Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

Fatbike for teh lols

26er Fatbike with a second wheelset, 650b so you can run Paselas for touring and still fit 27.5x2.5+ knobblies when you want to go fast up non-technical climbs..

Just received a Salsa Juan Solo v2. Scandium with Carbon seat stays, EBB for chain tensioning.

Need a fork. Designed for 440mm rigid forks or 80mm sus. 1 1/8" straight steerer needed. I can probably justify £100.

Can I get a Rock Shox SID in decent condition for that much, or is there some other lightweight short-travel fork I should look for?

I wouldn't really call it a cross-country capable bike by the looks of things. Dirt roads yes. Maybe that's preferable if dakin isn't actually going to do proper mountain-biking on it.

Lets have a stupid discussion about what proper Mountain Biking is

^^ also worth looking at Rebas - practically Sids but way less dorrah

Lets have a stupid discussion about what proper Mountain Biking is

Don't get your knickers in a twist. Dakin says he wants to do XC, so I'm not sure if a 'rough road' bike is a good recommendation.

Pls. Modern 29er XC rigs are one short travel fork and a flat bar away from a modern CX bike.

Well I suppose if you ignore the geometry and the tyre clearance, yes.

flat bar

Hwrd pls, riser bars.

The Straggler's a great bike for sure, it just won't be as comfortable on trails as (for example) an Inbred. Bah humbug. I'm going to bed.

Well I suppose if you ignore the geometry and the tyre clearance, yes.

Neither of which prevents you from riding XC. Especially if you consider the straggler will happily take a 42mm knobbly.

Riser bars? Pffft. This is as modern as they come. Flat for the speeds :)

^ much want, too

Riser on small 29er frames means you need megabucks stems

^^^ Small chainring - big cog combo >>>>>>>>>>>>

;-)

Straight to anti

Well that argument didn't go anywhere.

Nobody even mentioned redundant wheel sizes :-/

Speaking of which....

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Yep, no point having risers if you then have to run a negative stem to get the bars back down low enough. Flats for 29ers unless you're a giraffe.

Flats for 29ers unless you're a giraffe.

You rang?

I believe the currently acceptable form of address is 'Yeth Mathter?'.

:-d

anyone have a photo of a 16 inch On One Inbred 26

Flats for 29ers unless you're a giraffe.

Or Jones bars if you're a rad guy called JB.

anyone have a photo of a 16 inch On One Inbred 26

There's a couple on here.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-frame-sizing

Why not get one of these and stick some decent knobblies on?