One that is a little different and stands out as individual
What makes a great bike?
- Thread starter ChrisEyles
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One that is a little different and stands out as individual
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ChrisEyles
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Good answers all round! And glad to see the love of the old steelies is still strong 
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ChrisEyles
Guru
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- Devon
Oh no you can't ;P ... ... OK, maybe you can these days, but DT shifters still do it for me!
DooDah
Veteran
- Location
- France, now Northamptonshire
As Mr H Says. It does not matter what it costs or what it is made of, it is the one that makes you smile
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
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Of course there's also an easy answer to the question... a great bike is the one you're riding, right now
that's pretty much the top and bottom of it... assuming one likes the bike they're riding.
I bought a 2nd hand Orange P7 in 2000 and immediately loved everything about it... they way it looks, the way it rides, the indexed gears... i felt like a kid on xmas day. Fourteen years later and still don't want any other bike. But people keep telling me...
"You wanna put suspension forks on that" no i don't (the F7 fork is gorgeous)
"You wanna put skinny slick tyres on that" no i don't (it's an MTB FFS)
"You wanna get a lighter alloy frame" no i don't (steel is real)
"You wanna put disc brakes on that" no i don't (my brakes work fine)
"You really should go clipless." no i shouldn't (pull up power is a bit of a myth)
Why can't people just accept that i like my bike as it is... and hope to still be riding it when I'm a pensioner.
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ChrisEyles
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- Devon
Right on! Hehe, just reading that's made me want to go try riding one - though I'd probably take it straight into the nearest tree if off the road!
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Nah, you've just described an Ordinary bike, not a great bike.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Nah, you've just described an Ordinary bike, not a great bike.
Ok, with a carbon frame?
Oh! Yes you can, down tube are just so yesterday.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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- Armonmy Way
That would be a very special kind of ordinary.
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Building your own with a well researched set of components, makes it feel special every time you look at it, never mind ride it. And of course knowing it's probably unique.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
a nice steel road bike all the way for me , although the last 2 days have been spent riding a steel MTB
Peteaud
Veteran
- Location
- South Somerset
One with air in the tyres.
