Tripster ATR finally built up – lush!

On a 36×25 with a 700×28 tyre you have a gear inch of 38.4″, if you switch to a 28 on the rear you will have a gear inch of 34.3″, if you switch to a 30 on the rear you will drop to 32″

If you switch to a 34 on the front and a 25 on the rear your gear inch will be 36.3.”. if you switch to a 28 on the rear you will drop to 32.4″, if you switch to 30 on the rear you will drop to 30.3.

For the most cost effective way to help you up the hills i’d go for a 11 to 28 tooth rear cassette, they are only £22 from merlin and you will notice the difference, it doesn’t sound like like much but when your lungs are climbing out your chest that 4″ difference will be noticeable.

I normally ride here on a 32:18 29er single speed…
I’ll be fine!

DrP

I see some owners have put slicks on,
So how many have set it up for road use with 25cc or 28cc tyres and how does it handle on the road, climbing/descending (and when compare to a “road bike”)

Mine’s currently got 25c Gatorskins on for summer, 28c for the rest of the year, though I’m just about to treat it to some Conti GP 4 seasons in 28c, so it’s shod more as a road bike than a CX. I just like (love) the way it handles, rolls over stuff, soaks up the bumps on our crappy roads. I like the riding position, the way it sprints and climbs but is super stable on descents. I rode today with a mate on his carbon Focus and didn’t feel like I was missing out. To be honest, the disc brakes (which is how I discovered the original Tripster in the first place) are one of the biggest points and I really benefited over him with them today on some of the sketchy, slippery lanes we encountered.

I was inspired by the shot of the one atop Ventoux a while back that had skinny tyres on, so haven’t looked back at using it as “a road bike, that tours and goes off-road too”. It’s actually been quick enough for me to set some handy Strava times on – even getting on some leaderboards and a random KOM – and I’m a long way from being a fast rider!

Got an 11-36 cassette with a 9 speed mtb mech (old school XTR) and works with 10 speed shifters. Gets me up Kingston Ridge on a good day, lungs and grip permitting.

28t bought – see what like with the 28c gravel kings.
may treat it to a set of compact cranks before long too.

(hides CC)
(deletes Upgrades number from phone)
(cancels broadband)

Aaaaagggggghhhhhh stop it!

Timbur…

Sometimes, you just gotta accept that itch has to be scratched!

DrP

😀

Indeed, however there’s a small price tag to slip past the Mrs which I’m not confident on!

For those thinking about it…

*goes back to thinking about it*

I wouldn’t trust the man in that first video….

😉

DrP

(It’s not me…)

Tim you’ll never get those wheels anyway………..

Re routed the cabling this evening, wasn’t convinced by how freeborn had done it. They had crossed the gear cabling over down the down tube and the rear brake outer round the head tube and up over the top tube. I can see why they did it to stop the outers rubbing on the head tube but it left a lot of outer that was affecting my OCD.

new ultegra 50/34 chainset procured now to complement the 11-28T cassette – will give much better range offroad i reckon……!

FINALLY!

Pics up!

Original build for the Welsh C2C and with latest bags and cranks on it!

original set up

cock pit set up

latest set up

how do I direct link the photos??

Sheffield-20140507-00441 by scandalous29er[/url], on Flickr

Open the Flickr pic you want, click flickr share, (little arrow in bottom right of flickr page), make sure BBCode is highlighted and copy the entire link, Click IMG from above and paste link into box then click IMG again

That’s quite an extensive set-up you have, nice!

Does anybody know if you can get a smaller fsa conical spacers? The current is 15mm and would ideally like a 7.5mm to get the bars a bit lower.

Rapid 25 miles tonight of mixed terrain. CANT WIPE THE SMILE OFF MY FACE. LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!

although managed to crack my saddle!

Does anybody know if you can get a smaller fsa conical spacers? The current is 15mm and would ideally like a 7.5mm to get the bars a bit lower.

9mm spacer also available for that FSA headset

Thanks for that DrP 😛

Mine is next in line apparently but looking unlikely that I’ll get it before the weekend 🙁

trying so hard to resist, but taking it day by day!

Ok, I may as well join in the love in….I have the final prototype Tripster ATR. Here’s a spot of blogging about it from last years 3 Peaks Cyclocross race.

http://www.kinesismorvelo.com/random/three-peaks-cyclocross-race/

or even…. https://www.flickr.com/photos/56147456@N04/14602781911/

With golden trim.

Totally in love with this bike.

I fitted the ultegra compact 50/34 , and a 11-28t cassette …… What a huge improvement in useable range !
Forest climbs can be spun out and on road the 50 works like a dream.
Both 105 supplied mechs have the range for the gearing, somifvanyonebelsevwamts improved gear selection I can recommend !
Note THE FSA bottom bracket is very skinny so shimano cranks don’t fit !

Looking at improving the best range I went and ordered an 11-28 cassette! ( despite my earlier comment!)
Little outlay for more use!

DrP

I just wanted to join the ATR love as I am riding one solo and unsupported from the UK to China! Tried to set it up as a pack bike per this picture with Apidura bags
Ended up fitting small panniers for extra volume and a skinny Axiom lightweight rack but no big seat pack. Currently 780km into the ride in eastern Germany and LOVE the bike so comfortable and fast, it literally eats up the miles!

Setup with the standard build but swapped for wider 46cm bars, triple up front as need the range, carbon spyres with RWD pads I love the extra power, put 25mm Conti gatorskins on the 28mm rated Kinesis cross light wheels bit of stretch but works fine and so quick. Wheels seem fast and strong, done about 25% dry off road on them with 90psi and fully loaded, been fine if you like drifting the corners

Eshoote. Are you using the contis off road ?

on the Kinesis CX hub, do I need to fit the rear 1mm spacer with the new 11-28t 105 cassette – seems to work fine without the spacer and the 10spd shimano 11-25t cassette i removed had no spacer………..????

Yes on the flat they’re fine on light gravel and dry dirt paths. Saves using chunky slow tyres as bulk of European section is on tarmac. Will swap to fatter tyres for central Asian roads though! End of my post got cut off but will have more info on welovemountains.net and on Kinesis website if interested. Ed

i went with panaracers new gravel king in 28c flavour – hopefully get good forest / gravel path results from them !

good luck eshoote 🙂

Great stuff eshoote, please keep us updated with your progress, do you have a blog?

Ive covered 88 miles on mine now commuting, i currently have 28c gp4 seasons and they are fine on dry paths/light gravel. Had a really annoying creaking, after taking the BB off and re greasing everything it turned out to be the rear qr was not quite tight enough!

The rear brake on mine is a bit annoying, noticeable engaging noise when the pads hit the rotor and move in the caliper, had it apart but cant see much i can do about it. Anyone else’s do this?

Riding it like a loony, its just so comfortable over rough ground and dodgy roads compared to my old road bike.

Tubus Airy Ti rack should be turning up this week.

buzz – have you also fitted guards – will a rack fit with guards and if so how ?

Ive not fitted them yet but will be, its going to involve some creative bending of the guard stays but im sure they will fit on fine with a rack. Soma has posted pictures of his with this set-up earlier.

Myself and Hummerlicious will be riding some/all/most of the SDW this saturday on our tripsters!
Most likely we’ll get to steyning and take a road detour, as I’m sure our teeth will have rattled out by then!!

It’s too late to get some 40mm tyres…isn’t it?!

DrP

This bike looks mighty appealing but I am a bit concerned by the big jump between the 54 and the 57 frames.

I have a 54 croix de fer with an inline seatpost and a 100mm stem with a couple of spacers and a -5 degree drop and Salsa Cowbell 2 bars.

The bike is fun and I like the fit apart from it being slightly too crampt in the drops, so I am changing the stem to 110mm.

I maybe could have got away with a 56cm Croix, but my 56 Genesis Equilibrium is I feel a little large and I changed the stem from 110mm to 100mm and put some bars on with less reach.

The Tripster size charts say a 57 frame for me at 178cm (5ft 10), which on the face of it seems pretty large, and I see a few people of that size with the 54 frame. And my 54cm cdf is on the playful edge of small so I wouldn’t want to go any smaller.

Maybe I should just get the stainless croix to be safe, or even a Shand Stoater FT for fat tire ability ?

Well this has been an interesting thread …

So much so that I’ve just ordered a 51cm Tripster from Freeborn today.

Thanks for all the pics and reports – I hope I enjoy mine as much as you all seem to be doing 🙂

Cheers