2010 Soul for me.
Has allowed me to do all of the things that my 5'' full squish used to do without the weight penalty.
Really confidence inspiring stuff.
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..best bike you bought that genuinely transformed your riding?
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Wonder how many people just listed their latest bike?
Can't make my mind up.
fisher montare (once I'd put bombers on it), nowt spesh was just a lickle HT that I learned to hop, manual (a litle), drop off and go down steep stuff on.
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Heckler (5" '03 i think) cos of the silly stuff I can ride down and how fast it makes me go.Posted 1 year ago # -
Surely it's something like your first mountain bike or BMX?
A slightly lighter/bouncier bike is hardly going to change your riding that much.
Being able to get up steep hills then back down with decent brakes was a plus of my first MTB even if it did weight 19 tonnes.
Tiger - we did the same (6 kids was my max too) all kitted up in BMX gear. RAD MAAAN! Surprised no one got hurt though.
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hmmm.
mates xc bike. clip pedals, high saddle, uphills. not my usual style.
i dont think i`m any better a rider for owning it but the skinny bars, long stem, no grip and death brakes makes for fun (read damn scary!) riding.
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Brompton....
got me cycling again after a too long non cycling break
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Chameleon, Heckler and DB Alpine. All taught me how to chuck a bike about a bit more each time.
Stillwaiting for the one that makes me ride as well as I'd actually like, though...
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My bikes tend to evolve and bits get moved from old frames to new etc, rather than buying complete new bikes.
But of particular note are;
My Inbred with Pace RC31 forks, it made me relearn how to choose lines and just how much difference suspension and fat tyres can make.
Turner Flux (TNT). It's meant to be an XC bike but on my first ever trip to Whistler it seemed more than happy in the Bike Park. Sure I wrecked my RS Reba forks in the process, but it's a frame that will take literally anything you throw at it as long as you can hang on. It really opened my mind to new riding possibilities beyond standard UK XC.
2008 Orange Five with Fox Van 32 QR15 forks and nice fat 2.35" Kenda tyres. This bike in this setup has blown me away, it just eats up any terrain and over the past couple of years the rate of progression in my riding has been huge. It's the ultimate skill compensator....until I find one with even more travel that is still rideable up hill
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A slightly lighter/bouncier bike is hardly going to change your riding that much.
Not if a bike gives you the confidence to try new things or helps you discover a new way of riding, or even just gets you out significantly more and speeds up your progression, which are then skills transferable to riding other bikes...
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demo 9
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Islabike Rothan
Transformed me from a mountainbiker into a commuter & pootling-along-family-trails-er
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Orange clockwork early 90s. my first true off road bike so defo. gets a mention!
Orange E3 mid 90's, front suspension arrives...and so does some proper riding
Cotic Soul 2010. Still early days, but there is something about this bike that makes me ride harder than before.
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