...a surly big dummy....
Arrived on Wednesday, built within hours (H-bars, avid mechanicals, and 48 spoke rear halo SAS wheel), took the kids down the beach on the back in evening, then took it to the Bankes Arms at Studland, offroaded in the dark on the way home.
Next day I loaded it up with a tipi and rode it on and off road for three days to the Clunker Classic... check out the youtube movie below.
Fancy one? Frame and forks are £850, racking and bags £225, with complete builds around £1,700. Ours works as the company van - haulin your bike parts to the post office, family car when going down the beach (you can even load it with surfboards), and well appointed opulent tourer - for when you don't want to sleep in a tiny tent.
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Pictures please! I'm not watching 8:35 of famous landmarks of Dorset in the hope of catching a glimpse of it! 😀
yes i do want one please... can i have it on an interest free loan with an indeterminate payment scheme to be agreed in a few years' time? 🙂
Pictures soon... gotta go down the post office later so will take a camera.... or fast forward to 2:20, offroad stuff from 5:40.
The important question - is it singlespeed? 😉
singlespeed....! even I recognise that a 40 pound bike with around 50 pounds of kit, offroad and over hills, may well require more than one gear.
I rode SS to scotland a couple of years ago and it was a killer.
So, this has gears... which I hasten to add are entirely stolen. If I didn't pay for them, then I have not stimulated demand, so i am still not a mechivore.
Poor show charlie, you big wuss 😉
Fun-looking trip and the bike looked like it did the job brilliantly. I'd love one but know I'd never get to use it 🙁
Shame about the jokes 😉
I cant be arsed to watch all the video but I am already fond of your accent 😀
Maybe you should ask the BBC to give you a radio show...
Charlie, well impressed with that, you should make some more.
Make more... that would mean spinning around the countryside stopping for food and beer... I think I can do that.
Pics in 30 mins.
Really enjoyed the video. Worth watching, all you nay sayers 🙂
state of your teeth. (1.10 in)
don't you have dentists round your way?
Have you seen the price of teeth.... seriously that is due to years of power drinks and just not cleaning them after every ride. Buy 100 big dummies and I will get them capped 😉
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You lied, I feel betrayed. I shall check again later...
sorry been distracted by a kitkat chunky... pics in 10 mins
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sorry been distracted by a kitkat chunky...
and therein lies the problem.
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ok these should be pics.... just been down beach to take one of the kids bodyboarding...
things of (possible)interest:
xl timbuk2 is very handy (and very pink) on the dummy
the surf was almost flat
jones titec H bars with ergon grips
ahead bottle opener
48 spoke rear halo SAS wheel, 36 spoke front.
Schwalbe big apples + slime inner tubes
The sea is still cold - I must be getting old
Brooks B17 Ti saddle
Handling is incredibly good, hardly know the load is there (unless it starts giggling). BB must be low as it track stands very well. Good conversation starter. A bike to keep for ever. How much is petrol now?
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C
Charlie - give me a buzz/mail next time you're zooming past Maidencastle! I'd like to see one in the flesh (and just live up the road!).
So - you're swanage based? Fancy coming along to the next Purbeck ride we do?
DrP
Hi Dr P,
Yep, email me next time you ride the ‘purbs and I will see if I am free, and may be able to introduce you to some new singletrack.
Cheers
Charlie
That looks great. 20 or 22 inch frame?
I like the wheels. Weedy wheels is the worst thing about mine at present. 😀
Ashton Press - nice tipple.
nice vid too
bike looks mental
hang on - "I hid under a bridge and had lunch.."
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20 inch frame.... which is a good fit, also the massive drooping top tube means it fits smaller folk easily.
I spoke to surly before getting mine (mainly to check there was nota 29er dummy variation in the pipeline) and they said go burly on the wheels, and teh guys at halo said this was teh burliest thing and would be spot onn (halo SAS 48 spoke, spin doctor hubs with hollow nutted axle (not QR))
"Hid under a bridge"... that is either because I am a troll and had billy goats for lunch, or it was sheeting it down with rain and no one like a soggy pasty.
The ashton press was right nice... one of the tours drinking highlights.
Ah! West Bay. Had my stag weekend there and pre Haven many a family holiday when we were kids.
looks fun, do you want some stickers for it, i got sent some through the post see....
You may have noticed I am somewhat into my big dummy... so i made this this morning...
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roll on the dummy collective