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Old 08-02-22, 01:39 PM
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MTB frame that meets this criteria?

Hi guys,

I have a bit of a seemingly bizarre request. Does anyone know of a frame that meets this criteria:

Less than $300

Supports a front chainring size of 42 teeth

Horizontal sliding dropouts

I'm building a single speed mountain bike that I want to sort of act as a budget low end dirt jumper (for rather small urban jumps around my area.)

I've been looking and can't seem to find anything. The closest I got was the Octane Zircus One but unfortunately it only supports a chainring of up to 34T.

Many thanks.
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Old 08-02-22, 02:41 PM
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The Octane Zircus 1 doesn’t have sliding dropouts. Or do you just mean horizontal?
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Originally Posted by bikethis
Hi guys,

I have a bit of a seemingly bizarre request. Does anyone know of a frame that meets this criteria:

Less than $300

Supports a front chainring size of 42 teeth

Horizontal sliding dropouts

I'm building a single speed mountain bike that I want to sort of act as a budget low end dirt jumper (for rather small urban jumps around my area.)

I've been looking and can't seem to find anything. The closest I got was the Octane Zircus One but unfortunately it only supports a chainring of up to 34T.

Many thanks.
Surly makes few different frames with rear track ends but it`s also going to cost more than $ 300...Kona Unit frame has sliding drop outs and may be a little cheaper than Surly...Salsa Fargo has drop outs that are designed to be used as a singlespeed or geared but Salsa frames are expensive.
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Why not get a complete? Or another brand equivalent. They have 10t rear cogs so a 34t front is appropriate, seems way higher than 55" bmx gear.
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Old 08-02-22, 05:37 PM
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Old 08-03-22, 05:01 AM
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Mountain bike frames and 42t chainrings don't go together. The short chainstays and wide tire clearance requirements of modern MTB frames, doesn't leave enough room for chainrings that large. I have built(welded together) a number of MTB frames and its always a challenge fitting the chainstay between the tire and the chainring. On the plus tire (3" tire clearance) frames that I build, a 32t chainring is the max. that will fit.

By the way, quality sliding or rocker dropouts cost me around $150, which is around the same cost as the rest of the frame tubes, head tube and bottom bracket. It would cost me over $300 in raw materials to build that frame and that doesn't include powder coating it or me making any money from it.
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Old 08-03-22, 06:27 AM
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"Criteria" is a plural, therefore "...these criteria..," not "...this criteria..."
The singular is "criterion", i.e. "...this criterion..."

No Schoolhouse Rock for this one, maybe should have been "I'm just a criterion. Yes, I'm only a criterion, not a list or table..."
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Old 08-03-22, 07:46 AM
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What’s the singular noun form of “pedantic”?
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Originally Posted by dsaul
Mountain bike frames and 42t chainrings don't go together. The short chainstays and wide tire clearance requirements of modern MTB frames, doesn't leave enough room for chainrings that large. I have built(welded together) a number of MTB frames and its always a challenge fitting the chainstay between the tire and the chainring. On the plus tire (3" tire clearance) frames that I build, a 32t chainring is the max. that will fit.

By the way, quality sliding or rocker dropouts cost me around $150, which is around the same cost as the rest of the frame tubes, head tube and bottom bracket. It would cost me over $300 in raw materials to build that frame and that doesn't include powder coating it or me making any money from it.
ss dirt jumper, man. The only question is why he feels he needs the 42
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Originally Posted by bikethis
Hi guys,
Less than $300
Have you looked at Walmart?
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Old 08-03-22, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by prj71
Have you looked at Walmart?
Unfortunately we don't have those in England and the sort of equivalent only sell prebuilt bikes - not induvidual frames.
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Then you need to realize that less than $300 doesn't get you much.
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I honestly don’t know the difference between a 26” wheel dirt jumper vs a 26” BMX. Maybe wheelbase? I’m not sure either of them are bikes you would ride any distance at speed.

42t chainring on a 26er was the standard outer ring on mtb’s decades ago. Unfortunately the geometry will probably be less than ideal. But if you can run a chainline off an outer ring using an older triple, I would think you could get there. The biggest issue is the dropout width.

I’d probably look at 26” BMX frames and see how far outboard I could run the 14t cog.

dsaul is right about never finding/building a mtb, or dirt jumper, with a 42t because you will never clear the chainstay. You have to move the chainring out. Therein lies the chainline issue.

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Originally Posted by 70sSanO
I honestly don’t know the difference between a 26” wheel dirt jumper vs a 26” BMX. Maybe wheelbase? I’m not sure either of them are bikes you would ride any distance at speed.
Looking at a few, the dj bike has a tighter rear triangle, suspension fork giving a lot of stack so it uses a flat bar, and a seat with no pretense you'll ever be sitting on it.
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What’s the singular noun form of “pedantic”?
In his case, it’s “French shower bag.”
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Originally Posted by Rolla
What’s the singular noun form of “pedantic”?
Pedant.
Duh!
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Originally Posted by Rolla
What’s the singular noun form of “pedantic”?
Pedantic is an adjective not a noun
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Originally Posted by alcjphil
Pedantic is an adjective not a noun
Yes, and its noun form is pedant, hence my post. 💡

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Originally Posted by noimagination;
Pedant. Duh!
And there you are. You and Phil should start a club.

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Originally Posted by Rolla
And there you are. You and Phil should start a club.
"I refuse to join a club that would have me as a member." Karl Groucho Marx
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Originally Posted by noimagination;
"I refuse to join a club that would have me as a member." Karl Groucho Marx
User name checks out.
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Fueler frame (gtbicycles.com)
It's BMX but it might work?
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Originally Posted by Darth Lefty
ss dirt jumper, man. The only question is why he feels he needs the 42
Because it’s a 26er. He’s running 42x14, which is about right for a street fixie, but a little steep for the trail. (I’m running a 40t on my Klunker, but 1x6 because SunTour)
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