A new bike is a long way off for me but wondered what others are thinking of getting?
If I could I think I'd have a Stanton switchback frame in that amazing green
I miss my Cove Stiffee. As Cove no longer sell them I am waiting to see what the replacements will be
I am waiting patiently for my Bird Zero (they are waiting for its forks to arrive in the UK).
It arrived the other day 😀
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May be a good way off yet (based on the Puffin delivery timeline), but mine'll be a Rooster...can't wait 🙂
I want a Stooge ......
Only reason I haven't ordered yet is that I have just built up a titus carbon ftm and
the missus would go mental 🙂
Like the retro elastomer shock shredder
I'm going to get a Bambike!
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Cyclocross. Probably with discs, and I'd like a frame that's a bit out of the ordinary (last out of the ordinary bike was a Ritchey P-650b).
Bike after that will be a ~120mm full suss 650b fun bike, only other requirement is that it needs to have bottle cage mounts.
Willing to take suggestions on either!
EDIT: Hang on, I forgot I promised myself a retro road bike with my first paycheck.
Dialled Alpine I think, but it wont be for at least a year so I will have changed my mind by then
Was toying with either a Stanton Sherpa or Switchback..... But now I have an urge to go back to basics and build a rigid SS like a Singular Swift. Or maybe something that doesn't begin with "S"
got a bit sick of all the industry techno bs so going to keep it simple.
Planet X flat bar carbon cross to replace my Giant hybrid.
Roadie content: I am constantly on the lookout for a Dave Lloyd Concept90 frame and forks.
I also have a hankering for a Shand Stoater in some form.
I'd love a Santa Cruz Nomad but quite fancy/think I'll go for a Canyon strive if they release a 650b alu version.
The way things are going I'll be reducing no increasing 😐
Genesis Flyer. Due in September.
Voodoo Hoodoo from Halfords - £324 currently - bargtastic!
Genesis croix de fer. Lovely bike.
Giant trance - at some point in the next 2 months. I might even go back to flats as well. I like a challenge!
Can't think of anything but a new 575. But will they still be making them or will the stupid horrible magic link garbage replace the wonderful 575?
Prob get a 2nd hand one if they do.
T-129S if everything goes to plan.
I just finished my Cotic build and i'm super happy with it and get a few nice comments whilst on the trail. Now i have a fat bike itch that will not go away , i need and i mean need a Surly Pugsly ops in Khaki , i will camp up the paint and a brooks saddle and leather grips then i will be happy . I might have to sell my Cannondale beast of the East 97 to help fund though? i already sold a vintage scooter . Just got to persuade the wife( pregnant ) ??
Can't think of anything but a new 575. But will they still be making them or will the stupid horrible magic link garbage replace the wonderful 575?
Prob get a 2nd hand one if they do.
I seem to recall reading their website recently (whilst pondering & trying to find out whether I'd kill my asr5c in les deux alpes), which said the 575 will always have a place in the lineup, but it would be 650b.
As for my next bike - I doubt there'll be one unless I kill what I've got now. I just can't justify the price these days. That said, a French guy who was racing the Mtn of hell this weekend was camped next to me with a Focus Sam 1.0 & that was just lovely in the flesh. I think I could spec a fairly special Nicolai with tuned suspension for the price though.
The other thing I noticed whilst out in France is that 27.5 (or 650b) & 29ers seem to be making sod all impact (the Sam 1.0 being one of very few seen). Yes there are some, but they're in such a minority as to be insignificant numbers wise. Interesting - I wonder if we Brits are little too marketing led.
i wanted a tripster atr....i didnt want to wait for it. so put it on hold.
if i get a good outcome from my heart op i am gonna buy some big mofo enduro bike.
any reccommendations?
Well just replaced my 2011 Salsa El Mariachi frame with a 2014 Salsa El Mariachi frame! Bargintastic from the bay with colour matched Chris King headset to boot, hopefully I will have it built up this weekend.
YT Industries Capra.
Can't justify it, but nearly clicked buy last week.
Spitfire frame coming later in summer
i would love one of them 650b Explosifs in raw.........
Rocky Mountain Element will be the next and last for a while. Until I want something else...
I realised last week that I'm actiually really happy with the bikes I already own (and have just bought my first house so can't afford another!) although I am going to treat my Blur 4X to a refresh, including bringing it up to full enduro spec with fresh powder coat in fluro yellow 🙂
Would quite like a tripster ATR though if my numbers came up on the lotto!
There's an SS Niner in my shed for the last week that I've been mucking about on, and I think a steel SS 29er is now on the list. Maybe a Swift or a Stooge.
Just ordering the bits to go on my new Stanton sherpa, in the green.... This WILL be the last bike I buy for quite a while....
Purchased it Saturday, bought a Niner RLT to run as SSCX, been loving my SS Mtb so much lately it seemed the next logical step, just waiting on a biocentric II bottom bracket then the built will just about be finished. Disc and singlespeed the traditionalists will be crying.
Just sold my DH bikes so I could buy a YT Wicked comp and also got a C456 frame which will have most parts moved from my canyon nerve AM onto it.
Just waiting for delivery of everything now 😀
It would take a lot to part with my '08 S-Works Enduro at the moment, as I have it just about perfect.
If I'm feeling flush in the next few months though, it will be a Santa Cruz Nomad Carbon frame to replace the S-Works, or a Production Privee Shan full build
Ice VTX or really push the boat out and get a sinner mango.
T-130 works...
Unsure If I can bring myself to sell my dialled alpine though...
Ready in less than 2 weeks :))
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Most likely a Patriot 66 or something very similiar- big, inexpensive and idiotproof. Selling the dh bikes and will be left with a set of wheels, some drivetrain and some lyriks, perfect.
Ideal world? A Remedy 29er. Or a 26er Zumbi maybe. But not happening 🙁
sarpullido - Where did you get a rear tyre to match the frame? 😉
Just pulling together the parts to rebuild the scultura comp frame I bought from here (and fixed) a little while ago...
Santa Cruz Tallboy Alu/Carbon C or C (most likely the alloy) if funds allow, failing that a bargain priced end of 2014 line RM Element is on the possible list to compliment the Blur LTc for more XC racing (4 day and 2 day stage races in back to back in November/December)
When my Yeti SB66 cracks for last time (third swingarm has cracked) I'll be stepping up to an SB6c.
Hahaaah!! Wiggles, it's an special edition.
Custom Ti fat
Bought mine over the weekend.
A Boardman CX comp thing, which despite the obvious road bike feel is surprisingly capable off road.
Very impressed.
Custom ti road frame with Alfine Di2, belt drive, carbons bars/forks/post/rims, dynamo lights, hydraulic brakes, full guards.
It's going to be the ultimate zero-maintenance all-year round commuting bike which can also do training and touring 😀
Cheers, Rich
what to do what to do
im ready for a change, theres nowt wrong with my 2013 stereo but its looking a bit battered and bruised these days. its pretty much been upgraded in every department with high end gear so could really do with just a frame swap, but struggling to find a 160mm travel trail bike i like, preferably carbon, thats available in frame only, that i dont need a mortgage for? so maybe i should buy a full bike, do a frame swap and sell the new bits on fleabay? but im certain id loose money doing this? Another thought was to just get a re-spray? i read about that place in Bury that does a good job on carbon frames? but to be honest i fancy something a bit more prestigious anyway (although if its good enough for NIko Lau....).... the final option would be to just weigh in the trail bike altogether and buy a big DH rig instead!! then maybe upgrade my HT a little bit for general trail duties.... hmmm, first world problems
YT TUES DH bike... Should be here in a couple of weeks.
A SoloC or a Zumbi f11 depending on funds.
Second hand ASR5c frame to replace my alu one, and a Croix de Fer to replace my Pompetamine. Neither is likely to happen in the next 5 years though!
Nicolai ion16 650b custom is gonna be my next bike. Ordering it at the beginning of August since it's my birthday then
I want Cotic to produce a 29er version of the Rocket, love my Solaris, but would love to try FS again (despite living in Norfolk and having no need for it)
^^^ they have built a prototype!
^^^^Delivered sometime after Hope's integrated freehub cassette and the current out of stock rocket?
I dont know. I want something to replace my Orange 5 so approx 140/150mm trail bike that can stand the annual alps pilgramage. Thing is Im struggling to find something that fits the bill without being stupid expensive. Thought about the new Canyon strive, but the one I would want has already sold out to the point where there is no estimatedd delivery date.
Could be going back to a Covert if the planets align.. ...
mental list of three
cargo bike for taking 2 small people to nursery
disc crosser for winter commuting / maybe a bit of actual cross !! (this is less likely)
29er like a parkwood (only if the blue one dies which it isn't going to soon)
The only thing I fancy is the new Dialled Alpine. More than happy with my Mk1 but, I do worry whether I will be able to buy new forks for it when I want to. Suppose I could get a new headtube welded to it to take tapered forks!!
Maybe a Transition Bandit. Red. I like them too.
Heres mine. Just come out of oven. Cotic Soul bought from here...stripped and coated by me...i'm calling the colour Sagan Green!!! Gonna build up as winter bike..just needs stickering up.
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Eh!?
There isn't really a new bike on the horizon, but I'd love one of those new Genesis Equilibrium Disc Ti numbers. Or a Kinesis Tripster.
I've just bought a Salsa El Mariachi frame and fork on eBay. Going to be a long process of building it up due to limited bike finances.
Thinking of making it single speed at first (and when that makes me cry too much I'll go buy some gears 🙂
Got myself a commuter/ winter bitch off ebay. Just waiting to collect it in a few weeks.
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It'll be a DH/FR bike of some description. Either a Specialized Status, Morewood Izumi (sp?) or an NS Soda Air.
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Comfy, quick, drop bars, discs and dyno lighting and a trial-run for a few things. Should be built up in a few days.
Equilibrium Disk Limited Edition ordered and my Whyte 29-C build is 99% finished, good times 😀
Giant Defy Advanced 2015...Disk.
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Waiting for bits for Me Stooge. 29+ front...
I'd love a Kinesis Maxlight Sync Ti. It would have to be a Medium sized frame though, with 650b wheels rather than 29.
Oh! I don't know!
I got a Surly Karate Monkey at the beginning of the year after years on 26in wheeled 'ardcore 'ardtails, and I really like it.
So was thinking something a bit like the Ragley Blue Pig that I still have but with big wheels...so a On-One Parkwood or Chromag Rootdown if I was feeling flush.
Have also been toying with the idea of a steel CX bike with discs, Surly Straggler for example.
After spending some time on the Ragley in the last week or so, I have bee reminded what a hoot that bike is. Which has planted the seed of getting a nicer possibly slightly more hardcore hardtail...
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Have finally started accumulating parts to build my Dialed Prince Albert, a fine 26-er in Reynolds steel !
I want a bigger bike, thinking a GT Sanction, or Kona Process..
2014 Orange Alpine is my next new frame, well i picked it up yesterday. With a RS Monarch Plus RC3 debonair shock on it. 🙂
26" as well.
A 7 year old Nicolai Helius FR, and a 1 year old Salsa El Mariachi Ti in place of my Voodoo D-jab and belt-drive Kona A (I've got to sell to comply with 1-in, 1-out in terms of space and money)
if all goes to plan.
Either a 5010c or depending how the switch infinity holds up a Yeti SB5c. Having two mtbs is taking a lot of work and money to keep them sweet so awfully tempted to sell both and get something new.
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Looking good Mal-ec! Can't wait to get mine built...
What bars are those?
Most likely a new road bike, Madone 7-series, Emonda SLR or a Cvndsh Venge I reckons.