i find splitting kindling wood for lighting my fire very relaxing...but dont get dosey if you value your finger tips...,note the old school hickory shafted,sheffield steel axe,got it from my dad,he bought it before my folks got married,good tools are worth the investment..,i havent bought any firewood or coal this winter yet,keep picking up wood here and there..,and the money saved in doing so will pay for "surly No3 frame" in febuary..,you will just have to wait and see what it is,but heres some clues;
:its unfortunately not the big dummy cargo bike frame...
:everything on the cannondale suspension bike is going onto it...
:it is a steel hardtail and it will take the 140mm/ 5" pike coil fork...
:rear tyre clearance up to 2.7" (fff chainstays)...
:theres still some in the UK in bright red...
im building this as i dont ride the cannondale suspension bike much around here and to be truthfull i enjoy hardtails,this bike will get 50mm wide rims laced onto the existing hope hubbed wheels and will be ideal for a thrash around glentress with the long travel fork and that can be wound down for climbs..basicly it will be everything that was on a kona cowan frame i had but with that i couldnt run the fork full lenght..
then if i want/need to or someone wants to come for a beachride i can have 2.7" DH tyre on the back and for £80 a straight (non offset) pugsley fork that i can swap over to allow a 4" endomorph up front giving a 2nd (semi)fatbike, also in standard build with suspension fork i can run 2.5 single ply continental diesel tyres which on the 50mm rims will be better than a standard 2.35 tyre on soft ground,or coastal trails that are sandy in places...
all bikes i build now are going to have to be flexible in diffrent uses..,good value,and built with the intention of keeping long term,surly seem to have all the bases covered,at a new frame purchase every 2 years thats still another 6 bikes to build and 12 years!..
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