One Bike Only

[Justinslow]

Probably one with a nice big powerful engine and an all time classic.

Sorry wrong forum, but it’d be my choice

 

[FishFright]

My only bike wouldn't be a bike , it would be my ICE VTX trike , more smiles per mile than any of my 7 bikes and the Trice

 

[Drago]

Probably one with a nice big powerful engine and an all time classic.

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Sorry wrong forum, but it’d be my choice

2 decades and and still monstrous.

 

[Justinslow]

2 decades and and still monstrous.

Yep, mad isn’t it, 20 years ago. It and the Blade before it changed everything.

 

[Thorn Sherpa]

My 26" wheeled Thorn Sherpa steel tourer

Snap my Sherpa ticks all the right boxes for me, it's the only bike I have at the moment

 

[Bodhbh]

It'd be something like a Surly Ogre, with loads of braze-on and tyre clearance. I'd run it 27.5+ for off-road, and 29 with slicks/touring/ice tyres for the otherstuff.

The other option is to have some framework done on my Raleigh 20, so it takes discs and run different wheelsets. Less good for off-roading - although it has clearance for 20 x 2.15 in the back and more in the front - but with the fold you don't have to worry about it getting nicked so much.

 

[User33236]

Only one bike!! I’ve never heard a more absurd suggestion!!

 

[Thomson]

As a new cyclist with one hybrid bike. That just goes to work and back sits in the workshop all day. Lent up against things. Cleaned once a week. I am already planning to buy another one that is just for summers day cycles. A road bike that's lighter. Always kept clean. Not wearing my work stuff. No time or route to follow etc.
Means the hybrid can do its job.
And the road bike can do its job.

 

[NorthernDave]

This:

My Giant Contend SL1 Disc. Still blown away by how it rides, it just feels 'quality' and like it wants to go all day.
It's got hydraulic disks, 105, currently fitted with 25's but will take 28s (or apparently, some 32s), tubeless ready wheels if I decide to go down that route.

I reckon I could live with that if I was only allowed one bike. Which is obviously ridiculous as who can cope with just one bike?

 

[jowwy]

Lots of people struggling with the concept of only one bike here.........it only a hypothetical question. No one is going to take all your other bikes away. Especially not mine lol

 

[burntoutbanger]

As a new cyclist with one hybrid bike. That just goes to work and back sits in the workshop all day. Lent up against things. Cleaned once a week. I am already planning to buy another one that is just for summers day cycles. A road bike that's lighter. Always kept clean. Not wearing my work stuff. No time or route to follow etc.
Means the hybrid can do its job.
And the road bike can do its job.

That's how it starts....

 

[Heltor Chasca]

My Surly Disc Trucker and a selection of tyres.

 

[Fab Foodie]

My custom Rourke.... or maybe the Brommie.
Thinking about it, it’s a bloody stupid question.

 

[Maenchi]

There is no 'if'.....and it is a 27.5, hardtail with front suspension and two sets of wheels, and is kept immaculately clean... ( maybe not as serious as you folks with stable of bikes, but serious enough for people to say, 'that's a serious bike' although that has been said about previous bikes I've owned)............and when I had n+1 I never had the time to keep them all up to standard......one is enough, one for all and all for one............

 

[Dave 123]

Hmmmmm...... to cover the most bases it would be our Thorn Raven twin tandem. Not the fastest bike ever, but we could get a long way in comfort!