What's your favorite bike brand and why?
04-16-14, 06:07 AM
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What's your favorite bike brand and why?
As the title says, I am curious what bike brands did you like and why you pick them. Some of mine are : Raleigh, Cannondale, Scott, Tern. I picked raleigh for the best deals, and Cannondale for the advanced aluminum design to try out.etc. Be as Specific As you like.
04-16-14, 06:10 AM
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Trek, because no one else likes them.
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Whichever one I'm riding at the moment. 
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04-16-14, 06:47 AM
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Rivendell...because they do things differently and their bikes are fantastic. They take fredishness and the idea of "just riding,"not feeling like you have to emulate a pro racer to enjoy a bike ride to a level that I greatly appreciate.
04-16-14, 06:52 AM
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Specialized because
(a) the bikes are so good and
(b) they are readily available as frames only to build and
(c) everyone hates them so much.
(a) the bikes are so good and
(b) they are readily available as frames only to build and
(c) everyone hates them so much.
04-16-14, 08:15 AM
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Trek, then Schwinn but I don't own a bike made later than 1992.
04-16-14, 08:23 AM
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Cube because the geometry of their bikes really work for me.
04-16-14, 08:45 AM
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For some reason I've always had a thing for Cannondale even though I've never owned one. Maybe it's the New England thing. In the fantasy-land of my noggin, I picture the company being a bunch of easy-going, flannel wearers. And they make beautiful bikes.
Bianchi too. They had a shop on my walk back from class in college. I often stopped in and gazed. They were beautiful and seemed really exotic.
Bianchi too. They had a shop on my walk back from class in college. I often stopped in and gazed. They were beautiful and seemed really exotic.
04-16-14, 08:52 AM
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I'm not partial to any. I like my current ride though which is a Fuji.
04-16-14, 09:51 AM
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Had to google that. I don't do it for fashion. I just don't want to ride an advertisement/billboard.
If Trek or other major brands made frames without their branding all over it, except maybe in small lettering on the seattube above the frame size, I'd ride it.
If Trek or other major brands made frames without their branding all over it, except maybe in small lettering on the seattube above the frame size, I'd ride it.
04-16-14, 12:00 PM
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B. Trek does...project 1, choose your own styling. Make the logos and accents the same color as frame.
04-16-14, 12:56 PM
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My favorite bike brand is USED.
That said, I love my Rivendell. Smart design and gorgeous details. I like other companies with smart design, and I prefer steel, so of course I also like Surly, Soma, Boulder, Lighthouse, Ocean Air, and similar makers.
Trek, Specialized, Giant, Cannondale, and other major brands all make good bikes. But I get more excited for their old stuff than their new stuff. And I have a hard time discerning what makes one major LBS brand from the others. Their bikes are all basically the same. I guess that's what the huge billboard graphics are for.
That said, I love my Rivendell. Smart design and gorgeous details. I like other companies with smart design, and I prefer steel, so of course I also like Surly, Soma, Boulder, Lighthouse, Ocean Air, and similar makers.
Trek, Specialized, Giant, Cannondale, and other major brands all make good bikes. But I get more excited for their old stuff than their new stuff. And I have a hard time discerning what makes one major LBS brand from the others. Their bikes are all basically the same. I guess that's what the huge billboard graphics are for.
04-16-14, 02:09 PM
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This is a good exercise for 12 year olds.
Who cares what my favorite is? Not even me.
Who cares what my favorite is? Not even me.
04-16-14, 02:13 PM
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Motobecane, because that's what I ride. There's nothing sexy about it, but the price was right and it gets the job done.
04-16-14, 02:19 PM
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As to the favorite bike brand, I'm crushing on Kish Fabrications in Carrboro, NC. Custom Titanium frames that are as beautiful as functional. I'd love to call one my own someday...
04-16-14, 02:24 PM
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