Colby,

The 48 chainline was developed for frames struggling to optimize for tire clearance, but we solved it without the need for a wider chainline, so it’s better to stick with the 45.5, especially if you’ll spend more time in your easier gears. A wider chainline will increase drivetrain noise / drag in the granny gear because your chain is going to be more “stretched” diagonally the wider you go, but it would still be functional and useable. So, there is no truly wrong answer, but 45.5 seems better.

Stephen

Hi Daniel.

The Moots Mountaineer appears to be a suspension corrected MTB, so you would need something like a Salsa suspension corrected rigid fork for that. Their house brand Whiskey also makes a rigid MTB fork option.

Thanks,

Stephen

The non-drive-side number is the serial number. Should not start with CDS…

Yes, a Tubus Duo works well. You may need an Offset Eyelet Kit for it, but you could try without to start.

Hi Sam,

We can definitely build a bike that fits this description.

Up front we could use the following suspension forks:

• Fox 32
• Cane Creek
• MRP Baxter

To soften up the rear we would recommend the Cane Creek eeSilk suspension seatpost, as it offers incredible comfort and compliance without having to engineer a unique suspension design into the frameset itself. If you’d like to talk more please shoot us a call or text at 303-477-4136, or email us at bikes@rodeo-labs.com

-Stephen

Howdy! A 42t will work great and has been done many times.

Hi Sebastian. I checked with our lead mechanic. We haven’t fit a 240 OS to our fork, but we measured with calipers and it looks like it will fit. You will need the 15mm axle option so be sure to select that.

The length and thread pitch of our axles is laser-etched on all of our axles, except for very very old ones.

Here are some guidelines:

1. Front is 131mm long (127mm would do also), 18mm thread length. M12 x P 1.5
2. Rear is 172mm long (for Flaanimal and TD3), 16mm thread length, M12 X P 1.5

As of July 2024 there is no way to put a spork on a straight steer tube bike, but by the end of 2024 we will have a straight steer tube specific Spork 3.2, and we couldn’t be more excited about it. The more people we saw using Sporks to upgrade their third party frames, the more motivated we got to develop this new version of the Spork so that it would be compatible with more bikes. So, there is still a wait for a few months, but we’re not far off.

Hey Mike,

I’m assuming you are looking at the Flat Mount version of the Klampers and not the Post Mount version. Based on this, we don’t actually have experience mounting those on a Flaanimal frame. For the front brake, you’ll just need the standard flat mount plate for 140mm or 160mm rotor.

On the rear brake, you may have to use one of our ‘Off The Back’ sliders. This is likely, but it could be worth giving it a shot with the standard sliders before you spring for the alternative set. We’d love to hear how it goes if you’d like to send us feedback when you get them!