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..........where, when and why............?
in 25 years of MTB......
Ti456 coming off Falla Brae onto the road.....
Both wheels drifting for a couple of seconds, time stood still, picked it up and chilled out to the cafe......
Dusty, fast and blue sky's.....
couldn't be better 🙂
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ridden
you have
Zesty or my 456 can't decide 😉
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What is
A friends Intense Uzzi for a run down Corkscrew at FoD. Made it pretty effortless compared to a hardtail and I'm not sure whether I preferred it.
orange sub zero.
fantastic bike fitted with 1st gen 36's.
then it broke, went back to orange who refused to weld a gusset on it where the toptube and seatpost meet.
the year later they brought the sub zero out with a gusset welded there.......... 🙄
The last one
I've only ever had one bike really- my now much upgraded Apollo Transition from when I was about 11 I think.
Favourite ride probably from sheffield to York last feb. A covering of snow on the ground made it even more bizarre than the time before- its all so barren and odd. I keep wanting to do it again though.
Picture from outside the disused Earth Centre in Conisbrough
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My nicolai helius am
Bultaco Frontera....
The prototype Cotic Soda, round the car park at Sherwood Pines about 6 years ago now at a Cotic meet - my Soul was in it's initial light weight bling build and was so much more bike than my pathetic skills could justify, and then I tried the Soda and realised that there was a whole world of AGNI I had still to experience......
My Nicolai Helius CC
Nicolai's are so [b]OVER-RATED[/b]....... LOL
when , where and why though ?
16yrs of Bontrager Privateer 😆 😆
trekster - props 🙂
This is a difficult one as I've had several bikes that have had particularly good qualities, but not quite made it for others.
My old RM Blizzard was a wonderful thing to ride. it was nice and supple, kida made sense of those old MTB mag anecdotes about what a steel frame should ride like. Unfortunately the sizing was a little off for me so didn't quite handle right.
Similarly the geo was off for an old Fisher Procaliber OCLV from 1996. Climbed liek a beast, really nice ride, but short short so had to go.
near perfect was my Mk1 Cotic Soul. Slight sniff of the ride characteristics of the blizzard, but such sorted geometry, way faster than I should have been.
again, another near perfect was my cannondale Prophet, a possible good un before it's time there as everyone seems to be doing a 140mm FS bike now, but it seemed to be met with confusion as to what to do with it.
Really nice ride, steep seat angle meant it behaved well on the ups and soaked everything on the downs. Possiby too much bike for my skills though...
🙂
Still a cannondale addict though, I think I've owned about 10 of them!
@wookie - brand fascination's not a bad thing if the brand deliver 🙂
quite, I've only broken one of them, and that was down to my wonky feet rubbing through the chainstay!
Hummer chainstay / chainsuck & re-welded twice here too 🙁
My Hemlock, during our week in france, because it was happy enough to go up the ridiculous climbs but good enough to stop me dying on the ridiculous descents
Kona Pahoehoe on Slickrock at Moab, the second time, when I actually had a clue about how to ride it. Moments like that make you realise why you do this ridiculous sport...
Riding a Mercian "King of Mercia" (touring bike) over a col in the Pyrenees. Overtaking cars on the way down - and listening to Stravinsky on my walkman.
Other than that - my Jones.
[i]orange sub zero. fantastic bike fitted with 1st gen 36's.
then it broke, went back to orange who refused to weld a gusset on it where the toptube and seatpost meet.
the year later they brought the sub zero out with a gusset welded there..........[/i]
Same thing happened to me, its one of the reasons I will never buy Orange. Anyway best riding bike was my Intense SS.
nThe first bike i remember thinking "this is ****ing awesome" was a GT LTS2, it did everything well, climbed like a mountain goat and went like a rocket on the way down. In truth by todays standards it was probably a pile of sh*t but it made me smile around 17 years ago!
My metallic blue Raleigh Grifter,bought on the never never by my mum from Empire stores catalogue,i loved that thing it did the best skids,and i kept it till it died,once snapped the forks and took it to my local lbs who welded em back on while i waited outside 😯 ,they broke again the next week! Happy days
The new (*insert bike here) that one of your mates bought and you had a go on...
No, [b]my[/b] Nicolai Helius CC. 😉
My Orange Alpine 5 😀
My totally under-rated Nicolai Helius CC - looks like it's Nicolai for the win
my 2003 cove hummer 🙂
my pomp for 3 months/3,000miles through europe. so comfortable I would look forward to throwing my leg over and get pedaling every morning. So simple I never had to think about the mechanics, just keep the wheels going round.
my Zesty when i had it on Whisky and Rye in Le St Foy.
For 30 seconds it was the most surreally amazing time on a bike.
My Intense Tracey VP
Sorry, Tracer VP
I've ridden quite a few bikes, but the eye opener was a 2008 Marin Wolf Ridge, which was an absolutely fantastic bike. However, the frame size (medium) was too short for me and even on gentle climbs I kept smacking my knees on the bars, so it was a short range trail weapon only.
I sized up and bought a Wolf Ridge that felt inert in comparison and has only begun to realise it's potential with 160mm forks fitted.
I gave the Rock Spings to my missus...
The best bike I ever rode has changed over the years, pretty much every bike I owned seemed like the best bike ever made in my opinion 🙂
Saracen Terratrax (1995-2006)
Merida Transmission Speed D (2006-2008)
Scott Spark 10 (2008-2010)
On One 456 Ti (2010-present)
I had so many accidents learning to ride (too fast) on the Saracen that it now feels like a part of me. The Merida was my first bouncer, people loved just looking at it, never mind riding it, although the brakes (Hayes HFX 9's) were poor and very hard to adjust, refit pads. The Scott was an amazing bike and my first carbon adventure. I bought it at short notice when I was packing to fly to West Virginia when I noticed the frame was cracked on my Merida. I nearly went for a very exotic Storck hardtail also in carbon rather than the Scott, but opted for the Scott at the last minute. Currently riding the 456 and Titanium makes for an exciting and comfortable ride. Love this bike!
I have only been doing this lark a few years, so as I get better, I think the bike is better. Just a few days ago, in [i]exactly the right blend of mud[/i] I found my low-spec-second-time-around Meta55 drifting around all over the place and giving me my biggest grin yet.
'07 Giant Reign with Van 36s, over a couple of days in the Dark Peaks riding Jacob's Ladder, The Beast, Mam Tor and some other descents I don't know the names of. Magic.
orange sub zero.
fantastic bike fitted with 1st gen 36's.
Ton, bit like this one?
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Kit..............the very same mate.
Dekerf Team SL
Probably the first Colnago I ever rode in the seventies, today everything seems good.
As for mountainbikes, it would have been the Sugar Team with Black Ops V's and those cut out rims that were only on the market for a few months.
Ti456 is my favourite hardtail as for bouncy bikes?
That'll be this one at least until I get another new one to replace it.
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