have changed tensioner since pic to a long arm version. thanks for the waring on the H hub guys. yes the slightly high bb makes a difference in a good way. will see you at hut hill if not before coust was nice but never got it right. now hangs on the wall
finally got round to taking some pics. this rides so much nicer than my old coust. BIG Thanks to fred savage for the help in getting me rolling. things to change bars and front wheel. will add weight later spec so far. Zhi Z3 1080,385,35. Echo fork tryall old shape 160 (not one in photo as thats broke clean) deore on single track soon to be tryall h hub on a light drilled rim wtb front tyre fsa orbit headset old nuc stem with tryall punching bar. bar to change to Moe bar tryall cranks and bash with tensile freewheel moe bb v12 ti pedals soon to have mag bodies magura with heatsink pads and a Plazmatic braided hose. rohloff normal tensioner (not the dh as pic) moddified to sit closer to frame rear h hub on koxx gold rim with 15t cog and a tryall rear trye. any hints to making it lighter with out losing strength would be cool.
i ran a pair of Marin carbon from there point reyes for just over a year and they stood up very well to hooks a nd front wheel moves but were let down by the crap tyre clearance. ( they had pannier mounts 1/2 way down the legs too) still going to this day on my town thrash bike but went back to alloys for more trust
as this is bransgore the weather is never certain one year we had rain, sun, hail, snow, sun, gales and more rain. if i was you jack get the tyre levers out.