Too much bike washing has rather killed it sadly! That was taken in January too, it looks rather more healthy now. That's the parents place anyway, don't live there any more!
frame : Rocky Mountain Element
fork : Fox vanilla RLCs PUSHed
Shock : Fox Float RPL
Bar / stem : Easton EA70
Headset : hope
BB : Hope ceramic
cranks : M970 XTR
Pedals : Shimano M959
Front mech : Deore (the shame of it!)
Rear mech : M970 XTR
Cassette : XT
Shifters : M970 XTR
Brakes : M970 XTR
Wheels : Stans Olympics on Hope ProII hubs
Seatpost : Thopmson
Sear : SDG Bel air
Built up to be reliable and go a long way quickly, which it seems to do very nicely thankyou very much. Recent arrival of daughter will preclude any further up-dates so we'll find out how durable all of the able is over the next few years
how about my Ti456 :
xtr, ck hubs + headset, 2010 FLOAT RLC 15mm BT, yumeya, thomson, etc etc NEXT SL carbon, CNT etc …this doesn't ride sh1t, but is a carving fukkn classic 😀
Frame – S-Works Epic – Broken
Forks – Specialized Futureshock E100 – Broken LOADS of times
Shock – Specialized Futureshock – Broken LOADS of times
Crankset – Specialized S-Works BB30, 28/40 with alu bolts – Broken (well, the BB is)
Headset – Cane Creek Integrated – Broken
Cables – Alligator I-links with Power Cordz inners – Keep not working
So super bling not necessarily "better".
Only joking mate – that is a very nice bike, I've been jealous of it for at least 2 years!!
Would you be saying that if the thread was about cars and people were posting about their brand new Focuses, Golfs etc.? My bike is admittedly not cheap for a bike, but nothing compared to the amount people spend on normal family cars. I've bought 3 MTBs, a CX bike and a couple of road bikes in the time I've had my car, but all of that lot still cost less than a fairly ordinary car, and lots of people would have had 3 cars in that time.