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Re: Frame advice - hardtail with a 40T (or more) chainring I was looking at the same thing, and eventually put an order in for the Airwolf YFM026. The frame will hopefully arrive by the end of January.

I'm building a beach racing bike/gravel bike based on a MTB frame. So my needs were:
  • 2.35" tire clearance
  • Clearance for 40+ ring
  • Geometry with a "short" reach so I could run drop bars with a normal-sized stem.

It looks like a company from the Netherlands, which specializes in beach racing bikes, resells the Airwolf YFM026 as their race bikes. They have loads of pictures of this frame on their Instagram. All these bikes have 40+ chainrings.
https://www.instagram.com/stormbikesnl/

I think they chose this frame specifically because of the dropped chainstays, which allows for this bigger chainring while still having a semi-normal chainline.
I'm not 100% certain it's the exact same frame, but the geometry looks spot on, aswell as the general look of the frame.
December 12, 2023, 03:28:59 AM 		1
Re: Frame advice - hardtail with a 40T (or more) chainring
Quote from: svensurfs on December 12, 2023, 08:48:22 AM
Hi Aradell and Andrerav,

I ordered the same airwolf frame 6 weeks ago but mine is still underway. Wanted a storm bike but did not had the budget :)
Building a beach racer/allrounder with 42T, have a pair of carbon asymetric elite wheels and the rest of the parts are in.
For the crank I bought the rotor PF4624 BB MTB. Full XT group 12 speed with non-boost crank. So hopefully the chainline will be good.
This is my first built ::)

So I’m not the only one that found out these frames were super similar ;)
Keep us posted when your frame arrives! I might also do a build thread of my bike when most of the components are in. It’s also my first build!

Since you are mainly running smaller width tires, another option would be a gravel bike with tire clearance for 50C tires, and running flat bars on it. These gravel frames usually have sleeker lines, and can surely accommodate a big chainring up front. As an example, the LCG073-D is offered with both a gravel bar and flat bar option (see thread). I’m sure there are other frames like this.
https://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,4413.0.html
December 13, 2023, 03:01:48 AM 		1