I took out my Wilier on Sunday for the first time since my accident, as I have been using my CX almost exclusively for my riding.

Anyway, I was SO impressed by how it rides. I flipping LOVE my bike.

Since purchase three years ago, I have upgraded: wheels (Fulcrum Racing 3s); bars and stem (integrated aero Deda carbon); seat post (FSA K-Force carbon); groupset (Campagnolo Potenza); chainset (FSA Gossamer 53/39), and it rides like nothing I have ever ridden before.

Had I have had more money, I might have bought a different bike – and will probably go for disc brakes with my next bike – but by upgrading, I have been able to do things as I could afford to, and now I have something pretty close to my dream.

Anyway, this picture doesn’t show all of the changes, but it is a nice one nonetheless.

Join me in admiration, then show yours. Oh, and tell us a little about it.

This is my FlareMAX. Built from frame up with basically the bit’s I wanted, without going crazy i.e. XTR or AXS etc. I love it because to my eyes, it looks awesome, it puts a massive smile on my face everytime I ride it and it takes me amazing places.

Basically what he said 😀

My Solaris,

2 months old and without doubt the best mtb I’ve ever owned.

FFs, send pics when I get head round.

My t130. How it’s got me down some trails I have no idea, but remarkably I’m still alive.
It’s like having a pro rider whispering to you on the way down.

My Alpine6 being attached to the autonomous uplift vehicle, in Al Haouz, Morocco, about 10 days ago.

My SolarisMAX. first bike I’ve built from scratch and got it just the way i wanted it. Missed the last of the large frames in Feb so had to wait until late July to get one.

I also took advantage of evans cycle to work to get most of the parts a bit cheaper.

My Solaris. Absolutely this bike, it’s the only mtg I have at the moment, but I want one of the Flare Max’s up there…..

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No idea how to embed images, but my Trek Fuel Ex. Rubbish photo and a very average bike compared to most on here, but had my first ride in a fair few months yesterday and still buzzing from it. Ride road in Summer so yesterday must have been first mtb ride for 3 months.
Was thinking of getting rid of it for a hard tail, but yesterday reminded me of how much I love riding it.

My Five29, Dated by modern standards but does everything these new fangled bikes do and I love it.

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Newly built winter steed, No exotic location pics as I’ve hardly ridden the bugger since it was built..first impressions are ace though.

To RELIABLY post an image on STW.

Go to https://postimages.org/ on mobile or PC.

Upload image, you don’t have to create an account but handy if you do as you’re pics will stay live on the forum “forever”.

Press the Copy tab next to “hotlink for forums”

Paste that directly into here. You are soon done.👍

On the SDW this August. Hence taped up emergency bivvy and flap jacks etc.Lol

Jeffsy 29er carbon. Bought the frame secondhand with secondhand Pikes and shock.

I changed all 11 suspension bearings and both shock bushes. Pressed on new Hope BB etc. Totally rebuilt.

Mostly new/take off and second hand parts… Apart from all the drivetrain which is new excluding the cranks. GX care and mech, X01 (I think shifter).

Brands X dropper, of course with Bonty shifter. Better late than the ZTTO shifter I have… Imo. Hope Pro 4’s on Alex rims. A new/take off from an Orange I believe. They and have been great.

It’s my pride and joy and will be rested up soon for the Winter whilst I use my Bizango which is riddled with mudguards etc.👍

Best bike I have ever owned, just awesome… that said the cheap whyte hardtail I have just bought is making me smile so much every time I ride it….not taken any pictures of that bike yet mind

@russyh
Lovely stealthy looking ride mate. Class.

I may have bought some of my Jeffsy stuff from you.Lol

I may have bought some of my Jeffsy stuff from <span class=”skimlinks-unlinked”>you.Lol</span>

Thank you for the kind words about the bike!

i actually owned a Jeffsy, that was a great bike as well.  Made even better with the addition of a coil shock.

Post ride ferry waiting, supplies for the trip at the ready.

Two years old now but still brings a smile to my face when I get on it.

Got the frame (Cannondale supersix HM) for a bargaintastic £750 brand new (these normally retail at £2k) then scoured the internet for others deals to come up for the rest of the bike. Got a full DA9000 groupset from Planet X for £750 but sold the chainset for £200 (already had a Sram red chainset with a stages PM) finishing kit is a carbon DEDA set. The wheels are LB tubeless rims laced onto DA hubs. Weight all in is 6.8kg. A tour spec bike that cost me £2.2k.

Gotta love an Italian road bike SaxonRider!

And here’s mine…

Took it out weekend before last for the first time this year! Ended up riding it Friday, Saturday and Sunday and doing about 135 miles across the 3 days on it! I’m not a roadie per se, but I’d forgotten just how much I love that bike. Ridden many nice road bikes over the years (previous road bike I owned was a Wilier Zero7 actually, pic below) but nothing to match my Colnago! Had it advertised for sale for a while cos I wasn’t riding it, but glad I didn’t sell it now…

And here’s my Evil… Not had as much use this year as it should have, but just got back last night from a 3 day weekend in Mid Wales where it put me through my paces a little…

The perfect allround 29er trail bike IMO! Love it…

My brand x frame built up as a cheap winter hardtail, find i am riding it more than my full sus bike lately as it does all i need.

ps cheers to  poopscoop above, my first ever pic post.

Loving the BRAND X frame.

Goes off to look if still available…

Mine and the wife’s bikes on the SDW above Cocking. The Devinci Atlas is mine, the Stumpy is hers. She’s had loads of surgery on knaxkered knees over the last few years so it’s been ages since she’s been able to mountain bike properly, which was a shame to say the least as she’d been getting the swing of enduro racing and doing well. This summer has been the first for ages that we’ve been able to get our off road together, has hit my mileage as I’ve been doing shorter rides with her rather than big long fast ones on my own but it’s been really fun seeing her enjoying it so much.

The best hardtail I’ve ever owned, helps keeps my full sus in great condition!

Cotic BFe

My home designed, giant fella compatible, chi ti LLS 29+/fattie hardtail. So good, so versatile, just an amazing bike. love it. Its done Swiss alps, PdS, all local trails so far this year and has resulted in my full suspension being donated to my son. I don’t seem to need another bike (but do have a few different sets of wheels 🙂 )

Complete with large balding me for scale.

After swapping bikes / frames for many years, I finally listened to reason and sold everything to buy the one bike that I wanted.

Trouble is, I still had some bits left so I bought the frame that last got my attention as well.

OUr tandem. We have just had so much fun on it, it brings us closer together as a couple, it takes us to so many great places, its just fun

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Its a cannondale MT 800 but not much of the original bike is left bar the frame and cranksets. rohloff hub, big discs with hope 6 pots, ‘zocchi z1 lite fork, thudbuster.

My Singular Swift. It’s a bit of a tank for what’s basically a gravel bike but very nice all the same. I haven’t had a new bike for years and it’s evolved into what it is (some parts are 3 or 4 bikes old).

Wondering if I ought to save up for a ‘proper’ gravel bike.

ATB/ruffty tuffty tourer/bike I ride the most (Longitude MK1 29er, rigid, full XTR, Brooks Pro seat)

I got it this summer, it had 60 dry miles on it. It came from a gent who sadly had to quit cycling owing to a botched surgical procedure. I’m coming back to cycling owing to long-term injury so it was a ‘handing on the baton’ kind of thing. Having had to sell my long-underused Vagabond in order to purchase this one it was a fair leap of faith that this would do the trick. I was torn between the two bikes. Maiden voyage pictured here was a solo camping expedition to the South Shropshire Hills. Happily for me it turns out it really is a great bike to ride. Neutral relaxed geo, running gear like clockwork, lugs cargo with a shrug, and when unladen is lightish and game for fun. A true do it all, and doesn’t look too bad in that ‘putty’ colour, in my biased opinion.

Here’s my custom 2017 Mega 275.
Really pleased with how this turned out – climbs better than I expected and goes like stink down – it’s way faster than I am.

This one:

Liteville 601 bought as a frame only.
Started life as a 26″ then 27.5/26 now full 27.5″.
Gradually upgraded stuff and now on 12 speed XT, debonair Yari’s, Mojo fire-sale X2 etc.
Can’t come to change the cranks (with my custom 1x caps) which are now on their 3rd bike.

Seen me right for local loops & was a blast at Whistler a couple of years ago.

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Hardtailing Mallorca’s endless rock gardens. I was feeling rusty but with a few tweaks the Zero AM is feeling badass. Pike still at 150mm but with -2 deg headset for max gnarr ability. Magic Mary 2.35 front, DHR2 2.3 rear, with Rimpact foam inserts – never ridden anywhere so dry yet so lacking in grip! Fatbar Lite 40mm rise, 770mm wide with Deathgrips. Revive 185mm dropper and Hope Tech 3 E4 brakes to save me on the steep stuff. GX Eagle gives plenty of gear range to get up the trails but doesn’t solve the traction problem with dust and loose rocks. Cotic frame bag, Fabric bottle and saddle bag so no pack needed. It is HOT here.

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Had my MK5 Soul for around a year now and absolutely love it! My T130 hardly gets ridden, it’s just plain awesome. I liked the BFe I had years ago but it was a tank and too small, this fits like a glove, is way lighter and I think it looks the dogs too. Just need the matching Escapade now!

My CX bike seeing as the season has started.

In bikepacking guise:

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