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Because it's lovely and blue.
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Because it feels like it's always got more travel in reserve, climbs ok and descends like a mother. I know the back tyre looks weird; I found out it was punctured after the photo!
Alas, this will turn into a Cotic Soul within the next week. Boys and their toys 🙄
I forgot to say why i like mine. Because it's got almost no toe overlap even though it's tiny.
my Bfe
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because it's steel, it's blue, it's British and i luv hammering natural trails with it 🙂
tracer, custom paint
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awesome full suss, luv bombing the trail centres with it 🙂
Cove STD
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it's a good skills compensator for them trails i shouldnie be on 😆
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Rides like a big BMX and is never going to break.
why? cos it's so much fun! i loved my old kona but it was a wee bit short. also, i couldn't run a rear disc and tyre clearance meant i couldn't run anything bigger than 2.2". this one is so much fun! as soon as i start riding, i don't wanna turn back - i feel like i could carry on for ever!
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Because it was set up perfectly and so much fun until it was stolen
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This is EVEN BETTER and is such a joy to ride
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Dunno really, maybe coz it's orange, maybe coz it's steel made by a bloke called Mike, maybe coz it's new - whatever it is I bloody love it!!
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The P7 cus she loves it
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The 5 - cus she loves it too!
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Ginge - she loves it just as much as the others!
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Because its ideal for the riding I do around here and dont need long travel or anything slack
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because its a great bike for big long rides and so much more capable than it seems
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*waves at Andy*
*waves back at fellow Chilterns rider* 😆
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Because I won't let it die.
This is my steed & it puts a big old smile on my face every time I ride it. It's more bike than I need & can handle but it smooths out the bumps & saves by (crispy) bacon when I get it all wrong.
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This is going soon, in fact this week if the new 'un finally arrives but is a lovely bike to ride and allows me to ride more aggressively than my slack skill level suggests
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Because its what I have, lol. Its an old Gary Fisher Marlin although I am unsure of the year. It has had some gheto fixing in the past such as the tape on the sus fork. I also recently installed a new easton handlebar because the past one was starting to rust like mad. This will soon be my winter and commuting bike since I have my eyes on a Lapierre Zesty.
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My Ti CX great fun to ride 🙂 But for some strange reason I keep thinking of selling it 😐
Santa Cruz, because it sounds so much more exotic than 'Biggleswade' 🙂
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Because it's shiny.
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Because it skids.
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Because there is nothing else quite like it, now with a next SL seatpost and a 70mm thompson stem.
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Its a family thing......
2x Scott's, Nicolai Helius,Like a Bike,Bianchi Infinito,Boardman Womans Comp,Ridgeback Honey
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Because it is.
Bike still covered in Enduro 6 dust.
Because I just love fettling...
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Because I just love riding....
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Because I just love fettling...
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Gary
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Love it and hate it in equal measures.
Love the way it rides and how versatile it is. 😀
Hate the fact that I've been to several demo days and tried all the bikes I thought I wanted to replace it with yet I've not found anything I'd change it for, so no shiny-shiny for me. 🙁
*I've had the gardener put down some weed killer so it's a lot tidier now, honest.
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Yeti 575 - Becuase I have always wanted one, it has not disapointed at all. Best bike I have had and I have had a few.... (S-Works Stumpy Carbon FSR 09, Carbon 456 2011, Trance X0 08, Stumpy Elite FSR 08, Stumpy Comp FSR 07....
brilliant bike now has slx cranks and carbon bars
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oh go on here it is now
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DH fun bike eats drops and saved my ass several times
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keep em coming................but 1 question.
where are all the niche mongers
Just because, and because it makes less sense the more you look.
😉
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Because it's fantastic and does [almost] everything.
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Because it's as equally fantastic as it's mate there ^.
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This tho' ... this has now been retired.
It was a crazy bicycle, and used to get me into some real bad situations ...
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Sorry not at all niche except the stupid bars
I bought this lightly used a year ago. I've had a long term wrist injury and it was genuinley unsure as th wether it would stand up to much off road cyling. I was doing OK on my old hard tail with rubbish 80 mm travel forks but still getting wrist pain on bad days/longer rides.
On this bike with those stupid bars the wrist is pretty much a non issue 🙂
Oh its also the only bike that has truely been the right size for me, lovely long chain stays and top tube
Jones: A blast to ride.
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head down, arse up...
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head up, arse back...
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head shaking, arse vibrating...
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and with the rear end 'fixed'...
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I love my Kinesis, handles like a bmx on the trails
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New purchase, wanted a retro-ish road bike. Love it because it 12years old and it's been ridden twice!
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I've had about a million bikes in the last 5 years (well, at least 20 IIRC)
This I miss the most (super light & super stiff)
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This one ... not so much
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cos they go up and down like proper mtb's should.
So whats you're fav so far Ton? And why? 🙂
the ventana's are close to my heart.
but the green pipedream on the 1st page is simple and lovely.
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I love it 'cause it's a proper little, big bike. Punches well above it's weight on the rough stuff but jumps and corners like a good'un.
You know, these Kona FS-ers are looking absolutely lovely. they look really right. Hmmmmm
The Genesis...
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Couple of components changed since that pic, and about to get the 853 frame swapped out for the very same in Ti! Overall I love it cos it's simple, handles brilliantly, and is possibly the most reliable bike I've ever had... No matter what, it always works!
The Maverick...
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Love it cos quite simply I don't think there is a better "all round" bike out there. I've ridden and owned so many different full sus bikes over the years, and come to the conclusion that the Maverick really is the best all rounder out there. It goes uphill like an XC whippet, and descends like a DH demon (shame its owner does neither!). It still amazes me just how good it is every time I ride it.
The Reign X
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Now with added KSi900 post for saddle dropability. Love this cos there's no other long travel bike I've ridden that handles as well, or is so versatile. Proper good fun, and a good "UK DH" bike to boot.
The Road bike
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Because its fast, and I convinced myself I needed one! I'm promising myself I'm going to ride it more, was going to ride it today actually buy my back has given way!
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i love it as it is my first new bike (proper mtb) it gets me up faster and down faster and it sticks out more then me !!!
luke, lapierre's are very nice too.
i went to look at the 36 equipped spicy in evans.
could be a get well present to my self when i can ride. 😉
ton they are very nice but i do get a lot of funny looks on it as i do look very young!!!! it climbs very well ( alot better then me) and it almost feels part of me on the descents. you are more then welcome to have a go on when u get better although i maybe abit small for you as it is a short ass medium !!!!
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Mine is the turner
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Got myself my first DH bike 🙂
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... to accompany my slightly adjusted everything else bike!:
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damn it.
A rediscovered love for a full sus. Had this frame sat in my old man's garage unused for 5 years+.
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Its not the best photo - but it the latest on with all of them in one shot
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because it's under 25lbs of boingly mincing machine which suits my fireroad extreme stylee perfectly.
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it does actually go like a very fast thing with rockets on, which is nice 😀
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whippet bike that got me back into racing again
Looks well nice Tazzy! I always assumed those Ellsworths were heavy downhiller-type bikes that weren't able to ride up hill!
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First full suss and it has opened my eyes as to how fast a downhill can be munched and spat out.
Being a Gold Fetishist is a registered disability, so I'm told 🙂
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For me, this is a keeper. Seriously fun to ride and makes the climbs easier (well a little anyway).
EDIT: Stevo210 - That Cannondale has the tyres on upside down 😥
front end:
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at the back there's a Rohloff.
Best bike owned so far...
Closely followed by this when it works:
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Your bike rides upside down, is that the new niche?
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It is a really Cheap STW/ Parts bin Build
It gets me to work
It lets me do a few miles without dying like the FS
It now has some new-fangled suspension forks (from here) which I may try out tonight
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It gives me confidence
One day I might get both wheels off the ground...
Some fat biffer is in the way of the picture of the bike, but it is the only recent picture of mine:
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Got one after owning a 2nd hand earlier geo frame and it's frikkin ace, goes up hill as better than Cove Handjob and descends really really well.
Oh yeah it's a bit on the niche side, does have a Joplin fitted at the moment and about to have the old Racing Ralph slung on the rear for summer fastness 😀
Nice Boardman, didn't know they did it in red...... 🙂
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DB Alpine. MKI
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'cos it's in my garage and i can ride it any time i want to.
this thread is fantastic.
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Honourable mention goes to...
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How slack was I, good job I noticed while taking the pics and took another Damn it, that makes me look ever nerdier 🙁
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..because it's got a 140mm fork and 110mm at the rear, gt distortion my arse
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ere you go, Ton, from a 'quick hour out' last evening..
BTW - hope you're well soon - if you over Marsden way at any point do let me know - Riverhead is ace, esp when the sun is out!
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SSSimon.....a fellow Rushian 🙂
carbon rushians steve, not one of those alloy commoners 😉
seriously though best bike I've hd I reckon, so good on swoopy singletrack makes me smile everytime I ride it
Yeah my apologies, Carbon Rushians!!
Ive come straight from my rigid retro scott (see below) straight to the Rush. Absolutely nothing to compare it to, but it does make me smile plenty. Didnt know anything about them really, must have struck lucky when I spotted it on ebay and thought, I like orange, squishy at both ends, think I'll have that 🙂
Ahhh much better!
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because it's been hit with a fugly stick but goes faster than a roadie on PCP (and causes as many crashes) 😆
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This was a pic of it on its maiden voyage today and so far its epic. Goes up hills better than my hard tail did and flies down them!
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I had the frame off ebay on Monday and transferred the rest of the kit from my HT today.
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I love because it,s my new steed