Whishart Long Travel 29'er is Born!
Over the last several months I've been busy baking my own baby in the oven. In the Bikecad.ca oven so to speak! My last post explained why (http://sunshinecoastcycle.blogspot.ca/2015/03/give-me-something-simple-in-my-mid-life.html ) and since then I've reviewed countless bike geo's, reviews and test rides. I started with a Chromag Surface design then tweaked the design based on Canfield's Nimble 9, 44 bikes and the Kona Honzo. The final design ended up being a short chainstay, longer top tube, short stem, 140mm fork. The sliding dropouts were added for tweaking the ride and water bottle bosses for bike packing tours. Throughout the design phase, my good friend Rob Warren from Whishart Cycles www.whishart.com helped me developed and finalize the design. Once we agreed to it, he was off ordering the tubes, and parts for the build. The headtube is a 44mm CNC unit, the sliding dropout is stainless from Paragon Machine works. The tubes are pre-bent (chainstay