[Closed] Please Gratify My Need For Social Approval (New Bike Photos!)

This bike is good bike because it is like my bike.

it looks like a bike

stem length seems excessive?? 😉

Those mudguards are horrific

Edit: What size are you and what size is the bike?

He's 6'2" obviously....

Mudguards are horrific? Maybe, but they stop me getting a wet arse etc.

As for size...it's a 20.5. I'm 6"2 with a 36" inside leg.

Stem length...I kept thinking it was a bit long, but I took the bike out today for the first time and in all honesty it just feels right and balanced.

Any way lose the mudguards, lose the spoke protector, get your front hose corrected to right length, ditch the gears and get it muddy and scratched up a bit and you'll be fine... 😉

well the important thing is if it fits and feels right then it must be.....

keep riding
😆

I've already got a bike like that 69er...it's my singlespeed. Although that has mudguards on it at the moment too!

mudgueards are the sign of people who have sense and ride a lot.

Why have a wet arse and a mud spattered face when its not necessary?

Don't I get a sticker or merit or something for getting your height correct? That bike is too clean...

[b]'mudgueards'[/b] are for sad wannabe roadies who are scared of getting a bit grubby. Ponce! 😉

stem length seems excessive??

Those mudguards are horrific

The Horror! (shudder).

It's your bike. and you are wrong. sorry.

You'll need to be in lycra when you're out on that...

Just aesthetically wrong of course. In every other way perfect!

I am aware that mudguards stop you getting wet. I am also aware that they look horrific on a mountain bike 🙂

so you would prefer to think you look cool ( no mtber does) and have a wet arse and a mud pattered face?

You obviously don't do many winter miles

It looks horrific and would rather get a little bit wetter that have jolly looking bits of plastic fastened to my bike.

Oh and during the winter I ski.

yeah, cos wearing a bulbous plastic/polystyrene mushroomy thing on your head makes you look really cool! you do wear one don't you? cycling makes you look like a spod!

What are you babbling on about?

aesthetics. MTBers just don't look cool, so no point going on about this or that looks crap or wrong. you look like a dork anyway, despite the bike!

mudgueards are the sign of people who have sense and ride a lot.

Why have a wet arse and a mud spattered face when its not necessary?

+1

I am sensible!

Its not just your own comfort/appearance you have to consider. Most important is that the bike has to look good, and mudguards have a tendency to spoil the aesthetic composition. 🙂

MTBers just don't look cool

I beg to differ

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nice matching waterbottle / bike combo.Logos ( free advertising ) lined up nicely too - well done. Nice maple leaf co-ordinated bars end covers too - full marks( Lovely fast looking bike btw)

I'm taking my "ordinary man in the street" view, as the op asked for Social approval 😉 (this is all tongue in cheek btw)

Hasn't this argument been a million times before?
They keep you less wet but look crap on a MTB.
Some people think having them makes you a winter riding god or something.
I think they look naff 🙂

By all means ride with them on, but take them off for the photos.

I like your bike. Fast fun to be had. Enjoy.

brakes - that you in the pic? Look like a dork I am afraid. Stupid plastic hat, tasteless shorts, "Special" shoes

That's not very nice, TJ. Bit rude in fact. 🙁

Why can't you be nice to people, like I am? Then people might like you more.

Fair comment. He was asking for it tho?

Oh that's marvellous, isn't it? What, so if a bakery worker is insulted by some glaziers, they're also 'asking for it', are they?

You disgust me.

are you guys serious? does anyone like the bike?

It's not about the bike though, is it Kev? It's about TJ's shockingly rude attitude.

Quite frankly I think he needs to go and have a think about behaviour. 🙁

YOu have successfully completely confused me now elf

[i]You're[/i] confused? I don't even know what way up it is any more.

Got to look after my neighbours' chilli plant while they're away.

It's a nice bike. As for the size, it's tough getting stuff to look right when your big.

I think Brakes looks like a person having a good time on his bike. If he was dressed like that at a serious social function I'd be damnright unimpressed. I don't care what TJ thinks. maybe he forgot an emoticon, oh dear! anyway. Nice bike

all looks well proportioned to me. Function over form TJ.It's the way imho engineering / functional design should be :lol:.

R_I_D, you're bike has gone through some stringent STW online tests here and has come up trumps. Good. I hope you like it.

I love my 08 vertex btw 🙂

plus rm bikes are always a joy to look at.like many things in canada they are beautiful.

One word - 29er 😉

Looks good - I have a couple of Rocky's that size and one's got a 90mm stem on it, the other's got a stock 110mm stem on it. The stock setup is definitely best IMHO. Enjoy riding it, they ride like nothing else IME 😀

thanks TJ, you're right, I asked for that 😀

sorry for the hijack roadie_in_denial, your bike looks good for an XL one, even with the spoiler 😉

er,

STEM!

it's probably great for riding [i]up[/i] stuff, which is of course fine and wonderful.

you're a catholic aren't you?

Thanks for the responses. I think this is actually the longest thread I've ever started, so thanks for all that! Hadn't realised that MudGuards were such a controversial topic, especially in winter!

Take care all and I'll see you down the road.

Thanks for the responses. I think this is actually the longest thread I've ever started, so thanks for all that! Hadn't realised that MudGuards were such a controversial topic, especially in winter!

Take care all and I'll see you down the road.

Whats this obsession with super-short stems?

If you want to ride fast, flowing descents, and can handle a bike, then maybe 50mm stems aren't where its at, I don't want a bike that handles like its got ADHD anyway thanks...

Nice rocky mountain b.t.w!

[i]Well what do you all think?[/i]

Says the OP, so he's asking for people's opinion on how his bike [i]looks[/i] not how well do you think my bike functions...

So, with that in mind: Mudguards; they look a bit rubbish, and they detract from the overall "rightness" of an otherwise nice looking hardtail.

Am i alone in liking the mudguards?

No...I like them. They stop me getting a wet arse. 🙂

As for the detailed analysis of what my original post meant...actually it was a very open ended question so feel free to comment on anything from aesthetics to functionality to the absence of a wheel stand to hold the bike upright.