Soma wolverine build thread

General CX/MTB
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:frowning: jealous

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Just need a small bald man to pat on the head.

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I have some 48cm Bell Laps with 26mm clamp I’d sell. PM if interested.

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I have the same in 44 I’d give away for free. I’m not gonna post them though :wink: SYD only.

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Me? If so, thanks for the offer but I’m going with 31.8mm clamp

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Nah, anyone. Might suit these builds, but 48cm doesn’t suit me.

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The belt issue for me is twofold:

Fuckers to tension. Fine when you have the tension meter in the Workshop, shit when you get a flat in the wild and have to wing it

Putting a break in the rear triangle of your frame… Dumb

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Hi

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Doesn’t really work with Ti frames either, too much flex.

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I reckon winging it is easy enough. Tension until about 1cm up or down at the mid point of the belt. The problem with it for me is that that tension seems to effect the efficiency of the ride.

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Done a fair few car timing belts in my time, can’t say I’ve ever used a tension meter on one of those, no failures yet!

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If a bike frame was built to car engine specs it’d weigh 12kg’s.

As Keith says the issue isn’t the belt … it’s making more complications to frames that isn’t worth the effort or cost.

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I think the issue is the belt. The tension required and the stiffness of the belt add drag to the drivetrain. Modifying the frame isn’t that big of a deal atmo.

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I agree that having to have a frame break for fitting the belt is a really shitty compromise deal. There’s always E-stays I guess…

I’m more saying that setting the belt by eye and feel rather than with a tension meter is in itself not a big issue. Yes, if bike frames were built like car engines they’d weigh a ton, but if I can set up something that is dealing with a couple of hundred kilos of valve seat pressure at anywhere up to 8000 rpm by feel, a bike belt will be fine.

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I’m so putting a belt on mine now…

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And IGH or single speed? Which hub?

My brakes arrived yesterday so I’ve got everything for my build.

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TICK TICK TICK

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I’ve got everything, but a frameset.

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Chris King ISO Singlespeed hubs.

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I’ve got nothing. But Ribble’s current 10% off everything is looking tempting