What's on your A list?`
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clubby":3pqns9qs said:
My pleasure comes from riding, rather than just owning good steel bikes. Each and every one of my bikes is ridden, regardless of rarity or the name on the top tube, and they all ride amazingly well, which is why they acquired their reputations in the first place. The fact that some bikes went on to sell in numbers where as others disappeared is without doubt because of marketing and the influence of the press at the time, but don't dismiss these bikes just because some folk hold them in such high esteem, they are after all only bikes, but some of them are very good bikes indeed.
I'm not being antagonistic here just genuinely interested. If all the steel frames were painted the same could you tell the difference between them? I know there are small details that distinguish them but is the ride all that different? I know from experience there's a difference between a high end steel frame and a run of the mill, but are the high end all that different from one another?
Maybe it's just that I like quirky frames.
Maybe it's just that I like quirky frames.
Chopper the ex Copper
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Yes, the ride is very different.
Another vote for yes, the ride is VERY different bike to bike.
Some bikes are very stiff, they crack along at a fair rate and are good climbers, but that stiffness makes them slower on rough downhills, as if you push them, they will kick you up the ar$se. Others are smooth and compliant, the Lloyd CATS WISKAS that Ringo has is an amazing frame that really encourages you to push as hard as you can on all terrain. Others like the DOGS BOLX are well balanced, real go anywhere do anything bikes; the list of differences is almost endless, as are the types of tubing used and the combinations they are used in.
Some bikes are very stiff, they crack along at a fair rate and are good climbers, but that stiffness makes them slower on rough downhills, as if you push them, they will kick you up the ar$se. Others are smooth and compliant, the Lloyd CATS WISKAS that Ringo has is an amazing frame that really encourages you to push as hard as you can on all terrain. Others like the DOGS BOLX are well balanced, real go anywhere do anything bikes; the list of differences is almost endless, as are the types of tubing used and the combinations they are used in.
ti_pin_man
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A list:
nowt, had them or got them but still need to build two of them up to ride!
B list:
vaguly always fancied a Outland VPP
my unicorn is a Manitou FS that isnt cracked... but it doesnt exist and even if it did then I'd ride and crack it.
nowt, had them or got them but still need to build two of them up to ride!
B list:
vaguly always fancied a Outland VPP
my unicorn is a Manitou FS that isnt cracked... but it doesnt exist and even if it did then I'd ride and crack it.
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I have fancied a Bonty for a while now, so if I were to have an 'A' list, then I would have one of them on it (not too fussed what model).
It would be joined by, 1989 Diamond Back Ascent (My 1st proper MTB), 1991 Diamond Back Axis (My 1st proper race bike), A Black/Green Klein Rascal (sp)(A mate had one and I loved how the green part 'glowed' at dusk) and a 1990? GT Tequesta (in baby blue aqua or what ever colour its called
) .
P.S. I reserve the right to change and or add to this list an I quite often go 'off on one' for a particular bike
It would be joined by, 1989 Diamond Back Ascent (My 1st proper MTB), 1991 Diamond Back Axis (My 1st proper race bike), A Black/Green Klein Rascal (sp)(A mate had one and I loved how the green part 'glowed' at dusk) and a 1990? GT Tequesta (in baby blue aqua or what ever colour its called
) .P.S. I reserve the right to change and or add to this list an I quite often go 'off on one' for a particular bike
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