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anyone not really care about their bike?
not bothered about the spec, or the colour combo's, or even what it looks like.
just as long as it works, and gets you from where you are to where you wanna go.
sfb always proclaimed this.
I think he cared too much that he didn;t care though which meant he did really.
An Intense/Rohloff owner didn't care LOL!
I do care but less than most - some folk are ridiculous - happily I got past upgrade-itis by working in LBS.
To be fair, SFB was more interested in ladies bums than bikes.... 🙂
Those people are busy riding their bikes rather than reading forums, the bastards.
I'm not just a cyclist, I'm a bike-ist... I love riding bikes but I also like messing around with bikes. I think on forums you're going to get mostly bike-ists because people that are just cyclists won't be spending that much time on forums.
I guess I've got a lot of affection for my bikes- you probably don't keep one for 20 years if you don't. They're all tools to do a job and that's always the number one choice for what happens to them, but that doesn't stop some of them from being very well equipped, colourcoordinated tools 😉
(the 20-year-old one is a bit different, but I put as much effort into making it cheap, unkillable and unstealable as I put into making the new ones excellent)
Sort of
I sort of love my bike as it fits better than any bike before. I've decided I love fs
But brakes don't match
good back wheel, rubbish front wheel
Mary bars
horrible heavy grips
silly long seat post
£10 pedals
love it
My winter road bike is a bit like that. As long as the thing goes without rattling, I hate noisy bikes and if something needs replacing it gets peanuts spent on it.
None of my bikes are expensive. None of them are very cool. But I wouldn't say I don't care. I do. Just not quite in the same way as everyone else.
I care that they do what I need of them. Sometimes I even get fixated on little details and I must have them. But a work of art they are not.
anyone not really care about their bike?not bothered about the spec, or the colour combo's, or even what it looks like.
just as long as it works, and gets you from where you are to where you wanna go.
That's almost my winter bike that you're talking about 😉
Been making Valentine's Day cards in Nursery this week. Explained yesterday to the little lad I was working with that we were going to make a card for him to give to someone he loves. When asked who he'd like to make his card for - 'maybe Mummy?' I asked. 'No, my new bike' was his reply . . . a man after my own heart 😆
I had bicycle envy when he rolled up on his first day on a Demo-esque red Specialized Hotwalk - can't wait to see what he's on now 8)
Both my bikes are shop spec. Havn't changed a thing . I was going to faff with my older HT , new brakes, bars and seat post but couldn't be bothered. Both bikes work and cope well with the type of riding i do.I don't care what the look like ,it's only a bike.
Nope, I care a fair bit, it all has to work properly and I am a bit of a Kit tart.
BUT, I'm not OCD about matching seat post, bars and stem, or owt like that. Each piece of kit is selected on individual merit, asthetics come 2nd.
Its just the way it is.
Hmmm, that sounds like my poor old (unloved, abused) car. In contrast however my bikes get lavished with attention!anyone not really care about their bike?not bothered about the spec, or the colour combo's, or even what it looks like.
just as long as it works, and gets you from where you are to where you wanna go.
I care that it rides well and looks good, so yes i care
i don't care about scratches, dropping it and otherwise being precious
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Some of them yes, Some of them no...
my commuter for instance is a definite no, I changed the brake pads about a year ago... that's the only real loving it's had..chain is baggy and brown, rear brake mostly seized, BB shagged, its scratched, dirty, creaky, crunchy but I use it every day!
I do care about my bikes and how they look, but more importanly I care about how they WORK and how i LOOK AFTER them!
Why?
Because I can't afford to ruin them or replace them all the time. For me it's a challenge to get really nice parts for minimal cost, there's a skill in that I think. I'm shortly going to post my new bike on here, and I think the cost price will be a trifle unbelievable to some people....! 🙂
I build a bike - it mostly stays that way till sommat breaks . The only exception is i often flit between gears and ss - mostly to ss ..... All my bikes ride well ss 🙂 as al says upgraditus was quelled when i worked in lbs. certainly couldnt give a crap about colour. Size and weight more important.
To be honest, my bikes are pretty much the only thing I care about at the moment.
Family
Bikes
Meh......
My commuter bike gets used and only gets love when very broken
Mtb will stay sort of muddy most of the year with the bits that move getting cleaned and lubed
Nice summer road bike has to be just perfect , nothing on it out of place cables all neat and even length
Bar tape perfect etc