It's tight. With a 40.3/4 inch wheelbase and 422mm chainstays, it should be a surgeon. But you never know what kind of personality all the numbers equate to until the tires hit the dirt. The build focus was "solid" and "nimble". I told Doug what I wanted and he nailed it. It makes me think of an F4U Corsair WWII fighter.
I used a lot of reassigned parts from my Cove Hooker, so that didn't help to keep weight down, but I don't really care. Here's some specs:
OX Platinum frame w/ 44mm head tube and conventional BB
Profile BMX cranks w/ Tree spline drive 30t sprocket
5 speed cassette on a Hadley SS rear hub and a D/A derailleur
circa 1992 XT thumbie
Avid cable disc brakes
Chinese carbon "All Mountain" rims
absolutely nothing wrong with the sanity of a man who builds carbon rims to 5 speed hubs!
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