Foundry Riveter road disc frame (54cm) + full carbon fork

[americancyclo]

Wish I was shorter!

[hozn]

I know! I started pricing out shortening surgery, but I think the smart money is on selling the frame instead. The weight loss aspect of the surgery is attractive, though. What to do!!

[ShawnoftheDread]

Wish I were single.

I mean, umm, this is tempting.

[jabberwocky]

Its actually too big for me, but a lovely bike.

[hozn]

I will even thrown in a free stem 90-130mm and bars (but I only have 44cm bars)!

*And* I will even build you wheels for this thing at cost. E.g. I can spec/build a decent set of carbon clinchers for around $600-800, depending. And for less $$ there are some great road disc alloy rims too (Stans 340/400 or Grail, Velocity Aileron, Flo30, the new HED C2, the new Pacenti SL25).

[ShawnoftheDread]

Gahhh

[Powerful Pete]

Hey, I ride a 54.

Very interesting… hozn, what size tire can the frame take? Would one be able to mount a largish tire (let’s say a 32 mm) with fenders? Looking for a light-ish do-it-all frame. Don’t know much about Foundry beyond what seem to be mainly infomercials on the interwebz.

[hozn]

@Powerful Pete 106945 wrote:

Hey, I ride a 54.

Very interesting… hozn, what size tire can the frame take? Would one be able to mount a largish tire (let’s say a 32 mm) with fenders? Looking for a light-ish do-it-all frame. Don’t know much about Foundry beyond what seem to be mainly infomercials on the interwebz.

No, no, no! This is Foundry’s “road race” frame, and it is outfitted accordingly. Max tire size is probably 25c — I had a tire measuring 27mm (a 25c tire on a wide rim) in the fork and it was snug; I don’t think a 28c would have fit – on that rim, anyway. So maybe 28c tires if you have narrow rims. Maybe.

In a similar spirit, there are no fender mounts on this frame.

Foundry makes a utility ‘cross bike/frame, the Auger (http://foundrycycles.com/bikes/auger), that sounds more like what you’d be looking for if you want to run 32c tires and fenders.

[Powerful Pete]

Ok thanks for clearing that up then… not for me at this time!

[jopamora]

You aren’t a very good salesman.

[Phatboing]

@hozn 106951 wrote:

Max tire size is probably 25c

Do they not know that 28s are the new 25s? For shame.

[hozn]

To be fair, the limiter is probably the fork, not frame. The frame probably fits a 28c tire on wide rim, since they call that out in their marketing.

Yeah, I was running 25mm tires all summer on my road bike in rides, races etc. Then I switched to 23mm. You know what’s nice? 23mm tires. I may use 25mm tires again, but if I want plush I have my commuter with 28c tires.

[vvill]

@hozn 106967 wrote:

Yeah, I was running 25mm tires all summer on my road bike in rides, races etc. Then I switched to 23mm. You know what’s nice? 23mm tires. I may use 25mm tires again, but if I want plush I have my commuter with 28c tires.

This is confusing me!

Some 23mms are nicer than others, but yeah I see no reason not to use 25-28mm tires as a minimum tire size. My FG has a 28mm on the back now and that’ll probably never change.

[hozn]

Yeah, that was confusing. I guess I am saying that on a racy bike I like the extra road feel that 23mm tires provide. I also like that the tire sidewalls match the rim width (24.5mm). And the latex tubes make these roll fast — at least in my mind.

[DismalScientist]

Bah… Just put in 24″ wheels and none of this will be an issue.:rolleyes:

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