and the answer to West Seattle's crappy broken pavement, 9 months of rainy weather, close by parks with gravel roads and single track. This will be more in the nature of an urban assault road bike than a true mountain bike (unless I'm putting on top the car and ....).
Sram Force/Rival/X-7 drivetrain, Chris King rasta headset, Thomson stem and post, cowbell bars, vulpine rubber on DT Swiss 1800 wheels. It rolls over everything in its path, is beyond stable on the road (I think I could fall asleep riding no handed and it would still roll straight) yet quick enough to be fun and not pondering.
It truly towers over my road bikes (which with 64 cm seattubes aren't small).
and the answer to West Seattle's crappy broken pavement, 9 months of rainy weather, close by parks with gravel roads and single track. This will be more in the nature of an urban assault road bike than a true mountain bike (unless I'm putting on top the car and ....).
Sram Force/Rival/X-7 drivetrain, Chris King rasta headset, Thomson stem and post, cowbell bars, vulpine rubber on DT Swiss 1800 wheels. It rolls over everything in its path, is beyond stable on the road (I think I could fall asleep riding no handed and it would still roll straight) yet quick enough to be fun and not pondering.
It truly towers over my road bikes (which with 64 cm seattubes aren't small).
TWO Sweet Bikes!
Know what you're saying about the Gryphon towering over your other bike. Feels like I'm driving a monster truck when I'm on mine.
those gryphon with 180mm front rotors, which adaptor model of Avid did you guys use?
i am thinking of getting a gryphon...just not sure to run ss or gears on them...most prob will be geared coz i have a jones as my ss but all these ss gryphon simply look nicer..
mojak - I built up a Gryphon a couple of years ago (fresh build pics on pg. 12 since changed considerably) as a single speed and enjoyed it big-time but found I was always looking for another gear at hilly site where I ride 90 percent of the time. Since I already had two other single-speeds, I played around with throwing the upper end from an XT cassette on a ss Hope Pro II hub (see - "6 cogs on a SS hub" discussion) and matched that up with an XTR rear der. and bar-end shifter. Got a 38 tooth ring on my White Industries crank and a Pauls Chainkeeper (minimal clearance between keeper and crankarm - can't go smaller) and I love this set-up. Got a gear for street use and hauling on straight single track in a 17 tooth cog and some forgiveness with a 32 upper on the cassette for some gradual uphill action. Still have the lateral stiffness that ss wheel build offers and all the gears I need/want on this rig. Best thing, if I ever want to go back to ss, the conversion is a piece-of-cake. Best of both worlds!
Want to see an awsome looking Gryphon? Go to page 13 and check out the creation that Simonhi put together.
Im intrigue by the 6cogs on ss hub but not sure which rear d is compatible with it..as for shifters intend to use the Retroshift CXV shifters/brake levers also not sure if its compatible for rear application.
its either i do geared gryphon n keep my Jones ss or geared the Jones and do the gryphon ss...now that is the million dollar qn...
Hi guys, any of you know if shimano bar end shifters can be used to the current 2x10 shimano mtb groupset like the xt or slx? any one tried this combination before?
Nothing wrong with the frame, it was really excellent for what it was.
But I'm now in need of a geared bike, preferably with rack mounts, and I don't have the funds to build another bike, so the Swift had to go.
This new Swifts with gear cable guides, shorter forks and zinc coating are really sweet (and the price is right too), but they still lack the rack mounts (I'm not yet sold on those bikepacking bags, at least to daily use) and those cool anything cages fork braze ons.
Really? Why? They're a lot lighter and if built correctly, fit your bike like a glove. That gives you the ability to do a lot more varied riding on your bike of choice. It also depends on how much you carry, to and from work as well as whether you want to leave them on the bike or take everything off. If you want to take it off... forget it. Of course, I come from a bikepacking/bag making background and not a touring background. We're also Singular owners and we know Sam. Just to come clean.
In any case, everyone that I know with a Gryphon (especially, the single speeders) choose the Gryphon over the Fargo nearly every time.
Just finished building my Gryphon the other day.This is my second dance with a Gryphon. Over a period of several years I went from a first gen Fargo to a Gryphon, then to Rawland Drakkar and now back to a Gryphon again.Never cared for the Fargo, liked the Drakkar quite a bit but it felt a little less trail-worthy than the Gryphon so here I am again...
Hey N10S..... Just curious what you didn't like on the Fargo as so many people seem to put the two bikes in the same category. Haven't had either but I'd take the Gryphon based on no sliders and 'real' Singlespeed capability but have never compared geometry or anything.
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