commie meta 5.5 tried one and wanted one so bad... saved for ages and then the frame cracks started happening, so i waited until this year to buy one super cheap, and I just love it.
climbs well descends well.. and is a laugh a minute.
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My old SS Wanga. Sadly gone
My old Kona unit 29er. Again sadly gone. Perhaps the new one will replace it's finery
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Nicolai Helius AM - first time I took it to play in the big mountains it's performance astounded me. It was the holly grail of trail bike for the ups and doonhall bike for the downs. A year and half later and riding it still makes me grin like an idiot
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Orange 5, i demo'd about 8 bikes & that one felt 'right' straight away!
Warming to my soul,liking it more & more, but the Orange was instant!
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1994 Kona Kilauea
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original specialized SX.
commencal supreme DH, borrowed a mates for a couple of days. Bought one a couple of days later.Posted 8 months ago # -
'96 Cindercone.
My Giant NRS is nice, as is the In-Bred with sliding drop-outs but they will never compare to the 'cone.
Was truly gutted when the drop-out died.
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Cotic Soul in its original guise. Of course everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but when I hear someone say they don't like the way the Soul rides their opinion is just wrong.
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Spec pitch.
Is my first foray into FS, the faster you go, the better it works. It's bloody awesome.
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Extra tiny Titus Motolite - tried one years ago when Chipps had a fantastic pink one in as a test bike. Absolutely loved it and it spoiled my ability to get anything cheaper as nothing could compare. Took me two bloomin' years to save up enough to buy one ... 6 years on it's still the only full-sus bike I've had or ever want to have, can't see me ever wanting a different bike.
And Elf - HANDS OFF!!!!
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(hangs head in shame)
A Kona Shred with 120mm forks. Brutal, weighs a ton, built up with Altus gears and really heavy tyres wheels cranks etc.
I bought my first one as a bike without wheels off a guy very cheaply as it had Hope M4s on which were to go on my 456 and was going to be a bike for the Mrs, but put some wheels on and had a try myself, and it felt much nicer than the 456. It was a bit more nimble despite being heavier, and just felt better.
In the end I sold it and the 456 due to job loss, but have bought a newer Shred (2007) and still love it. Still got rubbish kit on. It did a stint as my commuter last winter which did the paintwork no good and it went single(ish) speed, and recently got upgraded brakes (to non matching deore). Keep thinking about getting a respray to cover up its halfords roots and bad name, but don't think I will ever put very much nice kit on it, and it might end up commuting again so can't really justify it.Posted 8 months ago # -
My Wolf Ridge. It felt "right" from the outset, a shorter stem and wider bars have since helped it feel more "right".
In contrast, my Enduro felt strange to begin with and it took me a while to learn to love it. I wouldn't be parted with it though.
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Original skinny Superlight. Still my perfect all round bike.
Have ridden ML7s a fair bit (a friend is a dealer) - very nice, but on the whole I prefer the SC.
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Always loved my sc superlight but even better was my sworks (which was intended as a hack bike to begin!)
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My new Blur LTc and my old Rock Lobster 853, damn I miss that bike
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Surprised there's been so few people naming Oranges... Not the biggest fan myself, but I've never had a go on one that wasn't immediately accessible.
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I felt (and still feel) like this about both of my Singulars (Peregrine and Gryphon).
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Bontrager Race.
I'd ridden the usual assortment of Marins, Specializeds, Rocky Mountains etc - and in 1997 I bought a Bontrager Privateer, and a medium Race (above) followed soon after that. I've since switched to a large & picked up a couple more frames.
Not always the most comfortable bike, but still the most fun & sharpest handling thing I've ridden on thread-the-needle woodsy singletrack. Whenever I try & ride something else, I usually end up missing ye olde Bontrager. The one inch headset dates it, for sure - but I've still got a few old forks lying around...
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