No idea what I'd use it for but thats very cool. Like it!
Same really, guess you’d use it for a bit of everything, but mainly messing about in the local woods.
Very versatile beasts Stooges.
I do a bit if everything on mine, from all day xc rides to dirt jumps in the woods.
Yep, I really like the look of that too. I suspect he'll sell those pretty quick!
Looks fantastic, I think I need to water my money tree! Looks like it will be great fun for 'messing about' on in local woods and trails.
Love my Stooge, very versatile. I have drop bars on mine at the moment and use it for gravel long distance rides and dare I say the words road.... I have a set of road plus tyres for it and rode Ride London. Also have ridden trail centres on it and get some looks when I speed past a carbon full sus!
Only one size though. Not sure the comment "trackers/klunkers are always one size" will make it fit me though
If I had the shed space and lived somewhere you could ride into town, lock a bike like that to a rack and it still be there when you returned, I’d have one. Just because I like the way it looks.
Also it comes in 'Rose Tinted', which for my money is the best colour I've seen on a Stooge so far.
That does look good.
I'm just starting to plan some bikepacking trips on my Ragley Marley. I can see myself desiring one of these if I really get into it, they look like a lot of fun.
That’s annoying. I really don’t need another bike. And it’s a perfect size for me. And I have enough parts sat in my shed to build it up. Arrrggghh.
Loved the history lesson too. 🙂
WTF is going on with that top tube?
There better be a "We did it becasue we think it looks cool" rather than "Testing made us realise the benefits of this bend here for [insert bollocks about vertical compliance here]"
@nickc the top top kink is purely aesthetic, as it was in the dirtbomb as a visual nod to klunkers and trackers of old. Stooge are unapologetically straight forward in that Andy makes bikes he like the look of and wants to ride and if folks don't get it he doesn't give monkeys as he'll sell the batch out in record time as he always does.
The comments about compliance are for the tweaked biplane for with 65mm offset which gives a bit more give at the ends when compared to the shorter offset forks (or a bit less when compared to 80m offset of the mk4)
That does look good, I've had a set of 29+ rims waiting for a project seemingly forever, picked them from the clearance/prototypes bin at Planet-X when I collected my Scandal having declared I just wanted a normal bike and was done with niches!
Anyone know any shops selling Stooge framesets that take Halfords C2W vouchers?
I don't know anything about bikes like this but it looks cool. Would make a cool commuter but it's unnecessarily nice and expensive for that.
I don’t know anything about bikes like this but it looks cool. Would make a cool commuter but it’s unnecessarily nice and expensive for that.
For a similar retro aesthetic, but more affordable, have a look for 2nd hand Pashleys. As long as you don't want a current model or something with a cult following / facebook cult group arround it (Guv'nor) they're often dirt cheap.
Bloody love Stooge bikes. Owned two, a Speedball and a Dirtbomb. Only bikes I’ve ever really regretted selling. If you’re questioning the looks or what it is supposed to be use for then I don’t think it is for you. They’re just cool looking bike that are designed to be ridden anywhere.
I love it. Good job Andy! great price too.
I'm a fanboy mind... I've had the Mk1, Mk2, Mk5, Dirtbomb, Scrambler & Speedbomb.
I just love the fun factor- I can't take myself seriously when I ride them. Yes, there's better bikes for the job, but they are jHere's a local brewery run I did if you want some Stooge inspiration.
That’s really nice. I really like my mk5, I’d buy this in a shot albeit they aren’t that dissimilar so seems pointless.
They’re just fun bikes. Which can do anything to a greater or less extent, but very much focus on fun. My mk5 I have in 650+ mode and it’s like a big bmx, probably best on quick singletrack and popping off any little stone or tree stump
Looks fantastic! If I had space and time to ride a third MTB then it would be right at the top of the running.
What’s the 29+ tyre situation like nowadays? It feels like 27.5+ went boom and bust!
Lots of 29+ still out there from bontrager, terrene, surly, duro etc... , duro crux 3.25 as a front and duro miner 3 rear is an awesome combo big stoogey shenanigans. loads of 2.8 as well thats more mainstream from folks like maxxis and terravail
Love it, I think I have everything I need except a crank and headset snd some big tyres in the shed, And absolutely no need to buy it. Still tempted.
What’s the 29+ tyre situation like nowadays?
I run a 3.0 DHF and 2.8 Rekon on my 29+ Krampus - very chunky on 45mm rims 😁
On the Stooge it's a 2.8 WTB Vigilante and a 2.6 Spec Purgatory.
Plenty of plus and nearly plus options still.
Stunning. If I ever decide to replace my Canyon Dude it will be with a Stooge. It only get used for longer gravel type rides these days or occasional bike packing but always makes me smile. I'm smiling just looking at this beauty and have admired all his designs.
Part of the problem though is that his frame and forks really do need you to put some thought and money into the right parts to finish the job off in a way that it deserves.
Maybe I'll just buy a second hand one when I'm 60 in 7 years time 🙂
No motor? I’m out…
😉
But seriously, that’s gorgeous.
if folks don’t get it he doesn’t give monkeys
I think it looks shit. I also don't give a monkeys
Looks nothing like the 'tracker' bikes I rode in the 70's. Rear brake only, narrow road rims with cycle speedway tyres, cotter pin cranks. The only thing similar is the cowhorn bars
Looks nothing like the ‘tracker’ bikes I rode in the 70’s.
Tracking is just an attitude..
MArketing BS about attitude aside I have always maintained that approach which is why I still ride narrow tyred bikes across all terrain
@nickc and as always you are a little ray of sunshine and positivity 🤣
Don't really get the need people have for it to be 'for' something, and being a nod/homage to something doesn't mean using outdated tech like cotter pin cranks so it's the same.
It's a bike, it looks the shizzle and bikes are gid.
That's enough.
Man I want one. 😍
I don't normally like weird top tubes, but I love that.
Shed wants treating mind.
Don’t really get the need people have for it to be ‘for’ something, and being a nod/homage to something doesn’t mean using outdated tech like cotter pin cranks so it’s the same.
Nor do I but go tell the people that write the BS on this stuff, I didn't call it a tracker after all.
I think it looks pretty good and if I wanted a slow heavy bike I would be in the queue for one.
cranking out the same bike but with a slightly differently
Sort of fair comment but isn't that a lot of bikes? 'Looks like a session' may have been repeated a few times
a slow heavy bike
Fair bit faster and more fun in many places than a skinny tyre old-school tracker bike though, or a gravel bike.
Looks like it would be a right laugh off road... and look majestic propped up outside the cafe/shop/pub when doing day to day bimbling duties.
"Nice bike Mr!"
a slow, heavy bike
@kerley - not slow, and not that heavy either.
I've done 80km MTB rides on mine in sub 5 hours.
It's not a carbon xc racer, but that's not the point.
I don’t normally like weird top tubes, but I love that.
I think it's because it's in line with the chainstay, which makes it look gid.
Stooge i guess are something you get or you don't, i still have my Mk1 which rode like a grown up BMX, and latest is a Speedbomb which i love, but always had a thing for steel singlespeeds, with a Singular Peregrine and Gryphon in the garage too..
Just find it very difficult to fall in love with a modern carbon bike even though they may be more capable and lighter
The best bike is the one you look at in the garage and it makes you want to ride it...
Does anyone make a moto bar that doesn’t cost an arm and also a leg?
Fair bit faster and more fun in many places than a skinny tyre old-school tracker bike though, or a gravel bike.
Not where I ride it isn't. My fastest times on gravel are on fixed gear with 25c tyres.
not slow, and not that heavy either.
That is not up for debate. It will be slower and it absolutely heavy to someone who like light bikes (the bike I ride on road/gravel is under 6kg)
That is not the purpose of the bike though is it and as I have said I actually like the look and idea of it but whenever I own a bike anything like that I get fed up with it because if feels slow and is heavy.
On the Orange thread, there have been a few comments (some by me!) about manufacturers almost bending to new marketing rubbish - down country short travel full sussers etc so its refreshing to see a manufacturer seemingly take a "don't give a ****" attitude and just build bikes they want to ride.
I'd have one of those in an instant if I thought I'd actually use it much. Looks mega!
The best bike is the one you look at in the garage and it makes you want to ride it…
Very much this in spadefuls.
