[Closed] The favorite part of your bike?

Your braided hoses? erm...nice? 😉

My beaten, battered, but never defeated Time Z Freerides
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When the world ends, in some fiery supernova of apocalyptic destruction, the only things that will remain extant will be Keith Richards, cockroaches, and my pedals. They're that indestructible.

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My favourite part of my bike is me 🙂

The Cane Creek Double Barrel Air shock closely followed by the Reverb.

The bit that starts at the front and ends at the back.

(still in honeymoon period)

Reverb. Game changer.

It is a sum of parts that makes a bike and all contribute to make the bicycle you ride. But if I must pick one bit of kit it is my erm my no its just a bike.

CCDB - Just brilliant 🙂

Do you not have one part you look at and think sh!t that looks cool?

Ti deluxe the frame
Yeti ASR the mavic Slr wheels
Specialized Expert the electronic shifters

Do you not have one part you look at and think sh!t that looks cool?

I quite like the self amalgamating tape on the chain stay on my Nicolai.

Actually scrap that. It's the welds. I love the welds.

On my Karate Monkey I like the Mango seat clamp 🙂

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I like my hammered-to-bits XTR cranks... Just seems to say on the one hand, I like expensive lightweight parts, but on the other I expect them to earn their keep.

Bregante Orange Five?

Wolly. No, sorry I've edited my post now so yours makes no sense 🙂

Chris King parts.

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Decisions, decisions... 🙂

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Original square taper Raceface turbines held on with x-lite crank bolts

I'd love a Nicolai for the fish scale welds! why you'd want to paint such an awesome piece if engineering is beyond me

My regular bike is my New XT brakes and Kronolog
My Sunny day cruiser is the smooth welds of a 97'Dale

All of it, except the untrimmed brake hoses

Loving those bars Wolly 😛

I guess my favourite part is my orange seat - still as uncomfortable as **** but I love the look of it.

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Although performance wise I'd have to say my u-turn Lyriks - two and a half years old and been on 21 different bikes during that time ranging from an oldschool early 2K Tazer FS to 7" travel Uzzi and everything in between - versatility at its best.

I like my wheels. They're lighter than virtually anything twice the price and they make the bike feel great.

Have a personal dislike of RF cranks recently but...Doths cap and applauds OM's efforts! A good job well done that man, stunning!! 8)

My fave bit?...Blackspire headset on the new SS 29er (cheers khani) 😉

I like my seat stays, they make the ride feel sooo good.

WI freewheel.
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I like the view from the saddle. Down my arms, over the handlebars to the agricultural 2.5 Highroller at the end of the Lyriks. It makes me feel invincible.

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my pink chris king front hub 😳 😆

just love how well its made, and i have purple rims so it goes quite nicely

My alfine, I like it so much I changed the frame to suit the hub

The ride and handling of my ASR5.

853 decal makes me warm(sad but true), its a great steel frame (niner mcr). Spesh phenom saddle, I know it fits for long days. I like XT.

KS Lev, I guess.

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I love my new red valve caps my sister got me for Christmas

These... They are as old as the hills and still going strong... I think they are still some of the best looking wheels out there too!
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My hope rear hub

For some reason, this topic reminds me of this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm

Dropouts on my Tomac probably. Beautifully CNC'd titanium, just gorgeous...

Each to thier own Ben! If you love Ti not Thai that's up to you :p

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Water cut 6/4 Ti drop outs on the DBR

On one of them it's the bottle opener incorporated into the lower brake mount,
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On another it's the carbon fibre mavic slr front hub

On another it's the overall "just right" look and stance of the bike - Charge Plug fixed

On another it's a set of original 1994 Middleburn square taper cranks taken off the same bike that runs the Hope Ti hub above that have done near enough the same mileage.

Bars. I hold on and make whooshing noises pretending to ride it.

My rohloff

WI freewheel, I just love the noise

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boltless top cap

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My CB iodine wheels, they look so bling 🙂

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The Surly constrictor seatpost clamp on my Orange which is a clever design with a hoofing great big allen bolt.It's not a fancy color or in anyway visually lovely but no matter how long i bounce around on the saddle with my great lardy arse the seatpost stays at the correct height and for that reason alone I LOVE IT.

The "slot machine" (apart from when it fills up with mud) - The bike travels alot and I wouldnt want to go back to trying to fit a full hardtail frame in bags/suitcases.

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WI Freewheel, and Surly tugnut
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Other bike, dunno really reverb or hope hub i guess.

Not a component, really, but my favourite part is when my mates have all turned up and we set off for a ride.
Doesn't matter when or where - I just know that we're going to have fun on our bikes, guaranteed!

^ Thats a nice sentiment.

It's from the heart - they (sussexmuddyarse.wordpress.com) are a fantastic bunch of guys & gals, who welcome anybody who wants to tag along.
Slower riders (usually me) are always waited for, and nobody is made fun of (well, not until they've been on few rides 😉 )

Thanks folks - you definitely make slogging up hills more enjoyable.

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It was the 2.4" Continental Trail King (Canadian for Rubber Queen..) tyres. They did exactly what I wanted of them (gripped better, punctured less, still climbed well) and looked suitably big and agricultural.

Then some scumbags came and nicked the bike, leaving one wheel behind, so I still have one tyre sitting in the spare room taunting me. I should hang it round my neck as a sort of reminder not to spend any unnecessary pennies until I can afford a new bike to go with it... 😥

Currently its the buzz the i9 freewheel makes quickly followed by the instant take up when you start peddling again. Shouldn't like coasting but the noise is addictive.

Year of the Reverb.