I decided to see how simple/involved it would be to run 26"x3.0" Duro Razorback downhill tires with freshly-built 65mm wide Surly Large Marge rims on my Big Dummy. Wow, many hours, and a busted thumb, thanks to one bad swing with a hammer.
Image #1: how lame does the stock 2" wide Schwalbe Big Apple look mounted onto a 65mm wide Large Marge rim?
Image #2: 26"x3.0" Duro Razorback tire mounted on Large Marge rim (looks more appropriate)
Image #3: I cut the front cantilever bosses from the fork, and test fit the Razorback mounted to the Large Marge rim. No clearance problems whatsoever!!! :thumbsup:
Image #4: another angle of the front fitment
Image #5: now the "fun" part, shoehorning that fatass tire/rim combo in the back, there is only 5/16" of room between the tire and the bottom bolt hole (I had to remove the bolt for the tire to fit)
Image #6: I know, I know, the paint colour doesn't match 100%, but it's such a small area, and I was in a hurry, you know
Image #7: have hammer, will whack-less than 3/32" space here, should be interesting at times when riding
Image #8: holy crap that thing is HUGE!!!
Image #9: crapola, it was getting dark and late, I will have to finish up tomorrow, but the good news is that several test rides have confirmed that this actually works without any major issues… other than not being able to use the two largest cogs on the cassette but I figured that out before going the fat route
I have a bunch of cool iron-on patches I want to put on my FreeRadical bags before I put them back on the Freeloaders, hopefully I will be able to tackle that part first thing tomorrow morning. :skep:
Image #1: how lame does the stock 2" wide Schwalbe Big Apple look mounted onto a 65mm wide Large Marge rim?
Image #2: 26"x3.0" Duro Razorback tire mounted on Large Marge rim (looks more appropriate)
Image #3: I cut the front cantilever bosses from the fork, and test fit the Razorback mounted to the Large Marge rim. No clearance problems whatsoever!!! :thumbsup:
Image #4: another angle of the front fitment
Image #5: now the "fun" part, shoehorning that fatass tire/rim combo in the back, there is only 5/16" of room between the tire and the bottom bolt hole (I had to remove the bolt for the tire to fit)
Image #6: I know, I know, the paint colour doesn't match 100%, but it's such a small area, and I was in a hurry, you know
Image #7: have hammer, will whack-less than 3/32" space here, should be interesting at times when riding
Image #8: holy crap that thing is HUGE!!!
Image #9: crapola, it was getting dark and late, I will have to finish up tomorrow, but the good news is that several test rides have confirmed that this actually works without any major issues… other than not being able to use the two largest cogs on the cassette but I figured that out before going the fat route
I have a bunch of cool iron-on patches I want to put on my FreeRadical bags before I put them back on the Freeloaders, hopefully I will be able to tackle that part first thing tomorrow morning. :skep: