14max

...made from any maker, what would it be? This will be the last bike you will ever own.

This question may have been asked before but I'm throwing it out there again.

Which one bike would you have and how would you kit it out? My answer?:

Richard Sachs Custom (frameset)
Component mix of R600 (crankset/brakeset), 6600 (bottom bracket, chain, cassette, hubs), and 7800 (bar end shifters, derailleurs)
Nitto (bar, stem, seatpost)

The component mix is optimal for me. I feel I'm getting the best of each category without compromising anything. I get high performance shifting, workmanlike drivetrain, and the ability to run fenders when I feel like it. It's still racy but not strictly so.

asherlighn

I have not tried nearly enough bicycles to make this decision.

55/Rad

Something custom. A Sachs, Llewellyn, heck, even a Vanilla though it will never happen.

The Kirks are looking quite nice to me at the moment.

A custom Tommasini steelie - yes!

Mariner Fan

I'm with Rad on this one. I would want a custom bike.

14max

I'm with you guys. I would definitely go custom. The Curtlo I'm having built fits the bill just fine. I chose RS because, well, he's RS...

Surferbruce

Kirks are so sick...a Pegoretti would be up there too, maybe a Kish ti also.

tmqgiant

Let me put on my "Flame" ******ent suit ...

Bacchetta carbon Aero

cat4ever

Ridley Noah with Dura Ace and Zipps

ElJamoquio

Cervelo SLC-SL and Zipps.

But when I crashed it...

maddyfish

Mine is pretty common I guess: Cannondale caad8 with full dura-ace

alancw3

a vanilla would be one of my fchoices, then a serotta or even a cannondale. yes, i said c'dale! a super six would be nice although that would be a case of function over form. ugly! also i would love to have a bob brown lugged stainless steel reynolds 953. so i am torn between form and function and old school versus new technology.

bpohl

mmmm... magnesium

Hocam

I'd get a custom Spectrum lugged steel frameset with carbon fork painted to match. It'd be the same orange as the bike in my sig but with cream seat tube and downtube. Stainless rear dropouts, stainless water bottle braze ons and internal rear brake cable routing. Geometry would be less relaxed than my Bilenky.

06 Campy record triple with handbuilt White Industries H-1 hubs laced to silver velocity aeroheads 28 rear 24 front, with a Schdmit dynamo front hub as a spare front wheel. Braze-on's for 3 bottles (1 under the downtube), fenders and racks just so I have the option.

It'd be built stiff for sprints and climbs but with the ability to do long distances, carbon fork to shave some weight.

mollusk

If I could have only one bike but lots of different wheel sets I'd get a cross bike. A REALLY nice cross bike. Then I could commute, go off road, ride with my kids, and even hang on the fast group rides.

Bob Ross

Well, if it's really the last bike I'll ever buy that means it has to be something I can still ride when I'm 90 years old, so I guess we're talking about a recumbent tadpole or trike. :::sigh:::

giantcfr1

This:

FatguyRacer

Custom IF Crown Jewel.

Oh wait...

GuitarWizard

A custom Parlee, probably.

jschen

There's a lot of nice bikes out there. And I've wondered what I might buy for myself at the end of grad school in a year or so. At the moment, though, my conclusion over and over is that there's nothing that justifies replacing my Cervelo R3. I've got my dream bike, at least for now.

terry b

If I was limited to only one, it would have to be versatile. I ride road, I ride cross and I ride MTB. This one bike would have to be convertible enough to do all three. And it would have to be coupled to allow for travel. I own it already, bought and spec'd for an upcoming relocation to Asia where I can only have one bike.

So this is what I built -
57cm custom frame in titanium for finish durability
S&S couplers
Ritchey CF cross fork
eyelets for fenders and racks
Clearance for knobby tires up to at least 35 (I've seen bikes recently built to allow for MTB tires and even 29er wheels)
Paul Cantis front and back.
Robust 32H wheels built on Dura Ace hubs
Dura Ace 9 everywhere else
SLR saddle, Ritchey post and bar, Thomson stem (old road style, beefy)
Cane Creek interrupt levers
Compact crank to allow rings from 34 to 38 and 46 to 52 up front
Polar computer pickup to reduce need for separate computer
12x27 cassette
Crank Brothers Candy pedals to allow for MTB shoes
Chris King headset

banerjek

Depends on where I thought I'd be living. Racing bikes are best on steep hills or open roads. Most bents are best on longer runs, rollers, and against wind. Touring bikes are great all rounders for commuting and touring. Tadpole trikes are best in town because you can operate them at very low speeds and don't need to unclip at stops (they also lend themselves particularly well towards electrification).

But if I could have only one that I'd have to ride into old age, probably the tadpole.

v1k1ng1001

a custom steel something or other

blue 414

a white lugged custom steel, with nice aggressive geometry, light as a fart, a carbon fibre fork to match, white saddle and tape that never got dirty. and black out everything else...stem, seat post, wheels and tires. of course I would wear an all white kit from head to toe everyday. It's the kind of bike i think jebus would love to ride.

headwind_hater

It would have to be a custom lugged steel Italian bike (maybe like the old school Colnago, DeRosa, Piranello, Ciocc, or Bianchi) with full Campy Record components.

Ryleeryno

Orbea Orca or Cervelo Soloist Carbon