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I fell in love with Schwalbe's Marathon Almotion 26X2.15 tire, however, the Almotion would only fit within the front fork on my Ruben. At >60mm wide mounted tubeless on Derby rims, the tire was a no-go on the rear. A custom frame would fix that problem. I had Scott Quiring, http://www.quiringcycles.net/, fabricate a road purposed frameset for 26inch wheels & wide tires, plus the other frame & fork details I desired. My titanium all-road bike is almost ready to come home. Images curtesy of Scott.




Dropper on my roadie.







The yoke is necessary for road crankset and wide tire to coexist. The fork is coated with Cerakote, http://www.cerakoteguncoatings.com/.

That is what I call art. Beautiful bike!

The crown, on that fork.

Holy shit that's one beautiful bike!

I really like my "boutique" brand steel frames. But, given the chance, I'd jump on a custom TI frame in a heartbeat (especially if it looked like that).

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Wow, congrats!

Ti Q came home for a brief stay, then returned to Quiring for a couple adjustments and a major modification. Scott increased the interior radius of the yoke to accommodate larger tires.




The frame is at the house now; build has begun. Here's the bike partially assembled, more parts yet to arrive.



Dimes in daylight.

I just saw this for the first time. That's a beautiful bike, especially the welds. Art on wheels.

No kidding.

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Wow!

Just riding along, and POW!




Spare Kojak for now, Super Moto next week. I sure hope the Super Moto will clear the chain in the lowest gear.




That dropper is fantastic.

Magura MT7 brakes feel fantastic!




Had my first crash, MT7 carbon composite masters tolerated the hit no problem.

A Schwalbe Super Moto, mounted on the rear, had contact with the chain in the lowest gear. It would have had clearance if the tire wasn't lop-sided. Mounted on the front, it's a fast pillow with grip.

Super Motos front and rear. Front has grown to 64mm wide, rear is 64mm wide and growing.




Currently have a Shimano XTR CS-M980 11-34 10speed cassette installed, 17t sprocket & spacer removed, effectively making it a 9speed. With added spacers behind the cassette block, the cassette moves 3.8mm to the right, which provides clearance for the Super Moto. The original plan was to use a Wolf Tooth 16t sprocket in place of 15t & 17t sprockets, but the aftermarket sprocket was bent (probably shipping damage), causing lots of noise. After comparing shift quality between each of the OE sprockets removed, I chose to keep the 15t. Wolf Tooth is sending a replacement 16t cog, and a Shimano 16t is on its way also. The large step in the mid-range isn't too bad, and a 1:1 low gear is gained.





Had I known a much wider tire was going to be used, I would have specified a 73mm BB for the frame, and perhaps 150mm rear spacing instead of 135.

Nice ride.

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Very well made!

Magura

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Ti Q is now an 8speed. I removed 14, 15, & 17t sprockets from a SRAM PG-1070 10speed cassette, then replaced them with a Wolf Tooth 16t. Installed a short cage RD, since chain wrap is down to 30.

Return to 10 speed and Marathon Almotion tires. Added carbon fork up front.

Fox 32 Step-Cast AX, 40mm of pain saving travel.

That looks like a very fun bike!

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Short travel forks for road riding, are a very nice invention!
I ride a Cannondale SilkRoad and wouldn't go back to rigid for the world.

Magura

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