Just for fun - design your ideal bike

TheBoyBilly

If you had the chance to make up your bike from off-the-shelf bits
& pieces, what would you go for? :

Choose a range(s) of your choice

a) budget bike
b) up to a £1000
c) unlimited price

dhxcme

is would be a silver 223 almost identical to the one in my sig and would fall into catagory (c)

The Big Cheese

I do this every couple of months anyway

But for the good of the thread, money no object build:

Seven Sola frame

Carbon rigid forks

Nice thin tyres (1.8")

Tune cranks, rims, hubs, finishing kit

XTR gearing

Would basically use poshbikes for EVRYTHING!

Category C (no surprises there)

theman1001

c)
Most expensive everything, and the bike must come complete with a body guard that is prepared to kill anyone who tries to steal it.

dirtbiker100

i dunno if anyone would choose anything less than option C for a dream bike?
I've pretty much got mine.
marin quake 7.3 - but if i got a bit more money i'd do stuff like chris king headset, ummmmm, i like the forks, shock, wheelset, brakes, frame... ah i'd swap the rear dropouts for a 12mm through axle, change the 1 1/8 headtube on the totems for a 1.5" and get a fully custom front and rear suspension tune ie get them to come out onto a trail with me and all that.
thats about it really. yeah. i'm pretty happy with my bike (nicknamed the mountain destroyer. this isn't a heavily built all mountain bike - that seems to imply the mountain is still in control of you and your bike - its a mountain destroyer ha ha)

zero303

Option c) I'd start building on what I've got.

Orange 5 Pro and I'd start adding smatterings of Chris King and XTR throughout. Up-spec my mono minis with all the fancy addons. Upgrade to 2009 Fox Floats if they do in fact live up the hype. Lashings of Exotic finishing gear...

That'd probably be it...

papasmurf.

I'd keep the bikes i got and spend the money on a long holiday in canada or the alps

ashleymp777

Mmm, I've pretty well much got mine as it's my only hobby, so why not spend the money on it.

zero303

papasmurf. wrote:

I'd keep the bikes i got and spend the money on a long holiday in canada or the alps

Naturally if that was an option...

hoathy

ashleymp777 wrote:

Mmm, I've pretty well much got mine as it's my only hobby, so why not spend the money on it.

I just looked at your s-works, that is a spectacular bike.

i think my ideal would be:
A cotic soda
fox van 32 rlcs.
sram x-o gearing but with an xtr chainset & middleburn rings
chris king hubs on ex721s
hope mono m4s
fire xc pros
full easton ea70 finishing kit
odi ruffians
and easton flatboys

Jimbob_no5

my v10 im building rather soon

cjw

Already got mine in the sig. Soonish I'll replace chain with KCNC SL Gold, KCNC jockey wheels and XTR SPD pedals but that's it. Almost everything on the bike is top line already

beanston1975

ibis mojo carbon frame
middleburn cranks
crankbrothers acid 3 pedals
thomson elite seatpost and stem
charge spoon titanium saddle
easton monleylite bar
marzocchi 66 ata forks
reynolds wheelset
schwalbe racing ralph tyres
chris king and xtr finishing gear

dixonpj

Trek EX 9.5 frame:

http://www.trekbikes.com/uk/en/bikes/20 ... /fuelex95/

Fox Talas RLC fork.

XTR groupset, with exception of Magura Marta brakes..

Tune King and Kong hubs:

http://poshbikes.com/product.php?id=17

Olympic ZTR rims:

http://www.notubes.com/product_info.php ... cts_id/296

Ritchey WCS carbon seatpost, stem and bars:

http://www.ritcheylogic.com/web/Ritchey ... x?id=28916

Fizik Gobi XM Kium saddle:

http://wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx? ... m%20Saddle

TIME ATAC XS Ti Carbon pedals:

http://www.time-sport.com/us/home.htm

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The Spiderman

a) I would just buy a Malt from Merlin.C`ant really build one cheaper and for a budget bike build I`d probably go for the same bits they`ve chosen anyway!
b)For £1k,I`d buy an On One Scandal frame for £250,an XT groupset,with wheels from Merlin for £450,and some Reba SLs for £225.The change would have to buy a headset,and a new seapost,and the tyres,stem,bars,post and pedals would have to come from my current bike,if I was to be on budget.
c) Tough one,but probably a Santa Cruz superlight, in anodised finish with Fox F120RLC Forks, Stans ZTR rims on XTR hubs,full XTR ,chainset ,mechs and shifters,RF Next bars and stem,Thomson post,XTR pedals,

Surf-Matt

a) Probably a nice simple Charge bike
b) Last years Stumoy HT (just like I've got)
c) S Works Stumpy FSR or Scott Spark Ltd.

xtreem

Under c): My ideal-dream bike would be Scott Gambler FR 10.
But curently don't have enough money to buy it.

http://scottusa.com/category/61/gambler

bikeperson45

Ideal bike would be ryan leechs. Moment frame, custom made forks, singlespeed. Lurvly 8)

supersonic

My ideal bike would have 6 inches of travel either end, weigh 15lbs and cost 100 quid ;-)

I'd make do with a GT Zaskar Carbon though lol