LightningRods
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Early this year I saw an article for the Surly "Big Fat Dummy" or "BFD" fat cargo bike. I immediately recognized that this was an awesome bike in desperate need of a powerful motor. I decided that as soon as I could I would stuff a Big Block mid bike drive into it.
As luck would have it, A customer in Northern California wanted exactly what I was planning on building. So he shipped his complete brand new BFD with Rohloff Speedhub up to my shop in Oregon.
The Big Fat Dummy differs from the regular Big Dummy in that the dropouts and bottom bracket are wider to accept up to 4.5" wide tires. Also the frame is a complex triangulated lattice instead of the simple single backbone frame that the Big Dummy has. This feature, meant to provide a lot of strength without much added weight, is going to make fitting a square drive a real challenge.
As luck would have it, A customer in Northern California wanted exactly what I was planning on building. So he shipped his complete brand new BFD with Rohloff Speedhub up to my shop in Oregon.
The Big Fat Dummy differs from the regular Big Dummy in that the dropouts and bottom bracket are wider to accept up to 4.5" wide tires. Also the frame is a complex triangulated lattice instead of the simple single backbone frame that the Big Dummy has. This feature, meant to provide a lot of strength without much added weight, is going to make fitting a square drive a real challenge.