Two photos of the bike in my previous post, running a panaracer 45, fire cross, and a Michelin Transworld true 40x40mm in the rear, on a Surly Cross-Check fork, with Continental tour all 28/47 tubes. Bad luck with some Michelin Air Stops, these tubes are tough puppies with this size tire. 10mm more from axel to crown is not a problem, steerer is uncut, using a compression plug and spacers, One One Midge bars, salsa single speed 42 tooth front ring. I have to ride the drops high, to deal with old damaged rotator cuff injury in both shoulders. Bike is just so much fun, after getting off a heavy dual suspension rig.


Its not a niner.... and rear tire clearance is TIGHT. Its, kind of a Swiss Army knife.

Much faster and more stable in turns on dirt, once you get used to the heavy rim and tire combination. Its not as quick in bursts, but it sure can hang on like glue. In the drops, its so much fun on single track as long as I am aware picking the cleanest line.

Took me a while to figure out how to post photos. Hope I did it right.

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dont let jack from ibex see that spacer stack!

I think he has seen it, perhaps gagged a bit, or laughed, and for good reasons. Wait till he sees the Nasbar front rack, with 72 amber led's, two 3 watt led MR 16 bulbs, one 20 watt xenon flood, bolted to it, and the 32 red led bullet light bolted to the back rack stud. It looks like Chupacabra on its way to suck out your blood. The stack works fine, for my neck injuries, I ride on tricky dirt daily, some at night, it takes a mutant bike to get it done. Ibex bikes are mutating. Must be some radioactive residue that got into scrap metal the Chinese got from Russia.