Bikes to ride before you die.

supertwisted

Seeing the MBUK Zaskar up for sale again has got me thinking of popular revered bikes.

Anyone have any suggestions for great bikes to try before your cycling days are numbered?
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Herbie The Dog

I already ride them...or will do shortly.

Anonymous

The Whyte PRST-1 or it's derivatives.
Ugly as sin, but the front suspension action was meant to be the best around. It has to fall into that "needs to be ridden" category.

cat_with_no_tail

yeehaamcgee wrote:

The Whyte PRST-1 or it's derivatives.
Ugly as sin, but the front suspension action was meant to be the best around. It has to fall into that "needs to be ridden" category.

Very much so.

I'd also like to ride a team spec Intense M9 or Sindicate V10 or similar, properly set up for me by a pro team, just to see what a DH bike COULD be like if you have all the money in the world to spend on one.

I would also say a full carbon top-spec roadbike, but I got to try a couple of those at Bikeradar Live, hated it too.

blister pus

the new steel version of Jones' Ti spaceframe effort, thing.

curiosity has me.

j_l

The Yeti that John Tomac used in the 1990 worlds

meesterbond

The mid nineties Manitou FS...



Or that Tomac Raleigh / Litespeed



I'm sure they'd both be dreadful, but I'd like a go on one all the same as they were the bikes I lusted after as a teenager (just)...

thel33ter

This cuz its absolutely crazy

Northwind

Raleigh Activator 2. You have to eat bitter to taste sweet

jonnyc2420

This...... although I don't think Thule do a carrier for them.......

thel33ter

jonnyc2420 wrote:

This...... although I don't think Thule do a carrier for them.......

Course they do

andyrm

I’d love to ride (and own!!) an original Chas Roberts Dog’s Bolx – wanted one so badly as a 16 year old. Do they still make them to order does anyone know? This thread has got me thinking about asking them to do one as a SS with disc mounts and 120mm fork capacity...............

Anonymous

andyrm wrote:

I’d love to ride (and own!!) an original Chas Roberts Dog’s Bolx...
thinking about asking them to do one as a SS with disc mounts and 120mm fork capacity

That wouldn't be a dogs bolx though would it?

That's like saying I'd love to see them re-introduce the lotus sunbeam, but with 4-wheel drive system from a lancer, the engine from a veyron, and the chassis and body of an Aston martin Vanquish.

andyrm

yeehaamcgee wrote:

andyrm wrote:

I’d love to ride (and own!!) an original Chas Roberts Dog’s Bolx...
thinking about asking them to do one as a SS with disc mounts and 120mm fork capacity

That wouldn't be a dogs bolx though would it?

That's like saying I'd love to see them re-introduce the lotus sunbeam, but with 4-wheel drive system from a lancer, the engine from a veyron, and the chassis and body of an Aston martin Vanquish.

Good point well made – I guess it would be a kind of modern day twist that adds to the original coolness. A bit like the people dropping 2.2 Boxer engines into VW campers. Not original spec, not to standard, but ultimately very nice.......

Anonymous

very nice, but not, essentially, the same thing.

With something like the dogs bolx though, it would be something totally different, because the geometry, which as I see it, is the heart and soul of a frame, would have to be changed significantly.
Oh, and you need shooting for suggesting singlespeed outside of the BMX world, doubly so for turning a once great bike into a SS travesty

j_l

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertscyc ... 051577183/

Had a D.O.G.S.B.O.L.X, for a while (1990), sold it and got a Dave Yates Diablo