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

There’s a Jones Plus frame in green on singletrackworld classifiedswith the truss fork. I’m very tempted.

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I'd deffo recommend trying a Jones before you buy, or try one anyway just for the experience, even if the set up wont be right as they are in my experience a peculiar bike to set up right for one self.

In the end I sold mine because I had a Turner Sultan which was better on the rough and a hardtail that was better for bike packing and twisty singletrack. The LWB is a heavy old thing as well.

The Jones was a lot of money tied up in something that I had other bikes for. Also mine was a 135 rear end and the 148 boost LWB had come out, so thought best move it on before it is seen as too dated.

Now the large SWB is being made, I can see me trying one sometime as an allround riding and touring bike if I have the cash.

Edit: worth keeping an eye out for if, and when Biff imports the Taiwan assembled cheaper SWB complete bikes that were introduced last year. Cheaper, even heavier, frame but a good gateway into that type of bike, and the same price as an Ogre. Sadly no plans to import right now.

deffo one of my forum favourites, such a cool dadmachine :)

Looks like something @t0-ster could've built - and I mean that in the best possible way.

Already had shit from a hipster framebuilder for the scoblestack. Come back to me when your spine’s 47years old I said. This bike with lowriders, hydro discs and suntour XCPro shifters works beaut, bombing down a bit of South Downs yesterday was a revelation.

Thorn eXp frame, disc brace & tab added by Winstan Vaz plus a couple of guides & a pump peg moved.
New thorn Nomad fork. shimano mechs & cassette of mixed heritage, Middleburn x-types, Son x DT swiss ex471, Hope Pro4 x Ryde Trace 25 with Alpineiii, a ritchey dry 2.1 x 26 tyre. GB 60mm guards, Nos Brooks Conquest, swept flat bar with ergons& honk horns, shonky downhill stem everybody hates except me, SLX brakes, trp rotors, thorn 531 rear rack drilled for dyno routing, Tubus duo, Supernova e3 lights. Wellgo pedal I’m loving, & not just cos it’s red ano.

It’s a fucking dog’s dinner, but it’s my dog’s dinner.

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Biplane fork looks dope

so sexy ..

Looks badass Skully.

I wish I was as cool as you.

Cheers lads. Now to cut that steerer, Sugru the cables in and see if I can improve the mudguard clearance with a bit of bending here and there and tweaking spacers. Might try double-staying the muddies too, I hate the jellyness of metal guards with single stays.

Cool!

Very nice bike !

https://fotos.mtb-news.de/s/74533

Clearance is asking for trouble though..

Wierdest DTshifter - thumbie conversion I’ve ever seen.

Kelly Take Offs, look better on drop bars.

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Yeah Kellys looking wierd on that type of bar. Nice looking bike though like the choice of gear lever.

These look wierd.....https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Surly-disc-trucker-touring-bike-62cm-Deore-LX-Tubus-700c/283395771994

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Budd Bike Works did something similar

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Ah. Bit like those suntour command things.

TBF I was wondering if I should try to build with drops on my thing up there, but the ease of finding shifters, brake levers and the joy of flats (for someone with loads of drop-bar bikes) won over. Particularly felt this when loaded with front bags and riding technical bits.

Ahh that surly with barends on the honkhorns is nuts!

We had a guy at my shop old shop in NYC who had bar ends inside of bar ends but shifted inwards towards the stem, and then on the outside had those Scott drop bar ends.

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This is absurd and I love it

camus in a nutshell

Rad!