available?

So there’s normal at 2.4″, plus is 3″ and fat is 4″?

Yeah, that’s what i believe.

finbar – Member
Quite. Although there’s only one bike I’d want to own with a split top tube, and it’s not an SE:

A Noughties repro Haro Freestyler? Each to their own I suppose.

I’d prefer a Gen One freestyler or an old Torker – the bike that Bob based the design of his bike on…

Sorry about the hijack. Elderly Haro fanboy here. 😆

And 650b+ (at least in the tyres available at the moment) has a smaller outer diameter than a 2.4 Ardent so to me it seems a little pointless doing the 650b+ rear and 29+ front.

Hope the paint on those Maguras is tough or are you only using it when you’re guaranteed no more than a thin layer of dust on the front tyre.

molgrips – Member
So there’s normal at 2.4″, plus is 3″ and fat is 4″

B+ rims will be wider too. There’s no absolute definition of these things though so expect 35-55mm.

It’s all in the tyre volume; a tyre like a 3″ Surly Knard is only a few millimetres wider than a 2.4″ Ardent or similar, bits it’s way bigger in the volume department which gives it that floaty feel of a full-fat bike tyre along with ability to run much lower air pressures.

Personally, I like it a lot 😀

Given that Brant said it was a wee experiment, I’d imagine it’s mostly PG

I think he’s continuing the experiment. Maybe not with the dodgu looking frame but I think with 650B+.