[Closed] Does my bike pass the "2014 test"

no angles measured, how can we tell, if they are wrong it will explode

1x10? how 2013...

What about a dropper post? Surely every bike ever in the world has to have one now, otherwise it's as outdated as a Penny Farthing......

Stem length?

Does it have an Enduro sticker on it??

Fail, no 35mm bar/stem, no 1x11.

Frame material? If it's Alu, that's another fail.

Must try harder.

It best have some very bright colours thrown in to get 100% pass.

1x10? how 2013...

Beaten to it! 😀

Nah, murdered out is the look of '14. Op, you are murdered out, aren't you?

Modified 1 X10 so change from 19-15 cog....
1X11 is 2014

Wide handlebar - check

My wide 730mm bar is already hipster fixer narrow.

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2 riders shredding some proper gnaaar with murdered out bikes and murdered out gear on murdered out trails.

^^ side view
else there'd be 2 black bars sticking 12ft out each side of the screen

My wide 730mm bar is already hipster fixer narrow.

How do you think I feel with my 640mm bars?! That was wide XC when I got them...

In fact, never mind my bike passing the 2014 test, I'm not sure it'd even pass the 2004 test!

Tapered steerer - check

Didn't think so 😉

640 - blimey, that's almost like the chopped bars where you only need one side to fit a front brake lever.

bit like my previous bike - went out of my way to get the 64mm "all mountain" rockshox rather than the 50mm XC version. for use on tow paths, with the theory that one day it might get used on a rougher bridlepath. but then I moved to Holland.

Ha ha. Some awesome replies. I forgot to put dropper post on the list but it's ally frame and no 1 x 11 so definitely fails the 2014 test anyway.

Looks like I need to try again next year 😀

650b - nope (them ancient 26" ones)
Tapered steerer - yep
1 x 10 - nope
Clutch mech - yep
12 x 142 rear axle - nope (wibbly wobbly QR)
Narrow/wide chainring - nope
Wide handlebar - yep
Tubeless - nope
Expander sprocket - nope
Internal cable routing - nope

Fun - yep!

Nah, it's not a touring bike that you insist on referring to as a a Cyclocrosser.

Does it have an enduro-specific Enduro sticker on it??

FTFY

650b - no
Tapered steerer - no
1 x 10 - 1x9
Clutch mech - No
12 x 142 rear axle - 12x135
Narrow/wide chainring - check
Wide handlebar - check
Tubeless - No
Expander sprocket - No
Internal cable routing - No

I am not a sheep

650b - no (26")
Tapered steerer - no, 1.125"
1 x 10 - no, 3 x 9 (I know,m I'm SO retro!)
Clutch mech - a what? (no, it's an M952 XTR)
12 x 142 rear axle - no, QR front & rear
Narrow/wide chainring - no
Wide handlebar - 640mm with a 25.8mm clamp
Tubeless - no
Expander sprocket - what?
Internal cable routing - no

To the above list I'm going to add:

BB - ISIS
Dual Control levers
Tyres - 2.2"
Dropper post - no

Now I maintain that I'm just niche-retro-core but some may call me hopelessly out of touch with modern [s]MTBing[/s] Enduro Gnarr.

650b - no
Tapered steerer - yes
1 x 10 - yip
Clutch mech - yes
12 x 142 rear axle - 10x135 QR
Narrow/wide chainring - check
Wide handlebar - 711mm so no
Tubeless - yes
Expander sprocket - No
Internal cable routing - No
pike - yes

no dropper post or wide tyres either.

650b - yes
Tapered steerer - yes
1 x 10 - yip
Clutch mech - yes, its quieter, but chain still falls off
12 x 142 rear axle- yeah, but maxle seems to like working loose?
Narrow/wide chainring - chain still falls off
Wide handlebar - 780mm
Tubeless - yes
Expander sprocket - No, im contemplating it tho
Internal cable routing - yes
dropper post- yep
pike - yes

you all missed one
carbon rims- on their way from china...

26" - GAH
65 degree HA - check
Dropper - checl
Stealth dropper - check
142 rear - check
tubeless -check
short stem - check
785mm bars - check
1x10 - check
Clutch - check
narrow/wide-check
42t adapter -check

Chortling at

enduro-specific Enduro sticker

😀

Has it got two wheels? Yep
Does it have handle bars? Yep
Does it do what you want it to? Yep
Does it have the latest bling? Nope
Does it matter? Nope

🙂

oh and CC-DB-Air-CS

but I cant afford that so getting a dhx air avalanched!

😳

650b check
65deg HA check
1x11 check
Clutch mech, nw chainring, check
Murdered out check
Wide bars check
Short stem check
35mm std bars/stem check
Tubeless check
Tapered fork check
Pike check
142x12 check
Stealth dropper check
Carbon frame check
Enve rims check
Internal routing check

I'm a marketing depts wet dream....

It best have some very bright colours thrown in to get 100% pass.

Nah, murdered out is the look of '14. Op, you are murdered out, aren't you?

If you want to get ahead of the game, pastels are going to be big in 2015*...

*Which begins in June 2014

I have none of those things and seem to get across The Beacons without dying.

I meet ISIS and raise with 3x8 and 25.4 bars at nearly 600mm, front roadie QR and a Flite Alpes.

To be properly right you have to at least do the following

Replace the Shock with a CCDB with at least 15 knobs as it "Makes the Bike"
Replace the Shock with a CCDB with at least 15 knobs as it "Is disgusting that a bike comes without a decent shock"

Declare how your bike has the perfect geometry and how your amazed anyone could ride anything without that geometry.
12 months later fit anglsets/offset bushing and declare how your bike has the perfect geometry and how your amazed anyone could ride anything without that geometry.

Get a light trail bike and overbuild it to cope with 1 week in the alps and an uplift at BPW or buy a burly AM bike and spend loads trying to get it to weigh the same as the lightweight trail bike does off the peg.

Missed any?

650b - no..
Tapered steerer - No....
1 x 10 - No...
Clutch mech - .... no. ....
12 x 142 rear axle - ....... no. ...
Narrow/wide chainring - ...... no .....
Wide handlebar - ...... Nearly!......
Tubeless - ...... no. .....
Expander sprocket - ........ no. ......
Internal cable routing - ......no.........

I'll get me coat.....

650b - check
Tapered steerer - check
XX1 - check
12 x 142 rear axle - check
Wide handlebar - check
Tubeless - check
Internal cable routing - check
Carbon Frame - check
Stealth Color Scheme - check
Piggyback rear shock - check
Pike forks - check
Overweight mincer - check

650b - 29er
Tapered steerer - check
1 x 10 - check
Clutch mech - check
12 x 142 rear axle - 135QR
Narrow/wide chainring - check
Wide handlebar - 760
Tubeless - no
Expander sprocket - no
Internal cable routing - check
Dropper - check
Enduro specific enduro sticker - want!

1994 test

Hi-ten steel - check
Gel saddle - check
Thud buster - check
Spokey dokies - check
Girvin flex stem - check
Chain stay u-brake - check
Garish 80s colour way - check
Heavyweight coil suspension - check

Doesn't it need "forward geometry" to be 2014?

Garish 80s colour way -

1994 FAIL in the 90's it would have just been garishly coloured

650b - ??
Tapered steerer - wtf ?
1 x 10 - who ?
Clutch mech - eh ?
12 x 142 rear axle - what ?
Narrow/wide chainring - ??
Wide handlebar - sort of
Tubeless - aye
Expander sprocket - come again ?
Internal cable routing - lost pal ??

😆

650b - no, but by swapping the drop outs the frame will run 650b
Tapered steerer - check
Wide bars - 780mm so check
Short stem - only 50mm, so XC lengths to many
Dropper post - check
1x10 - check, but I've run a single ring for yonks
Narrow wide ring - check
Clutch mech - yup, but it still clatters a bit
12x142mm rear axle - yup, but I'm still running old school 20mm up front
Tubeless - check
Range extender - no
Internal cable routing - no

Oh and it does have a CCDBa but the frame came with it.

It's black though but does have a few bits of colour to liven it up a tad.

Had to google Expander Sprocket - 40/42t sprocket to give you a wider spread of gears for people who went 1x10 as they couldn't afford 1x11.

That'll be me then, getting one fitted in a couple of weeks 🙂

Though my bike fails the 2014 test by being a 29" aluminium 12x135 2013 has been. It's so last year it only has a normal CCDBair, I can't go out in public anymore...

I'm a sheep, I'm a sheep. It's official. New build ticks all the boxes apart from 650b. I'm sticking with 20mm front axle and Revs rather than Pikes too, oh and it won't be carbon.

Tubeless only, soon to have a freewheel....

Should have a carbon front end and metal rear, it's the law.

Tmb467 wins!