Excellent 🙂

Getting the shock tune right is important- I dare you to email Marin and ask for their advice 😉

Like that very much.

Absolutely loving this.

Having only recently experienced what 29er wheels and suspension feels like (Excellent BTW) I would imaging that this steam rolls everything in its way!

The re engineered rear looks good too!

Thanks guys.

I gave it it’s maiden ride today. Just up to the last descent at GT and down (staying with a pal at Kirkton Manor). The shock is so fubar’d it rode comicaly.

More importantly things started playing up…turns out I’d removed a bit much from the RT…the inserts ovalised!

Is there a LOLcat for “back to the drawing board”?

What a fantastic bike! I want one.

Bah! This should be/used to be round 😡

IMAG0777 by alan cole, on Flickr

Can you get a solid piece in there?

Ideal for a bit of broom handle I’d have thought 🙂

loser

I know tunki, that AHD is a right looser 😡

Bear – I think if I’d cut less metal off it’d be OK. Maybe. I’ll see what my technical consultant has to say: 😀

Al this is V nice. Well done. Have you fixed it yet?

Stupendously ugly, utterly pointless, and I guarantee it rides like a sack of shit.

You are never allowed an opinion on anything bike related again.

cool as ****
love it.

^ What he said.

Kool and the gang 8)

Still borked…framebuilder mate has too much on plate…

…but I have found an old 1″ fork I’ll cut up and use to reinforce the extension-y bits and see how that goes. Hopefully next week.

a 1″ fork, earlier;

I like the look of that too.

Did you manage to get another shock for The Thing?

Aye I have a float ready to go on it once fixed.

If I can get the rear-end re-done I should get a double up front also.

Ah – I was going to say – those seat/chain stays look a little fragile/flexy – looks like MKII will have to have something beefier! – What’s it ride like??

with that shock…think “pogo stick” 😛

Will update…