Where is a bike's soul?

[PscyclePath]

A bike's soul is pretty evenly distributed on the saddle and on the pedals. It's that driving force that makes the thing go to all sorts of wonderful places, and maybe even a few that aren't so wonderful, but taking the bike there made them better

[Biciclista]

cute, PscyclePath.
I think the soul is the frame... in it, around it. My bike was injured, they fixed the dented tube, repainted it. It's still the same bike for sure.

[TsPoet]

The soul has to be the frame, as everything else is easy to replace and, in fact, often replaced.
Before I thought it through, though, my first thought was the chainrings, as that's the central part of the bike - maybe that's the heart and the frame is the soul.

[zoom-zoom]

The soul has to be the frame, as everything else is easy to replace and, in fact, often replaced.
Before I thought it through, though, my first thought was the chainrings, as that's the central part of the bike - maybe that's the heart and the frame is the soul.

+1 - I like this.

[Susan]

I think the soul of my bikes is in the frame, maybe somewhere around the headbadge.
If a part gets replaced, it's still the same bike, and I often tell my bikes that they will get a shiny new part to put on

[tzvia]

Hmmm...
Frame and wheels. Frame for the fit and the style (townie, racer, endurance, touring...) but also the wheels as they have such a large impact on the overall feel; they connect all the rest and YOU to the road/trail. You can make a great change to how the bike feels with a wheel change. Just look at the pros- TT is one wheelset/type, climbing is another, another for the flats...

[OakLeaf]

The hubs ... everything revolves around them.