Another Tarn here, the build has evolved a little since this photo, currently sporting 120mm fox forks and 29er wheels but I do switch back and forth and definitely prefer the B+
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If is then I’m sad to say it’s probably dead… I passed it on to someone once I found the 4th crack, they said they were going to attempt to fix it but I think it was too far gone.
bah...damn shame. thanks for the closure tho, always wondered if someone was still riding it.
i still hanker for an old, skinny, steel, 26er ss with discs.... dekerf, another soulcraft, that sort of thing....
it prompted me to do an ebay and pinkbike search....zilch!
thanks
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Mrs LJ has younger bones than me. Scandal Mk.2 in retina searing pink.
Romet 29er
Pact WeirdCat
Singular Puffin
Cheers!
I.
Ivan - what forks are those on the Pact WeirdCat?
Sanderson town crier 29, eBay bargain frame. Shortly to have 2.6 front tyre.
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That Pact looks great, what rims are those? How wide are they?
Thanks for appreciation Chaps <blush>...
Ivan – what forks are those on the Pact WeirdCat?
Carver Bikes, full custom Ti.
what rims are those? How wide are they?
Xtreme Bikes https://www.fattirebikeparts.com/ Carbon ones, 90mm wide.
If anybody cares and won't mind my broken English, here is full story:
https://krzywekolo.wordpress.com/2015/08/15/weirdcat-long-story-part-1/
Cheers!
I.
My Unit-
My Dune-
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Tall bike a friend knocked up-
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bls-v6rBvD3/?igshid=elcr0s2lucw8
Balance bike I fabricated for my daughter-
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Posting fail. Insta private can’t be bothered to change it for a picture.
Anyway. I agree. Rigid is fun!
Well, here's my effort.
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Had it........6? 7? years now. I would like something newer, but it's just not given me any cause to!
I also have a spare set of wheels with 28mm continental gatorskin tyres fitted, it's a real tarmac weapon in that guise.
The Jones
The fat bike
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuQfzu-At_C/?igshid=1aovzgwiu4pud
The singlespeed
Just spruced up the Ramin in a 90's stylee...
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Loving the splatter paint job!
i still hanker for an old, skinny, steel, 26er ss with discs…. dekerf,
something like this, sadexpunk? Had it since, 2000. This is post spruce up, discify, debounce and degear in 2012
Since raised the bars and chubbied the front. Got my eye on the Stooge Junker bars when they come so I can ditch the gopping stem.
breadcrumb, that little leveret is a beautiful little thing!
Disappointed but not surprised it's not available to buy!
UGgerly forked IO. It used to be used daily for dog walks, me and dog have separated 😉 , but it has an extremely useful utility function for shopping and taking garden waste to dump, so it will never die.
I wanted to add this one, but didn't have any suitable pics, until this morning on a long way in to work.
1996 Trek 850, that because of it being my commuter/everything else bike, ends up being what I probably ride more than anything.
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Lots of personal project parts- Brake boosters, bar-ends, chain tensioner, bash ring, 26.8 dropper, ghetto tubeless.
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Not sure if either of these count as 'mountain' bikes, but I've ridden them both on red (and a bit of black) trails at trail centres, and beyond:
If I knew how I’d post a pic of my rigid Puffin below.
And my rigid SIR.9.
Both equally ace.
My Ex "terrahawk" tinbred - best bike ever owned .. 🙂
https://drive.google.com/open?id=13pmN6YDFQCZF147Gk6B6cjIHWrh9_KsL
CBA to take pics -
Surly Wednesday
On One Inbred 29" & 26"
On One Scandal
All the above are single speed, just goes together dunnit
Some genuinely lovely looking bikes in this thread.
Got me thinking of the rigids I rode back in the early 90's. Not ridden a rigid since and can't but help feel I'm missing out on the simplicity I remember from that era.
Does anyone still sell a good, rigid MTB off the peg? Deore or above, good frame, MTB not touring geometry? If so, I could ne tempted to get my credit card out...
Oh this thread. This b*stard of a thread. I read it, then re-read it and then went on to another tab and purchased a Bombtrack Beyond + ADV frameset. It just seemed the right thing to do. It was wasn't it?
I was toying with this one @lunge but they're not available till October and that was to late for me, I wanted one now!
@Lunge, would perhaps a Genesis Longitude or a Shand Bahookie be your bag?
have a look at brother cycles, they have some lovely rigid mountain bikes, or have a chat to andy at stooge who will build you whatever spec you want onto one of his frames to suit your budget
It just seemed the right thing to do. It was wasn’t it?
Yes. Yes it was!
lunge
Subscriber
Does anyone still sell a good, rigid MTB off the peg? Deore or above, good frame, MTB not touring geometry? If so, I could ne tempted to get my credit card out…
Marin do some nice rigids now don't they?
MTB not touring geometry?
Wassat mean?
Normal MTB geometry is designed to integrate the suspension into the handling - I'd argue that rigid MTBs need to be different.
Very good teadrinker! I was thinking the exact same thing.
Every now and then a b*stard thread comes up. This is one.
something like this, sadexpunk? Had it since, 2000. This is post spruce up, discify, debounce and degear in 2012
yes, exactly like that, how much please? 😉
@lunge There are a few completes still about, as mentioned before Brother do a nice one, as do Ribble. Wonder and Marin have good ones under a grand, but I've been perving over the 2020 Kona Unit-X that's just been released. Still cant afford it, though.
nedrapier
breadcrumb, that little leveret is a beautiful little thing!
Disappointed but not surprised it’s not available to buy!
Thanks, it's definitely an one-off. I need to build myself a frame, might make a start at some point one day!
Might have already been mentioned, but Nordest do a nice rigid
Some super bikes posted. Best thread I've read all year.
+1
Custom Ramin, frame and fork* to be swapped for a Stooge mk4 in about a week 🙂
(stealth ad: so the frame and fork pictured above will shortly be for sale [very cheaply] if this thread has anyone curious to try rigid)
I really must pull my finger out and sort out posting a photo of my Ti Singular Hummingbird singlespeed. Almost certainly my favourite bike of any I’ve owned, although the steel Hummingbirds are ace too.
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How many folks here are also running a gravel bike as well as their rigid MTB?
My gravel bike is my commuter so I have a second set of wheels for my rigid bike to run some faster tyres
How many folks here are also running a gravel bike as well as their rigid MTB?
Yep.
Use it mostly as a commuter.
How many folks here are also running a gravel bike as well as their rigid MTB?
Guilty. Vulcan Bicycle Works:
Not raced on it for a while but still gets ridden. Nearly 25 years old.
Any old excuse to post yet another pic of my rigid commuter. Brand X HT01. Now has a 180 rotor front, and 32t ring (was 34t). 
If a 24" street/trials bike counts:
Had it seven months, still bad at it, but enjoy it, making slow progress, but am 40something.
Odd configuration, but weeride mount bar fitted and rear slick for when I put it on the trainer
Try that again
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Some custom weirdness.
My forks are considerably more ofsetty than yours.
Some aceness in these halls. Now also have ti hummingbird itch
my custom weirdness
Radicool! How’s the climbing with that?
How many folks here are also running a gravel bike as well as their rigid MTB?
Now also have ti hummingbird itch
If it's really itchy, Sam's taking orders for semi-custom Ti at the moment.
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Room for a Speedball in here ?
Found out what the top tube arrangement is for...
Yes!
And you got some Junker bars, how did you manage that?
nedrapier
Yes!
And you got some Junker bars, how did you manage that?
Andy had a handful back in April, he posted on FB that there were a couple of spare 70's up for sale so I grabbed them.
Radicool! How’s the climbing with that?
It has a 75.5 ST angle, and 450 reach, so is an ace climber.
Sit and spin, and the front wheel stays planted without having to hover over the nose of the saddle.
Some custom weirdness.
My forks are considerably more ofsetty than yours.
That looks like three different bikes stuck together 😂
How's it ride?
survivor - it rides great!
Although it looks a bit mad, it's mostly quite 'normal' by todays standards.
Obviously, the front end is a bit out there...
It was built primarily as a hardcore hardtail, which I wanted to run 150 forks at 63 degrees with a B+ tyre.
I also wanted the option of rigid, but rigid forks for 63 HA don't exist, so I had these built.
I paid close attention to the mechanical trail and wheel flop numbers, to get the correct offset for the head angle. I went with what I knew worked well on production bikes.
Check out the new Stooge MK4, it's getting slacker and big offset.
It feels really balanced, but more confident downhill than a rigid bike has any right to be, with the big tyre way out front like a DH bike.
I've had it a couple of years now. I'm considering selling it to get another one made, full 29+ this time with some changes to make it more bikepacking specific.
I love the new Stooge MK4, but the 72 SA rules it out for me. It was tempting me greatly otherwise.
A bit more on mechanical trail for the geo geeks HERE
And a handy calculator HERE
Hi guys, as a long time reader I would like to add my little contribution to this nice thread, a Kona Unit from 2015. I've got it for two years now, found it in NOS condition, very happy with it since then.
Nice!
Three for the price of one: Rigid MtB / flat-bar gravelbike / beach racer
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My latest
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Sold this and bought a drop bar gravel bike instead. Not convinced I didn't prefer the Genesis 🙁
Like rocking horse shit now too. What an idiot. Some stunning potential alternates in here though!
I'll try again:
Three for the price of one: Rigid MtB / flat-bar gravelbike / beach racer
70 degree HA
73 degree SA
575mm top tube
425mm chainstays
1050mm wheel base
1x9 11-40, Specialized FastTrak 26x2.1 tubeless tyres. Needs a dropper.
1988/9 Giant Super Sierra.
Mk1 Stooge
Ancient Swift with Krampus fork and 3in tyre
Pickenflick for gravel duties
