Bicycles - what do you have?

**locum76** · 22-11-2010, 16:54

I've got a trek 4100. I love it. It's a bit underused just now what with looking after the baby and that.

**Lithril** · 22-11-2010, 19:05

I bought a trek portland http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes...land/portland/ on the works cycle scheme to use as a commuter, lovely bike to ride, copes with luggage nicely you can put cyclocross tyres on it if you want to however most of what I'm riding currently is road/country lanes with the odd cycle path.

**pastymuncher** · 27-11-2010, 13:42

I have several but I have just found the bike of my dreams-
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/vie...p?f=48&t=26317
Biking and bushcraft in one

**Ben Trout** · 28-11-2010, 23:11

I've got a hardtail Specialized Stumpjumper and a ropey "can't even remember what it is" road bike.

The Stumpy gets used for off roading, towpath for work occaisionally and nipping into town (past all the traffic

). It has a Rohloff Speedhub; 14 gears sealed away in the rear hub. Expensive, but bombproof, jamming with mud proof and has epic wear life. The big S, whose name I refuse to utter, have quite a few hub gears on the market and will be a good option for commuting. Since I got the Rohloff my opinion of Derraileurs has slowly dropped and dropped.

The cycle to work scheme is well worth looking into. http://www.cyclescheme.co.uk/

**Lasse** · 17-01-2011, 15:35

I'm riding around every day on my Thompson Athena. Added a rear rack, switched the mountainbike tyres to something more speed friendly and also added fenders by now (really nice in wet weather when you don't want to get all muddy...). When it started snowing this winter I threw the mountainbike tyres back on for extra grip, will swap the tyres again by early spring I guess.
Love the bike, but it's gotten a bit too small for me so am on the lookout for a new one. Which I'll be building myself hopefully

(looking at Surly Long Haul Trucker or VSF Fahrradmanufaktur T400 framesets)

**marcelxl** · 17-01-2011, 20:09

I have a Kona Hoss, just actually got back on it (had troubles starting it for a couple of years!)

trying to get fit again and lose some timber!

I love it, its a "clydesdale" for the larger cyclist

and never had any trouble with it despite it being thrashed a good few times in the past, so glad I'm feeling the love for it again!

Lucky where we live too, some superb MTB routes and country

**Oblio13** · 17-01-2011, 20:26

Have several decent-quality road bikes built up from parts scavenged from the scrap metal pile at our recycling center - "Dumpcycles". Whenever I see better components than what I have, I grab them and upgrade. Have had to buy a few saddles, tires, pinch bolts, pedals, and handlebar wraps, but that's about it. Some I've converted to five-speeds, and one to a single-speed. (My house is where derailleurs go to die.) One is reserved for rainy weather. One is a "stealth bike", with no reflectors. I try to keep them in good repair, but ugly, so that they aren't attractive to thieves.

**WeThePeoplexfbm** · 18-01-2011, 08:12

i has wethepeople custom bmx ^^ and a good old rusty 26 inch bike ^^ with muddy wheels

**alpha_centaur** · 18-01-2011, 20:05

I've got too many bikes tbh. In use at the moment, I've got a surly LHT touring bike with 26" wheels, an audax bike thats doing the commute and a Cove Handjob.

The Surly would do what you need of it with no problems. but be warned for an expensive bike its overengineered (heavy).

**naefearjustbeer** · 18-01-2011, 20:34

I have a Haro flightline sport and a Genesis Core 20 both buried in my shed. Once the weather picks up a bit I will be taking them out of hibernation. The haro is for bashing around the town. And the genesis is for proper MTB trails and forestry track cross country etc.

**locum76** · 18-01-2011, 22:27

mmmm, I was eyeing up a genesis when my Trek got nicked at Christmas. Unfortunately the cops recovered my trek.

**Neumo** · 18-01-2011, 23:04

I traeted myself to a Felt Q920 hardtail that I managed to get new at trade price while doing some IT work for a well known online bike reseller in the Portsmouth area. Nice bit of kit & I am starting to get back into MTBing again. I figured I would pay more than what I paid for it on a years gym membership, so why not get fit going up hills to get to remote woods instead...

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**nenook** · 19-01-2011, 20:53

hi Ive got a Gary Fisher Genesis 24 speed mtb lightweight jobby

nenook

**Rebel** · 20-01-2011, 22:07

My nice Trek bike got nicked last month.

**locum76** · 21-01-2011, 13:06

Originally Posted by Rebel

My nice Trek bike got nicked last month.

Did you report it? I wasn't going to but I did in the end. Then it turned up.

**Rebel** · 21-01-2011, 14:33

Yes, but reporting it was a pointless excercise although, unusually, the police did appear quite intrested at first.

**No Idea** · 21-01-2011, 16:22

I pop in and buy a bike each time I pass the tip.

At one time I had 26.

Im down to half a dozen again.

One died when I rode it down some steps, another died when the track went round a corner and there was this tree... another died when a lorry drove over it, another got borrowed by my biggest, who left it somewhere, another fell off the quay...

Need to start collecting again.

They usually cost about £5 each.

**welshwoodsman** · 24-01-2011, 18:04

just sold my claud butler regent touring bike to help fund my new bike thats on order.gotta wait til april for my new kona sutra. its a great feeling loading up the bike and heading off into the wide blue(grey in wales!) yonder.gonna do a big trip to north wales and back this summer on it.

**celestialspore** · 11-02-2011, 20:42

Specialized Rockhopper FS that I bought new in 1998. The only thing I have changed are the tyres which I have put on road ones for getting about the town easier and quicker.

**Ian S** · 12-02-2011, 10:30

I'm awaiting delivery of an On-One Pompino - single speed road bike (but can do cyclo-cross type duty) which will probably spend most of it's life set up as fixed wheel. Can't wait!

Cheers

**Aragorn** · 12-02-2011, 11:11

got a Boardman hybrid comp gathering dust in the garage, need to get back on it now the sun has arrived.

**twisted firestarter** · 12-02-2011, 12:03

This week I'll mostly be riding my old Cannondale...

**robevs73** · 12-02-2011, 16:06

TWO weeks ago I bought a Specialised Tricross Comp, its stunning! all I need now is some spare time to ride it!
I also have a '96 Team Marin MTB non stock parts, I did have a GT Zaskar but I sold it to help fund the Tricross.
I love Bikes almost as much as I love knives!

**mayfly** · 12-02-2011, 20:44

Because my knees are shot and I can't walk with a heavy pack for any real distance these days, I mostly get out and about to woodland and campsites, etc., by bicycle which puts a lot less strain on the old joints. Here is my current ride, a Brodie Elan touring bike on the Sustrans C2C route.

**Neumo** · 12-02-2011, 21:56

Some nice bikes there. I am getting into Bushcraft Mountain Biking a fair bit at the moment, which is a good laugh. I got a pair of smallish panniers on the back , at 25L for the pair, which is just the right size for an afternoon out in the woods. I can get a tarp, hammock, brew kits & a response pack full of sharps/FAK in, plus a few other bits without it being too heavy. I am getting into following deer trails on it as well, which is fun as they lead you through all sorts of places in the woods.

We should see if we can get us a Bushcraft Biking trip togeather some time this year, if people are interested....

**Berk** · 12-02-2011, 22:33

I have a Specialized Crosstrail Sport. It's a hybrid, (or according to one forum I've seen a wannabe 29er), it's not the greatest bike in the world but it does its job nicely. I use it for getting to and from college and have also been out with a local mountain bike group with it and kept up alright. The main aim for it is to get me across Europe next year, so I'm going to be looking into a front rack that will fit suspension forks.

Here it is with my spiked ice tyres.

**karlch** · 12-02-2011, 22:40

im a bike nut and a bit obsesive with it the list,cervelo r3,trek 6.9ssl,racelight winter bike,all road bikes.mountain bikes giant anthem,giant reign.and probably enough parts to build another i darent add up how much ive spent on them!

**DavidJT** · 12-02-2011, 23:40

www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/23/view/7287/kevin-cyr-camper-bike.html

**Alfredo** · 13-02-2011, 17:12

My old Peripoli

**welchyd1** · 13-02-2011, 17:19

Ive got an old Specialized FSR which I love.

Have a modern Specialized Enduro too but can't bare to be without the old FSR.

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