From Bassi:
The Hog's Back is the true all-road loaded touring frame from Bassi. This bike has ridden all over, from Montréal's streets to Vermont's highways to Peru's dirt roads, and now to French roads as loaded-down with baggage as you please.
Features:
- Columbus Cromor tubing (frame and fork)
- Geometry optimized for balanced front-rear load, or front-biased load.
- Ideally used with swept-back bars rather than road drops. If using drops, you'll need a short stem and/or a frame one size smaller, this bike has a long front to it.
- 27.2mm seatpost, cast seat collar
- EC34 headset (1-1/8" standard)
- 28.6mm theadless steerer
- Disc brake ISO mounts, 160mm rotor recommended
- Downtube mounts for shift levers or housing stops
- 135mm rear spacing, quick-release vertical dropout
- BSC threaded bottom bracket (1.37" x 24TPI), 68mm shell width
- Includes cable guide for shift cables under the BB shell
- Kickstand plate
- Frome Bassi : Pretty darned rugged weight limits, as far as luggage on a properly installed rack goes. We tested with 26kg of weights in panniers, up and down steep hills, and handling didn't change much, so you're probably good. But be reasonable.
- So many eyelets! Put racks, cages, fenders, whatever you want on this bike.
- Metal headbadge. It doesn't change anything but boy is it pretty and really classes up the place.
FRAME GEOMETRY:
SIZE |
47cm |
51cm |
54cm |
58cm |
Seat tube (c-t) |
470 |
510 |
540 |
580 |
Effective top tube |
530 |
560 |
590 |
630 |
Head tube angle |
70.5 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
Seat tube angle |
73 |
73 |
73 |
73 |
Chainstay |
440 |
440 |
440 |
440 |
Headtube |
130 |
170 |
150 |
190 |
BB drop |
40 |
40 |
60 |
60 |
Stack |
519 |
559 |
583 |
621 |
Reach |
371 |
389 |
412 |
440 |
Wheelbase |
1032 |
1059 |
1070 |
1111 |
Rake |
50 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
Tire clearance |
26x2.2" or 650Bx47 |
26x2.2" or 650Bx47 |
27.5x2.2" or 700Cx45 |
27.5x2.2" or 700Cx45 |