Most of my Pugs parts arrived last week, and I promptly began throwing parts together.
This answers many things. Like yes it will be a gearie. And yes the color is heinous. I am waiting for the hubs to arrive. I will build it with an XT rear hub and a Surly rear hub for the front, as the fork takes a 135mm hub, so a single speed rear disc qr hub will make a perfectly good front hub. Unfortunately the Surlys are on backorder, and there don't seem to be any practical alternatives if I want all those features. In the mean time I will build and tune using two regular rear wheels and tweek as needed when the real wheels are complete.
I will use disc brakes, I am not sure which ones. Surly says you need to use a rear brake for the front. I am not yet sure why, but as I build it I am sure it will become obvious. I will probably install some Martas because of what I have available. Avid Mechs are a more practical match for the bike, but I do not have two rears available. Perhaps in time.
Calculating spoke lengths has caused me to figure out how the wheels have to be built. The frame comes with a 35mm extension for the hubs that you need to use when you build the wheels. To try to put it into my own words, the wheels have to be built as if you had 170mm wide hubs, but of course you don't. The frame is built as though you had 170mm hubs, all the way down to the drop outs, then it bends in to 135. I hope that makes more sense by looking at the pics below.
On the finished wheels, the center of the spoke holes on the rim are offset a total of 23.5mm (an inch is 25.4mm FYI) from the center of the hubs. The frame offset accounts for 17.5mm offset, and the offset drilling on the rims another 6mm. If I understand it correctly, the end result should be wheels with very little dish. Wierd. But it will be fun to complete the project and see exactly how it works out.
This answers many things. Like yes it will be a gearie. And yes the color is heinous. I am waiting for the hubs to arrive. I will build it with an XT rear hub and a Surly rear hub for the front, as the fork takes a 135mm hub, so a single speed rear disc qr hub will make a perfectly good front hub. Unfortunately the Surlys are on backorder, and there don't seem to be any practical alternatives if I want all those features. In the mean time I will build and tune using two regular rear wheels and tweek as needed when the real wheels are complete.
I will use disc brakes, I am not sure which ones. Surly says you need to use a rear brake for the front. I am not yet sure why, but as I build it I am sure it will become obvious. I will probably install some Martas because of what I have available. Avid Mechs are a more practical match for the bike, but I do not have two rears available. Perhaps in time.
Calculating spoke lengths has caused me to figure out how the wheels have to be built. The frame comes with a 35mm extension for the hubs that you need to use when you build the wheels. To try to put it into my own words, the wheels have to be built as if you had 170mm wide hubs, but of course you don't. The frame is built as though you had 170mm hubs, all the way down to the drop outs, then it bends in to 135. I hope that makes more sense by looking at the pics below.
On the finished wheels, the center of the spoke holes on the rim are offset a total of 23.5mm (an inch is 25.4mm FYI) from the center of the hubs. The frame offset accounts for 17.5mm offset, and the offset drilling on the rims another 6mm. If I understand it correctly, the end result should be wheels with very little dish. Wierd. But it will be fun to complete the project and see exactly how it works out.