Do you swap wheels n tyres, fit/remove guards?
Do you swap wheels n tyres?
No, not really. certainly not wheels. Winter tyres are a bit mleh really
fit/remove guards?
mud guards? yeah, occasionly use them, but mostly can't be arsed.
This was my only bike for a very long time. Then I got serious about fitness and got a road bike, then got a full sus for a summer in Canada and it's never been the same ever since. I didn't switch out tyres etc either. Exactly the same setup for everything. I wish I could go back to the blissful ignorance!
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Oh if you insist! My one and only bike and it goes everywhere even if I'm over biked at times! Never road ride so don't need to swap wheels but could do with some mud tyre so I can switch and swap depending on whether it's wyre forest or anywhere else. The mud guard will be snipped off come summer.
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Here's mine. I will use mudguards as and when I want to, they're removed or fitted in a minute. I don't change tyres. Hans Dampf up front, Nobby nick on the rear with tubes at around 35psi, maybe 30 on the front. I find that works on anything, but I don't expect or chase F1 levels of grip. No issues with punctures so far. Basically I just try to ride it as much as possible. Mostly natural trails but also trail centres. It works on anything, a great bike. Brill fun. Keep wanting to build up a hardtail, but not sure I'd ever use it.
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Heres mine (now has a air shock)
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For years I only had one - a Titus HCR titanium hardtail. Got expanded with a road bike, then a training mountain bike, then a full sus bike, then....
Still got the Titus built up, just with some more modern parts now! This is the BITD build with original X0, Ringle Mobypost, Ibis ti stem, Tune cranks and ti BB, Fizik Aliante saddle, X517 ceramic rims, CK hubs, Avid Arch supremes, FRM brake levers, SID World Cup, Egg Beater ti pedals...
The King headset is still in the frame!
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Yes (456Ti), and use to also swap forks (Reba 120 and Fox 36) too.
Heres mine I use it for everything:) I dont change anything on it except for adding lights:p
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I have no pictures, but I have an Ibis Mojo HD with a ccdb air shock & marzocchi 55rc3 170mm coil fork, hans dampf tyres.
My only bike, dont find it an issue having only 1 bike for the riding I do, which consists of welsh/scottish trail centres, peaks/macc forest natural stuff, UK uplift, spanish lift assisted singletrack, Alps chairlift assisted stuff.
And nothing gets changed out , its ridden in the same form all year round.
I wanted to see bikes like [b]tons[/b] LHT that get toured, commuted and off roaded.
When I can afford I will have a road bike too 🙂
This is the only one I have, it commutes, bikepacks and goes out to play too, it was lugging my fat, post Xmas, carcass about today:
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Now with reverb
I want that Corratec. That is all I have to add.
My one and only
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I want that Corratec. That is all I have to add.
+1
Just looks [i]right[/i]
Goes everywhere, does everything, wheels stay put, guards stay put ... 🙂
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When I need to get "mucky" ... 🙂
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You can't show two bikes on a 'show me your 1 and only bike'
Is the top one your one and only aswell as the bottom one?
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Had this as my only MTB for over a year now, just fitted me Pikes and RCT3 rear shock. The Pikes are blooming awesome, stiff, track amazingly well and have great mid stroke support.
The 5spot is just a brilliant one bike to do it all bike, its not light, but given the right legs and lungs its very quick. it just begs to be run ragged, just had a razz around Glentress and I just don't want to stop riding it.
Will be replaced with a Sultan when the time comes I think, as the Burner has too long a Ett for me.
Cheers
Ricks
Blur TRc
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Now has a narrow wide ring and some Specialised butcher/purg tyres 🙂
Gotta keep this Santa Cruz ball rolling... they really are the swiss army knife of bikes.
Here is my "one bike for all" Blur LTc. Just missing its reverb in this pic.
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That Corratec looks sooooo right it hurts!
my one and only.
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2010 Santa Cruz Heckler with 2012 Revs. Not the lightest bike out there but is bomb proof and awesome fun to ride.
@ Rickon: recognise the forks? Very happy!
This:
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Had it almost a year. It does my 5 mile road commute in about the same time as a slick-shod hardtail with clippy pedals. All I do is pump the tyres up to 60psi.
Apart from a shorter stem it's still the same. I'd love a reverb but apart from that it's bang on...not bad for a C2W bike 🙂
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Is this one mountain bike or one bike?
How about my only mid travel 650b?
My Commencal Meta AM.
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Technically I also have a hardtail, but it's in bits as I don't have any dirt jumps nearby, and I'm potentially selling it soon.
I also have my mini-bike, for stuntage, ala;
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Mud Guards?? WTF?? On a mountain bike...
Did a one bike for all and it was a pain, tough wheels, light wheels big tyres fast tyres, too heavy for XC, too light for DH.
My Blur LTc is a little too heavy for XC now but hits trail to AM. There will be a DH bike for the big stuff and maybe an XC bike for the light stuff.
Mine.
Soon to have steel rigids back on.
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Off/on road its the same. Might pump up the tyres or put a rear guard on if the rains biblical but apart from that, thats the only changes..
Mudguards? No chance just an RP23 for when the going gets flat or smooth
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Hopefully I shall adding a second to the collection very soon.
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My only bike but it does OK, in all fairness its more capable than me.
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Sign of the times (?) but I'm surprised at how many peoples' only bike is a full sus.
Anyway, here's my '1 and only'. It commutes, has a wee ride for my son and is perfect for singletrack blasting.
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One bike. Well I have one mtb. But do you all have one pair of shoes too?
my one and only bike is now a short travel 29er, does all I need...
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Hopefully my stumpjumper will be morphing into that yeti sb66 with pikes soon
Only ever had one bike - trek 6500 HT. Done XTT tris, off road duathlons, adventure races, XC, surrey hills, lakes, trail centres etc. Only modifications are tyres. Nobbys most of the time, Ralph's in the summer or races. Ignorance of anything else/better is bliss and easier on the wallet.
Loved riding it in the lakes with a guy on an orange 5. Kept asking me how I was able to ride stuff on such a basic bike!!!!!
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My only bike, reverbs currently goosed unfortunately.
Heres my one and only.
Does everything from Commuting to Downhill.
Pretty good weight at 31 lbs too.
Set of pikes should lose 500g when they arrive so should be sub 30lbs.
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Currently my one bike:
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Soon to lose eligibility for this thread and be a two bike owner after all the advice in my thread about the Giant Trance. Yes, in best forum style I'm ignoring everything and getting an Anthem as it suits what I'll actually do and not my fantasies.
In a perfect world my hardtail would be my only bike.
I would happily commute on it, but due to thieving gits I am not happy about leaving it locked up while I go off .
So making my commuter hack necessary.
And on any thing more technical than my local woods start to give my back aggravation due to an old injury, necessitating my FS.
I could cut the three down to two by using my FS for local woods as well as bike parks.
But again, I live in an area not uncommonly frequented by individuals of a light fingered nature.
So would not want to ride it out of my front door to and then around local woods and back through fear of planting the seed in there head or heads to try and liberate my bike either by force or through stealth In order to facilitate the acquisition of skunk, meow meow or what ever else the kids are taking these days.
Here is mine the Mudgaurds come off in the summer some times has lights or different tyres
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Here's my only bike..
I do have a second set of wheels..as I'm to lazy to keep changing tyres.
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