What is your "dream" bike?

[pll]

More than a dream bike, I need riding time...

Reading about crankin's experiences with a custom build reminds me of my fear of going custom: not being entirely satisfied with the outcome. That, plus the higher expense, will keep me away from a custom bike for many years, even though I'd love to get a bike with SS couplers to take it with me on trips.

[Owlie]

More than a dream bike, I need riding time...

Reading about crankin's experiences with a custom build reminds me of my fear of going custom: not being entirely satisfied with the outcome. That, plus the higher expense, will keep me away from a custom bike for many years, even though I'd love to get a bike with SS couplers to take it with me on trips.

True. I'm a fitting nightmare (super-short torso, long femurs) , and frequently not-so-in-love with the color palettes available for women's bikes, so custom sometimes seems like the best bet in the long term. But I'm terrified of not being satisfied with the results because I don't know precisely what I want.
Not that it matters right now, 'cuz I'm broke.

[nscrbug]

More than a dream bike, I need riding time...

Reading about crankin's experiences with a custom build reminds me of my fear of going custom: not being entirely satisfied with the outcome. That, plus the higher expense, will keep me away from a custom bike for many years, even though I'd love to get a bike with SS couplers to take it with me on trips.

I totally get this. I took a HUGE leap of faith, by going custom with my latest bike. Which is something I thought I would NEVER do in a million years because I too, am (as Owlie so eloquently put it) a "fitting nightmare". For the past 4 years that I've been cycling seriously, I've had a myriad of fit issues and it was always suggested to me by many of the women of this forum to go custom. I expressed the very same fears of not being completely satisfied with the outcome...and even now, as a custom Seven owner, still have those fears tucked away in my head. I only have a little over 120 miles on my Seven...it's still too soon to tell if it "feels" totally and completely right to me. I'm still getting some hand pain/numbness, but with it still being winter here, I can't rule out that it's from the cold. I'll have to wait and see how my hands feel once the temps warm up a bit, to know for sure.

But yeah, I completely understand the reluctance to go custom, if you happen to be an extreme case like some of us. Been there...done that. Keeping my fingers crossed that I made the right decision.

Linda

[moderncyclista]

More than a dream bike, I need riding time...

Reading about crankin's experiences with a custom build reminds me of my fear of going custom: not being entirely satisfied with the outcome. That, plus the higher expense, will keep me away from a custom bike for many years, even though I'd love to get a bike with SS couplers to take it with me on trips.

Not to play devils advocate, but Surly makes a version of the Long Haul Trucker with SS couplers called the Trucker Deluxe! No joke, I ride my LHT the most out of all my bikes. I just rode home in 40 mph winds and I didn't feel like I was going to get pushed over at all. Stable, sure-footed and rugged. Not a speed-demon, but hey no bike is perfect. Surly comes darned close though. (I feel like I deserve a free-bike from Surly because of how much I talk them up. LMAO. )

[Sky King]

Not to play devils advocate, but Surly makes a version of the Long Haul Trucker with SS couplers called the Trucker Deluxe! No joke, I ride my LHT the most out of all my bikes. I just rode home in 40 mph winds and I didn't feel like I was going to get pushed over at all. Stable, sure-footed and rugged. Not a speed-demon, but hey no bike is perfect. Surly comes darned close though. (I feel like I deserve a free-bike from Surly because of how much I talk them up. LMAO. )

The LHT deluxe is a nice one at a great price.
Of course having just attending NAHBS I was experiencing the "bright shiny object" syndrome - now I am pining for about 20 different bikes

[Hartmame]

I've actually been thinking in terms of the bike that got away. I wish I had picked up a 1995 Kona CinderCone. I purchased a 14" 1995 Kona Kula, I love this bike I still own and ride it but, I would like to have a steel version too and the Cinder Cone would be great.

I also would love to own a 48cm Bridgestone XO-1, the orange one!!

There are more I am sure but these are the ones that I still wish I had.