Yeah, it’s KE’s layback Sweetpost.

Used it on two bikes now and have been happy

It seems to suit the Stooge well

Used a Thompson and now a Kent ERiksen ti. All good

This is the bike I’m planning to use

69.5°

OK, is a bigger fork offset, fatty wise good?

^ ooh congrats

You’re in for some fun 🙂

Do post pics

Bud?

Or get funding??

Stooge Cycles: Back to mountain bike basics

Great write-up featuring interview with Mr Stooge

Pardoned

Absolutely brilliant reply, thankyou

Perfect in every way… apart from that saddle – what happened??

Yeah, spill it – I need one too

Any pics of a Chunky Monkey mounted?

We’ve got to stop mentioning Stooge – it’s eveywhere I look!

Any more and it will stop being niche 🙂

Made a decent improvement on my Stooge.

Went from a Stans Flow rim with Knard ! to a Rabbit Hole

At higher speed you really feel the gyroscopic effect which is nice

Much higher tyre volume too, along with ability to run even lower pressure

I really rate that weirwolf.

Mine is years old and have donated it to a mate who is using it. Amazing grip for such a subtle looking knob depth

What about the Hans D…?

I used one last winter up front on a rigid and a boingy – both fine

^^ How do you use yours?? Front/rear? and what type fork?

Thanks guys

No Sheemano romance here 🙂

I’ll have to have another look as I thought I did check those two

Cheers

The batteries ‘die’ don’t they if it isn’t getting the use?

Thanks, but for very occasional use I really don’t think cordless in an option

Good to hear Bosch is getting good feedback though as there is this one I have been looking at

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-PSB-650-Impact-Drill/dp/B003UES78A/ref=sr_1_2?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1410184829&sr=1-2&keywords=percussion+drill

So, as Mr Stooge has started the Jones/Stooge discussion, let’s grasp the nettle 🙂

What are the differences, and as I understand things the Stooge is a progression forward over the Jones

I know Stooges CS’s are shorter and the front end is different, in what exact way I would like to find out

Might have ‘popped’ a rib head out of place…

Is it worse on breathing in?

Best see your local osteopath if it doesn’t clear in the next day or so. One treatment should sort it

Is the Stooge nationally recognised in the biking community now?

Everywhere the bike goes I get interest and comments.

It’s like bees round a honey pot

How do you find the big front tyre, it’s really comfortable isn’t it, I’m thinking of getting one, it’s not that expensive is it etc

Only yesterday I called on a mate for a ride and as we came out of his place a couple on cross bikes over the road called over How long you had you had your Stooge mate??

He ended up having a quick spin round on it and said he was going to buy one

Martinh – look forward to seeing your feedback – my mate is 6’4″ and is chomping on the bit for a Stooge

Or,what am I saying – a fat front

doof_doof – Member
Bonesetter – out of interest, how does the Stooge compare to your By:Stickel?

The two bikes have a fair few similarities, despite the By:Stickle being designed around a 120mm suspension fork.

Both have short CS’s, both are steel, and both share a high front end, which makes for a more upright posture, ‘weight back’ attitude and therefore lightness up front. I’m 6’2″ and have a long body so a high front is what I need, but the whole thing can be taken further

I really wanted to do away with a suspension fork – for the riding I do – ‘woodsy’ let’s say, there really isn’t a need for ‘travel’. A light front with a big volume tyre is perfect

As soon as I saw the Stooge I knew that was the bike was for me. It’s a sort of cheap Jones bike in many ways

The ‘stickle hasn’t seen much action for a while and the frame is collecting dust. Maybe I should build it with the Niner RDO fork??

Gotama – Member
Surely a fork which could take a fat but not lose any of the elements you’ve designed into your existing fork must be in there? Knards are fine, as is 29 plus, but for going fast on trails a Surly Bud really is remarkable, even compared to the four inch floater.

+1

This is perhaps something which should have been there from the start – so folks have the choice

I owned a SIR 9 for some time. Very nice feel to it indeed

A very different bike to the Stooge however. As comfortable? Easily. And the crazy way Stooge handles gives it the much bigger edge

Thanks

Couldn’t quite remember everything you said yesterday Stu. Cheers

T’s do look good

Quick (slightly) OT question:

I’m going to a wider 50mm rim up front (maybe rear too) – so would I need a Rabbit Hole (or possibly Dually)

http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/surly-rabbit-hole-29er-50mm-rim-3712-p.asp

And what else do I need for tubeless running? Tape etc

Cheers

There’s the 3″ Bontrager Chupacabra coming too

mattjg – Member
story to tell? (bones to set?)

He he. Knard totally washed out and put me on my back on a tiny piece of mud. The remains of a puddle on concrete. Scratched up the bar end, pedal end and rear mech grrr (bike unscathed 🙂 )

I did notice the Knard’s total lack of control/grip on other bits of mud too

Hope the Maxxis tyre is on time delivery wise

Ouch, that hurt a bit…

The Knard’s days are numbered

dirtyrider – Member
cnc machining is so 1990s – i want smooth carbon lines,

no doubt they will sell millions, i want to like hope, i certainly used to, but there is so much better stuff out there,

the seatpost clamp should have come years ago, other have done it, and with stuff going “stealth” why do it now?

+1

Out of the ‘home-spun’ Middleburns are better lookers – very light too

@ kayak – I like your pics – one of my favourite neck of the woods, with the stone circles near by.

Is it better to do a loop and incorporate say the Stipers as well (as Eastridge is ‘short’)?

Here’s mine from the weekend – Anchor Inn, Caunsall with cobs & Three Tuns beer

Nice review that – prettyy much exactly reflects what I found

I like his comment:

The seasoned rigid rider will feel like they’ve just discovered Colonial Sanders secret recipe and the newbie will probably wonder why they ever bothered with suspension in the first place.

So, who’s tried experimenting with BB position (review comment on climbing prowess)??

I’ve left mine in the ‘shortest chainstay position’ so far

Did the same loop yesterday on the Stooge as I had on the Raijin…

Dear me how different can two rigid bikes be

From being slow and jarring to easy, big speed with massive grin was just great

I rode my ti Kona Raijin with a Niner RDO carbon taper fork yesterday – first time in ages… man, by comparison it’s heavy on the front. Real thudding and when I first built that up I thought it the dogs

I changed the stem for a shorter one (90 to 70)put a set of Salsa Bend bars on, and another spacer under the stem. This helped a lot, but was still no-where near and still so slow and thuddy. That was with a Nans Dampf at 18 psi

It was nice on the flat, but just couldn’t get the flow going down. Stooge just blasts down in comparison, like a full squish bike, really

The Knard is almost airless now – god knows what psi, but that’s the whole point – there’s so little of your weight on the front you can run it so low