Monster, Monsteur, Monstour , 26/29+ and Expedition and Adventure bikes

have you guys met @jammy ?

I hear all the cool kids ride with long seatposts

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Ta. Think I'm gonna keep mine and do a sort of flat bar 650b mtb-lite type thing. Did you have to change the fork to get knobblies in?

I share your back pain.

FTFY

That's kinda my less aggressive position. About 10mm up and 10 in from the road position. It's not crazy though; whilst the drop is large the reach is long - proportions innit. It looks more extreme on the pinnacle because the frame is so compact

Summer bike...
http://www.saffronframeworks.com/build/andys-ss-every-road-travel-bike/

What measurements is the Saffron made to?

Amazing. I would snap if i tried riding that.

Saddle height is 940, SB 90, horizontal reach is 640 and the drop around 220mm

Well that's pretty special!

Needs moar switchblade;

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Yeah. But I think the TOMAC look is still good.

FlexStem revival in 5,4,3,2...

FlexStems are very 2016

Move over you knobbly bastards. New shoes for the Dawes; forum favourite's DTH (in 2.1 flavour.)

Thinking I could have fitted 2.3" but mudguards still to put on .. we'll see.

Pizza rack out for delivery, off to Stayer for mid-fork eyelets next week.

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Mega dope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9DiMrJs2Ho

Just come home with my latest frivolous Ebay buy- 1990 hardrock ultra. Twin fork eyelets, utterly pristine condition, bargain price.
In theory it’s a perfect fit for me with drops as a monstour and with sweeps as a winterpocalypse commuter for LadyLiz.
Well chuffed.

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It also matches Liz’s normal hair colour which is kinda rad.

Fuck that's in good cond.

And, congratulations.

Very Nice. It's what he would've ridden.

Although it doesn’t need recabling it needs something garish as fuck. Same goes for tape when it gets drops.
The hugely erect stem needs to go but it’s pretty much perfect. Group is bottom end but it’s all staying.

What works easier with drop levers, Canti pull is same as calipers right? Will need to find some 3x7 levers. Microshift? Bar end levers? Always convinced I’d wreck them in minutes.
Original levers will go on the sweeps for Liz.

The only scrapes look like where something booped it in the garage, I doubt it’s done more than a couple of hundred miles. Has original tyres an all, complete with mold fuzz still. I forgot to get it off him but the guy had the user manual too.

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I absolutely don’t need this bike. I have a lht for proper touring which works flawlessly and a 27.5+ ogre for off road fun and theoretical bike packing quests(only one night on it so far).

Liz doesn’t really need it either- troll for touring and mtb/bike pack(hugely versatile with just a tyre and mudguard swap) and a charge mixte for commuting.

Plan is to whack some sweeps on for winter if liz wants fatter tyres than her 28s. She’s had old mtbs before and always comfy on them. Sks would be nice(just sold a pair, d’oh), looks like it’s got clearance for the spiked schwalbes in the cupboard if things get cold.
Will slap a wald on it for now, we both have one so can pop it on if needs be.

I’m gonna wait for the dirt drops @Alb mentioned a few posts up and build it into an instagravel tourer. Between us we have 2 tubus rear and a tubus tara front pannier rack so all it’ll need is a little front carrier. Or if liz is running the tara on her troll I might get a nice front rack that’ll take panniers too.

All I need is new cockpits.

From henceforth it shall only be referred to as ‘The Randy Savage’