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Heres mine to start the ball rolling
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[url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/stooge-cycles-whos-interested-slack-29er-content ]loads here[/url]
why an ardent on the front and not something 3"
big old stooge thread here
http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/stooge-cycles-whos-interested-slack-29er-content/page/29
No reason for a more concise Stooge gallery....
Stooge
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Ready for Antur
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Spectabilis...looks like a Dually on the back, what tyre are you running...?
Any chance you could take a measurement across the width...?
Yeah Dually wrapped in an O.O Chunky Monkey so basically if you measure the space between the stays then minus 2x knats bollock hairs then you'll have the width..
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Sorry - probs getting link from Flickr app. It should be pic of my Stooge in The Cairngorms!
Helping Clink a bit
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and here is mine
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Ta! 😀
A couple of mine after the winter referb. All I've spent in a year on it is a new drivetrain! I thought I'd put on some new brakes & carbon bars on though.
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takisawa2 - Member
Spectabilis...looks like a Dually on the back, what tyre are you running...?
Any chance you could take a measurement across the width...?
Tyre is worn now but comes up about 62mm across the nobbles
cokie - Member
Cokie , what chain are you running there ?
Got my new Stooge frame through this week and built it up over the weekend with mainly bits from the shed / parts bin..
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Currently running Chronicle / 2.4" Mountain King on 27mm LB hookless rims but have a pair of their 38mm rims in the post to add a bit more width (and maybe switch to an Ardent on the rear).
32x22 singlespeed at the moment which may or may not stay depending on how I get on with it.. the simplicity of the whole set-up is great though!
First impressions... stonking good fun!
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Sorry, trying to get pics out of Google+
Should I just use the IMG button and paste in the link?
Can you upload actual pic?
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The Donor
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Just built, wheels on the ground for the first time
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Post ride
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Now running a Maxxis Chronicle on the front and a Schwalbe Nobby Nic on the rear.
Completed over 1300km since first ride on 2nd July. Haven't looked at any of my other bikes since...
Here's mine, apart from the bl**dy EBB, it's growing on me. A week away in Wales next week will be the decider....
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Flashes...what's up with the ebb...It was faultless when I had it .....
I knew I shouldn't have looked in here - the Stooge is one of the few bikes I really, really want...
DBW +1
I may actually pull the metaphorical trigger and order one... Probably in magenta as I have been thinking this since the first thread started.
DBW & GW
This thread is not making it easier to not buy one. I "could" use my Sanderson Soloist as a donor bike, but not much off a 26" bouncing front bike is going to transfer across. And I not able to do bargain basement builds. I too much of a tart and its false economy to buy it cheap and then upgrade it.
The seat post and the stem will fit though, so it wouldn't be entirely new. 😉
Seems like a lot of folk are leaving a load of steer tube - on that premise I've got 35mm - feels good but it just looks wrong - wouldn't have been better fo make the forks a touch taller ? Always preferred the feel of flat bars but I'm thinking trim some steer tube and get some riser bars .
This thread is not making it easier to not buy one. I "could" use my Sanderson Soloist as a donor bike, but not much off a 26" bouncing front bike is going to transfer across. And I not able to do bargain basement builds. I too much of a tart and its false economy to buy it cheap and then upgrade it.
I got a 2013 Cube LTD off ebay for about £400. Gave me everything I needed except seatpost, headset and front derailleur. All XT, SLX and Magura bits. That's you on the road for about £1000, with a frame and forx to sell.
Plenty recent 29ers on ebay to choose from
Finally got image sharing to work...
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I went to change the rear freewheel, 1 tooth difference. Chain way too lose or too tight. So, fitted new chain. Was slightly slacker than I'd normally run it, adjusted to the shortest run, so tried taking a chunk of links out of the chain and replacing them with the left over links from when I fitted the chain a few weeks back. It's OK at the moment, but a week in the Brecons next week will tell. Call me old school, but track ends are the way forward (back).......
You were trying to adjust chain tension by changing links in the chain?
There's more than enough adjustment on that style of EBB the adjust the difference of one tooth on the rear.
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Now with a Dually and Chronicle on the front, On-One OG bars and an (ugly) dropper.
South west Ti Stooge
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They all look great but singlecracks looks really great. Love that fork.
Yeah, that fork is nice. How does it ride - is there much flex in it or is it pretty stiff?
Who made the fork singlecrack?
Want. 😕
Forks are Stooge Prototypes.....not had much time to ride them will let you know a little later how they ride
Here's how mine is at present
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I know it's a dumbass question, but, what sort of weight are you getting these built at. just for weight weenie-dom
Almost 'finished' mine now.. Thomson bar, stem and seat-post added. Just waiting for the 38mm LB rims - I reckon I'll be able to squeeze a [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/panaracer-fat-b-nimble-29x30 ]Panaracer Fat B Nimble[/url] on the back with those (plenty of room with the current 2.4 Ardents [MK2 frame]). What started as a budget build with stuff out of my spares pile as escalated somewhat..
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[quote=evilsovereign]I know it's a dumbass question, but, what sort of weight are you getting these built at. just for weight weenie-dom
They're never going to be super-light if you go down the B+/29+ - mine is built up single-speed and weighs in at 12kg (26lbs) on the nose but 'rides light'.
Cheers frog stomp. Looks good.
I know it's a dumbass question, but, what sort of weight are you getting these built at. just for weight weenie-dom
this will be obvious i guess, but my first build came in at 26lbs, a set of dually's and a knard later and the weight hit 30lbs. By comparison my 650 single speed weighs 25lbs
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Couple of magic scales in this thread
[quote=dirtyrider]Couple of magic scales in this thread
Moi? That's what my luggage scales say.. no doubt a margin of error but I'm not sure they're particularly magic.
Single-speed build with fairly light kit (LB wheels tubeless, XT brakes, Thomson finishing kit) - doesn't seem unreasonable?
My Ti ^^ up there is bang on 25lb with my aldi luggage scales ..build Ti frame n fork , Ti post and bars thomson stem and clamp middleburn cranks 650b+ wheels (blunt rims hope hub front dmr rear trail blazer tyres tubeless) so either my scales are a bit out ..or Andy I want your steel frame please.....I must add that it did weigh 21.5lb with my crest/hope wheels and old steel fork...so its all in the wheels obviously. ..
^ It's those MB's... that's your boat anchor 😉
A lighter BB will change the CoG of the Stooge too 8)
No way ...middleburn look awsome
I agree they look very nice, and in a retro kinda way
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My Stooge comes in at 26 lbs and change. Love it
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What kind of clearance do the MK2s have in the back?
I mean, would a Chronicle or Knard on a Flow EX fit?
Thanks
[quote=zezaskar]I mean, would a Chronicle or Knard on a Flow EX fit?
Nope, neither of those - but I think a Vee Trax Fatty is supposed to fit on a wide (i.e. 35mm+) rim.
It's designed with a 2.4" in mind - quite a lot of clearance with a 2.4 Ardent.
Ta.
It's designed with a 2.4" in mind - quite a lot of clearance with a 2.4 Ardent.
Not necessarily - mine was too tight with 2.4 Ardent on a Flow EX. I use a 2.3 Ground Control which works well.
Thanks for the photo help. As for the rear tire, my 2.4 wtb trail boss is real tight in the mk1 but has tons of space in the mk2.
Not necessarily - mine was too tight with 2.4 Ardent on a Flow EX. I use a 2.3 Ground Control which works well.
On a MK2 (as [i]zezasker[/I] asked)?
Seems odd if so.. this is my MK2 with 2.4 Ardent on 38mm rims:
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About 7-8mm clearance all round. Previous rims were about Flow size and no problems there either.
The mk 2 was designed to have more clearances than the mk1
En route London To Brighton yesterday..
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Looking at those pics, I'm guessing a Mk2 running b+ on a wide rim will have no problems fitting.
To be clear mine is a mk1
Hello,
My Stooge itch has come back....
Has anyone near South Devon, Exeter, Plymouth, Dartmoor a Stooge that could be tested?
Thanks
Justin
Somerset has a few ....could meet at Halden forest maybe ..?
I'm considering cutting the steer tube right down and getting some riser bars to offset the difference - I'm really struggling to get used aesthetics wise to such a massive load of steerer sticking out - Anyone else done the same?
I'm keen on the stooge as next frame, but still need a little convincing about the height of that front end. See a lot of images with the saddle a good deal lower than the bars which give it the shopping bike look - is that just because there's a lot of short leg riders on here, or is the front end really that high?!
Anyone around 5'10" able to post a side on picture?
I know that might miss the point a bit, but still curious to see.
cheers
Singlecrack - A Haldon meet would be ideal, if it could be arranged. Are you a Somerset based Stooge owner?
Yup ...clink and I have stooges in somerset I guess there are others ...I'll try and get the both of us th Halden over the Xmas period. .you could try a steel and a Ti Stooge
^ sounds like a plan 🙂
As requested by Jimfrandisco. I am 5ft 10 and a 33 inside leg and it comes up like this. I find it still a bit different with the high bars, but my back ache I always had, weirdly has gone since riding this. Not sure if there's a link.
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Nice bikes on this here thread. As I have settled on a Stooge for my next bike I'm checking out wheel and tyre combo's in particular. What wheels are people running? Width and size would be ace, I'm thinking of some nice colourful hubs but not sure where to get them.
Any Stooge owners in Scotland? Near Dundee would be ideal, i wouldn't mind a look at one in the metal and possibly a car park test.
Singletrack , Clink, sounds like a plan. Let me know! Email is in my profile I think. I'll go off and check now...
Cheers Thrustyjust - it does look very 'upright'. As you though that's comfortable, interested to know what it does to the handling though...every other 29er is always desperate to get the front end much lower.
I just need to sort out a test ride really.
cheers
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I'm considering cutting the steer tube right down and getting some riser bars to offset the difference - I'm really struggling to get used aesthetics wise to such a massive load of steerer sticking out - Anyone else done the same?
re front end height, a lot of it really does come down to personal taste. when i started out i was using flat bars with the 35mm of risers (i'm 6' and the saddle was about the same height as the bars) but a lot of people run them slammed and report good things. I have a Stooge riser bar coming out in a couple of months, 800 wide, 17 degree sweep, 40mm rise, that should sort it 🙂
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Here's mine on the Jacobs Ladder loop.
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And near home, in Singlespeed mode. Built with Nextie 35mm front, 30mm rear rims, carbon bars Chronicle up front.
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Very nice. Has it been ridden yet?
Yes I escaped the kids for a quick blast earlier - the youngest has broken his arm so I couldn't drag them out with me.
Its brilliant! I have lots of kid stuff to do this weekend but I feel kind of distracted. . . .