If you only had one bike

jadamson

If for some unknown reason you were only able to have 1 bike what would it be?

A hardcore hard tail, short travel full suss, long travel full suss or even a rigid? models of bikes will help

peter413

My 4 inch travel full suspension stumpy is a pretty good all rounder for me.

BTW I do only have 1 bike because I can't afford another one.

Thats my "strange" reason for only owning one bike :roll:

lawman

a 25lb 140mm fs bike with pretty slack angles that also pedals well, but descends like a demon, so something like a zesty, mojo, meta etc

Northwind

It'd be my Soul. Well, it WAS my only bike for ages. Light but strong build, u-turn fork, and a set of rigid forks hanging on the garage wall, win.

Sarnian

The past couple of weeks I have been selling hard to get down to one bike, as I have to move and will not have the space. I have ended up with my on one single speed with recons on the front, this has got to get me around and hit the trails, It's all good

Although saying that I caved to night and have put a wanted advert up for another 456 or summer season frame

peter413

Northwind wrote:

It'd be my Soul. Well, it WAS my only bike for ages. Light but strong build, u-turn fork, and a set of rigid forks hanging on the garage wall, win.

The u-turn forks wouldn't be revs by any chance

Northwind

Might be

The Northern Monkey

Hardtail.. 130mm to 140mm.

tlw1

would be hard this as I love all of my different type of bikes!

Prob go with a lighter fs like a GT Zascar carbon, with a spare set of wheels with slicks on

stumpyjon

If I could only have one, the road bike, the 100mm hardtail and the commuting bike would all have to go leaving me with my 140mm full suss Stumpjumper.

Edit: but thats not gonna happen in this reality :twisted:

Sarnian

I find I just don't like having the same commuter bike as the one I have for the trails, but like bigbenj travel must be between 120mm-140mm and a hardtail.

GHill

In all honesty, probably something like an Orange 5.

But, I'd rather have a shorter travel full sus trail bike, a hardcore hardtail, and a DH/FR bike.

Tom Barton

I am lucky enough to own my one - a lapierre Spicy 516, becoming increasingly modified/upgraded over time.

Pop different tyres on and it can be a marathon bike, XC bike, AM bike, DH bike. It may only excel in one of those catagories but it manages the others fine within my skill/fitness levels.

Like Peter413 - can only justify owning 1 expensive bike - so might as well make sure its a damn good one!

peter413

Tom Barton wrote:

I am lucky enough to own my one - a lapierre Spicy 516, becoming increasingly modified/upgraded over time.

Pop different tyres on and it can be a marathon bike, XC bike, AM bike, DH bike. It may only excel in one of those catagories but it manages the others fine within my skill/fitness levels.

Like Peter413 - can only justify owning 1 expensive bike - so might as well make sure its a damn good one!

Glad someone else sees sense although I'm always on the look out for a bargain

Ho hum

I only have one bike.

It would be fun owning more than one and having a choice to ride

Raymondavalon

For a single bike I would go for a hardtail for the best of both worlds.
The Kona Kula in Scandium would probably be the choice as I love Kona HTs

supersonic

My Zaskar Carbon.

Anonymous

for me it would be a bionicon golden willow.

supersonic

Actually it would be a Ralegih Strika:

GHill

supersonic wrote:

Actually it would be a Ralegih Strika:

With or without the puncture?

supersonic

Nah, that's normal - those dual crown forks weigh it down a bit ;-)

I used to love those fork gaitors.

toasty

Mine would still be my Meta in all honesty. I'm sure the Mojo will woo me this summer, but currently I love the indestructable feeling I get from my Meta. Bit hefty but comfy for long day rides, top notch trail monster and even seems content playing on freeride courses.

Eskimo427

Mine would be my spicy 316, although I have a brand new Scott Spark 20 which I haven't ridden yet (weather) so I may change my mind - doubt it though!

N0bodyOfTheGoat

If such a thing exists, it would be a 29er full suspension (with lockout option on front and rear) "monstercross" alfine-11 (when it is realeased in near future) with 3+ inch tyres.

Not asking much, am I? Unfortunately, I suspect the asking price for such a bike would be very much!

phz

slainte rob

bike-a-swan

shortish (4, mebbe 4 and a bit inches) travel hardtail. light enough to put slicks on and go keep up with the roadies, handles wonderfully on single track, and there is very little I can't ride on it (although a fair bit I can't ride fast or without wanting to cry!)

ilovedirt

One of the new 140mm scott geniuses (genii?). My current genius is a really good all rounder though too, i love it.

HebdenBiker

supersonic wrote:

Actually it would be a Ralegih Strika:

Ha ha I had one of these. I remember once I bent the chainstays doing endos and stuff, and my Dad just bent them back into shape with his hands :-)

Oh and BTW I do have only one bike (only one mountain bike, that is). Gary Fisher Marlin - lovely but heavy, so my ideal one bike would be a light-ish HT with 120mm forks. Cotic Soul, Rock Lobster, even a P7, something like that.

ExeterSimon

My Whyte 905.

jay12

my frame(kinesis pha5e) with the new RS revelation with u turn, xt hubs on mavic 717 rims, high roller tyres, slx double chainset with xt rear and front mech, xt shifters,goodridge cables, fsa orbit headset, thomson 60mm stem with easton monkey lite bars and fsa seatpost with sdg saddle, some lock on grips and avid elixir 5 brakes 185mm/185mm

i think thats it

clodhoppa74

by the looks of it, the rocky mountain altitude 29er. although i don't have one, i have a carrera. just the one. after some upgrades it's doing me reet though.