Vondally, my bike weighs 26lbs, there’s nothing partucularly lightweight about the components, so i imagine it’d be fairly easy to hit 24lbs if that’s what you wanted.
Re the fat front – one of the important factors to me when designing the bike was that people could take their present 29er, rip it to bits and put it all back together on a Stooge frame, give or take a few little bits.
A couple of years ago i toyed with buying a Jones, it was the front hub that put me off. The Stooge is at its prime with a Knard up front, i think a fat front would lower the front end and steepen the HA a little, so in theory the fork would need to be longer to preserve the geometry. These are just my thoughts on it. I know Martin has built one up with that setup, no feedback yet on what it rides like, but i’d be interested to know.
On the same note, there will be a few pairs of fat forks coming through as an option in the future, just need to work out the figures.