[Closed] Recommend me a FUN but simple bike - a true smile machine

Bmx 😀

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You need a rigid singlespeed. My Inbred cost around £1200 to build, including most things from the Hope catalogue and some right-on-trend 35mm rims.

No suspension to service, no gears to fail... Just oil and ride.

Krampus?

I'd say an old explosif with P2s, but I'm stuck in 1994 🙂

some kind of 4X type bike with a long enough seatpost. wheelies bunnyhops silly tricks and trial moves all day, too small to do any serious distance on but that is not the point is it 🙂

any of these would be a hoot.
http://www.pinkbike.com/forum/listcomments/?threadid=174482

I always hankered after a DMR bolt as an SS.
I prefer riding SS, even at trail centres. But generally also only ride fully rigid. I reckon these would be a hoot.

Or an Evil Sovereign. Used to be a dream bike, one of the nicest looking frames, but now looking back they seem quite dated and often copied, now with sensible larger wheel sizes too 🙂

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Everyone should own a Santa Cruz Chameleon at some point. They're like an over-sized BMX. Without doubt the most fun bike ever made. The grin factor goes up to eleven! 🙂

A £1200 inbred!!!??? Shirley you mean £120....

Fat bike. Obviously.

Some sort of steel rigid mtb.

Stooge.

Singular Swift.

5thElefant - Member
Fat bike. Obviously

I concur.

Everyone should own a Santa Cruz Chameleon at some point. They're like an over-sized BMX

Agree. I had one about 10 years ago setup single speed and it was great fun, probably the best frame I have had for messing around on

Boring but true - Mk1 pre-CEN Soul. I have a number of bikes but this is the most "bike like" one of them all. Tow kids, local bimble, xc blast, winter hack, tech slayer, big bike alternative for proper hills....
Other bikes have come and gone but my (rusty and battered) Soul is still there, quietly doing most things well and just getting on it with it.
You can probably pick up a Mk1 for peanuts now too.

I'm about 6' and find the stooge to be fine fit wise.

It's a fantastic bike, to the point I'm having to make a conscious effort to ride my full suss more before my Alps trip in the summer as by default I pick the stooge for just about everything. Its the bike that makes me smile and the mirror black version looks lush.

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Rigid SS plus bike like a Krampus or Stooge.

Voodoo Wazoo, or one of the last few remaining Calibre Dunes for £493 this Easter weekend.

Or if you like building bikes, make something from an £89 Fatty Trail frame before 31/3/2016.

To conclude, fatbike ftw. \o/

I'm six foot and i've got a on one inbred which fits really well.Love riding it and have it set up with a on one rigid fork and big 2.5 tyres (tons of space for big tyres in the frame and forks) its not a fat bike maybe more semi-skimmed !!I've got a full susser but for simple fun the inbred is great and has a lot of fans among the steel lovers.Build it up yourself with bargain but good bits and you'll be grinning like a cheshire cat everytime you ride it.

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Or a Transition Klunker,needs some skills though!

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Calibre Dune & a singlespeed kit.
£600.
Job done.

Or a Stache.

Fat bike, rigid and budget, so Dune, Wazoo or 90 quid Fatty Trail build.

Seeing a pattern yet?

Surly Krampus - more smiles per mile than any other bike I've owned. Amazingly capable, but also great to ride.

I also own a Transistion Klunker as mentioned above, while it's a riot, it's also very unforgiving on anything other than smooth trails! I've fallen off a lot whilst riding it, usually while laughing though!

Singlespeed Pug?

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Specialized fuse,spot on & very fun

The Marin Pine Mountain 1 above is good simple , low maintenance fun , having played on mine for the last few days .. 🙂

very nearly bought a PM1 just on the strength of how "right" it looks (and harking back to the bikes I started riding) but went full-fat and love it. Sure the PM is a riot too.

The only correct answer is santacruz chameleon. Just as good on a canal tow path as it is flying 20ft gaps on a dh track.
I have a 26" and it brings a smile to my face every time I ride it.

[b]rustybolt[/b] how are you getting on with it? Is it heavy? They look a nice simple fun bike.

Fat-BMX-Rigid-Singlespeed

I know there's a niche missing from that, but I'm buggered if I can spot what it is

Drop bars.

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Or if you like building bikes, make something from an £89 Fatty Trail frame before 31/3/2016.

Eh?

£150 on their website - unless there is a trick you'd share?

Looked at a Fuse and Loki and opted for the Norco Torrent , love it , just leaves me smiling every time I get my leg over 😉

@ rumbledethumps . I've not weighed it so no idea what it weighs but it probably is heavyish , but doesn't feel heavy being ridden . I'm no weight weenie and it feels good to me so don't really care . This bike for me was for general off road riding , less techy trails and faff free slightly floaty rigid riding . I need to start messing about with pressure in the (for me ) larger tyres as I haven't really experimented yet , but apart from that it will be hassle free . I think it will be good for a wee bit of bike packing too , and the finish and look of the bike for the money is great .

mrhoppy

How are you finding the stooge at 6ft

what length stem are you running? / are you running a layback?

Love SS but want to run some gears on this build

Keep those ideas flowing peeps. Remember FUN is the name of the game

The torrent does look bloody fun. Can you buy its as frame only?

How does 27.5 plus ride in the winter mud?

Anyone got the Fuze

Seems everyone is recommending a 27.5 plus. So is that the way to go peeps

Must admit i do fancy giving one a go

olibluegoat - Member
mrhoppy
How are you finding the stooge at 6ft
what length stem are you running? / are you running a layback?

70mm stem and an on one twelfty post so only slight layback, ebb in lowest setting. Comfy for 7hr days like that but it stays put as that for everything. Carbon forks are good though.

If you're around Shropshire then you can have a ride on it if you want.