Sooooo, how many new bikes have you bought this year? Reckon I've been pretty restrained really with 7 builds 😉 . Started the year with the little orange Tazer then added an S&M Sabbath bmx, S&M dirtbike bmx resto project, Kona Cowan singlespeed, Santa Cruz Bullit, little white Tazer, DK Havok bmx and S&M NG dirtbike bmx. Only the white Tazer remains (the little red 'bred frame is a permanent fixture of course) so bring on 2010 😀
Just two, Dialed bikes Morning Glory – very nice but a tad to small so sold on after a dozen rides & an 08 Mount Vision which is as sharp as a razor with a nice light build!
Ah, think I'm gonna sell the whole Dialled PA and the Intense 5.5 frame.
Get a nice new FS frame and leave it at that.
Have a nice long trip to canada planned. Gonna need the money (and bike!).
just one for myself….bought a 2nd hand 2005 sworks enduro, couldnt really afford a big new shiny bike, going to sell it tho and get either an orange 5 or a lapierre or a commencal brand new in the summer
2 for me, built up an 05 Stumpjumper for trails & fun & have a Trailstar that I've still got to put together, probably be springtime before it's going 🙁
Seven – Funny year for bikes. I will be getting non for the next couple.
New "bike bike" in Feb – Titus El Guapo – lovely…..
New hardtail – Boardman that became a Cove handjob (only counting as 1)
Spotted this on here the day we found out we got our bonus for the year and always want to try a SS (tried it, didn't like it, too lazy). But loved the look of it.
A cheap Ebay BMX for local pump track (sorry no picture). Quickly discovered my BMX days are long gone, so sold it and the singlespeed (also not for me) and got a DMR sidekick, so I'm down with the kids (not)
So all was good, Titus, Cove and DMR, then some feckers stole my Cove and wifes fsr XC, so we got these as replacements
So technical 6 for me and 1 for her. To be fair it was a strange year, no new bikes last year and normally only 1 a year (HT 1 year and FS the next)
Just bought one, but it was my first 'crosser and also my first singlespeed. Regret selling the MTB (even though it was to my nephew who's been happily enjoying it since) as I've yet to replace it.
Charge duster (sold now), santa cruz blur (sold now), ti 456, felt sector bmx, inbred ss
Think will stick with the last 3 for 2010 – plus my cheap roadbike.
Can't quite believe this thread is an hour old and no sign of Ton yet, perhaps he's trying to remember them all 😉
Oh and its 3 for me April saw my first 29er which was a Viper 29er then in summer i got an old Peugeot pub bike off of a mate and finally I've just finished building the Singular Swift.
I've got nothing planned for next year . . . yet (especially with two of my lads planning uni for September) but it was a quick browse of my er, timeline that prompted the thread as I seem to have a bit of a thing for Jan/Feb/March purchases . . . we'll see 😕
@ mamadirt, if you're collecting s&m's, i've got a NG Holmes frame, bare finish with clearcoat sat in the van doing nothing. Would be happy to sell for a small fee.
@ mamadirt, if you're collecting s&m's, i've got a NG Holmes frame, bare finish with clearcoat sat in the van doing nothing. Would be happy to sell for a small fee.
Not so much 'collecting' rusty, more 'short-term testing' 😉 – the NG dirtbike is on ebay at the mo' but I'm sure there'll be another along in the new year. Wish I'd never sold the dirtbike resto project though – I spent a lot of time and effort on that one. If you're looking to sell the Holmes I'm sure there are plenty of folks over on radbmx.co.uk who'd be more than happy to take it off your hands.
Hopefully a roadie next year at some point to replace the "heavy & clunky" thing I commute on now – I'm on it close to 2 hours a day, 4-5 days a week, might as well be something nice to spend that time on.
Maybe a BMX/DJ/faff about in the gutter/play bike too so I can muck around with the nephews and learn to manual, wheelie, bunny-hop, etc properly. Double up as an errands bike too (I don't go to the pub, the local ones are crap! 🙁 )