Kent Eriksen with the AS-R rear.
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Money no object?
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FS ti bikes... why?
They're usually heavier than the alu counterparts, not to mention more expensive. IMO a classic case of boutique not being better. Just get the ASR-SLc.
Tootin: £5500 retail, but I got it heavily subsidised, and sold my old one to cover it, and swapped a few bits so not very much at all! Need to put some ZTR Podium wheels on it and a few other changes, should see it at 20lbs with some summery tyres on it. It goes very very fast.
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Mint Honda SP2 with twin Akrapovic's...oops wrong sort of two wheels!
Make mine a De Kerf Ti-Implant and a Santa Cruz Heckler with all the associated bling!
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Mint Honda SP2 with twin Akrapovic's
RC30 surely?
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Ah Steve, you've got me now!
I can just hear Joey on the V4 coming down from the Creg....
Roll on June 2010.
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I'd pay Mike@DB to make me a Titanium Alpine (or maybe to put it into production myself if I had THAT much).
I'd also have a full suss trail bike (Turner 5 spot?) but most importantly I'd move somewhere like this;
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I'd probably get a custom Thorn galaxy tourer, so that I can use it for ferrying the kids about and get my Inbred SS back.
and a Ventana Tandem
and a custom touring tandem
and a custom Ti HT
and a custom 953 HT
and a big bouncy bike including all body armour & big balls to go with it
and a spanky carbon road bike
and a spanky carbon tri bikeand some new forks for my dialled PA
but I probably wouldn't have time ride them all, so just my SS back would be nice
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FS ti bikes... why?
...because you can!
I'd take that over the (lighter) SL-C any day. All day rideability for an ageing back (FS) and welds and craftsmanship that just make me drool (Ti). "Money no-object" isn't just about ultimate performance.
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I dunno. A bike is a tool and as such 'form follows function'. To me Ti just seems like the wrong material to make an FS bike. Hydroformed and cold forged aluminium FS bikes look and work way better.
I don't really get the point of boutique bikes these days. A few years ago you could only get good bits if you bought expensive American stuff. Now most of the best bikes come from the major few companies. I'd have a Spec or Trek over most of the more expensive boutique brands any day. All just my opinion obv...
If money was no object I'd just have more bikes.
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jimmy - Member
I'd pay Mike@DB to make me a Titanium Alpine (or maybe to put it into production myself if I had THAT much).
I'd also have a full suss trail bike (Turner 5 spot?) but most importantly I'd move somewhere like this;
Where is that picture taken from? I want to go there so much it hurts!Posted 2 years ago # -
I'd have one of these, don't ride DH but the engineering is ace
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That is seriously cool
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If money was no object, I'd buy each and every one of you all, the bike of your dreams.
Well it is Christmas innit
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That's very nice of you
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Then I'd pay for a STW meet in Moab.
Except Ton.
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Probably something like:
Ibis Mojo SL (with lopes link), though having less aluminium inserts than the standard mojo would get me worried. Maybe swap the shock for a PUSHed Fox RP23 High Volume
CK Aheadset
Salsa seat QR
A RS RVL Team (Blackbox) Air U-turn, 120-150mm and a Fox 36 Van RC2 FIT for alpine playing
Easton EC90 seatpost and a KS i950R seatpost
Specialized Rival Saddle or a Gobi if it were comfortable
CK Hollowtech BB (plus the grease tool)
Shimano XTR cranks/rings, shifters, F/R mechs, chain, casette
Those £676 Edge Carbon rims
CK Hubs or DT 190s (or 240s) if CKs can't be adapted for a 10mm rear DT RWS thru-bolt?
Some kind of tubeless kit
A set of pretty much every vaguely applicable tyre from every manufacturer
Magura Marta SL 210mm F/R and maybe a set of Avid Codes for Alps
Bontrager Race X Lite 17deg stem
Easton Monkeylite DH 711mm Carbon bar
ODI Rogue Grips
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I had my money no object bike;
Brooklyn Machine Works Racelink, Avalanche Racing forks with custom carbon guards, Magura Gustavs, King Steelset, Thomson, LOTS of titanium, probably £6k ish.....
..........then, bang, the bottom fell out of me & my wifes world, I sold the Brooklyn without having ridden it-but not because of financial reasons. A very sad moment packing into its new owners flight case to goto Norway.
Im now back on my old Chameleon hackbike (shortly to be replaced by a Bluepig).
No more expensive bikes-there are other priorities in life.
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