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Hi Steven, sorry for butting in here - I see that you weigh lots of bikes and frames. Do you (or leffeboy?) have a rough weight for a Stooshie frame (with or without forks) in a roughly small/medium (51 - 54) size? I am Stooshie curious but as it will be a race bike, I still value something relatively lightweight.
Cheers
Oooh, so close @ShandCycles, but I'm pretty certain I'd be a medium on your geometry chart so I'm going to have to wait...
(That is one hell of a satisfaction guarantee you offer! Good on you!)
That's an awesome guarantee right there.
I'm now pawing over the Stoater FT to decide if one of the large discounted frames can fit my requirements as well as the Stoater I've always had my eye on..
Steven, could you possibly offer a ball bark price on painted frame and fork?
After popping in to see the lovely chaps at Shand on last week... I've finally decided to push the order button on a Stoater.
Question is, rohloff or derailleur?
And, if rohloff, which I'm leaning toward... chain, or belt drive?
I want a bike that I can take anywhere and ride (almost) anything. This is totally a bike for life.
Ill be keeping the mountain bike, and summer and winter road bikes (both lovely steel afairs, with campy derailleur gearing). But I want a bike I can go traveling on, and take traveling with me. Sometimes it'll be loaded up for long tours, sometime unloaded for big days. Some times skinny slicks, others knobblies.
Reason for the rohloff the simplicity and low maintenance. I'll be fitting the frame with S&S couplings and the hub gear will make for simple dismantling and reassembling.
I also have 2 derailleur geared rd bikes, one lf which is the light and fast one, and I'm not interested in selling it.
To that aim, I'm leaning to belt drive too.... but I'm a bit nervous of the technology. Steven Shand had a lot of good stuff to say about his belt driven simglespeed, which is starting to sway me.
So, what are your thoughts people?
You can always run a chain on a belt drive frame,but not vice versa.
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That's bloody lovely, that is.The only Fatty I've ever desired.
Right - I want all future options available to me, so I'll be ordering a belt driven, rohloff, stoater plus... with additional dropouts for standard gears, just in case.
or just order two
..is jealous 🙂