Hell of a bike! I've been lurking around that frame for 1 or 2 years myself. Only think I'd change, even if it performs really well, but just for the looks of it, that golden fork...
That's a good question. I'm not convinced there's a magic formula, but if you took the chainstay length vs body height proportion that I have on the Raaw and extrapolated that to a 6'7" person you'd end up with 500mm chainstays.
That vivo derailleur doesn't look like anything John has worked on recently I was thinking he ditched the vivo brand to work for TRP and others... Anyway it's magnificent, too bad it's just a limited run.
I may be missing something but why not just have a hub with less engagement than running an o chain? You’d get the same results with less weight. Seems like it’s fixing a problem we already have a solution to.
If the goal is preventing pedal kickback, the 'dead zone' would be inconsistent. You could have a hub with a single point of engagement and still sometimes be right up against it. I think Kaz might be closer to the truth about how it actually works though, which wouldn't be helped by a lower engagement hub either
Somebody's got to buy the new overpriced crap... good for you! This channel definitely isn't for tax slaves though.. might want to put that in the description.
