[Closed] Are you happy with your bike?

It is a disease we nearly all have here. Nice one for coming out though!

nope, totally normal.
anyone who is happy with a stock bike is weird and should consult thier physician/local-often-unhelpful-bike-forum

i built a bike around a pair of tyres i had going spare.
also bought a new frame, moved all the parts across, looked at old frame and was sad i wasnt riding it, so built it up, by buying new parts for the new frame, and moving the old parts back again.

as long as you can justify it in your head (dosent matter about justifying it to the rest of the world) your OK

im happy with all my bikes and need nothing/want anything else for them

i have also got said lurgi. it's fun!

I think you'll find the behaviour you describe is quite common.

I think the more spare cash that you have as an individual is inversely proportional to that individual's happiness with their bike. Well, not in all cases, but often anyway!

Happy with one of my current bikes anyway, well... Nothing I'd really change anyway. Thinking of trying out the new 2 way release shifters (probably SLX) out instead of my old style single way release XT's, but that doesn't mean I'm not happy with it.

My DH bike though was totally unsuitable for me really as I don't do enough DH to warrant having it, hence I'm selling it.

I had it rather worse than most.

A Ventana EL Ciclon cured my MTB illness - the combination of ride & build quality & amazing customer service from Riverside Cycles has meant that I just haven't been able to part with it,

Road bikes however.....

I love my bikes - very happy with them and only change stuff when it breaks.

Having said that I am changing some parts on my BMX but that is to reward myself for progressing - something I always said I would do.

Not addicted to buying stuff but I am addicted to riding!!!

no. want wider bars. they were ok on the sanderson but shorter cockpit on alpine means i'm a bit cramped.

also want new pedals - v12 or the like, a new front wheel so i can put the lyriks on, some new, beefier, lighter brakes and some stickers with my name on.

then i can put the revs and brakes on the sanderson for the girl friend.

prob still won't be completely happy.

I'm really happy with my 853 rock lobster, not changed a thing since buying it.

I think it just needs one of those adjustable seatposts and it would be perfect, mainly because my saddle is so high that I can't comfortably drop off the back end for really steep stuff!

I think I have this illness very badly. I had hoped that refreshing my frame and build would go some way to solving this.

However I am intent on even going so far as swapping the frame for a lighter shorter travel one that is as slack but lighter.

I am very sick.

But I do fancy a Prophet mx and a few other bikes.

i am known amongst my friends and a few on here as never being happy with my bikes.
i swap them nearly as much as my undercrackers.

i am waiting for a delivery of a frame that i hope will put a end to all my swaping.

I have it very bad. It seems much more unusual for women to catch this disease and my husband has been worried... Still, as long as I'm not the only one - plus there's always someone worse than you - isn't there?!

the only things I'd change are:

Formulas Oro's with some 200mm rotor

New headset & BB

New gear cables (happening tomorrow)

new front mech

thats it, then its going to be spot on!

I'm starting to feel normal at last!

I would also like a Heckler.

i had a heckler, for 6 months.
i fancy a bullitt.

Normal I'm afraid...I'm hoping to make the next changes before the price hike.

And an Orange Blood

i want a chameleon or a stiffee, to go with my hoss.

I would like a Bullit too.

And a Nomad.

i wanted a ventana, guess whats coming.

OCD

i like to think so
but i will just have to check..

yes!

Think I'm going the other way
Bought a 2009 Marin Vision and was absolutely delighted with it. 4 months later after wearing out forks,chain set and rear hub started to think this was getting too expensive. Still got it but riding a single speed cobbled together bike at the moment and starting to wonder whether less is more.Harder work, not as easy over the rough stuff but hugely rewarding.

I am perfectly happy with my bike.
Its the engine I want to improve 🙂

I would say you are perfectly normal, without trying new things we will never find perfection.

[i]"Bought a 2009 Marin Vision and was absolutely delighted with it. 4 months later after wearing out forks,chain set and rear hub started to think this was getting too expensive"[/i]

Which one was that! Thats disgusting. How much had you ridden it? A freehub should last a lot longer than that. The forks want sending back for warranty replacement (/refund) if they've not lasted 4 months

i suffer from UGI too. probably worse than most, however , I'm currently over the moon with my fleet.

UGI = UpGradeItis 😀

I would say you are perfectly normal, without trying new things we will never find perfection.

Almost.....£

no. i'll be happy with it once i stop my gears from skipping.

Yes i admit it just started out with the odd tyre or two, now im on a set of brakes a month and a rear shock every 3 months.
Seriously i have been on a bit of a bender in the last year, but im pretty much there now, almost....

I'm happy just now with my Heckler while I'm saving for my wedding but I reckon after the wedding I'll be looking to upgrade bits and bobs. Though I quite fancy building a hardtail next, mmm and maybe changing the forks on the Heckler and the chainset and the shifters and the wheels and the bar and the grips - all of these I could put on the hardtail!!!

Ah well I guess I've got UGI as well :o(

James
Apparently I ride a lot. Only started 12 months ago but guess I do 50-80 miles a week off road.
Didn't know but you are supposed to dismantle Fox Forks every 15 hours. Failing that considered wear and tear not warranty(although they did sort them out as a gesture of goodwill) Point is (for me anyway) is that if you ride often cheap and cheerful seems to be better. Not even thinking about bling bits anymore but more stuff that will last or dirt cheap to replace. Just moved back to deore hubs from Pro 11's having gone through 4 in 6 months(2 for me and 2 for my 14 year old)

yes 🙂
took a long time to get there though, ay further work wil simply be bargain hunting, posibly a ligher stem, seatpost, saddle, but beyond that it would be fairly pointless. By far the most well mannered bike ive ever riden. just neeed to think about cornering and it sits you out in a different direction at twice the speed you went in!

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Yup - but then I did just buy an adjustable seatpost for it. 😛

Ive gone thru 12 bikes lots of wheels few sets of forks and lots of kit in last year but now have my bikes just as i like them. I think lol

thisisnotaspoon, you're a better rider than me, do you ride it like the old hobbyhorse hehe, perhaps a chain might make you go even faster!! 🙂

For about 5yrs nothing on my bike changed....
Then I decided I needed new stem and bars, so got them....
..new HTII XT crankset followed shortly after, with XT F&R mechs too
....new RS Reba Air U-Turn shortly after that as my Judy was ****ed
..New Avid Juicy 7's as my Julie's were getting a little pony
....now I need new rear bearing kit, new shock bushes, new rear gear cable, some frame protectors etc....
...oh and before I go to Spain this yr I am going to ditch the outer 'ring and get a bashguard.

Hmmmm. To be fair though, apart from the stem and bars, it is all stuff that has been replaced as the old bits have worn....so not too bad.

I'm happy with my bike! For the first time in 2 years, nothing needs changing and it rides like a dream. (Might change the front brake though)

Since I bought it I have changed the rear shock twice, the forks twice, bars twice, rear mech twice, stem twice, cranks, seatpost and grips (x3).
Got there in the end. 🙂

Pretty much happy with both my bikes now, but it's taken lots of experimenting and money to get there. There are a few little niggling things I might change though, frames, forks, wheels, that sort of stuff 😉

I dug out my old XC hardtail - much of the terrain on my doorstep doesn't warrant my full susser - and decided to chop and change the cockpit on a whim. Wider bars and shorter stem and it is a transformed (and better!) ride. Now I've started looking at all manner of unaffordable ways I can make it even better (£17.99 just for a seat post clamp!?) whilst my full susser looks on forlornly at my tinkering

(£17.99 just for a seat post clamp!?)

I thought thats quite cheap.

Have you seen a Tune Wurger?

i have severe UGI

this is across my entire fleet of 6 bikes

i'm perfectly happy with all of them, but sometimes shiny things are just....better

it's a horrible condition.

I was happily oblivious until my wife diagnosed me. My dad doesn't have it but he may have the carrier gene.

Faffed and faffed about and have ended up with 4 different bikes, all how I thought I want them (built the last two up with carefully chosen kit etc). The problem now is that the recent ones make me realise that the first one really doesn't handle well at all.......

I'm happy with the bike but that doesn't mean to say it doesn't need to be spoilt just like the mrs.. a new stem... or a set of shifters is like buying a new dress or a meal...

I could do with stiffer wheels and a seat QR with droppable seatpost for the 5. Other than that, they are fine. Perhaps a 100mm fork for the race bike but that's debatable.

If I had unlimited cash I'd probably buy a new fork just to try it out.

Never used to understand this, was always a "ride it until it wears out" kind of guy.

Then I started riding more bikes and realising that there were things I could do to make my bike better - and I got it pretty bad for a while.

Now I'm perfectly satisfied with two of my bikes (or will be once the Maxle U-Turn Revelation arrives for my Trance), and my Reign is brand new but specced exactly how I want it.

With the possible exception of a wider set of bars and some DH tyres/tubes for the Alps this summer, I reckon I've got it made in the shade.

I'm generally happy with my bikes, but I have the irresistable urge to fiddle...

I call it being a 'compulsive mechanic'

I'm happiest when I'm either taking it apart, repairing it, adjusting it or putting it back together again. As such my tool, err, "collection" is probably more impressive than my bikes....

However, my condition does mean that I very rarely have any sort of mechanical failure on the trail which isn't so bad.

ANd I've just bought a new bike. I can see stuff that could be improved with new kit, but I'm going cold turkey and forcing myself to only change stuff if
a)I REALLY need to (I'm going to fit double-and-bash and I had some lock ons lying around. That's it.)
b) It wears out. Then I can upgrade with a clear conscience.

It's hard, but I can do it.
😀

I'm not 100% happy with my bike but my wife IS so it's staying as it is for a while (until my 5 year old son leaves university and gets a job!)
😛

Yes very happy with the one MTB I have (singlespeed btw). I think it takes a while to stop and realise that any mountainbike and it's components will be a comprimise at some point.
Though I'm having trouble deciding on a geared hardtail myself. Current thinking is towards a basic aluminium frame with XT/XTR running gear, Hope Brakes, headset and stem, Mavic factory wheels, Reba forks and carbon finishing kit. Hopefully that set up will see me through every type of biking situation without the need for further upgrades.

I tell a lie. I bought a KMC 710SL chain for my singlespeed, just coz it was light, Gold and slotted.

thinking of a respray on my frame. The old colour ain't too bad, I just fancy an excuse to take my bike to bits so I can reassemble it

no.

ideally i would like:
new front hub
new tyres
new gear cable outer
new fork seal and/or new forks
new shifters
new drivetrain (sprockets and chain)
new grips
a comfey saddle
a few new pins for hte pedals
replacement stem clamp bolts
front brake bleed and replace pads.
a bit of gaffer tape to stop accidently turning the rebound adjust on the bottom of the fork leg.

as a result of new baby i`ll just buy a new front tyre and bleed the front brake and ride it till something breaks.

I've faffed for years with bikes. I'm pretty settled on my 5spot that I bought is may 2005. Its got a pretty similar build to then, but has shed about 4 or 5 pounds since then by me basically replacing every component on the bike with a lighter, more expensive equivalent. I'm pretty happy with it now, apart from getting aneaston carbon seatpost for it.

And tyres. I don't think I'll ever stop faffing with tyres.

I too had 'upgradeitis' until i got my Ventana and felt 'cured'. I had a re-lapse when it got nicked and now i'm back to square one. 🙁

Actually i wouldnt mind a lefty on my cannondale ht but then that would mean new wheels instead of my dt240 olympic ones lol

Looks like the upgrade saga continues.. new forks on the way!!!!

Are you happy with your bike?

I've got some new forks, so now I just need a new front wheel and then a new set of cranks. And then a back wheel. And then an adjustable seatpost.... and a saddle. And....

Yeah, I'm ill 🙁

yep, I am 100% happy with at least 3 of my bikes. The forth needs some better tyres. And the fifth has a dirty great crack running through two of it's tubes so I'm not particularly happy with that one, admittedly.

Happy with mine but its nothing that a Whyte 120 frameset on our BTW Scheme isn't going to improve... Roll on April...

my xc bike, i am happy with more or less now. i would like a new saddle.

my 4x bike, i haven't found a chain device that actually works properly on it yet. and i'd like some LUST larsen TTs

My UGI is in remission.
The Salsa & DMR haven't been upgraded in ages.
The DBR Axis to has only had new tyres & some bling chainring bolts since its rebuild in 07.
The Iron Horse MkIII got a dual & bash guard last year & new tyres. Apart from pedals & grips, is completely stock after 2 years. Would like new wheel & UST for it but no hurry.
No new bikes on the horizon either. Yet.

I am 100% happy with my bike, Dialled Alpine. All i need to change is where i live or pass my driving test so it can be abused in the manner it demands.

Yes

samuri how on earth have you done that!!??!!

Samuri - I'd be bloody livid with that bike if I were you.

Samuri - hats off you must ride hard mate! Shame what frame is it?

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samuri-power(tm). All bike components fall to it eventually. If only we could harness it.

well let see
Decathlon cobra 540 from 1997 road bike that got singlespeeded and maybe soon will be fixed for commute duties.
Rocky mountain switch 2002, I am not very happy with it at the moment but that is because I have become too much of a shite rider to ride it properly.
Kona Hoss a part from the fork and the fact the bike is gathering dust in tim's garage it's all ok so far.
Cove handjob singlespeed, not sure I'll keep it as a singlespeed but I'll try...

That is it really more a problem with the bloke than the bikes 😉

I was yesterday...until it broke 🙄