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Before I got my YT Capra I never believed that I could be happy on one bike for everything. I never would have contemplated riding a 165mm travel bike around a trail centre. Before this bike I always wanted the least weight and travel as possible and felt that slack angled bikes felt terrible on climbs or anything that wasn't pointing down sharply.
The capra feels lively everywhere and capable of anything. Just a swap of tyres is al that is necessary to swap from Xc to DH. I belive this really is the least compromised do it all bike so far.
I've sold my lapierre froggy 180mm travel,and I think my very light Superlight xx1 etc will be adapted for my girlfriend.
i have a rigid singlespeed and a geared hardtail with matching geometry (scandal & inbred).
I could probably slim down to one frame, with gears and sus to be added when required (rarely) and mud/ normal/ beefy tyres.
But i'd spend a lot of time faffing when i don't need to. + it doesn't bother me that the geared bike doesn't get ridden a lot.
For me, it's not a case of can you do it all on one bike, because if you have the ability you can. It's more a case of if you only have one bike which compromise serves you better, and that will vary from person to person.
+1
I've never had the luxury of more than one bike, so I've always tried to pick a do it all bike and I've always enjoyed riding them.
Taking a lack of compromise to it's logical conclusion, and compromise is the issue here, I'd have to change tyres at leat 3 times each ride around here 😆
currently looking to make my 2 bikes into 1 bike.
got a surly tourer and a parkwood mtb.
thinking about buying a van nicholas pioneer rohloff 29er.
I have two because 1 is always broken...
Good point mugboo. Got to have a spare
I have two because 1 is always broken...
I got two out of action now, better get off the internet and go and fix one (or both) I suppose.
[quote=ton ]currently looking to make my 2 bikes into 1 bike.
got a surly tourer and a parkwood mtb.
thinking about buying a van nicholas pioneer rohloff 29er.
Stop thinking and press the bluddy "buy" button!
currently looking to make my 2 bikes into 1 bike.
got a surly tourer and a parkwood mtb.
thinking about buying a van nicholas pioneer rohloff 29er.
sounds very much like 2 bikes into 3...
If like me, you get the occasional serious bout of 'upgradeitus", you get a second bike out of it for free (ish)...... 😉
No such thing as "quiver-killer"... Which has become my favourite phrase of all time.
Mugboo has it - it's very handy having two bikes for when the other one is broken! I have a hardtail and a 160mm fs, both can do each others jobs perfectly fine. The alpine 160 is a bit much for less full on stuff and the slackline a bit harder work (but massively fun) on the more full on stuff but they both work well enough once you accept the compromise. A one true do it all bike will be a compromise, much less so these days though. The dh bikes days are numbered imo as the 6" bikes get more capable, over the last couple of years almost all of my riding mates have sold their dh bikes, me included.
Personally I think if you call your collection of bikes a "quiver" there should be some law that forces you to forfeit all of them. 😉
What's the acceptable (stw approved) collective noun for bikes then?
Fleet?
Quiver?
Stable?
Arsenal?
Flock?
Shedful.
Pile.
Mess.
What's the acceptable (stw approved) collective noun for bikes then?
My bikes
fLOLtilla...of carpark battleships.