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The Million Dollar Question – which Stooge should i buy?
Once upon a time, back at the beginning of this strange tale, my product line-up consisted of a single frame in one size and it was simply known as ‘a Stooge’. So the question of ‘Which Stooge should I buy?’ didn’t exist. But over the years I’ve muddied the waters somewhat, and now, barely a…
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Cor blimey, it’s a compendium of reviews and interesting links.
I think my bikes are pretty ace, but then i might be biassed, so here’s a collection of completely non-biassed reviews for you to wrap your chops around. Stooge Dirt Tracker Review: Convergent Evolution – BIKEPACKING.com Stooge MK6 Review – BIKEPACKING.com Stooge MK7 Review – BIKEPACKING.com Stooge Scrambler Review: Third Course – BIKEPACKING.com Stooge Cycles…
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We need to talk about Trackers, the forgotten heroes of dirt.
August 2023. Like all bike lifers, there was a moment in my childhood when the stars aligned, the imagination was sparked and the dream of wheels entered my life. Something beyond the ‘saw kids’ bike, rode kids’ bike, flew,’ feeling that came a few years earlier, I’m talking about a cycling revelation, a ‘through the…
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MK6 Lowdown and other facts about music
August 2023. You may or may not have noticed, but the MK6 has finally arrived, the latest in a long lineage of frames that date back to that fateful day in 2013 when i recieved the first proto of the MK1 (a future post, perhaps). The design is still basically the same, but on the…
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Everything you wanted to know about the Rambler but were afraid to ask….
February 2022. Slowly but surely, the Rambler is heading this way, and its going to be one cool steed. Its pretty much out there on its own when it comes to design aesthetic and, visually at least, is a million miles away from the current crop of drop bar adventure bikes hitting the market. This…
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Slow down, Arthur, stick to 30! or ……. Stooge + the future = ?
July 2021. So here we are, a year and a half into a global pandemic, still led by donkeys and all of that, so i thought it might be a good time to talk about the future and how Covid is affecting things in my tiny corner of the bike industry. Grab a valium, this…