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Here's mine, a quiver-killer if ever there was one - been road riding, touring, cross riding, enduro riding & will bike-pack once it's gone out of fashion.

It'll be getting a proper cassette (13-26 or 11-28 8 speed) and Thudbuster. Am getting some spacers made up to run the dynohub wheel with my SC32s on the fattie too.

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Posted : 05/01/2015 11:15 am
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How have you found a 24mm dynohub???


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 11:25 am
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Triple haters gonna hate.

Good luck Al.


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 11:39 am
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How have you found a 24mm dynohub???

Nope, am getting spacers made to make std dynohub fit the SC32s.


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 11:42 am
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Looks great.

Would you not be better bodging some single ring at the front, just for simplicity and lack of knackering kit...?


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 11:52 am
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I could I guess, but I don't find a triple that debilitating TBH.


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 11:58 am
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I had a wee test ride around on Saturday and think this is pretty much set up as I want. I may have an old rear mudguard on standby, in case it gets really grim. The spikes were not really needed except for a few short stretches, but by yesterday the ice was almost all gone. Good resistance training though 🙂


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 12:04 pm
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I'll be running this as part of a quad team:

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Rode the same frame last year, but it's had new forks, cranks, wheels, tyres, post, cassette, chain and brakes since then 🙂


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 12:08 pm
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Lowering the forks, pumping up the suspension, longer stem, narrower bar and probably whacking on some ice tyres.


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 12:26 pm
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Will put a triple on lurcher if I get time, otherwise it'll be as seen. Mukluk and Krampus on standby. Liking your steed Al.

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Posted : 05/01/2015 12:41 pm
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As a member of team Fatty Owls 🙂

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Posted : 05/01/2015 12:44 pm
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Teh Shand is a thang of great beauty.


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 1:13 pm
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Devs- since I still seem to be the only one doing it on a normal bike am I still OK to pinch your old ice tyres? 😉


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 1:17 pm
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Of course. You only need to ask once. We don't do gazumping up here don't you know 🙂


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 1:27 pm
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We do down here, that's why I'm having to race with Mavis 😡


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 1:28 pm
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I'll be riding this in a pair-

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It's covered in mudguards now.


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 2:24 pm
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Doing it as a pair. Only got the one pair of tyres so hoping for a relatively ice free year!

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Posted : 05/01/2015 2:41 pm
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Have all you fully rigid fans ever ridden the Puffer course? It really hurts after a while.


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 3:58 pm
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Minipips -

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Mine less the luggage -

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Posted : 05/01/2015 4:37 pm
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Mine

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And mine that my 2 mates are borrowing

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in the Fatty Owls with Bedmaker


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 9:08 pm
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Posted : 05/01/2015 9:25 pm
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My steed!


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 10:17 pm
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richpips: What frame bag is that on the 2nd pic? I'm after something similar for my commuter, but most frame bags I've seen are far smaller than yours.


 
Posted : 06/01/2015 7:26 am
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richpips: What frame bag is that on the 2nd pic? I'm after something similar for my commuter, but most frame bags I've seen are far smaller than yours.

It's one I made myself.


 
Posted : 06/01/2015 2:38 pm
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We do down here, that's why I'm having to race with Mavis

:fingre:

Anyway, here's mine

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Posted : 06/01/2015 2:48 pm
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Had I known you were doing it on a fatbike I'd not have done it at all. Can't have someone being more attention seeking than me in my team 😡

(gies a go?)


 
Posted : 06/01/2015 3:38 pm
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It's one I made myself.

Good stuff, I think I may have to go that route I think. 8)


 
Posted : 06/01/2015 5:55 pm
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I have a spare 😉

I was actually going to do it on my Bandit but will take the fat bike in case there's more snow


 
Posted : 06/01/2015 6:13 pm
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Anyway, here's mine

Nice. Is that a Sturmey Archer? How do you find it on a trail bike? More info please!


 
Posted : 06/01/2015 7:03 pm
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It is indeed a Sturmey Archer. I'm using it with a 34t chainring and the supplied 20t sprocket. I look at it as singlespeed +, just hack around as a singlespeed but have an extra wee climbing gear for when the trail heads up and a higher gear for the flat and downhills. I really wanted to keep the clean lines and keep it simple mechanically, it all seems to be working so far.


 
Posted : 07/01/2015 8:04 am
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I'd have got the Genesis instead of that Puffin 🙂


 
Posted : 07/01/2015 10:43 am
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Liking the optimism of fat slicks trout ...


 
Posted : 07/01/2015 11:46 am
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The usual
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Posted : 07/01/2015 12:09 pm
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Mine is a work in progress... 🙂

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I'm in awe of your shed tidiness, Brian.


 
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I'm in awe of your shed tidiness, Brian.

You need to keep tidy if you have a small garage but it needs to house:

-a dozen bikes
- a dozen frames
- a dozen retro forks
- one BMW motorcycle in bits
- the entire Sturmey back catalogue, at least one of each
- approx 30 odd shaped handlebars
- several boxes of spare drivetrains, the stranger the better

among other things 🙂


 
Posted : 07/01/2015 3:05 pm
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I'd have got the Genesis instead of that Puffin

Shoosh you! 😡

My Longitude might be ready by the Puffer anyway, I'll be bringing it if it is 😀


 
Posted : 07/01/2015 3:21 pm
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You need to keep tidy if you have a small garage but it needs to house:...

Guess who has been in my shed recently?

But he hasn't seen my attic... 🙂


 
Posted : 07/01/2015 3:22 pm
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The usual

What is it?


 
Posted : 07/01/2015 3:43 pm
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What is it?

my old Scandal, rigid singlespeed. Also taking a Niner EMD9 singlespeed. both of them pretty much the same TBH.


 
Posted : 07/01/2015 5:29 pm
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Not a great photo but planning on riding this mostly. Unless it very icy, in which case I'll be riding a 26in inbred as that's the bike I"ve got studded tyres for and I'm too much of a tight arse to spend £70 per tyre on 29er ones.

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Liking the optimism of fat slicks trout ...

Got some nobbies on it now

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Posted : 12/01/2015 7:42 am
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The Genesis is built and ready for the puffer 😀

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Posted : 12/01/2015 8:23 am
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I've gained this as a backup.

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Looks fun, if there's no ice forecast I'll not fit ice tyres to it and have a play on it.


 
Posted : 12/01/2015 12:09 pm
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It must be light - the tyres don't touch the floor!


 
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