mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
Broke it rather than sold it, but this must be the best bike I have ever owned. It's a Dawes Vantage. My first tourer and stacks of memories
Your best bike you owned?
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up hill struggle
Well-Known Member
- Location
- newtownards, county down
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Children??
up hill struggle
Well-Known Member
- Location
- newtownards, county down
yeah, i got a hell of a migraine & there both shouting and bouncing off the walls driving me crackers today, yesterday ya wouldn't have known they were in the house, quiet as mice they were but today there making up for it.
young Ed
Veteran
well what a naughty boy you are then for selling it!Unfortunately thats the only piccie i have left
Cheers Ed
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Grifter...... No competition!
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
Mobile so no pics. The bike that has lasted me longest and from which I've derived most pleasure is my Birdy Blue. It is still in bits in the shed awaiting the money to give it the major overhaul it needs and customising a bit that I want to.
jazzkat
Fixed wheel fanatic.
- Location
- The Cumbrian Riviera
I'm with Colin on this. My current best is my Bianchi but it will soon be replaced in my affections by the Surly I'm about to build up.
I still have a soft spot for the memories I have of riding one of these all around Stockport as a kid.
I got for my 10th birthday (I think) and I was still riding it 6 years later when a moped took over. It didn't fit properly by then but thank goodness my parents took the advice of the shop and bought it a bit bigger than I needed at age 10 so I could still ride it. My brothers bike didn't fit him by the time he got to age 14 and he got a second hand grifter, which we took great joy trying to destroy by building jumps. We never managed to destroy it, I managed to hurt myself many times, but the grifter was idiot proof!
up hill struggle
Well-Known Member
- Location
- newtownards, county down
now there's a blast from the past, happy days
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
That's similar to the bike that I had in my early teens. I used to ride to school on it but unfortunately it was stolen from the school bike shed when I was 13. It was 20 years before I got another bike and I was astounded by how much bikes had improved in that time.I'm with Colin on this. My current best is my Bianchi but it will soon be replaced in my affections by the Surly I'm about to build up.
I still have a soft spot for the memories I have of riding one of these all around Stockport as a kid.
I got for my 10th birthday (I think) and I was still riding it 6 years later when a moped took over. It didn't fit properly by then but thank goodness my parents took the advice of the shop and bought it a bit bigger than I needed at age 10 so I could still ride it. My brothers bike didn't fit him by the time he got to age 14 and he got a second hand grifter, which we took great joy trying to destroy by building jumps. We never managed to destroy it, I managed to hurt myself many times, but the grifter was idiot proof!
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
At the time i was getting up at 2 am 6 days a week and running up and down peoples drives with milk bottles, no energy for cycling
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
My Raleigh Max Cromo. Alas, don't even have a pic.
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
I've still got the best quality bike I've ever owned(Cannondale Street Ultra) and my favourite ever one (Birdy Blue)
The one I regret selling (Pugeot drop bar converted to a fast flat bar commuter) I never took a photo of.
The one I regret selling (Pugeot drop bar converted to a fast flat bar commuter) I never took a photo of.
t
My. Current one....I always wanted it but couldn't really afford it ...I look after it really well and hopefully it will see me out..?
ChrisEyles
Guru
- Location
- Devon
Not the best bike I've ever owned by a long shot, but the only one I've sold (well, gave away) and really regretted it - my first ever road bike, bought for me by my wife as a replacement for my knackered old commuting bike, a 1980s Puch Alpine. I loved that bike, still remember triumphantly getting back home from a modest 35 miles completely knackered when I started out 
