Hairy Posted May 6, 2022 Share 7 hours ago, Allrounder said: Nice, The long of the rapide is a bit of a concern as i am planning a monster build. The curly bars makes the bike very long..... thinking of nice chunky tyres and rigid fork. Long gravel roads and helderberg trails is where ill be. and some rides with roadies, showing that nobblys can be more fun on tar than 30mm slick tyres BUT after looking at Mercer's website i am wondering if i should just get a steel MTB..... price dependent of course. If you going monster gravel then STR is your bike, the handy fact that you have sliding drop outs means you can run the bike as a SS, or of you are running a narrower tyre setup for gravel work, you can then bring the rear wheel in and get a quicker handling bike ... to slide it out for something more stable for ultra long rides Allrounder, dasilvarsa and MORNE 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Sywurm Posted May 6, 2022 Share 3 hours ago, Hairy said: If you going monster gravel then STR is your bike, the handy fact that you have sliding drop outs means you can run the bike as a SS, or of you are running a narrower tyre setup for gravel work, you can then bring the rear wheel in and get a quicker handling bike ... to slide it out for something more stable for ultra long rides And the Rapide also has a sliding drop out. dasilvarsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted May 6, 2022 Share 5 minutes ago, Super Sywurm said: And the Rapide also has a sliding drop out. But the slack nature of the geo is a little less "gravel" than the STR. Also note, whoever is looking at the STR, I have a 2.4" Ardent on the rear of mine, and it is a snug fit, and you need to push back the wheel into the belly of the bulge on the stays for decent clearance. dasilvarsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roneblack46 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Would it be possible to fit a 38T direct mount chain ring to the STR Gen 2 frame. Has anyone tried this? dasilvarsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V18 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Not sure if mine is Gen 2. Currently riding 38t on it though. No issues. (I have the orange/blue/grey str frame.) dasilvarsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted April 2, 2023 Share 59 minutes ago, V18 said: Not sure if mine is Gen 2. Currently riding 38t on it though. No issues. (I have the orange/blue/grey str frame.) Ah, the best looking colour of the lot then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V18 Posted April 2, 2023 Share That's it! Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanMalan Posted April 3, 2023 Share Yes! I have Str and stf as my 2 bikes, gen 2, 38 will fit on both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roneblack46 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Thank you for the replies. 38T it will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roneblack46 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Upgraded (ie. lighter) from a suspension fork to a new Rapide carbon rigid blade. The 38T direct mount chainring fits perfectly. Running 38/18 ratio - nice a quick on the flats for some fast gravel riding. Eyeing the Cradle Grit in September. Jakkals., Jono, Hairy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonH Posted November 23, 2023 Share Just reigniting this forum as I'm potentially on the lookout for an STF Frame, recently purchased a Rapide frame where I swopped over my Slade Trail bits, going to be my dedicated trail bike for the steeper stuff, I have a carbon Rapide fork i want to use to build up a gravel grinder. If anyone here has a frame/ knows if someone is selling, please hit me up (None floating around any classifieds at the moment) in a Medium, maybe a large👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanMalan Posted November 23, 2023 Share I'm interested in a spare hanger for the STF frame, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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