Lovely day for a bimble.

40km bimble on back lanes and muddy tracks.

40km bimble on back lanes and muddy tracks.

That is lovely and I’m very jealous.

Really tempted to get one of these, I just need to justify to myself how it will be loads betterer than my karate monkey.

Can I ask if the frame has an ED coating? And are the post mounts 160mm or 180mm?

Out at first light this morning for a lovely but cold bimble.

Crank bros m17 and m19 multitools £12 and £14 each at Go Outdoors.

Just grabbed a m17 as a spare and there was a further 15% off so only £10.20.
Assume this is in-store only as there’s nothing on the website.

Just a local bimble for me.

Was lovely to get out without the rain though.

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Considering a set of these as I’ve got yet another leaky shimano caliper.

Did they come with spare olives and barbs for shortening the hoses?

Almost, I’ve got an XL Karate monkey with 29×3″ front tyre.

Fantastic bike, but as with all surlys could do with more stack. But I can live with spacers, a stem with a bit of rise and 50mm rise bars. Sorely tempted by the new swift though.

Local bimble on the singlespeed today.

Naff picture but a lovely ride.

40km of quiet back lanes and tracks. Short sleeves and no gloves for the first time in what feels like forever, hopefully get out again tomorrow and make the most of the weather.

lovely day on the new gravel bike

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Local bimble for me

Rubbish picture, ace ride.

Thanks for that, spare ordered.

I’ve currently got a Giro Radix, maybe not quite as comfy as my old A1 but it is very comfy plus it’s got better ventilation than the A1.

Mk5 here.

Such a good bike, I’ve never felt so instantly comfortable and confident on a bike before.

Just back from my first ride. It really is as good as I hoped it would be.

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Mine turned up today. Couple of bits to finish in the morning, then hopefully first ride tomorrow afternoon.

There’s a couple of 19.5″ left if you’re quick, I’ve just ordered one myself

May be of interest
“Kona Wo 2022 Bike – Fat Bikes – Mountain Bikes – Bikes” https://winstanleysbikes.co.uk/bikes/mountain-bikes/fat-bikes/kona-wo-2022-bike

This should help
http://yojimg.net/bike/web_tools/stem.php

A rubbish picture and not a very exciting ride, managed to force myself out and did around 30km of mainly back lanes and farm tracks.
It was my first ride since boxing day though and I bloody loved it!

I’ve got one on pre-order.
I’ve always fancied a stooge since I first saw them but being over 6 foot they were too small. I missed out on the large MK3 so I jumped on this when I saw that there would be a large.
Really excited for it, just need to decide whether to build it geared or singlespeed.

Finally got it built up.

First ride will have to wait until tomorrow.

Should have mine built up tomorrow, everything but the dropper post has now turned up. Really looking forward to getting it built and ridden it’s been a pile of boxes for way too long.

@honourablegeorge
A straggler in salmon candy pink?
Fits your criteria, from what I’ve heard photos don’t do the colour justice (mines a boring black one).
https://surlybikes.com/bikes/straggler

Here’s mine

Admittedly it is my only complete bike at the moment.

I went for these
https://winstanleysbikes.co.uk/stans-no-tubes-flow-s1-29er-wheelset

Wish is read the other thread about winstanleys before ordering though.
It looks like they will be coming directly from the supplier so fingers crossed I should get them.

@cravensmythe
It was the €249 ones that I ordered, they were the cheapest I could find.
https://www.alltricks.com/F-11918-fourches/P-405841-rockshox_reba_rl_solo_air_29_____15x100mm_offset_51___black_2019

Forks arriving today.
Wheels ordered.
It looks like I’ve done the same as @snotrag it’s gone from being planned as a cheap hack build to a nice but expensive build.

Just got home to find mine has arrived.
It’s not quite as orange as I expected.
Was packaged reasonably well, the gear hanger was poking out of the box though, doesn’t seem to be bent so all’s good.

Good shout on the rebas @snotrag i’ve just ordered some myself.

So I’ve ordered one, after much thinking I’ve decided it’s too good a deal to pass on. I wanted the bootzipper but I’ve got a straggler for bimbling duties, so I’m going to build this up for a bit more gnar use.

Heavily biased opinion.
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(Apologies for awful quality picture)

+1 crane mini suzu.
I’ve got the stem spacer one, lovely to look at and a nice loud tone.
I got mine from here https://www.bricklanebikes.co.uk/crane-sakura-stem-bell

It’s a 60cm frame I’m around 6’3″.
Yeah I don’t think the angle of the picture is doing it any favours it looks relatively normal in person. The steerer is quite long as I’ve not decided where exactly I want my stem yet and the bars could do with being rotated forward a little.

If you’re not bothered about luxury this place http://www.jessejamesbunkhouse.co.uk/
Is good, stopped there a few times while I was working around there. It’s very basic but you have access to a kitchen area was around £15 a night last time I was there.
He’s a very interesting guy, ex mountain reacue, he loves a chat and a drink.

Local vape/ecig shop if you’re in a rush.

Dexshell?

Hahaha I know exactly who you mean chakaping. I always feel like I’ve done something wrong when he serves me.