Recent content by Ron Bones

I love it and your build thread!! Great stuff.

Well I've spent most of my day looking at and drooling over the Surly ECR! Anyone have any experience? The reviews are looking good in general. The 29er 3" tyres look good, fat but perhaps not too fat. And the ready built bike has a good spec for the money. But, and its a big but... no body over...

The bikes are going inside co-opski ;) I'd sooner sleep outside than have my bikes out there! That's the thing, my under bed garage isn't huge, so it's going to be a squeeze. After a 30 miler today on my honky tonk (with my brand new brooks cambium) I'm leaning back toward the Fargo again! I...

I would love to see the pelican case in the flesh but no one stocks them over here. My New Trent is still going strong though. It gets bashed about and along with the new Microsoft office suite for iPad, the keyboard has been getting lots of use. The battery seemingly never needs charging and...

I love these fats with drops!! They look awesome and would suit me to the ground, but as above I'm yet to ride a fat so I cant commit. I'm not a big guy, not wide anyway so whether or not I'd get on with this wide BB is something I need to know. This thread has opened my eyes to so much, you've...

Thanks again everyone for all the help and advice. I really appreciate it. I think I'm leaning toward the mukluk idea with a set of 29's and a 100mm fork for when I want an easier ride! Just got to get some cash together and keep an eye out for a used bike or frame or a good offer. Biggest...

^^ that is genius!! What an awesome idea. Why hasn't it ever caught on? I guess the bike manufacturers can't sell you two bikes.

Some great ideas thanks everyone! Love the specialized rockcombo up there, that really does look like a good do it all bike. But squatch, you may have just said exactly what I wanted to hear! A fat bike with another set of wheels for easier peddling. What can you go down to on the mukluk frame...

Thanks for all the info Dave. I must confess to not being hugely knowledgeable about bikes, I just ride them and fix them when they break, they either feel right or they dont! Haha. I couldnt possibly begin to think about all the geometries, even gear ratio's elude me. Maybe I should start...

That looks incredible! As does the place you've parked it! You've got the two bikes that ,money being no object, I would own! Im leaning toward a steel Fargo after a day reading reviews, trawling forums and watching YouTube videos. I'd love a Ti but it would be well out of my price bracket.

It always going to be a tough choice. It's the last thing I want to do really, if I had the option I'd be adding a more expo driven bike to the line up and I keep drooling over fat bikes too but something's got to give. I can't convince the mrs that living standards are less important than bike...

Never even heard of a karate monkey till now, wow! What an awesome looking bike. Love the simplicity of it and I love steel frames. I had been looking at the long haul trucker a while back. Whatever I do I need a build with gears though, I couldn't cope with single speed!

Thanks for the responses. I love the look of the Fargo, doesn't seem to be too many over here though so I'd have to get some pennies together and keep an eye out. The xc bike with a set of road tires would probably be a cheaper option, I might pick up a cheap set and try them in my Marin. It jut...

Hey all, just a hypothetical. If you had to have one 'do it all' bike, should one exist, what would it be? Road, trail and expo. Can it be done without massive compromise? I currently ride a 2008 Marin wolf ridge on the trails and a kona honky Tonk on the road. I love them both but I'm...

Yea that looks the perfect solution! Easier than my aluminium build, might try to adopt that for my seat/bed build now!