My ‘dad bike’ which has a kids ride shotgun seat permanently attached has 64° head angle, 160mm 36mm stanchioned forks, enduro casing tyres, tyre inserts, 200mm rotors, 4 pot brakes, and an XT drivetrain
Very similar for me!
My ‘dad bike’ which has a kids ride shotgun seat permanently attached has
64° head angle-62 here
160mm 36mm stanchioned forks, tick
enduro casing tyres, tyre inserts, just notmal 2.6 tyres for me
200mm rotors, tick
4 pot brakes, tick
and an XT drivetrain tick
Funnest bike ever down mild trails :-)
I've just attached a bike packing rack to the front so mt 3 year old can be taken to the bits he can manage himself .
That's a great idea!
Funnily enough I was recently thinking of ways to strap my lads balance bike to a rucksack, but rack is another option I can consider.
If I had money to burn I'd put an Ochain on my hardtail....
My 8yo lad has carbon forks on his bike.
Probably overkill, but look cool, came with it, and are staying.
If I had money to burn I’d put an Ochain on my hardtail
I *think* there’s one on Vital… might be a high pivot/idler though, but equally pointless.
Full ohlins coils on my scout.
Way overkill but feel amazing
Not me but my son has always had way too nice bikes for school runs. I was quite sure they would get nicked but no, bikes with rim brakes must have looked too old. At best/worst he had Klein Attitude (post-Trek acquisition with paint falling off) with HS-33s, DT240 wheels and all the cool parts from 90’s.
Of course, these days the value of those parts is almost nil to anyone else than me who paid for them back in the day.
My pub bike is a Spa Steel Tourer. So arguably the whole bike is overkill. Functionally it is a near copy of my Long Haul Trucker but I couldn't face parking my Trucker around Glasgow as I have bit of attachment to it because of everywhere it has been. The Spa was built from a frame with mostly garage shelf bits so not too much shelled out (I tell myself).
My commuter is currently an old much loved Diamond Back rigid MTB from the early 90s. I repainted it in December whilst recovering from covid, and tarted it up. It was still running a mix of XT and LX components, but was on some cheap Decathlon 26" wheels. I sourced a nice unused pair of XT M737 hubs and built them onto some Ryde Zac rims. The cheap wheels were downgraded to winter wheels with studded tyres.
So the bike is now rather bling with decent kit and a nice new paint job. Runs 1.75 semi slicks for the off road commute.
Boxxer Rides and V4s on my Pitch. Completely unnecessary but it feels really balanced so it's not a huge hardship. The brakes are supposed to get swapped over to my Tues if I ever get round to it.
Probably loads of things given how I ride but number 1 is the Chris King hub on my hardtail. Bought the wheel crazy cheap as it's old standards (26" rim, 20mm axle). Looked into buying the adaptors to make it 15mm but they was more than the cost of decent, brand new hub.
Hope RX4s on my Turbo bike - they’re not even filled with fluid - I have no intention of using it outside. Ever. Idiot.
Do 220/200mm 4 pot brakes on a singlespeed hardtail count?
Some crackers in here 😁. I reckon the di2 shifting on the turbo bike wins it so far ?
