who owns their dream bike(s)?

[elite504]

Yup, I think Ihave mine now too. . .
and I'm lucky enough to have collected the parts I lusted after too.
Always will enjoy window shopping, and will never sop dreaming.
"some men see things as they are and ask "why?". We all dream of things that never were and ask "why not?" (misquoting George Bernard Shaw). Its what keeps RB interesting.
No one here takes off the shelf and we keep building dreams

 

[DM]

"Dream bikes" don't always turn out to be so great.

Consider 2 bikes I lusted after for ages and which took me a VERY long time to save for (remember that? - saving up your cash BEFORE buying something you really wanted )

SC Heckler: Faultless and great handling;
Headshok C'dale: Total lemon with nightmare handling and zero reliability.

I still own a few dream bikes that lived up to expectations, including:
Kona A'ha cruiser and a HeiHei. Both excellent IMO, if not exactly jaw-dropping rarities by the standards of Retrobike.

I've learned that a large pile of money can sometimes buy you a large pile of crap/ trouble. But that some "lesser" bikes just ride great without ever causing any hassles or throwing expensive tantrums.

(But I still want a fillet-brazed Ritchey Annapurna, a FB Steve Potts, a Groovy, a Coconino cruiser and a Cook Bros 25th anniversary 29er)

 

[legrandefromage]

Never aspired to much - drooled over components more than anything.

But....

Had a Cannondale F3000 - BIG disapointment

On-One Inbred - ditto

bought a Zaskar out of my own money in '93 - still have it...

Dawes Galaxy - always wanted one, aggggh! another disapointment.

 

[reanimation]

BITD I don't think I had dream bikes i was just realy into what i was saving for, which was a 1990 Shogun Trailblazer 2! or my 1991 Tequesta, I saved for, used to want past it in the shop every night on my paper round. Really did fancy an Offroad Master/sport too, or maybe a Proflex...

Right now I'm badly pining for a Commencal Absolut 4x after having a go on 1, and need to hang on, and not throw plastic at the dealer! for the frame.

I lusted after my Identiti Dr Jekylls but they are so not for me, hight up, heavy and sluggy unless ya battering it round a track or downhill tehn its pretty good.

dreams, funny things :?

 

[yo-eddy]

I do own my dream bike (click GROOVY in my signature). But most of you guys know that allready
Still have my own lil'dreams every now and then :roll:

 

[Archangel]

Yes I do. The most wanted ones were a Team Storm Klein Adroit and a Merlin ti. Own both of them now. Also dreamed of a GT Xizang. Own that as well.
One of the dreams was a 92 S-Works Carbon. Owned that too, but sold it since I have a Spesh Ultimate...

 

[reanimation]

Thinking about it, Kleins were just silly priced so more of a joke-dream,
yeah Zaskar (and Xizang unobtanium) were lusted, And of course Pace with Pace forks. interestingly these are the only Alloy retro's I would really want now.

So In short, Pace, still fancy one, not ever had one, don't know if I will...

 

[slimpee]

I never really had a "dream bike" growing up (keep in mind i'm only 25 now) but I do remember thinking Kleins were really cool and now I have one (even though it's a two-tone front/back rather than linear fade).

I recently saw a picture of a Scott carbon e-stay bike on mtbr and remember thinking they were the bees knees. That'd be pretty sweet to own...

 

[Andy R]

For some reason around 1993 I really fancied getting a Rocky Mountain Blizzard and ended up buying one in 1994 (it was a '93 model though).

Although it was (still is, I still have it) a nice enough bike it just never really "did it" for me, for some reason. Funnily enough I didn't learn from this (doh!!) and bought another Blizzard frame, this time a 2006 version. It has built into a very capable bike but (and I hate to admit this) it seems to lack something too - or rather I just don't get on with it as well as I would like.
I can't explain this - I wish I could.
So, no - I don't have a "dream" bike as such. There are times when I find myself wishing that I had the money to buy a custom steel or Ti frame but in reality I think that the knowledge that I had spent so much money on it would almost detract from the pleasure of owning and riding it.

I just have to think back to the two hour ride I had this morning - I took my "Platsa Blue" singlespeed up into the hills and then down through some forestry where I'm in the process (just about finished) of clearing a ridable track down a very steep and technical hillside. I love doing this stuff -( cutting and clearing, pushing back up to re-ride a section, picking the next 100 metres and so on) almost as much as riding the finished trail.

I never enjoy a ride so much as when I'm on that bike, so it obviously has something indefinable that nothing else I own has.
Maybe it's the lightness, the simplicity (what's simpler than a steel disc-braked rigid singlespeed??) the agile but predictable handling and the fact that it cost me next to nowt to build (more time than anything, cutting out disc mounts, doing a bit of brazing and spraying).
Don't know what the answer is......

 

[clunker]

Always wanted a Pace RC100, managed to purchase a new RC200 in 97 with my first decent bonus, still own it today. But earlier this year my dream came true found a 100 on eBay in need of attention and at a bargain BIN price snapped it up