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Hmmm, perhaps, I was doing a fair bit of racing a few years ago, Mountain Mayhem, sleepless in the Saddle and lots of UK/Euro singlespeed champs that type of thing, always riding rigid singlespeeds of various types.
I was thrown by the brace between the seat tube and the top tube, it made me think instigator. I have a Monkey on the long list of frames to think about when I bite the bullet and go for a 29er.
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Rumbled...... Have we met at a race Housecat ? :)
No it's a Karate Monkey, the 2011 frameset, the last of the v-brake Monkeys as they lost the mounts on the 2012 frames and i really wanted the braking options. It may have been 2009/2010 that the Monkey had the major overhaul, 2012 lost the mounts and then along came the Monkey OP's. Came close to getting the current Instigator, they are nice to look at but haven't ridden one. Be a much better choice for mountains and DH racing.
Mines been in bits for a while as i have been slowly gathering parts for it, scored some disc wheels and hope brakes and a chainset with shagged BB, still need rotors and mounts but slowly getting round to building it up again as v-brakes are great for normal riding but a bit scary if your stupid enough to tackle DH tracks.
My Monkey in current form lurking behind other frames....... waiting, just waiting as it knows when i am ready again and Monks rebuilt we will rigid raid and slay another mountain :) (yes i am a bit out there)