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I believe there's a revision to the Bahookie coming soon - something a bit more capable off-road.
I'm sure it'll be lovely - but no space for another bike in my garage (or funds in my wallet!)
The skinny tyres on that pic don't look like a more capable bahookie!
They look like narrow tyres in that photo, not MTB.
Wireless GX too - I'm guessing a mullet tourer/gravel/hybrid thingy doo dah
The bahookie is compromised in that 2.3 x 29 is the largest 29er tyre it will take tho it will take a 27.5 x 3". Short chainstays is the issue
they do have the Shug in their range which is their "chuck yourself down a mountain" bike
At Vallelujah (I think), they had a Bahookie on the stand that I noticed didn't have the bend in the down tube that mine has. Chatted with them a bit.
But yes, on closer examination, that doesn't look like a Bahookie
they do have the Shug in their range which is their “chuck yourself down a mountain” bike
Is the Shug not the model from the company that bought them?
Anyone else got any ideas what it is?
Having heard nothing about Liberty branded bikes since I assume it just got absorbed into the Shand range.
Having heard nothing about Liberty branded bikes since I assume it just got absorbed into the Shand range.
I thought the original plan was that both brands would keep their own identity. Stuff changes though of course
I thought the original plan was that both brands would keep their own identity. Stuff changes though of course
There was an initial plan to keep 'Trillion' which was the Liberty brand that Shand inherited and use that to push more 'off-road' bikes including suspension bikes etc. That plan lasted about 5 minutes I think.
Anyone else got any ideas what it is?
Gravel something or other.
Have they ever made a Titanium bike?
So....it's the Shand Kirk. A pic appeared on FB a wee while ago. Looks rather nice.
Saw it in the flesh earlier, it is very nice though not especially ground breaking per se. 45mm tyres on 20mm internal rims on the display bikes with loads of mud room, though not sure they'd fit a 2.1 Thunder Burt sadly...
I love Shand bikes, wished I'd committed and bought a Stooshie after a lovely chat with Steve at a Cycle Show a few years ago, but I'm strangely underwhelmed with that.
Possibly the angle of the pic, possibly that it looks beige at the front, I'm not sure.
but I’m strangely underwhelmed with that
Me too and I don't know why :(. Hoping some new pictures appear
I don't think the paint job is helping sell that to me. I'd be intrigued to give it a go..
IMHO plain steel tubing and suspension forks on a drop bar bike just look very unbalanced. The colour scheme isn't helping (especially by drawing attention to the forks), nor is the angle of the photo.
Paint job and pointless suspension forks.
It's more £s than the Stooshie. I phoned them up. They couldn't say much due to an embargo but the only thing they said was it was a step up from the Stooshie in componentry and price
This is a better photo of another version without the suspension forks
Photo from their Instagram account - I have no idea how to directly link to phone photo in an Instagram post though
Ouch! That poor rear mech
The rigid version looks better - the suspension version just has a touch of too much "gravel buzzword bingo" about it. If you need a dropper and suspension, why not just get a mountain bike?
And I'm reminded of what Cy at Cotic said at the cascade launch -
So while its a nice bike I think it fits in a no mans land between rigid gravel bikes and properly offroad capable bikes like the Mason ISO and Cotic Cascade.
CY will flip in a couple of years (see: disc brakes).
This is a better photo of another version without the suspension forks
Looks much better in that pic
Looks much better in that pic
Yep, have to agree which is why I was looking for more photos. I doubted that mboy's judgement had gone wildly wrong and he had seen it in the flesh
Video review here