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[Gaddmeister]

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I used to be able to go into a cycle shop and get exited as I could see from a distance what each one was. 15 years later I walk in and have to read each frame to see what it is as they all look alike! :-D

 

[shogun]

There's more variety in bikes than ever, even if the palette is more restricted than at some point in the distant past.

Take your 1990 rose tinted Oakleys off.

 

[legrandefromage]

Theres no rose tinted here. I'm just fed up with the constant shouty shout marketing bs of 'this years model is so much better than last years' and the constant re-inventing of the wheel just to scrape an income from a shrinking (mtb) market.

 

[shogun]

I guess you might be fed up with it, I mean it's been the same since I got involved with the sport 23 odd years ago.

Is the mtb market shrinking? for MTBSOs maybe.

 

[TonyMerryfield]

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I don't know about anywhere else but I can see that where I am the bike market has certainly splintered into many slightly different markets - I see alot more hybrids and road bikes now than I used to but very many less BMX and XC type bikes.

I don't think there are less 'bikes', just that there are less contemporary mountain bikes.

 

[munkey_bwy]

The Orange Five would be my vote, simple, purist and not overly engineered like most modern rides.

 

[Stiff_Orange]

Can I suggest the 2014 Lynskey Pro 650b.

Not only is it Ti, but the Helix tube gives it some unique appeal, and it rides superbly.

 

[Retro Spud]

Re: Re:

I used to be able to go into a cycle shop and get exited as I could see from a distance what each one was. 15 years later I walk in and have to read each frame to see what it is as they all look alike! :-D

and I thought it was just me who'd wondered into a Bike shop (Evan and Leisure Lakes) looked around and walked out feeling completely flat.

nothing did it for me

 

[FST4RD]

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That Lynskey looks like it's been bashed with a hammer...

 

[M-Power]

Re: Re:

I used to be able to go into a cycle shop and get exited as I could see from a distance what each one was. 15 years later I walk in and have to read each frame to see what it is as they all look alike! :-D

and I thought it was just me who'd wondered into a Bike shop (Evan and Leisure Lakes) looked around and walked out feeling completely flat.

nothing did it for me

Walked into three 'top' ones in central London last week...apart from that smell that reminds me of good times past...it was a dull experience sadly. We had some really interesting characters and proper nutters working in the trade bitd. The modern lot are pretty soul less beardy types.