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Inspired by the fact that I just cleaned it, and it was such a perfect riding day, I thought I would put up a pic of my favourite bike.
Show us a pic of your single favourite (or only) bike, not necessarily in action.
Oh go on, if you insist.
Best bike I've ever owned 🙂
Please?
This is certainly the bike I have most fun with
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My first "best" road bike, when new. I've still got it, too good to sell cheaply.
That's no way to talk about her, TJ!
Not my wall.
Whats with all the road bikes?
CFH - tsk tsk
This one, it has everything I could think I wanted except lightness
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finally some MTBs
Still loving this.
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Four years old and feels better than ever:
Good to see the MTB to road ratio is becoming more favourable. ^That Nicolai looks great, but the scenery is somewhat distracting.
My only proper mountain bike and the first one that's ever been the right size.
I've only done a few uplifts days and pootled around Sheffield so far. Can't wait to chuck it down an Alp
Probably this one. I've had it the longest, and it's the one I'd save from a burning building.
All those road bikes were worrying me. Three Nicolais, two Banshees and a Hope later, the balance is restored.
I've been riding mountain bikes for nearly 30yrs now and my current Orange Four is the most capable, and fun bike I've owned in all that time. I absolutely adore it. She's called Thelma.
scored a hat-trick this weekend, riding Friday, Saturday and Sunday!
sunny, cool, and bone dry!! i wish it would stay like this forever...
My first proper mtb
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Image title says it all really...
It's not a road bike honest
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This is the first bike that is big enough for me. Neither perfect nor dream build, this bike is pretty capable offroad and my favourite yet. Dropper is on it's way. Heavy as hell. I love it. 
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Assuming that Rubber_Buccaneer's is a Geometron (rather than a standard Ion) that's four Geometrons on this thread so far. I think we risk coming across as a bit evangelical...
Probably this is the one I had the most fun on week in week out
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But as times and circumstances have changed this is growing on me just for its comfort and sheer versatility
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Can’t get enough of riding this bike at the moment.
This one by a country mile. Old pic 'cos I've only just built it back up (and it's a bit different now) but I've not ridden anything that makes me grin more.
Banshee representation is strong here. Is approve!
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This is good fun...
OP - tyres to skinny, bars too dropped, in fact, too road 🙂
This is my favourite bike:
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Best handling bike I have ever ridden, balance is perfect, and the most perfect place to sit and pedal almost indefinitely. The best way to see the countryside.
Don't know if this will be my favourite bike yet, but it's certainly the newest as it's only been out of its box for an hour! Yey for new bike day!
Hmm, lets try that again.
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There may be better bikes in the world.... but i've yet to find one.
Not sure my main ride is one for showing off, but I bought it as a stop gap whilst I hunted for my dream bike. Year and a half later, the dream bike funds have been spent elsewhere and I'm considering it the best £500 I ever spent 😁
That is gorgeous, daern!
As for molgrips' bike, I can attest to the fact that it is a lovely specimen. It not only seems to do everything, it looks the part too! Everything just looks 'right', including the colour.
For all that, he's still wrong about mine...
🙂
Feel free to swap bikes for a ride, SR - it'll fit you I'm sure.
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This one has brought more cycling joy than any other.
Muggomagic how are you finding the new Capra? I’m really tempted by one. How long did shipping take?
That is gorgeous, daern!
Thank you, that was exactly my thoughts when I opened the box this morning! I've always liked the X-Trail (and, in fact, Ridleys in general) so this is something of a dream bike for me. I've been finding that more and more recently I'm taking the full-suss out on rides where it's completely overkill, so I'm hoping this will fill the gap nicely and allow me to expand my travels on the road.
I watched the recent gravel threads, but none of the bikes really fired me up like this one did and sometimes you just need to follow your heart...and pick a cool colour too! 🙂
Sorry but it's another road bike...
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Quite the seatpost on that Felt plus one!
The one I’ve had the most fun on by miles:
Though this arrived last week, is gert lush, can see it being the favourite for a good while 🙂
My only bike - used for road, fire-road (gravel) and easy singletrack. Very quick uphills due to a lack of weight...
I would add a picture of my Mojo G16 to compliment the others but this forum and my flickr do not seem to be on speaking terms anymore
Some of mine. I don’t have pictures of them all.
The bike in this first pic now has reynolds gravel wheels and more gnar tyres.
the habit Black now has its dropper fitted again.
And the synapse now has a matching bottle.
ill add more pics as I find them
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If I had to keep just one, then this one for sure. Built like this, 3.0 tyres and a gert big coil fork on the front.
Springy agile Ti goodness, great uphill and down.
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Muggomagic how are you finding the new Capra? I’m really tempted by one. How long did shipping take?
It’s bloody good, I love riding it. I’ve got a 2016 stumpjumper which when I bought the Capra I planned on keeping the Capra for enduro races and bike park days but it’s just such a blast I just keep riding it
I placed the order on the Monday evening and it arrived the next Monday.
Before anyone asks - no, I don't drive an Audi but a knackered old Peugeot Van 😉
This is the one that's racking up the miles at the greatest rate at the moment as it's being used as a commuter, it's ace if I'm honest and faster than expected on tarmac although it's considerably more gnarmac.
slowbloke, that's a fine looking bike. Is that a set of Reserve wheels that I spy there...?
Mmmmm.
Sure is daern. The dangers of sitting at home last year with a broken wrist - I ended up spending too much time looking at all the options then ticked all the boxes to cheer myself up!
Excellent plan and from looking at the bike, I can see that it obviously worked 🙂
@slowbloke no Audi here either, just the best bike I’ve ridden. Ironically cheaper than many a Singletrack ride too!
Has to be my T130. Currently one of two in my stable but compared to all the others I've owned it's the one that gets closest to my beloved old Mojo HD in terms of fun and just sheer joy every time I ride it. Yes I wish the seat angle was a smidge steeper and yes it's a little porky and could be lighter, but it's utterly bombproof, ace fun to ride and never fails to put a smile on my face.
@zerolight Another lovely bike there. Once open a time, I used to live in the village next to that distillery and it's been over 25 years since I last saw that sign! Not sure if you're from the same area, but I never did a whole lot of serious mountain biking back in the 1980s and I've always felt that I missed a trick with the hills on my doorstep.
Weirdly small image in first post. Try again.... seems to be related to posting via phone.
has anyone commented that judging by the OP's stem length and saddle position on the seatpost he/she might need the next size up?
has anyone commented that judging by the OP’s stem length and saddle position on the seatpost he/she might need the next size up?
I haven't commented on it but it was the first thing I noticed when I first opened the thread. I agree.
has anyone commented that judging by the OP’s stem length and saddle position on the seatpost he/she might need the next size up?
The stem is fixed, as it's an integrated carbon stem and bars.
As for the saddle position, I accept the fact that it sits far back on the rails, BUT I have always found myself on the border between two sizes, and my last road bike before this one - a Pinarello - was simply too big. No matter what I did to make it fit (i.e. by getting a shorter stem; by using an 'inline' seatpost and putting the saddle more forward) it just never felt right.
This one, on the other hand, feels perfect. So maybe I could have used the next size up, but I am not sure I would have liked it as much. Indeed, I have never in my life been as happy on a bike.
@daern Grew up in Bishopbriggs. Now live not too far from the start of the WHW and discovered the Dumgoyne Loop a couple years ago when I got properly back into MTB. Wish I’d ridden this stuff 25 years ago. Where are you at now? No longer local?
Get to Da Chopper !!!
It ain't clean, it ain't pretty, the "porch" isn't finished and the back garden/patio is an absolute midden, but after not riding it for years this is rapidly becoming my favourite thing again:
Prettiest bike in here is @daern 's blue Ridley. Wish my Defy looked like that!
Where are you at now? No longer local?
Sadly not, moved down south in the early 90s and only return North of the border for the very occasional holiday these days. Heading up to Kirroughtree area at Easter though, so excited about that!
I also wish that I'd done more exploring as a kid - when you're young you really don't appreciate the glorious trails that are on your doorstep. Do you have a link to that Dumgoyne Loop? I'd be very interested to see it - it might be one for a future excursion!
Absolutely loving my Starling Murmur, best bike I've owned!