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Found a new niche - Trail Tractor

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Forget the arguments over Modern Trail Geometry, Gravel Bikes, long front centres, etc etc, there's a new game in town.

Destroying trails nowhere near you - the Trail Tractor©

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Posted : 24/09/2022 3:06 pm
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New Stooge due 2023?

 
Posted : 24/09/2022 3:10 pm
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That would be great with a Swytch kit on it. Cruise around in style with the motor helping out on the climbs when you can't get out of the saddle.

 
Posted : 24/09/2022 3:14 pm
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I'm glad that's Uber stable, because one hub brake is doing squatch when you get beyond a gentle weave around the sea front...

 
Posted : 24/09/2022 5:14 pm
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Looks as if it handles a bit like an old KH 500. You had to get off those and lift the back end to go round corners.

 
Posted : 24/09/2022 6:58 pm
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That you sorted for next year’s ‘puffer? Singlespeed? Grippy tyres? Suspension? 😉😉😉

 
Posted : 24/09/2022 7:17 pm
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@mattsccm The frame is contemporary with the KH500, and like that, the way to get a long wheelbase bike round corners is to get the weight up front and let the rear slide. So controllable. 🙂

@dovebiker in a few weeks I'll post it again after a few more mods and after I've taken it around the 'Puffer track. Note the sophisticated suspension stem -always said I'd get suspension when I get old and frail.

BTW yes, I'll be doing the 'Puffer solo again but my advancing decrepitude means I may need to resort to gears this time. Luckily I have a S-A 3 speed hub I can fit. 🙂

 
Posted : 24/09/2022 7:28 pm
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I’ve raced XC on my Dyno Glide. Gt
It was… interesting.

 
Posted : 25/09/2022 4:35 am
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How long is that chain!! Do you have to put two chains together?

 
Posted : 25/09/2022 8:44 am
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@kiwijohn "I’ve raced XC on my Dyno Glide.
It was… interesting."

That's the point. Interesting is much more fun than cruising around on a bike that can handle anything you throw it at, isn't it? 🙂

@aide It's two and a bit chains long.

 
Posted : 25/09/2022 6:41 pm
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Is that a frame bag or your mislaid spiky cod piece?

 
Posted : 25/09/2022 8:25 pm
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The bastard child of a Stooge and a Stringray.

Utterly impractical and ridiculous.

I love it.

That's a coaster but does it have gears?

 
Posted : 25/09/2022 10:21 pm
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@squirrelking - Proper bike, singlespeed 🙂

Rear hub is a drum brake. I found the chain tends to fling itself off with a coaster because there's so much flex in the frame. (Rear brake not yet functional - I need to make up an extra long cable)

@ElShamilo - You got it right, it's a cod piece cunningly disguised as a frame bag but up here we call them sporrans.

 
Posted : 25/09/2022 11:54 pm
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Ah that explains it, looked too big to be a coaster so wondered if it was one of those automatic beasts.

 
Posted : 26/09/2022 12:04 am
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I thought it was the new Jones Long Long wheelbase!

 
Posted : 26/09/2022 7:44 am