New bike.. Drop bars, no suspension, haters will hate etc, etc..

First ride today on my new Fargo.
Frame courtesy of Greg May, the rest is a pretty standard mix of SLX & 105..
Gonna take some minor tweaks, but yeah, I like.

Nice.

Road or mtn calipers?

Nice. Would love one.

I think more people should move over to bikes like this instead of pretending they need a knarpoon to ride on piss easy trails.

Lovin the rolls too. really suits the bike. 🙂

Road BB7s Doug.

NIce colour

Looks good.

I do indeed hate it.

Looks good. More photos would be great!

I like the look of that.

If it had proper drop bars on I’d be all for it, but it seems to have those dreadful wide splayed ladies things on.

King cage with the tool pouch seems like a great idea too.

dreadful wide splayed ladies things on.

Crikey stop trying to be a **** will you.
They’re not even that wide.

Would love one.

the kind of bike that every bloke, getting older, needs.
one that you can ride for the rest of your day………..fantastic that Nick mate. 8)

Crikey stop trying to be a **** will you.

It’s genetic I’m afraid, but I still like proper drops rather than those bars. Other than that I like it a lot and would love to build something similar.

With more manly narrow bars no dought. 😉

Needs a bigger chainring, otherwise 10 out of 10 IMO. Lovely.

Given that Teetosugars shoulders are further apart than most folks, he probably considers them to be narrow bars.

And I like it Nick.

I like drops, and raced some mountain bike races in the 90’s with them, but can’t get on with those flared out things.

I’m odd. 🙂

Puts a smile on your face.. You enjoy riding it .. Nowt to hate 🙂

Looks crap 😡

Very nice, enjoy it.

I’m odd.

You seemed almost normal all those years ago. 8)

like it. looks ready to roll 🙂

You seemed almost normal all those years ago.

People get more conservative with age. 😆

Very nice!

Nowt wrong with that, all you need indeed for most regular trails, and can do other roles too as most Fargo owners will vouch,
I too had a Fargo, found it a bit harsh a ride unladen- though to be fair it was probably the ridged Halo rims i used, but a lovely finish frame set.

Funny the whole build has ended up on another Karate Monkey- a drop bar 29er commuter/roughstuff/shopping/pub bike etc idea- but defo a bit more of a springy ride. Bell Lap drops for the purists 🙂

A Surly Fargo 😆
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March 2nd; Karate Monkey Drop bar 29er Pt2 006[/url] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Liking the bike very much. But your lawn needs a bit of work!

In principle yes – kind of a stout cross bike thingy.

However – for reasons purely of aesthetic taste that riser stem & stack of spacers abortion on the front leaves a bit of a taste. A frame with a bigger headtube is what sir needs (or a new back that still folds).

Nice bike mister.

lovely…

I came to realise over the winter that I have just as much fun on my second hand crosser as I have on my 3k mtb, perhaps more.

Don’t know if that is an old model or new model frame but you can run the new ones with front sus:

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Experimental rigs 9-12 002[/url] by jamesanderson2010[/url], on Flickr

Looks good. The King cages with the tool bag are awesome, I am loving mine.

Ugly as sin. Love it 🙂

what front rack you got on that Monkey coastkid?

gotta say i can’t stomach those fargo stems!

Smashing. I have nothing more to say.

real mongrel of a bike that…

jamiesilo; its a cheapy light alloy rack i bought on Amazon,

Coyote front rack

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March 2nd; Karate Monkey Drop bar 29er Pt2 004[/url] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Home made fork mount and some 28mm stainless P clips. takes a roll bag for work clothes into work Monday and Fridays 🙂

I’d have it if it was at least a reasonable weight.

@singlespeedstu you assume everyone can physically ride/beat themselves up on ‘lets be minimal’ crap?

I loved my singlespeed Chameleon. My body suffered.