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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Gotta be my Rumblefish. </span><br style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Over five years with it now and no inclination to change bikes.</span><br style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Out of all the toys I’ve bought over the years including many motorbikes and expensive fancy cars, the Rumble has to be my best purchase. I’ve had more fun and larks with this bike than with anything else.</span><br style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">There are many other bikes out there which I’m sure are way better, but it does everything I ask of it and it fits just right.</span><br style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">I’m sure in the right hands it could do a whole load more though …</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Gotta be my Rumblefish. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Over five years with it now and no inclination to change bikes.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Out of the toys I’ve bought over the years including many motorbikes and expensive fancy cars, the Rumble has to be my best purchase. I’ve had more fun and larks with this bike than with anything else.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">There are many other bikes out there which I’m sure are way better but it does everything I ask of it and fits just right.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">I’m sure in the right hands it could do a whole load more though …</span>
Gotta to be my Rumblefish.
Over five years with it now and no inclination to change,.
Out of all the toys I've bought over the years including many motorbikes and fancy cars the Rumble has to be my best purchase. I've had more fun and larks with this bike than with anything else.
My Kona Bandwagon - we've been together for 8 years and been through some tough times. commuting 20 miles per day over Cumbrian hills in the winter of 2010 springs to mind.
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My Ibis Mojo. Not my first or last FS bike but the one which truly taught me what an AM bike was capable of.
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I’m rather enjoying my Ibis plus mojo I gotta say! Fun fun fun !
I like riding ti hardtails though too but a decent full suss like the Ibis is a revelation.
Singular Swift, i'm rebuilding it at the mo for another season.... big shout to seatpost man for keeping her alive...with no mediums around I was starting to panic!
my first proper BMX Supergoosemongoose- fully drilled rims for weight saving!- long long gone
My robert Millar King of the Mountain as its my first road bike- up the attic potentially re buildable
My old Haro Sport BMX. Not only was it a great bike but we had so many fun times together. Road trips, jams, comps or just out riding with mates and dicking about. It was made extra special as it was a replacement for the only bike i had stolen. My mate Will, (owner of DIG BMX) was in America and knew i needed a new bike so blagged this off Brian Blyther for me. BRIAN ****ING BLYTHER!!! 😀
Back in the day you didn't really take pictures of your bikes in a field or leant against a tree, so the only pics i have are with me on it.
Some of you may not understand this but it was my Yeti 575.
Had to sell it because it was too small for me but God I miss that bike.
Easy for me - My 853 Inbred. It's 10 years old now and it's had 100mm, 115mm, 120mm 130mm and 140mm forks on it, plus rigid forks. It's been 3x9, 2x10, 1x11 and singlespeed, it's been my mountain bike, my commuter and my tourer. It's been 3 colours, welded twice (one new chainstay) and nearly had the mech hanger ripped off at 2 weeks old (I was annoyed!)
Its not without its faults but the new chainstay cured the catastrophic chain suck , and they can have it when they pry it out of my cold dead hands. If I can no longer ride it I'll strip it to a frame and hang it on the wall.
Similar to OP, started on a custom-build based on an old 80s road bike (Carlton Cyclone) at 15yrs old. Loved it a lot rode 1000s of miles.
Hardtail: Cannondale F type (very sadly gone)
Touring: British Eagle tourer (very sadly gone)
Do it all: 1990 was a lugged steel Dawes ATB with Exage and Biopace, loved it to pieces.
Now is a Genesis monstercross/tourer. Nearly sold it because missd an MTB, but am glad it stayed as is a perfect blend of oldskool ATB and the Carlton roadie/tourer. A great great bike.
Favourite utility bike: Batavus Personal. Bloody brilliant. Carries tons, takes no maintenance except a squirt of brake grease once a year.
Santa cruz blur 4X loved that bike, apart from the bearings and bushes committing hari kari every 3 months
My two current bikes, a DMR Trailstar LT and a Specialized Pitch, no need to move on from either of them despite the deeply unfashionable 26" and unbreakable 8speed.
Why did Spesh name a recent 29er hardtail the Pitch too? Weird, it's like the Ford Kuga / Cougar...
Surly Steamroller. So fast, so comfortable, so much fun!
choppersquad
Some of you may not understand this but it was my Yeti 575
Why wouldn't people understand? Cos they've not owned one?
Some nice bikes on here, including Bregante's Richey, which is a lovely looking bike.
Surprised to see the Dave Hinde MTB on page one. The bloke is a knob, but picked a surprising good frame out of whatever catalogue he used. My uncle still rides my first ever proper MTB as an everyday bike with slick tyres.
For me, I can't ever see myself without a bike like my Genesis DayOne, though I would like to make a posh tubed version of it.
I have to agree with a previous poster on the Orange ST4 being a ridiculously capable bike for the amount of travel it had.
It climed like a mountain goat, devoured Singletrack and went downhill just as good as the Five it replaced. Really regret selling it and miss that bike so much, I emailed Orange when they had been discontinued for about a year and they had one kicking about they would sell me but I decided to build another Cotic Soul instead (Soul was a very close second though). I am constantly scouring eBay for a nice 16” ST4 frame, I think I’ll end up with another Soul though to be fair as I have loved and regretted selling the 3 I built/rode and sold.
Not sure if I’m just trying to relive my youth but I am also on the hunt for a 1997(ish) Trek 930 with the red and black paint or a Trek Y22 in the nice cream colour they did It in, rode and cracked 4 of them but I’d have another in a heartbeat.
Motorbike wise... probably my 1997 TL1000s, only recently parted with it as I was offered a good price for it and had to make some room, waiting to see if the K4 GSXR1000 that replaced it makes me smile as much.
Still in use by my eldest (in the photo – now 15)
He's going to be sooo pleased that you posted that picture of him!
Santacruz superlight, sold before 26” bikes lost all their value but regret it now
Genesis fortitude race, took ages to find a good second hand one because i dithered first time round
Tarmac disc, so much fun compared to Roubaix that it replaced and it stops when i want to
Raleigh mustang rigid mtb.
Was a complete BSO looking back, but it was the start.
It would have been my Gary Fisher Marlin Disc until I cracked the frame on more first ever visit to a trail center (FOD). Got this 2012 Trek 3900 as a replacement under warantee. Put all the parts from the GF onto it. The Deore Hydros must be over 10 years old by now. 3rd set of forks! Multiple drivetrains, handlebars, stems. It was much better when it had suspension but my maintenance routine wasn't sufficient for daily commutes off road.
These are better bikes but I've ridden them enough recently to remember!
Hmmm, liked them all but most have come and gone.
I guess my 2004 Cannondale Jekyll (600 maybe) first new and complete bike since my 89 Mustang. Really opened up proper biking for me and was more than capable for my skill level at the time.
My 09 Five is a close 2nd as it fits like a glove and again I can attempt anything on it that I am capable of doing. Kept for long enough to be grumpy old man out of date for most new standards. Only tempting to swap to a later one <2013 to get dropper capability, new taper forks and Maxle.