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Seattle
(thelemmy.club)
The view of a 2024 Crust Romanceür from West Seattle at dawn, reproducing an earlier post with a new frame.
The bike was rebuilt after getting t-boned by a red-light runner in January of 2024 which destroyed the bike, broke my pelvis, snapped my left femur, turned my left tibia and fibula into a jigsaw puzzle of seven major pieces, and shattered my right knee's condyle.
Now I've got 39 titanium pins, screws, bolts, rods, and a plate inside me, but am back on the bike. First ride was December of 2024, 11 months after getting hit. Nearly every part was salvaged from the old bike, only having to replace mudguards and a tacoed rear wheel.
At some point I'll have to put together a timeline post of the wrecked bike, x-rays, and this rebuilt one.
Yeah this setup's not going to win any races unless they're downhill, but it really tickles my semi-retro-grouch fancy with its lugged frame, support for downtube shifters, and old style geometry married to disk brakes and support for larger tires. It's super comfortable for those long touring days in the saddle of 70-90 miles.
What width tire can you run? My Pass Hunter is limited to 30 with 700s in the rear (front can be wider). It's wider for 650b wheels, but I couldn't tell you what it is off the top of my head.
I'm running the maximum size you can with mudguards on this frame, they're 650bx48. And I am in love with the ride of larger tires. I'd thought the 38s I run on my Volpé were nice, but these are in another league for long distance comfort.