If you could only have one bike .....

[marshmella]

Yes i was made up to get made redundant...hated the job and got one that i like a week later...and a new bike...jobs a good un

 

[lulubel]

The reason I asked was because I was curious about what people here enjoyed most about cycling, and I thought asking what you'd choose if you could only have one bike was the best way to find out.

My answer is that I like being able to go anywhere, which is why I chose my hardtail MTB over my cyclocross/road bike. The Surly is fantastic fun, and it can take me a lot of places relatively quickly. But the MTB can take me more places - like up rocky trails to the top of mountains - which is why I would choose it if I had to make the choice (although giving up the Surly would be like cutting off my arm).

 

[hoopdriver]

I've already got my always desired bike...my Dawes Galaxy. i always wanted one since 1988 when i saw one in Andersons bike shop Aberdeen (sadly shop has long gone). The price was always out of my reach until 2007 when i got made redundant and splashed out on a brand spanking new galaxy...i was made up

It's nice when you get the bike you always wanted

 

[rb58]

But if I could buy a new bike to replace all the others..... Singular Peregrine built as a drop bar monster cross.

Now, if they did one of those with horizontal drop outs......

 

[rb58]

If it was one binke only, it would be the Enigma. Beautiful to ride - quick and comfortable - but if you wanted to you could put 'guards and racks on it and go off round the world.

 

[jonny jeez]

great minds lulubel.

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/one-bike.116393/

 

[GrumpyGregry]

If it was one binke only, it would be the Enigma. Beautiful to ride - quick and comfortable - but if you wanted to you could put 'guards and racks on it and go off round the world.

but you'd have to stick, more-or-less, to tarmac....

 

[MontyVeda]

i have only one bike... and I only want one bike really.

I did consider buying a Brompton a while back, but only because my bosses were threatening to make me lock my one and only bike out in the cold & rain for another winter.(she suffered a little last winter.. the poor thing)

thankfully they conceded and I am no longer tempted by the adulterous thought of having more than one bike.

monogamy is good for the soul, polygamy isn't.

so yes, one bike for me... and god do i love her


it's a fully rigid steel MTB in shiny silver... exactly* the bike I dreamed about as a nipper, long before the BMX or MTB was seen on these shores.

* it's actually sh!t loads better than the one i dreamed about, that didn't have indexed gears.

 

[rb58]

but you'd have to stick, more-or-less, to tarmac....

Naturally! None of that dirty, smelly, off-roading nonsense round here (not on purpose anyway).

 

[sean8997]

I'm still loving my Merida CC3, great on forest trails, mud etc with my knobblies and just as good on the road with a set of 23's on, a real go anywhere bike, also has lugs for pannier racks.

 

[mcshroom]

Another Dawes here. If i had to give up my other bikes then the Dawes horizon would be the one I kept. It is capable on tarmac, forest trails and non-technical singletrack, can take anything from 23mm slicks to 40mm snow tyres and is comfy.

Then again my avatar shows the sort of riding I like

 

[Crankarm]

I'm still looking. One that comes with a following wind and mudguards.

 

[Crankarm]

My "does everything" bike:

Stick some panniers on and it is good for touring (and the front fork CAN take a rack, as I have put it to the test!), take the rack and mudguards off - and put skinny tyres on - and it is not a bad road bike. And it can do some light off roading too.

Very nice.

Btw welcome back.

 

[Big boy]

For me something practical, make irelavent.

 

[Cycleops]

Interesting all the votes for the Dawes. My secondhand Dawes Discovery was bought for a tenth of the price of my good bike but I really enjoy riding it. Feels solid and reliable and comfortable on the roads around here. Although I would miss the good bike if we happen to ever get a lovely long, dry and warm summer I doubt I would use it much in our wet, mucky winters so if only the one could be kept it would probably be the Dawes too.

I too have to say I am very fond of my old Dawes. Can't tell you what model it is or what tubing as it's been eroneously painted as a Rory O'Brien. Just great to ride.