First off I'd like to take time to acknowledge my new favorite hot sauce at the moment. It's made here local in Grain Valley, and comes from a company called Little Dixie Harbour. It's a thick sauce that has a lot of spice/flavor to it, without being overly hot.
I'm going to use a set of Salsa brand dropouts I've have sitting around.
Jig setup for 430mm ChainStay length.
Jig setup for 65mm bottom Bracket Drop.
What? . . . Conventional . . . I think Not. I'm going to use 2 x 1/2", 4130 tubes for the chainstays. Being Cyclocross my concern is mud and crud getting caught inbetween the tubes. I might add a gusset to prevent that. It's an experiment. My thought is that the 1/2" or 12.7mm will provide plenty of clearance without dimpling the tubes. Then doubling them up with give the needed stiffness . . . nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Ready for the ends to get tacked on.
a Look-See at the tubes on the bottom Bracket.
I look at the seam I'll have to "negotiate" after the ends are brazed in place.
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