Platypus HQ - Functional Bikes and Trips

this is not my project but it's my thread so I can post what the hell I want

bob jackson frame, setup singlespeed with a hellishly long fork, a 20" wheel, and 3 bells
could cram the mother of all cargo baskets on there
if I had another bike....

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gotta work on feet position

Cool thread, subbed

if I had another bike....

What'd suit you is a convertible tandem/longtail. Either takes a stoker or masses of cargo. I don't know if it exists yet

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where is that bottom pic please!?

which one? looking down the valley with the tarp set up?

OK, onto the next project.
I am thinking of having a custom frame built by Marino in Peru, to replace the Cotic Solaris which is now a little long in the tooth. Differences will be:

• Much more progressive geo (steep ST, slack HT, I know I like this from test rides of new bikes)
  
• Much more framebag space (although where I get a really good custom framebag I don't know)
  
• More tire clearance - 29x2.6 with mud front and back
  
• Some more brazeons, and other niceties like dropper routing and rear dynamo light routing
  
  

To top it off I expect the cost to be around £500 including shipping, pretty fair for a custom frame!
Then I will spend some money on a nice metallic purple paintjob and good decals. I like purple bikes.

Your thoughts please....

Very intrigued by this bike, and its geometry (below).
Wouldn't do the mismatched wheel sizes but like the angles mostly, little dropper, brazeon positions, etc

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here's the moodboard

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and pt 2

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great mood board, can I please suggest

as we're including Fyxo bikes

Restrap will do you a custom bag, they did the strap for my Feather, I've also been bugging the other half to make a custom bag for the Orange, as she's got 2 sewing machines and an overlocker (all in the living room, but I get moaned at for the one bike), has been making trousers, so yeah if you want some trousers for your forks....

That Warthog looks weird with the horizontal toptube and such a slack head angle.

The Marino looks good.

I support not wearing bib shorts.

falconer is the real winner .. how gnarly does the terrain has to be for panniers to not work?

sus or rigid fork?

Good thread, and hopefully I'll join one of your expeditions one day. What's the bike which includes bits of Meccano and a green Ovo fork...?! Looks...interesting

This is borderline Dear Susan levels of bonkers

I don't really like my restrap partial frame bag so that's probably them out
looking at some USA options

P.S. would very much like to use your other half's sewing machines...

sus fork always, once you switch to one for bikepacking you never go back

2-track: panniers ok
singletrack: panniers not ok

Vulture Cycles

Your thoughts please....

Long low slack plus sus bikepacking rig with huge frame bag. Can't wait to see this beast!

Can't wait to see some tapped bottle bosses on the fork lowers.