What makes you most happy about your bike?

[VintageRuby]

I'd like to know , what makes you most happy about your bike?
I've just got a new-to-me bike and the thing that makes me most happy about it (apart from the lush colour) is

That the shifters look like dials on a car dashboard my inner 8 year old is ecstatically happy not least because it means when i'm on this one i don't have to lean down to shift, as my other bike is vintage so the shifters are on the downtube

She's not a bad bike considering she was only £10 , and not a lot needed doing apart from a general TLC and a friend had some pink cable outers so i changed them over

So, what makes you happy?

 

[ianrauk]

Yeah you gotta like those dials. Marvellous.

What makes me most happy about my bike?
All of it... Over 3 years old and I can still just sit there and stare at the beauty of it. How sad is that

 

[CanucksTraveller]

My banana yellow bar tape, not sure why but that's my favourite bit on the bike... possibly because it's right in your eye line the whole time, and it's a cheery colour.

 

[Drago]

My Felt, the embossed Felt logo on every tiny part, even down to the cable ferrules.

 

[iateyoubutler]

The contented "knackered" feeling after every ride!

 

[Milkfloat]

The rear derailleur, what a clever piece of engineering. Although, I think it has to come second to the pneumatic tyre, comfort is a wonderful thing.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

What makes me most happy about my bike? Not having to use the car for going to and from work

 

[iateyoubutler]

What makes me most happy about my bike? Not having to use the car for going to and from work

Goes without saying! And a major plus point

 

[LincsBlue]

My Nukeproof is an 11 speed so the thing makes me happy is that it hasn't got the extra 16 speeds my Canondale has!

 

[ChrisEyles]

Yellow bikes make me very happy indeed. Here's mine.

I'm also really quite attached to the red wheels (painted them myself) I have on another one:

Don't have a pic for the last, but down tube friction shifters also make me very happy indeed

 

[iateyoubutler]

Never had a yellow bike. Sounds a perfect excuse for n+1

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Yeah you gotta like those dials. Marvellous.

What makes me most happy about my bike?
All of it... Over 3 years old and I can still just sit there and stare at the beauty of it. How sad is that

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could do with a clean

 

[VintageRuby]

Yeah you gotta like those dials. Marvellous.

What makes me most happy about my bike?
All of it... Over 3 years old and I can still just sit there and stare at the beauty of it. How sad is that

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not sad at all! i do that too

My banana yellow bar tape, not sure why but that's my favourite bit on the bike... possibly because it's right in your eye line the whole time, and it's a cheery colour.

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That's fabulous! I won a bright yellow cycling jacket and i've become quite attached to the colour , mostly because it helps me be seen but it brightens up the most miserable day

 

[cyberknight]

What makes me most happy about my bike? Not having to use the car for going to and from work

The money i save not running 2 cars so i can spend it on bike stuff

 

[VintageRuby]

My Felt, the embossed Felt logo on every tiny part, even down to the cable ferrules.

I've just googled them and Phwooaarr! What a lush bike!

The rear derailleur, what a clever piece of engineering. Although, I think it has to come second to the pneumatic tyre, comfort is a wonderful thing.

It is, isn't it? i don't think people give derailleurs nearly enough credit!

What makes me most happy about my bike? Not having to use the car for going to and from work

Exactly, the only fuel you're using is your own

Yellow bikes make me very happy indeed. Here's mine.
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I'm also really quite attached to the red wheels (painted them myself) I have on another one:

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Don't have a pic for the last, but down tube friction shifters also make me very happy indeed

That yellow is gorgeous! and i adore the red painted wheels! I may have to do that to mine
I do like my downtube shifters, but i have to say the bar shifters are much safer!