The best part currently on your bike..and why?

The Northern Monkey

Following on from the "worst thing on your bike" thread...

me? my brakes.
The Saints a sooo powerful and controllable its unbelievable. Plus they're piss easy to bleed, easy to service and I've never had the "shing" problem of warped disks.

I've tried quite a few brakes in my time, and these will take a bit of beating!!

you?

bails87

Hmmm, virtually everything "just works", just like it was tricky to choose the worst part. This is my only proper bike, so I've got nothing to compare it to, but I'd say the Reba Race forks, light, stiff, smoooooth. I'd be quite happy to never have Fox if I could get a fork like this on future bikes.

Anonymous

lyrik on the enduro. is the best fork ever.
joplin on the enduro is the best seatpost ever
sunline bars and stem on the enduro are the best bars and stem ever.

jpstar

Would it be wrong to say "me"? but failing that, the front wheel, barely ever have to true it which is nice compared to the rear :evil:

scale20

I think for me it has to be my brakes, HOPE mono mini and M4 with floating rotors and added blue bling.





I have never had a single issue with these brakes, so so simple to bleed, maintain and repair, and like bigbenj says never had the 'shing' problem.

ride_whenever

Not sure what to choose.

Probably the new wheels, dt xr4.2D white rims, white hope hubs and sapim cx-ray spokes in silver. Very light stiff and so bling.

scale20

hope do white hubs??

have I missed this one?? 8) 8)

Pics please I need to see them

ride_whenever

No, i stripped and painted them, the front one still needs the lacquer but i'll do a pic of the rear once my housemate gets in from work and i can use his decent camera...

stubs

Time Alium pedals heavy and fugly but the best pedals I have ever used they just work no matter what the conditions

scale20

ride_whenever wrote:

No, i stripped and painted them, the front one still needs the lacquer but i'll do a pic of the rear once my housemate gets in from work and i can use his decent camera...

Wah, you had me excited then

Be interesting to see them though. 8)

ride_whenever

got the photos, need to pop dinner on the will make a WIP thread 8)

the rear weighs 835g without cassette, skewer or rim tape (but i use duck tape)

ddraver

everything made by hope or thomson, Thomspon stem and seatpost (OK so not much to go wrong with those) but the hope BB and pro II hubs have been, and continue to be great, they just keep going.

Worst would be the race face BB (and i ve now sheared my third extractor cap FFS!!) and the avid juicy carbons -neither are bad but they re just so much more tempramental than anything else!!)

Mancunianfightingcat

I'd say my Hope headset, I've never touched it in 18 months and it still feels silky smooth.

Or, the Orange Bikes 'Special Equipment' badge on the front of it!

GHill

Probably the frame (Fuel Ex 8 ).

Whytepeak

bails87 wrote:

Hmmm, virtually everything "just works", just like it was tricky to choose the worst part. This is my only proper bike, so I've got nothing to compare it to, but I'd say the Reba Race forks, light, stiff, smoooooth. I'd be quite happy to never have Fox if I could get a fork like this on future bikes.

+1 My rebas are a in a completely differnet league to my Marzocchi EXRs - and this is high praise indeed. Fantastic product, smoother, stiffer and easy to live with, = Win Win Win.

Northwind

Not sure. Either the maxle rev u-turns (comfy yet accurate) , the traversee wheels (light yet strong), the gravity dropper (great yet heavy and ugly) or, hey, just the frame. It's all pretty good really, and pretty complementary, so there's not really bits that stand out.

ride_whenever

Pics for you:









the WIP thread is here

cunning-stunt

Grease, lube and maintenance. Soz :oops:

'Money can't buy' team issue saddle otherwise - colour matched and comfy as hell

ads4

Crank Bros cobalt xc wheels; look the biz, nice and light so I really felt the difference straight away and I have never had to true them yet .

llamafarmer

The frame on my Anthem, it's a little piece of loverleeness

P-Jay

Hmmmm my list is endless, almost.

Every Shimano Chainset I've ever owned, all the abuse a 16st ham-fisted rider can give them without a single malfunction.

Shimano DX flats for being just as tough.

My old '08 888 RC3 WC's, for being blingly and brilliant.

Pro II's, I've had 3 pairs on various bikes and have never let me down, the cassett carriers are a bit soft (I know they do steel ones, but you can't have them OE) but other than that, they're tough work nicely.

729's on my DH bike, a true as the day they were made.

My Cove Shocker frame for be SOOOOOO much fun to ride, stupidly quick, good looking and having a dirty name!

Kiblams

My Surly Instigator forks, so in love with them that I am even buying a black frame at xmas to match! :shock:

I just love the precise stiffness of the forks, can throw my front end at anything without having to worry about them at all, my frame on the other hand...

Wololo

My King Kikapu has a fox Vanilla RLC fork set to 100mm. Amazing fork for a short travel full susser to have...

singlespeedexplosif

other than the frame, clearly, it has to be the White Industries freewheel. Absolutely gorgeous bit of kit. Just had its teeth replaced after 5 years hard service, still running as smoothly and clicky as ever.

projectsome

my mavic 717's on my fuel ex. There only non stock parts. much lighter than the bontrager wheels that came with it

MacAndCheese

The IFT: Up until the weekend I would have said the Fox F100RLC - a great smooth and light fork, but they've developed an intermittent and annoying bit of movement again (feels a bit like a loose headset) which was 'fixed' at the last service (£99!) just 3 months ago. So now I say the wheel (hope hoops) love the look of the hubs, the weight and the nice rachet noise they make (I actually miss that noise when riding other bikes!)

The Wolf Ridge The frame and suspension design are amazing, perfect geometry for me and hardly any bob whatsoever, but still very responsive over bumps. You can punish it and it just comes back for more.

phz

all the small things ...

mr hyde - either the bombproof FSA pig headset or the totally subjective but all important contact points (24seven bb delux saddle / ODI rogue grips / azonic fusion pedals)

trailstar - similar - 24seven BB delux saddle or DMR V8s

having said that - both my rides are self built so i only chose bits (apart from the dodgy forks on my second bike) that i liked or that worked well for me and the way i ride

slainte 8) rob

P-Jay

Ooh I forgot!

Chris King headset!!

So good I forgot all about it! Which is the best praise you can give a headset IMHO!

cunning-stunt

well said and very true.

Captain Turok

Black Chilli Speed Kings, KCNC parts and the Ritchey foam grips tick all the boxes for my use.

jonnyc2420

the Cane Creek tank ll headset on my Bullet - solid bit of kit.........or my Middleburn RS7 crankset. And on my Orange evo8 its got to be the curve in the seat stays......