Bike you didn't get on with ?

[Pumpkin the robot]

My Wilier Izoard XP - I tried so hard once I got it in 2015. The bike looked great but never felt great on the road. It was too staid, too soft and boring, together with always feeling just that little bit too big.

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Once it was mine, not C2W, the Wilier was sold and replaced with a Wilier Montegrappa. The same size officially but felt completely different; better fitting, racier, etc. Definitely harsher to ride but well worth it.

That'll now be sold due to my purchase of a NeilPryde Nazare yesterday.

I loved my Izoard. What kit was it fitted with as the last thing I thought it was would be soft or boring.

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

Ribble winter sportive for me, the one with the blue aluminium frame. Handlebars way too low for me, wheels rubbish, rear wheel bearings shot after about 500 miles, gear change felt stiff, anything more than 23mm tyres wouldn't fit with mudguards. Gave up struggling with it after a year and bought a Ribble sportive 365 frame and swapped the good parts off the old bike over (err, there weren't that many, handlebars, saddle and that's about it). Built up a nice bike with the new frame, which has done about 6,000 miles now.

I built a bike with one of those Ribble blue aluminium frames. I did 15miles on it and stripped everything off it and sold the frame. Horrible thing.

 

[DCLane]

I loved my Izoard. What kit was it fitted with as the last thing I thought it was would be soft or boring.

It had a Shimano Sora groupset and stodgy Wilier wheels. When swapped with an Ultegra crankset, brakes and lighter wheels the Wilier rode better but never felt beyond a basic carbon frame.

 

[TheDoctor]

I built a bike with one of those Ribble blue aluminium frames. I did 15miles on it and stripped everything off it and sold the frame. Horrible thing.

I've got two - one as a hack / touring bike and one as my fast nice-day bike.
I think they're great frames.

 

[Maenchi]

1987 Muddy Fox Courier

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

I've got two - one as a hack / touring bike and one as my fast nice-day bike.
I think they're great frames.

That's the thing with bikes, some people love bikes that others hate. It would be very bland if everyone liked and hated the same things.

 

[xzenonuk]

Ever brought a bike and quickly thought nah this isn't for me ?

We hear so much as sportive bikes , race geometry, aggressive position ? - some of it marketing hype.

So I wonder if anyone has ever swapped bike purely due to frame geometry

yeh easy question, i bought a muddy fox full susser from argos for 200 quid as i wanted a new bike and knew nothing, i had a ridgeback 602 ex from the 80s which destroyed it in every way possible.

i got a full refund for it after a few months and went and bought a rock rider 540 the same day lol

trying to maintain and keep that peice of crap working taught me a lot though, eg tuning gears brakes and changing bottom brackets etc

 

[steveindenmark]

Bachetta Giro 26....the broomstick. I just couldnt get used to my feet being that high. My next recumbent will be a Baron lowracer.

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[SuperHans123]

I tend to try and broach whichever subject is getting between us and we usually come to a sensible compromise. We usually get along ok for a bit after that.

 

[ianrauk]

I tend to try and broach whichever subject is getting between us and we usually come to a sensible compromise. We usually get along ok for a bit after that.

I'm having that argument with my Brompton at the moment.
We seem to have come to an understanding for now - we both need each other - but it's a fine line between love and hate :-)

 

[MossCommuter]

I do all of my commuting on a Genesis Day One Disc, I love it, but it only has one gear so it made sense that for hills a Genesis CdF of the same model year would be perfect.

I was wrong. Did no more than 150 miles before it was sold on for half what I paid new.

 

[Levo-Lon]

This , i was told i needed a 54....no i needed a 52/53 tops
It was ok but it just hurt.

 

[mustang1]

I've liked all my bikes all the way from being a kid all the way to the latest bunch of bikes I have as an adult.

But the ones I've liked the least we're the CX ones though I think they would have been much nicer after wheel upgrades.

 

[bonzobanana]

Bought a Giant Revive many years ago because of its futuristic looks. A ebay auction win. On the first ride realised I truly hated it. Not only did you look like a complete idiot on it but it was heavy and very slow so people had time to see you as an idiot. The ride quality was terrible in that it was more spongy than a cheap dual suspension bike and going up steep hills felt like the front wheel had lost all traction a bit like the old Chopper except without the bonus that you could do easy wheelies. Still absolutely adore the look of them though. Sold on for what I paid for it I think give or take and it was an experience I don't regret but not a keeper for me.

 

[swee'pea99]

Bought a Giant Revive many years ago because of its futuristic looks. A ebay auction win. On the first ride realised I truly hated it. Not only did you look like a complete idiot on it but it was heavy and very slow so people had time to see you as an idiot. The ride quality was terrible in that it was more spongy than a cheap dual suspension bike and going up steep hills felt like the front wheel had lost all traction a bit like the old Chopper except without the bonus that you could do easy wheelies. Still absolutely adore the look of them though. Sold on for what I paid for it I think give or take and it was an experience I don't regret but not a keeper for me.

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Wow, that is one fugly bike.