[Downhiller]

ok just curious which is your fetish on DH bike or any other bike,

i mean what do you love most on bike (like rotors, bar caps, valve cap etc.) what do you look first when you see other dh bike ?"
First thing only !

and another thing what you need to change on your bike soon or soon as possible on your bike like fork when new model comes out or new brakes...


i am bored so if this is stupid i will delete it

 

[SuperKat]

I don't know if it's a fetish, but I love it when things match up in color. End caps, seat collar, pedals, etc.
I think it looks sharp.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Don't know why...but that's usually what I look at first...I guess cause that'll almost always tell me what kind of bike I'm getting ready to mentally scrutinize...and prolly drool over. Except for the V10 I saw with a 6" single crown on it...that was kinda whack.

 

[dG video]

Gotta have a nice looking seat, usually minimal (roadie) and at the right angle and placement on the rails. I am so picky about seats.

Such as:

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

matching colored bikes with same company specs.....



such as my dhr with Ti avy and boxxer and rfx with Ti avy and pike

 

[xy9ine]

i'm all over trick lightweight widgets & exotic materials. carbon, cnc'd / anno'd aluminum & ti hardware all make me salivate.

 

[dante]

handcuffs.





oh wait, you were talking about bikes? oster_oops:

 

[SK6]

Frames....

 

[lovebunny]

i have to have a rare bike. a bike not everyone has. my dh bike is a Be One and my 4x bike is one of a kind

 

[bjanga]

The fork.

i have to have a rare bike. my dh bike is a Be One

. . . and the linkage rattles more than the chain on my hardtail.

 

[mike425]

gota agree with rockymt21. A nice roadie seat on a dh bike slightly tilted up looks the nuts. Im a seat whore, just got a ltd edition selle italia union jack seat for my bike

 

[bpatterson6]

I don't know if it's a fetish, but I love it when things match up in color. End caps, seat collar, pedals, etc.
I think it looks sharp.

I agree. That just drives me nuts when things aren't looking right.
Maybe it comes from my BMX days, but I would never own a bike that wasn't matching this and that from front to back along with all of my Gear. Just looks PRO to me when it is all in check. You might call it OCD. :biggrin:

 

[seismic]

The suspension setup....do I need to say more....

 

[EVRAC]

gearboxes

 

[BikerBoy28]

Forks. 888's! or boxxers

 

[Del]

I don't give a damn about rims on cars but I do love some nice rims on a bike.

I like my Double Tracks and I love the way the new Transition rims look.

Also I like the look of sparse, thick spokes.

 

[avalanche165]

front and rear suspension, oh yes.

 

[mack]

This is my bad ass seat:

 

[SuspectDevice]

I look at the position of the controls on someones handlepars. Nothing tells me more about someones riding style and ability level than how they have their bars tilted, lever position and angle, bar height and width and shifter placement.

 

[DH biker]

Color theme.
Fork.
Pedals.

 

[dan wask]

Components that aren't crap like mine.

 

[lovebunny]

The fork.





. . . and the linkage rattles more than the chain on my hardtail.

does it really? its definatly not worse than your back wheel

 

[Heath Sherratt]

Overall aesthetic is pretty important but not more than function. I'm a gear snob. I love it all, but Pedals, Bars and Tires I am particular about because of performance. One single aesthetic thing I really pick up on is style. Yeah, I have a style fetish.

 

[elRey]

I always look at the linkage and the fork. Even if it's a bike I have seen before.

 

[GiantRider]

Nice set of levers(Dangerboy, whatever) then a nice stem since those are the two parts i look at most when im puffing up a hill.

 

[corey_rideDC]

i really dig the way a full DH race bike looks with a road cassette & dura-ace or ultegra derailleur. nice tight drivetrain.

 

[Bicyclist]

Overall look. IE built light, heavy, ugly, stupid, etc. I like the look of a well-though-out (both in terms of parts and looks) race bike. I like the race-only look with a road drivetrain and stupid light parts.

 

[Kntr]

Fork and shock.

 

[HRDTLBRO]

I'd have to say a nicely set-up chainguide (e13!). I can't stand a bike with the guide pulley rotated down in the 6 o'clock position...it's gotta be nice and tucked up against the chainstay.

 

[Chip Henderson]

Stems. Ooooh, sweet, sweet, stems...

Chip

 

[3D.]

Low bottom brackets/ 12.5"-13"

 

[Dogboy]

I look at the position of the controls on someones handlepars. Nothing tells me more about someones riding style and ability level than how they have their bars tilted, lever position and angle, bar height and width and shifter placement.

Ditto. Nicely put.

 

[Bldr_DH]

Carbon. Mmmm Carbon. Matching bits and pieces are up there as well. Totally agree with Rockmt21 about seats too.

 

[Tattooo]

Diety seat clamp

 

[BikerBoy28]

Stems. Ooooh, sweet, sweet, stems...

Chip

wow! how much do those cost?

 

[cjcrashesalot]

I look at the position of the controls on someones handlepars. Nothing tells me more about someones riding style and ability level than how they have their bars tilted, lever position and angle, bar height and width and shifter placement.

I know what some of those correlate to, but what do bar tilt, lever angle and shifter placement indicate?

 

[freakrock]

wow! how much do those cost?

where can i find those on the internet?

 

[downhillracer]

deemax, they just jump out at you they are so yellow!

 

[mastercycleman]

The fork.





. . . and the linkage rattles more than the chain on my hardtail.

huh, what you talking about

 

[mastercycleman]

does it really? its definatly not worse than your back wheel

true dat, that wheel, is whack
noise coming out of everywhere.