[Closed] What is the most indestructable/bombproof bike?

Marin quake! 8)

and how the **** would you know that, mr 2 bikes.........sintesi and that other shyte from [s]yorkshire[/s] tiawan 😉

I ride a Scott Strike.

It is carbon fibre!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not the lightest or gentlest of riders.

I have had a number of serious impacts leaving chips and scrapes in the frame.

It has lasted 11 years with minimal maintenance.

I would recommend Scott carbon frames for their strength and reliability.

The only down side is that when you want to buy a new bike you cannot think of a good reason to get rid of what you have got.

It will be there at next years BBB if you want to try it. I am confident that it will be fine for you OR your daugheter (who used it this year)

Cheers

Nick

I reckon a Bullit is a burly frame you could build into a trail bike.

Heckler is durable as far as trail bikes go. Dunno about bombproof but I've not heard anyone complaining and it's a design that's been around years.

Cotic BFe is a beast - you'd need to go well out of your way to bust that frame.

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Nicolai 2MXTB has got to be right up there. I reckon you'd be going some if you managed to hurt that.

A Curtis pro steet. absolutely indestructible.

Raleigh Grifter.

After the nuclear apocalypse, the only thing left will be cockroaches, Cliff Richard and Raleigh Grifters.

fred, you were never big enough to ride a grifter.........you are a raleigh chipper kinda bloke. 😉

Jeez...that Nicolai...

And I have to agree with the Grifter sentiment. They're as heavy as an office block, but I've never seen one killed.

That Nicolai, Evil Imperial, Nicolai Nucleon or whatever it was called thats made from bits of bridges....

Oh, and maybe Bruce Forsyth. Or at least his syrup.

Ton, I still struggle to get me leg over one of these:

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Which frames have you broken?

yo momma

Surely Elf was more of a Striker or Boxer kinda chap?

My Striker was impervious to all harm. After the nuclear apocalypse there'll be nothing left but cockroaches riding around on ancient Raleighs.

Any Nicolai will be as tough or tougher than anything of a similar purpose that you compare it to. I've got a Helius AFR and it breaks me.

speccy demo9. took 6 years of full on abuse from me before it died. 🙂

I bent forks, stem and frame on a Raleigh Grifter, cracked a Zaskar, Airborne and the rocker on my Turner, bent a Stiffee and that's about the depth of my wisdom on the subject.

How about a Kona Cowan or Similar?

Dialed pa

Kona Stinky springs to mind, but can't really think of a reason why.

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This maybe? (Any excuse to post it.)

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Also Orange Sub Zero

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With a downtube the size of a small child, it's going to be pretty beasty.

Ive seen a lot of cracked sub zero's come through the workshop over the years 😳

I like the look of that Nicholai. I reckon I'd struggle to break that.

Which frames have you broken?

yo momma

😆

So rude, and I can't condone such behaviour in any way shape or form, but I did actually have to giggle when I read that. 😳

I am a bad person and I am going to hell. 😥

Old banshee frames were built for hucking with little else in mind. For full sus I'd look there, probably build into a 50lbs bike. If you want to build a beefy bike, build with no regards to weight.

Carbons a bad idea if you're crashing a lot. Some frames (speccy and mythic) have long warrantys which helps too.

Nothing is indistructable. I had a cannondale gemini built as a 45lb 6" travel trail bike and I ripped the back end off it. The frame was also cracked elsewhere

Orange 22x? OK, they'll crack all over the place but they can be welded back together forever. I hear there's one in innerleithen that's now entirely weld.

I hear there's one in innerleithen that's now entirely weld.

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A mate had a pair of trainers whose soles were almost entirely Araldite, and the uppers almost entirely gaffer tape.

He's probbly still wearing them the tight bastard.

5lab, both banshee screams (version 1 and 2) broke at herts 🙂
in fcat the only brand to never break at herts is a norco

Have a chat with Brant, he's redesigning lot's of stuff at the moment - I'm sure he'll need a rider of, errrm, 'American' proportions to give some of the prototypes a good test.

I'd imagine it's going to be components that are beefy enough that will be more of an issue?

RealMan, it's funny that the 2nd bike seems to have been photographed outside an opticians 😆

I reckon a Bullit is a burly frame you could build into a trail bike.

Sort of agree. Mine's taking a right old beating at the minute (its had more abuse in the past 2 months than a year of UK riding for me!) and still seems to be going strong. However the geometry isn't great for a bike you want to be climbing on unless you have a travel adjust fork that will wind in loads - the seat angle is quite slack (about 69 degrees I think) with 180mm forks on it so you can quite easily wheelie it with a 50mm stem up any kind of steep climb. With a tie-down strap holding the fork down to about 130mm it does climb surprisingly well though.

_tom_ - Member
RealMan, it's funny that the 2nd bike seems to have been photographed outside an opticians

LOL thats a poddypic from the High street in Morzine in 2009. We were sat having a beer, when I pointed it out to Peter.

Early 90's GT's, especially with the U-Brake. People still selling them on eBay, the frames never die unless maybe if you stored it in the sea, when it would rust (eventually, maybe 200yrs later). Paint was awesomely tough too (you listening Brant?).
This bike (mine) was rescued from a pawn shop for £40 - it had been sitting outside for 6 months in Bradford and had nearly 20 years of abuse from scallies around Bradford.
Barely any marks in the paint under the grime, built up into an ace looking bike!!
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Josh Bender's monster...

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xiphon - Member

Josh Bender's monster...

I was about to suggest anything [url= http://www.karpiel.com/ ]Karpiel[/url]

snapped a sub zero.
snapped a rockhopper.
bent the seat and chainstays on a 853 rock lobster.

i had a kona hoss deluxe what seemed pretty impervious to damage.
anyone got one to sell?

Yep orange sub zero, you cannot kill it (but it is for sale (sorry ebay content)) if anyone is intreset

After the nuclear apocalypse, the only thing left will be cockroaches, Cliff Richard and Raleigh Grifters.

They'll be using cheep nokia phones as well!

If you can find one a Sinister Ridge is pretty much indestructable. Doesn't matter how heavy you are or how hard you ride, it is like water off a ducks back for the ridge. It is build like a brick lavatory house.

Here was my frame: http://kudos100.pinkbike.com/album/ridge/

It is designed as a 'freeride' hardtail, but can do pretty much anything from long xc rides to downhill and dj. I miss mine but it was too much bike for me 🙁