The World's Fattest Man with no bike! aka - find hippy a new bike aka - Just get ( fill in blank )

I feel like @amey did at the start

I will deport you

I'll see myself out, don't worry.

Quite an interesting comparison between two XC bikes that have been given burlified somewhat.

Spesh has threaded BB so an instant win

Cant imagine hippy on a bike with these stays

he eats jerky thats thicker than that

😂

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Once you've gone fat, you'll never go back.

Given all the geometry chat, I think you should get a Bionicon Edison

Have we discussed the new Salsa Timberjack yet? It ticks quite a lot of boxes and frameset is reasonably priced (£505).

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Wasn't it shunned earlier for some reason? I can't keep track.

£505? Is it available anywhere?

Looks like it's expected to be available from mid April..complete build with slx group seems to be good value too

Wasn't it shunned earlier for some reason?

27.5 and a 130mm fork, but other than that...

It's designed for 120-150mm fork and can take either 27.5 or 29 wheels. It can also be setup singlespeed or geared and has some extra frame mounts..

LBS (but not L for you) getting a few in https://www.instagram.com/p/CLwdztAlVZa/

"frameset"?

Given parts availability I had assumed you’d get a complete bike for preference

The problem is, that delays the bike because lots of bike suppliers don't have the parts either. Or they'll ship with whatever they can get. I reckon I'll get a frame and then build it up piece by piece. So I could order stuff in parallel if I pulled a finger out.

Buying complete would save a lot of questions in here though and where's the fun in that. ;)

/threadneverends

Who would want it to? It's glorious.

So, what cargo bike should I buy?

has hippy bought a surly yet?

No, but I do have a loaner hardtail to play with for a bit

Nice!