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... I put a long-ish travel fork on my OO Fatty?

Since a Big Bro moved in my beloved Series 1 OO Fatty has sat untouched next to my Whyte S150 in the secure lock up in my garden. It is the one bike I will never sell, but the Big Bro is such a rollicking good ride I just keep choosing it. I rolled the Fatty out on the weekend and gave the chain a bit of a clean, then put it back. And I've ridden the Whyte twice in the past year: once at Bike Park Wales. It's a far better bike than I am a rider, but I've lost the urge for GNAR and I'm thinking of selling.

Then I got to thinking: let's bring them together. The Fatty went quite well for years as a 29er. The fork is an easy swap over and I could leave the 650B+ on the back for a bit of rear end comfort and additional weirdness. Yes. A plan. Sure, the handling might be interesting on the first ride, but I'm pretty sure it will result in a nice rowdy hardtail.

So I'm gonna do it. Just for gigs. Pics will follow.

In the meantime, anyone got a hybrid beastie story to share?
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You’d die Tim, put a sensible sized suspension fork on it :-bd
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He’s right you know. Not just any old dead either. Proper dead.
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Like a .....

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You’d be like this Tim,

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P.S. Don’t paint yer helmet gold either, it’ll tingle :-bd
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Bleeding haters gonna hate ... I'm doing it. Not today. Today I'm busy. Maybe Friday. I don't work on Fridays.
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You're not buying forks specially are you Tim. If so, save your money and just put a hacksaw through the downtube ... effects will be similar but much cheaper :wink:
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Wed Sep 15, 2021 3:46 pm You're not buying forks specially are you Tim. If so, save your money and just put a hacksaw through the downtube ... effects will be similar but much cheaper :wink:
Pfftt... lol. No mate I'm planning to pillage my the 150mm Revs from my Whyte S150. They're proper lush.
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Poop ... headset compatibility issues which of course I didn't notice till I'd taken off both forks and lower cups from both bikes. Need to spend some time on the Hope website working it all out. Watch this space.
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Right, that's done. Went together easily enough once I had the right sized bottom headset cup.

Just took it for a spin dropping off curbs and down a few stairs sets. Steve was right ... it's going to kill me. Not because it handles badly - it's very like my old Whyte 905. I just think it's going to encourage silly behaviour and I'm too old, fat and hopeless for daring do. Not sure about the 650B+ rear end either - looks silly. Will swap that for 29er later.

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I think it looks pretty good and I wholeheartedly encourage you in this endeavour.

I put a 160mm Pike on a ht frame that was "designed" for a 120mm fork. It was great fun to ride. Raced Ard Rock marathon on it then liked it so much I kept it on for a trip to France and took it over some big alps. Didn't die. :-bd
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