Do bikes give off a certain vibe?

[derrick]

I ride a bianchi as my road bike spesialized as my mtb and claud butler commuter, feel good on all of them, might not be fittest rider on here but who gives a s**t, i enjoy cycling.

 

[cyberknight]

Glad i do not have any preferance about bikes, as others have said as long as it works then the rest is asthetics.Some bikes do look more pleasing to the eye but its down to the engine turning the pedals.
As Mercxx said " Don`t buy upgrades...Ride up grades ".

 

[Boris Bajic]

I find all this hoo-ha about brands quite tiresome...

I ride a bespoke Italian roadbike, so I'm above all that brand-based snobbery.

Furthermore, I can't bear people who generalise and who categorise riders according to their bike.

That sort of behaviour is absolutely typical of the sort of loser who rides a Trek or a Cube. They're all the same, that lot.

No better than those ghastly types who pose around on Colnago and Pinarello if you ask me...

 

[tyred]

What does my Raleigh Twenty say about me?

On second thoughts, don't answer...

 

[Globalti]

The first time I heard the name Specialized I thought it was an excellent name for a bike; still do, which is why I have two Specialized bike, probably...

 

[Muttley]

I have a C2W scheme Carrrea Vanquish and a Felt F6 and I love em both !

 

[I like Skol]

Where do GT bikes fit into the hierarchy? I have 3 of them and they are mid-top end of the ranges.

 

[Boris Bajic]

Where do GT bikes fit into the hierarchy? I have 3 of them and they are mid-top end of the ranges.

Well... Where indeed? Need one add that by asking such a question you have answered it most eloquently.

GT bikes? GT bikes? One doesn't like to draw on tired stereotypes, but these really are the very nadir of bicycling excellence.

In that way, we find them well suited to their owners; but as I've already said, I don't like to generalise.

 

[Night Train]

My bike has a bit of a vibe, especially when I ride it over cobbles!

 

[HLaB]

My kinesis used to give of a certain vibe, the headset was loose.

 

[MrJamie]

I find it interesting that cycling is so brand intense, with people paying crazy money for certain names on their kit and reports of people being treated poorly/differently at clubs based on their bike being common. Yet outside of cycling itself theres almost no knowledge of the branding or advertising. When i first decided to replace my knackered old bike with a hybrid for fitness cycling, all the brands were unknown to me, so picking a brand was down to largely irrelevant pros and cons.

I went with a Giant over a Spec/Trek in the end based on price, but it could have just as easily gone the other way. My next bike will probably be a CX or road bike, as long as it has drops decent ratios and can manage trails well, brand will be picked on equipment/price.

 

[MrGrumpy]

I was reading another thread in another forum and it was more bragging about how much they had spent on a bike and more about looks than anything else. I came to the conclusion that the majority probably never went out on their bike for fear of it getting dirty,scratched and/or blowing out there erse at the first hill .

 

[I like Skol]

Well...... these really are the very nadir of bicycling excellence.

I had to look up that word and I'm still not sure I know quite what you mean but I will assume it is complimentary

nadir [ˈneɪdɪə ˈnæ-]
n
1. (Astronomy) the point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer and diametrically opposite the zenith
2. the lowest or deepest point; depths the nadir of despair
[from Old French, from Arabic nazīr as-samt, literally: opposite the zenith]

 

[Pennine-Paul]

Modern bikes do nothing for me I'm afraid,
I had an aluminium framed road bike a few years ago,
It was light,accelerated well but ultimately soulless.

I prefer lugged steel it rides so much nicer and they're
much more elegant looking than modern bikes

 

[steveindenmark]

Electric bikes..............

Picture of some doddery old geezer going down the local shop with a basket on the front to get his milk and papers.

I have one. I also have a Trek Road bike and ICE trike, a Kickbike and a Bacchetta Giro 26.

The electric bike is great for when you just want to take it easy as you bomb over the farm tracks and forest roads, without making every ride a training session. It has taken hell of a battering over the last year but is still going strong.

Steve