Angie’s Strada Fango truly does double duty with two sets of wheels, a 700x30mm (as shown above) set of road wheels and a 650x50mm set of knobbies for gravel and even singletrack.
The 650x50mm knobby tires along with some super wide range gearing (46x36 crank with an 11x40 cassette) mean there’s very few places Angie can’t ride this bike.
I really like the Starlight Purple that Angie chose for her bike, it could well become a stock Domestique color!
An Ellis Cycles headbadge up front.
Another shot of the headbadge along with the nice clearance for knobby tires in this custom steel fork.
Nice long points on my signature fastback style seat lug.
A close up of the internal ports for the rear brake housing and the Di2 wires entering the down tube.
My custom flat mount brake setup with thru-axles and fender mounts.
Rear brake line exits the down tube and heads down the chainstay. If you look closely you can see the offset custom front derailleur shim that I made so that XT Di2 derailleurs would work with my Ultegra cross crank’s chainline. It’s the key to making this super wide range gearing work.
Paragon flat mount dropouts with 2 eyelets mean Angie has the option of running fenders, racks, or both.
Mounts on the seat stays for a light rack, and a fender mount on the curved seat stay bridge give Angie lots of flexibility on where her Strada Fango can take her!
Another nice view of the head lugs, fork crown and internal cable routing.
Paragon thru-axle front dropouts with an added eyelet for fenders.