Steel, 29er, v brakes, 1×9, rigid.

Makes me remember why suspension is such a good idea! Really nice ride tho – so stiff when I want to put on some speed.

Tidy. Fun on smooth trails and concrete.

It’s not a bonnie bairn that’s for sure.

Seat post tastic…… err snap 😀

😯 How tall are you?

gears, brakes, normal bars, no superfluous tubing – unless those wheels are 633d and hand-turned from meteorites, you’re nowhere near nicheland 😐

(looks fine though – what’s that on the seatpost ?)

Seat post tastic…… err snap

That is a 4 year old seat post – from my ScandAL – no problems so far. Not much choice as the frames are only 21″.

That’s a 29er inner tube and a 15mm spanner taped to the seatpost.

Other than the dangerous seatpost, I like it in an odd way. But the Vs seem inadequate to me. Horrific in the mud too!

What do you take it on?

I’m currently visiting my in-laws in the USA. Got this for $349 delivered so it is now the ‘stay-at-mother-in-laws’ bike – stops me going stir crazy when we visit this car-obsessed country. I have mech discs to put on it but the mounts need facing and just wanted to ride it! It is lovely on the roads and cycle paths – needs suspension for off-road really, but that will come.

I remember when this used to be a mountain bike site!

That post is going to snap soon too…

That post is going to snap soon too…

Same seat post 4 years ago – ish. 🙄

is ther the same length again in the frame then 😆

Why not just get a road bike? Or psychotherapy?

I have a road bike – in England

This is a long project holiday USA garage bike, for cheapness.

4 years since you weeded too? :p

i hope you’ve stopped growing.

Weed? I sold the house rather than weed!

That road bike looks 26″ with the frame! Nice to someone else with beaters on the tarmac 😀

You must get through miles of cables! And you’d get multiple bottle cages on that road frame! 😉

The road bike makes me think you 9′ tall 🙂

No niche would be fixed or clunker MTB (eh Cab)….

Have to ask, are you Mad-cow, fireman Rich type TooTall from the Mendips?

What is the seatpost on the original picture?

coatsey – not to my knowledge. I’ve seen the Mendips before tho.

Tim – same seatpost on both mountain bikes – a 420mm long FSA one I got from CRC about 4 years ago.

Jeeze, how long are you? 😯

That’s twice as much metal as in one of my bike frames….

I really like the Scout. Shame we can’t get some of the American brands in the uk. SE and a few others make some nice looking bikes

For those that didn’t see the original thread

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=025Cb8sTQzI[/video]

Loving the bike Garry. When you coming out on a club ride?

I can confirm he is very very tall and I mean very !

tricky – less fat and more fit and I might – but I’m not road enough really.

‘hang on a minute.. You qualified for the rollapaluza grand finals 🙂

it’s fine.. Si (off of webbs) said he’s unfit and avoids hills at all costs on club rides.

I think the KoS was thinking about coming out now as he has a new shiny road bike

KoS weighs about the same as one of my legs – including his bike. Si just straps a packet of custard creams to his handlebars and uses them for motivation these days! As for you – far too fit anyway!

Could you put a sofa in your front traingle, so the cheesey’s can have a sit down and a natter while you’re riding them to the pub?

😀 oh yes nice little loop out to raglan and the wye valley anyone ?

Call that Niche?

Surely a “94er” (29″F/24″ rear) soft tail, rigid forked bike, with a 3 speed SA hub and coaster brake, upside down mary bars and a front pannier only would be more “Niche”…

No – but I could get either trickydisco’s or your bike in there in a sort of Thunderbird 4 stylee – or make a seat for each of you on the bottle mounts and you could help pedal.

I was thinking about insulting your road bike but decided not too, given you must be about 2ft taller than me!

and i always thought my bikes were fugly………….. 😀

Yours are – and you being short means you have no excuse! Strange how in the flesh nobody notices I ride 29ers at first – they just look normal around me. The road bike does look more lovely in the flesh.

no it doesn’t it looks like a purple gate………I’ll get my coat

No but seriously, how long are you? 😯