What *is* your personal n+1 bike? (Pics please)

[Adam4868]

I'm not really keen on red,but I like this bike.Not the wheels though 😁

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[the_mikey]

I mean I do quite fancy a Trek Madone, or a Giant TCR advanced pro1, or something fancy, and then there's the Tern GSD!

 

[MahatmaAndhi]

I'm comin' straight outta Brompton.

 

[raleighnut]

I was about to order my dream bike/frame before I broke my leg, Mercian 'Audax Special' light tourer

 

[ianrauk]

I agree. It also looks fantastic in the graphite colour they sell it in.

I’m just not sure about the green/pink fade colour scheme.

Agreed. Looks like tubes have been made with toothpaste.

 

[Hover Fly]

It’s not built yet, but lugless, 631OS, and fitted out with the best from the late 80s or early nineties, Suntourgears, Campagnolo large flange Triomphe hubs, (I know where there is a pair NOS). Just got to decide on the builder and color.

 

[PapaZita]

I was about to order my dream bike/frame before I broke my leg, Mercian 'Audax Special' light tourer

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I used to love Mercian’s online frame customiser app. My n+1 might look a bit like this:

 

[raleighnut]

I used to love Mercian’s online frame customiser app. My n+1 might look a bit like this:

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They're only about 20 miles away from me, there was a local shop (Sid Mottram's) used to have gorgeous bikes in the window. The 'top of the range' bikes frames in there were built for him by Mercian Cycles, I think the cheaper ones were Holdsworth built (all badged as 'Sid Mottram' Leicester though)

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Why are so many bikes now this matt grey colour scheme? I find them a bit boring, but I guess there must be a very good number of folk who love them.

It's a shame isn't it, I think it's probably just that grey or black are the least divisive colours and therefore least likely to sit in stock than say, lime green. It's not necessarily that people actively prefer it over anything else, or that's my suspicion. Your Trek is lovely, but it would be lovelier still in red, or purple, or *something* funky!

My daughter is glad that the palette on the Trek children's range is more diverse... her N+1 was always "anything, so long as it's pink and purple".

 

[BalkanExpress]

I know, I love the red and white it's gorgeous, and I'd probably get that, but that colour way just pops out in a way I really like too.

The Green/Pink reminds me of a colour scheme Gazelle used in the 1990’s but with a current twist

 

[Jimidh]

I took delivery of this on Thursday. Ridden it twice now and it’s awesome.

Unfortunately it will be in the garage for the next 6 weeks as I came off another bike yesterday and I’m now nursing a wee broken collarbone.

 

[Gunk]

My finished N+1 with new bar tape and reunited with it’s original Campag Gran Sport 5 Speed Rear derailleur. It rides as good as it looks!

 

[bitsandbobs]

Mason Definition. Lovely bit of speedy aluminium!

 

[Reynard]

My N+1 is maybe a little bit less exotic... It's something that doesn't quite exist yet - I have specs in mind, it's just getting the bits and building the bike. Basically I want a MTB but with gearing for the flat as a winter / mucky road / crappy road surface bike that has the capability to do some trails and bridleways.

13 inch hardtail frame & forks
26 inch wheels, maybe 24, it's kind of borderline given the frame size
Disc brakes, not fussed whether mechanical or hydraulic
44-32-22 triple up front
11-34 nine speed on the back
Trigger shifters

I've been thinking about this for a good year and a half now. Trouble is, a lot of junior bikes are too small / have the wrong gearing / only single chainring, and the adult bikes are too big. Don't see the point of buying a new bike only to strip half the components off, so looking for a used bike as a donor. Plus it will likely be the least used bike in my fleet, so I don't want to spend oodles. Budget for this is quite tight.

 

[DCBassman]

11-34 nine speed on the back

Something I found when sorting both mine to 9-speed is that the 11-34t and 11-36t cassettes, if Shimano, have some uneven jumps between ratios. But the cassette does come in 12-36t, and this version is pretty smooth right across, and give you two extra teeth to boot!
Edit: if you can do with 8-speed 11-34 and don't mind said gear jumps too much, then I have the cassette and appropriate flat-bar shifters/brakes just sitting here in a box. And the rd, come to that...The levers work fine on mechanical discs.