Are you proud of your bike?

kammybear

I've just finally finished tinkering and tweaking my bike after 3 months of buying, changing and swapping out bits and pieces. Now, everytime I look at it, I think "dayum! That's the bike I've always wanted!". Forget about riding it, looking at all that tech melting together makes me all warm inside!

I'll post a picture later but I'm not the only one am I! I'm sure something will pop up making me wanted to spend more cash but for now....

Kowalski675

I like the way mine looks, I have been known to take the occasional pic of it.

jimothy78

No - my bike's a bit of a Frankenstein's monster - all mismatched parts and ugly scars.

I enjoy riding it, though, and I'm pretty happy with the spec for the first time in ages - i actually don't have any plans to change anything right now, and think it's the first time I can honestly say that since I started riding two years ago.

The Northern Monkey

Love my Canyon. Been through so many guises in the past 2.5 years but it just keeps going.
I like where it is atm, but still more changes to come!





Photo's were only taken within the last 2-3 weeks and its already changed slightly. Always room for improvement!

97th choice

kammybear wrote:

I've just finally finished tinkering and tweaking my bike after 3 months of buying, changing and swapping out bits and pieces. Now, everytime I look at it, I think "dayum! That's the bike I've always wanted!". Forget about riding it, looking at all that tech melting together makes me all warm inside!

I'll post a picture later but I'm not the only one am I! I'm sure something will pop up making me wanted to spend more cash but for now....

Have you given your bike a girls name yet?

bennett_346

No; it's just a bike. It gets me down trails.

burglarboycie

Yeah I am pretty content with mine considering its only the third 'off the shelf' bike I've ever owned!!

rockmonkeysc

I couldn't care less how my bikes look. It's all about how they ride. My Scalp rides exactly how I want it to and my Mega will once the shock has been tuned.

JMcP92

I am proud of my steed, however this doesn't stop me chopping and changing. Recently it's had a new stem, new pedals and reverb fitted. However I am running out of things to do to it, last real thing I want to do is a Fox Float 34 set to 150mm for a little more front stiffness, however, this does seem a bit too much money to justify for the time being.
Built my first bike at 20 as a student, and built this current bike at 21, still a student. Worked my ass off all summer, scoped the internet for deals, built the best bit of kit I could afford to and threw every penny at it. I may still change bits and bobs, but totally love it

lawman

I'm proud of both my bikes. I worked my ass to be able to afford my Ibis, as 19 year old when I bought it, it was cool knowing I had an awesome bike that I put every penny towards. It's taken me all over the UK, across Wales and I'm gonna be seriously sad to let it go later in the year to fund my next bike, in an ideal I'd keep at least the frame like I did with my old HT, but I think I'd soon run out of room if I did that!

I always build to my own spec, so my bikes unique and they ride and look almost exactly how I want them too, which when you're blowing serious change on a bike I think it should do. It's a pretty cool feeling being able to look at your bike knowing you saved for it, you built it and it's just how you want it.

pesky_jones

Kowalski675 wrote:

I like the way mine looks, I have been known to take the occasional pic of it.

Nice photos, I'm sure even Boardman would be happy with those.

Angus Young

RockmonkeySC wrote:

I couldn't care less how my bikes look. It's all about how they ride.

That wasn't what he asked.

poah

bennett_346 wrote:

No; it's just a bike. It gets me down trails.

Mine gets me up as well

poah

RockmonkeySC wrote:

I couldn't care less how my bikes look. It's all about how they ride. .

Goes for the females in your life too lol

Time scale on getting shock back?

gt-arrowhead

Im a bit proud of mine, like others on here i worked and spent every penny on the bike. Still wasnt enough, theres also a birthdays presents worth of bits on there. I think i did well considering my pressed budget. Did get helped out by a few people though, which i am appreciative about.

Im proud of it because i built it myself and have managed to repair/maintain it fairly well, and is still an awesome ride. I was (sort of still am) considering a frame swap to a 456 or Zaskar, but ive started to really like this. I think i just hated it during the muddy period, but now that everything has dried up somewhat at least for the last 2-3 rides its really fun.

I had loads of fun on it today. A bit of downhill (nothing serious) on muddy trails on schwalbe city jets. Fighting to keep the bike straight and stuff. Also had a few goes on small jumps. BTW, i had city jets on as we are doing light XC and fireroads for 80% of our rides at the moment, as its good for cardio, and the mud is killing our bikes.

FishFish

97th choice wrote:

kammybear wrote:

Have you given your bike a girls name yet?

No but I've given my girl a bikes name.

FishFish

I'm a bit proud of my bike and proud that I built it from frame upwards with confidence but not much knowledge to the extent that I now know a little about every component. I'm proud of my other bike because I bought it as a reward for getting a job when it did not look likely that I would do so and I am proud of it for taking me on my challenge in the Olympic year of cycling 2012 miles. More so I am proud of them because of my increased stamina, fitness and strength. Looks like I'm proud of me!

gt-arrowhead

FishFish wrote:

97th choice wrote:

kammybear wrote:

Have you given your bike a girls name yet?

No but I've given my girl a bikes name.

Did you call her Inbred?

Chunkers1980

Probably his own hand job

Angus Young

FishFish wrote:

97th choice wrote:

kammybear wrote:

Have you given your bike a girls name yet?

No but I've given my girl a bikes name.

RockRider?

njee20

I am, and enjoy looking at them!

russyh

I am proud of my bikes, they are not everyone's cup of tea (everyone seems to hate citrus based bikes) but I could just look at it and spend time maintaining it all day! Same with my roadies.

97th choice

All joking aside, I am actually pretty proud of my bike, mainly because after making a few bike purchases that were less than satisfactory mine exceeded my expectations, and has continued to be more and more fun as I've upgraded. Now it's pretty much perfect as far as I'm concerned.

Plus I love the mechanical/tinkering side of mountain biking as well as the adrenaline/endorphin rush.

Kowalski675

Pesky Jones wrote:

Kowalski675 wrote:

I like the way mine looks, I have been known to take the occasional pic of it.

Nice photos, I'm sure even Boardman would be happy with those.

Thanks. The first two are at Gisburn, just taken with my old Nikon compact, the third's local, taken with my 6 year old Nokia. A few quick minor adjustments to levels, saturation and contrast in Photoshop. I keep meaning to take the bike back to that third spot with my SLR and tripod and take a couple of long exposure pics to take advantage of the moving water.

Kowalski675

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

FishFish wrote:

97th choice wrote:

kammybear wrote:

Have you given your bike a girls name yet?

No but I've given my girl a bikes name.

Did you call her Inbred?

I like that one.

paulbox

FishFish wrote:

97th choice wrote:

kammybear wrote:

Have you given your bike a girls name yet?

No but I've given my girl a bikes name.

Stumpjumper?

But that's more to do with you than her...

97th choice

Stinky?

pesky_jones

FishFish wrote:

97th choice wrote:

kammybear wrote:

Have you given your bike a girls name yet?

No but I've given my girl a bikes name.

Piglet?

The Rookie

Genius (just to add a positive one!)

I'm proud of mine, all my bikes are home built, while the 2 'daily riders' haven't been perfect straight away they are both now much better at their respective jobs than anything I could buy off the shelf for anywhere near the same money.

The retro is still work in progress but the town hack bike is suitably fast and suitably cheap looking to make it worthy of it's name!

bigmitch41

Very proud of my Rockhopper, my first introduction to the world of mtb was borrowed knackered old things from a mate who I ride with, I took the plunge in 2012 and bought my Specialized and upgraded as I gained more experience, replaced the dart3 fork with a new set of Reba solo air which transformed the bike and added grips a seat and experimenting with tyres as I go on.
I class myself as a noob but gaining confidence/experience all the time!

gt-arrowhead

The Rookie wrote:

The retro is still work in progress but the town hack bike is suitably fast and suitably cheap looking to make it worthy of it's name!

Retro bikes are always good. You should make a thread of it when you finish it, would be nice.

I havent been on my Arrowhead since October. Look at it the poor thing.



Thinking of getting it sorted out again. Would be its 6th or 7th return from being taken apart :P Do sort of miss it. Would make a decent XC bike with loads of chrome bits and bobs + skin colored side wall tyres on it to make it look retro.