Another Tarn here, the build has evolved a little since this photo, currently sporting 120mm fox forks and 29er wheels but I do switch back and forth and definitely prefer the B+

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If is then I’m sad to say it’s probably dead… I passed it on to someone once I found the 4th crack, they said they were going to attempt to fix it but I think it was too far gone.

bah…damn shame. thanks for the closure tho, always wondered if someone was still riding it.
i still hanker for an old, skinny, steel, 26er ss with discs…. dekerf, another soulcraft, that sort of thing….
it prompted me to do an ebay and pinkbike search….zilch!

thanks

Mrs LJ has younger bones than me. Scandal Mk.2 in retina searing pink.

Romet 29er

Pact WeirdCat

Singular Puffin

Cheers!
I.

Ivan – what forks are those on the Pact WeirdCat?

Sanderson town crier 29, eBay bargain frame. Shortly to have 2.6 front tyre.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2gRpSaC]IMG_20190803_114109[/url] by Matthew Walker, on Flickr

That Pact looks great, what rims are those? How wide are they?

Thanks for appreciation Chaps <blush>…

Ivan – what forks are those on the Pact WeirdCat?

Carver Bikes, full custom Ti.

what rims are those? How wide are they?

Xtreme Bikes https://www.fattirebikeparts.com/ Carbon ones, 90mm wide.

If anybody cares and won’t mind my broken English, here is full story:

https://krzywekolo.wordpress.com/2015/08/15/weirdcat-long-story-part-1/

Cheers!
I.

My Unit-

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#snowy #ssmtb loop round the back of #skiddaw this morning. #konaunit #29plus #29er #rmcycleworks #maxxischronicle #steamroller #wagonwheels #snow #winter #igerscumbria #west_is_best_mtb #rigid29er #rigidss #harshbuthearty_cumbria #outsideisfree #lovewhereyoulive #ride_the_lakes

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My Dune-

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#throwbackthursday to my last #beachride. Looking forward to when I get chance to head out in the #sand again. #west_is_best_mtb #rmcycleworks #fatbike #calibredune #solwaycoast #mtb #seaweed #sea #sunnysilloth #outdoorsisfree #beach #purplebits #26aintdead #26aintdeaditjustgotfat #solitude #cumbria #igerscumbria

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Another from today's ride. #rmcycleworks #west_is_best_mtb #mtb #ride_the_lakes #lakedistrict #earnyourturns #snapseed #fatbike #fatbikesofinstagram #maxxisminionfbr #4point8 #calibredune #skies #moody #igerscumbria #cumbria #pedaldamnit #purplebits #outdoorsisfree #mountains #mountainbiking #lovewhereyoulive

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Tall bike a friend knocked up-

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#tallbikethursday Had my first go on a #tallbike today. Pretty awesome! #headintheclouds #cycle #idontlikeheights #hellodownthere #26aintdead #steelbike #builtnotbought #west_is_best_mtb #ride_the_lakes #rmcycleworks

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Balance bike I fabricated for my daughter-

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Another photo of the #balancebike I #fabricated for my daughter, she's still a bit too small for it unfortunately buy hey, I got to build a frame from scratch! @steelisrealmtb @thebikedads #west_is_best_mtb #rmcycleworks #konaunit #builtnotbought #needtoscaleitup #madeincumbria #madeinengland #daddydaughter #dadslass #steel #ridethelakes #ridelikeagirl #girlsthatshred @adventuresynd

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My no.2 bike

https://www.instagram.com/p/B04CMgAnlMD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Posting fail. Insta private can’t be bothered to change it for a picture.

Anyway. I agree. Rigid is fun!

Well, here’s my effort.
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Had it……..6? 7? years now. I would like something newer, but it’s just not given me any cause to!

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Over the moon to have found one of these @cannondalemountain bikes again, I had an early pre-production model in the Summer of 1993 and wished I'd kept it. I was lucky enough to come across this equally early April 93 bike recently and had to have it. A couple of M900 xtr upgrades but it's basically as it was in 1993. #cannondale #cannondalevintage #retrocannondale #cannondalekillerv #retrobike #retrobikes #bikeporn #vintagemtb #vintagemountainbike #90smtb #mountainbike #mountainbiking #mountainbikinglife #retromountainbike #oldschoolmtb #oldschool #retro #cannondalefans

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I also have a spare set of wheels with 28mm continental gatorskin tyres fitted, it’s a real tarmac weapon in that guise.

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#Scotland #mtb #perthshire #lochturret #jonesbikes #29er #fatbike #titanium #brookscambium #kenteriksen

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The Jones

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#MTB #fatbike #titanium #steelisreal #durness #scotland

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The fat bike

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#microadventure #bivi #pentlandhills #edinburgh #scotland #stoogecycles #titanium #envecomposites #singlespeed #onecog

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The singlespeed

Just spruced up the Ramin in a 90’s stylee…

Loving the splatter paint job!

i still hanker for an old, skinny, steel, 26er ss with discs…. dekerf,

something like this, sadexpunk? Had it since, 2000. This is post spruce up, discify, debounce and degear in 2012

Since raised the bars and chubbied the front. Got my eye on the Stooge Junker bars when they come so I can ditch the gopping stem.

breadcrumb, that little leveret is a beautiful little thing!

Disappointed but not surprised it’s not available to buy!

UGgerly forked IO. It used to be used daily for dog walks, me and dog have separated 😉 , but it has an extremely useful utility function for shopping and taking garden waste to dump, so it will never die.

I wanted to add this one, but didn’t have any suitable pics, until this morning on a long way in to work.
1996 Trek 850, that because of it being my commuter/everything else bike, ends up being what I probably ride more than anything.

Lots of personal project parts- Brake boosters, bar-ends, chain tensioner, bash ring, 26.8 dropper, ghetto tubeless.

Not sure if either of these count as ‘mountain’ bikes, but I’ve ridden them both on red (and a bit of black) trails at trail centres, and beyond:

If I knew how I’d post a pic of my rigid Puffin below.
And my rigid SIR.9.
Both equally ace.

My Ex “terrahawk” tinbred – best bike ever owned .. 🙂

https://drive.google.com/open?id=13pmN6YDFQCZF147Gk6B6cjIHWrh9_KsL

CBA to take pics –
Surly Wednesday
On One Inbred 29″ & 26″
On One Scandal

All the above are single speed, just goes together dunnit

Some genuinely lovely looking bikes in this thread.

Got me thinking of the rigids I rode back in the early 90’s. Not ridden a rigid since and can’t but help feel I’m missing out on the simplicity I remember from that era.

Does anyone still sell a good, rigid MTB off the peg? Deore or above, good frame, MTB not touring geometry? If so, I could ne tempted to get my credit card out…

Oh this thread. This b*stard of a thread. I read it, then re-read it and then went on to another tab and purchased a Bombtrack Beyond + ADV frameset. It just seemed the right thing to do. It was wasn’t it?

I was toying with this one @lunge but they’re not available till October and that was to late for me, I wanted one now!

@Lunge, would perhaps a Genesis Longitude or a Shand Bahookie be your bag?

have a look at brother cycles, they have some lovely rigid mountain bikes, or have a chat to andy at stooge who will build you whatever spec you want onto one of his frames to suit your budget

It just seemed the right thing to do. It was wasn’t it?

Yes. Yes it was!

lunge

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Does anyone still sell a good, rigid MTB off the peg? Deore or above, good frame, MTB not touring geometry? If so, I could ne tempted to get my credit card out…

Marin do some nice rigids now don’t they?

MTB not touring geometry?

Wassat mean?

Normal MTB geometry is designed to integrate the suspension into the handling – I’d argue that rigid MTBs need to be different.