I demo’d an Orange 5 and absolutely loved it but bought a Transition Bandit. The simple reason being that I wanted something a bit different from the norm.

(FWIW the Bandit is nearly 3 years old and I love it more than ever).

Why did you lot not buy the bike that made you smile?

I don’t test ride bikes so they only bikes I’ve ever “loved” have been my own

Cos they never have my size.

C’mon, I’ve seen you riding up and down the aisles in Toys’R’Us

I predict like many others… Because it was too expensive!

What mike said

Because the shop I demoed it from were so bad tempered and unhelpful I wasn’t willing to spend money in there and at the time buying it anywhere else would have been a pain as they were just coming into the country.

Oh, and more recently a trek stache because money

Because it’d probably kill me.