I love mine, but I think it's a bit over geared - 39/53 and 11-28 and a short cage mech. Any cunning plans for widening it cheaply? I'd almost consider 1x.
Assuming it's a 130BCD crank you could fit 50/38 rings and depending on the rear mech a 11-30 or 11-32 cassette might also be an option...
I put a Disc Trucker fork on my frame in the end. I'm surprised by how fun it is off road on hard pack, toe paths etc, it reminds me a little of my first MTB in the 90s. But to be honest, it's a bit dull on road. I had a Specialized Diverge before and that was much more of a lively ride. This bike feels a lot more solid for better and worse. Still, it was a cheapish built at around £500. Maybe I will grow to love it, we shall see!
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That looks very nice demizen
Slight thread resurrection, I'm tempted by one of these, along with, probably, a Dawes Galaxy fork.
What's the sizing like on the L/XL frames? I'm 6'1", 33" inside leg, feel like I'm stuck right between the sizes. My proper road bike has an effective TT of 570mm, the L Plug has 560 and the XL is 574 (and they don't have any in stock anyway). I'm guessing that for winter/commuter/light-touring duties I don't want something quite as long and low as my roadie, so to go for the L?
I'd go for the large and get a longer stem to make up any remaining reach you want/need.
If your going to use it off road/gravel/Cx, then you maybe better off with a shorter reach than your regular road bike anyway.
I'm 5'10" which puts me in the middle of the medium / large sizing. I went with the medium and glad I did as I'm running a sortish 90mm stem and can only just fit the Cannondale save seatpost I wanted to fit.
so to go for the L?
I'm 5'9" and find the reach on the medium quite long (not in a bad way though). I can imagine a med fitting riders up to 6'0" quite easily, so i'd definitely be thinking the L for you.
Did anyone get their bb shell faced before building theirs? I am finally ready to start my build and am wondering if I really need to havev this done.
I didn't and had no issues (facing the BB).
Re sizing above. I have xl and I've a 34" inseam. I don't think it's that long.
If you are near Devon IHN welcome to take mine for a spin for size.
I've had a Filter since 2012 and it's been great for everything from the Lakeland Monster miles to daily commutes. Two sets of wheels with road and gravel tyres on. I think the frame sizes come up quite big and have just changed from the small frame to the Plug 5 in xs. Ive had to file off the mudguard bosses on the rear bridges to get 40mm tyres in and it is tight. I found Triton cycles selling The Light Blue Darwin forks for £100. They're a bit longer at 420mm, but you can choose 45 or 50mm rake. Also have loads of rack and mudguard attachments. I went for the 50 to give more toe clearance. I can't wait to give it a test.
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Converted a deraileur pully (shimano 600) on a cirdless drill with a stanley blade and a dental pick.
Converted to 40c capacity using a countersink and file. Still threaded for mudguard and slightly smaller tyre.
Just treated my frame with boiled linseed oil, so a few days to dry and my build can finally begin!
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Done!
Bars dropped a bit and tubelessed up.
Nice forks!
I have a set of Tange Infinity Soma disc cross forks for sale which match the A-C of the original Plug forks, 395mm. Steerer still very long! I think they're the fork that was fitted as OE on the US version of this bike. Black but not matte. Let me know if interested
Just about to click buy on one of these frames to replace my ageing and knackered Dawes commuter.
Any idea what headset I need? What diameter is the inside of the headtube?
Struggling to find any detailed specs for the frame. Ta.
Edit: Hmm, is it EC34 top and EC34/30 bottom? Confirmation of this would be great!
Its a standard no nonsense 1 and 1/8 external headset.
Like proper bikes ought to have
As above and one of the reasons I love mine
Look what you made me do!
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Looks great; can't wait to get mine sorted. 😀
Tried a 1.75 Smart Sam in the back of the Plug today, alas it was not to be. Just got the wheel into the dropouts but wouldn't turn for love nor money. Pity as I had these on an old cx bike and they were a hoot. Fitted a pair of miserly 32c small blocks instead. Still guards are of and I'm hoping to go a wee bit further off the beaten track again.
Good stuff chap. Keep the thread updated with pictures!
I've not used mine for 7 months following knee surgery but nearing the time where I can. Hoping weather stays good for a while longer
Final form. I do intend to move from a 36T to 40T soon but my legs are quite grateful of the low gearing in the Devon hills.
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Has anyone actually fitted a 650b wheels and tyre in?
I seem to get a message a week about my xl frame. Just to confirm i sold it about 4 months ago 🙂
Anyone in need of a large? Got one doing nothing in a box, frame and fork available, lightly ridden before swapping it for a caad10 disc. Even have a matching charge stem somewhere too.
First time posting here, i'll start with a shameless plug. 🙂
I'm selling a silver Charge Whisk fork with a 217mm steerer if anyone is interested:
If everything goes right my build should be complete in the next few months, can't wait to post about it here! I'm planning a Rival 1 group with TRP Sypres, Hunt 4 Season Gravel wheels and 35c Vittoria Voyager Hyper tyres. Should be a super sweet bike especially for me considering i'm coming from mostly low end used bikes.
As an aside, I've got a fork from a charge plug 5 (black, from a size large frame) that I took off my frameset as the buyer only wanted the frame not the fork.
Atlaz, what sort of fork?
I'm looking for a fork for a Charge Plug funnily enough (different model, the alloy one). Needs canti mounts though...
Disc... it's from the plug 5 disc frameset sorry
Is the fork different on each size then?
Is it lighter than the Kaffenback fork?
No idea on weight. I was saying it was from an L as it'll give an idea of the length of the steerer.
Just weighed the fork, 1.2kg with disc brake adapter, bolts and headset bearings, spacers, top cap etc in place. CBA to strip it to find out the true weight but I'd guess you could lose 100-200g for all that crap.
How much you looking for?
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Great ride on mine this morning - dropper post really opens up the options. Even did a few pump track laps.
Just received my frame - only ordered about this time yesterday! Got some [url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Full-Carbon-Fiber-Fixed-Bicycle-Cycling-Front-Fork-for-28-6mm-700C-1-1-8-Y3Q8/322679044932?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2648 ]dubious cheap forks[/url] on the way too, which I'll swap for something better when a good deal comes along.
Planning on a 1x9 flat bar build with deore brakes and guards for commuting - not seen any other flat bar builds so far but can't think of any reason why it won't work ok.
Don't suppose anyone has a medium frame or frameset that they want to be relieved of do they?
Don't suppose anyone has a medium frame or frameset that they want to be relieved of do they?
There's one on lfgss.com at the moment.
Great - thanks 🙂
Mowgli, I have mine set up 1x9, with flat bars and guards, sounds very similar! I can't embed a photo from my phone but the link should work:
I love it! Gets a lot of miles and it's very comfy. Flat bars work perfectly on it, I wouldn't worry! In fact, the reach on my large might be a little too much with drops.
Anyone tried 650b yet?
Dickyboy - I have a new medium one I started getting bits together for to build up but got something else instead - will be putting on classfieds section later on with details, cheers
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Thanks - the other frame is on its way to me ??
So here is atlaz' old large frame, rebuilt and on its maiden voyage. Great fun!
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Nice "thumbs up"
What are the tyres?
Schwalbe G-One 35mm
