Been quoted £300 for a Hope hub and Scraper rim 8O

Don’t tell Greg May you can ride ‘rocky’ on a Stooge

Wow, coming from 26 to 31 must have been lierally laughing out loud :)

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Anyone ridden a Jones Plus to compare?

That’s asking a lot :)

Yes, we need more B+ Stache feedback

Someone with a 5 too :)

lol – yeah, those tubes are way heavy

The bike is super light overall though. Wheelsets are lightweight as well

Bike (21.5) was 27lbs in LBS with tubes and no pedals

What’s the max B+ tyre width that can be ran in the Mk2?

Can it run a 3.25″

Not waterproof – but they are sold as being that??

Altura Attacks get braces now :)

The Altura Attacks don’t have a belt and slide down

I see the new ones have 2 press-stud fasteners now – the one comes undone when straining

No belt on the Mudrides is there?

My Altura’s and Enduras have fallen apart

(^ good to see you’ve made it on here Nate ;) Hope someone can come in on your question)

I decided to see what the 29+ was all about (not that I hadn’t already had a taste of things on Stooge with 29+ up front)

So, a few weeks back I picked up a Trek Stache. Intention behind it was the Stache could be a little bigger at 21.5 and I could run a smaller stem

I have the Stooge set-up 27+

Must say right off the bat what a brilliant job of things Trek have done with the rigid Stache. The engineering, design and F+F is superb. Overall weight of the bike (21.5) is super low too (wheels-sets are particularly light) and quite a fair bit lighter than Stooge

I have previously run the Stooge with a 29+ front so overall the Stache has not been a massive change

The biggest difference was going 27+ on the Stooge – wow – agility…. and fun

Yes, the Stooge on 27+ is most certainly the more fun to ride bike. There I said it. Stache is supreme, no doubt, but is it ‘too’ good at what it does?? Stooge invites you to rag the bike a little more. Pop off here, manual there, try and jump this bit (my riding rarely sees both wheels off the ground I must add – I’m self employed)

It feels the better climber too. When riding with others I am more up with the front, and it’s just a racket going down

I don’t know, but just maybe if I had been able to demo the Stache for a good few days I may not have pulled the trigger. If you’ve got a clutch of 29er’s already Stache is not going to be a game changer, whereas going 27+ certainly is

My take at any rate

The bikes (yes, pure coincidence the colour’s are identical)

I went ‘XL’ which I was super worried by. Swapped out the stock stem for a 60 (will try 50) and now have fitted a lay-back seat post

The 5 ‘comes up small’ is what I will say

So, size up

^ size?

Sick :)

Everything’s crammed in down there

21.5 good fit on orangutan here :)

^ Award messiest post ever?

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Charlie the BM has sold 2 PM1’s

Don’t have the original disc

It has been more than a month and the windows 7 option is not there

Otherwise that geek site link is saying I need to do a fresh install of windows

Will I lose all my stuff?

Hang on, don’t Kinver houses’ private drive’s go all over the Edge?

Glad we didn’t bump into anything last night (got a bit lost in the dark too)

He he

Yeah after last night’s spin round I’ll be fitting a Chronicle for the winter, and although you quickly adjust to the slightly out of control sliding and squirming, it’s when you find yourself heading for the barbed wire fences an the like it’s not so funny :)

The bike doesn’t feel ‘plus’ ‘semi-fat’ or anything in particular now, it just rides well

I’m going to shorten that :)

Back OT

Here’s mine

Wheels and bike (XL) almost look small :)

‘Treat proximal’ did you mean distal?

It could well be a plantaris something or other, but why is it being irritated??

A sports massage person would almost certainly help, but for a thorough root cause diagnosis you need someone who looks at the bigger picture.

My ‘shoulder issue down could be a possible differential’ was illustrative of that :)

No, it’s a straight up and over and back home – refreshing later at The ‘House :)

Can fit in with anything you have in mind though

lol – yes, poor wordage, but YKWIM

Yes, Just about to go over Clent

It’s difficult without seeing you

And, really, I’m not trying to be pedantic, but you did say the pain was 3″ down from the back of your knee, in which case it would not be cannot be described as posterior knee pain. Flexing the knee is when you bend it – ie bringing your heel and foot closer toward your thigh/buttock

Which knee is it?

You could have a tight hamstring which is being ‘pulled’ by the tight tapezius/lats via the pelvis…

My best advise would be go see an decent osteopath

SS Stu

fanboi alert on

I’m 6’4″ and the Stooge feels great for me

Strange, I’ve just bought a Trek Stache and went for a 21.5 which is the ‘XL’

Stache’s ETT with a 50 stem is EXACTLY the same as Stooge with 90 stem

One size fits all? Maybe :)

I think Trek have made a fine job of things

Got it, but not ridden it :(

Too busy

Maiden ride tomorrow :)

However, so far the bike looks really well engineered, and light weight too

Biggest positive so far is the 21.5 fits, and doesn’t look like a five bar gate :)

Mtbr chap has

What chainring does the 5 run?

It’s the Race Face AEffect crankset – does this mean it’s a Cinch/Next SL type?

Like this one:

RF 30T Cinch Direct[/url]

Mine’s arriving Wednesday :P

Finger slipped :roll:

He he

Yeah, I’m taking the newer feedback with the caveat of honymoon in mind :)

I am in the process of getting a 5 demo from the LBS, who although are Trek dealers say they cannot arrange one. Thought that was a service a lbs provided, but maybe I’m wrong…

Tyre pressure tinkering is the new shock & fork tinkering – whereas before with 2.1 to 2.3/4 tyres you had a large window of psi, with the fatter it comes down to a couple of psi sweetspot

Brilliant pic – so many angles

Any more gush after today’s ride?

Next to ideal riding conditions for such a macheine