One Bike to Rule Them All: Bike Lust. Of the MTB Strain.

Our friends over on the “Singletrack” Facebook fan page posted a question the other day that seemed to catch people’s interest. The answers are funny, emlightening and most of all, spread across the entire spectrum of possibility. With their generous permission we’re going to re-post all the responses here.

Enjoy.

Singletrack: If you could pick ONE bike to ride for 2010, and admit that lust, color and bike-porn factor ALL matter, what would it be?

• Kyle Jones Evil Sect.
• Noah Meineke Rigid, chum-bucket red karate monkey with flow rims built onto surly hubs. I find beauty in what makes me stronger(a better rider) rather than that which just makes the trail easier to ride.
• Recycled Cycles What is bike porn factor?
• Singletrack “What is bike-porn factor?” That quality that some bikes have (and this is admittedly subjective) of inducing drool, elevated heart-rates and a flat-out money-is-no-object-if-i-win-the-lotto-i-WILL-have-one sort of lust.
• Joe Hanrahan Knolly Endophin, Lyric 2 step, Crossmax SX wheels, Elixer CRs, Joplin Post
• Edward Freeman Yeti ASR 7
• Mark Stursma Dream bike acquired – Superfly 100. Now I just need conducive weather. It’s going to be a great year!
• Richard Serton my Cannondale Rush Carbon w/lefty speed carbon, hollowgram SL cranks and crossmax SLRs
• Tim Meyer Epic Marathon 29er–Custom Paint Job for high Porn Factor
• Robert Irwin Pochapin Moots hardtail, Moots stem, bar, seatpoast, XTR group, Cross Max. Who needs paint?
• Singletrack It’s kind of cool that the perfect bike can be something so different to so many people, yet we can all look at each other’s choices and say “yep – I get that.”
• Andre A Blur LTc, fox talas 150 32 rlc QR15, fox rp23 w/ boost, oro R1s, XO/XTR, I9 enduros (custom color fade)
• Matthew Juntunen Santacruz Heckler
• Matt Rayment Custom Jeffson SS 29er. Rigid. Root beer float paint. Paul Cranks. on one drivetrain. yup.
• Bruce MacDonald All of the above!!
• Peter Garnich Sworks Stumpjumper Fsr 29r doesn’t exist yet but this is a dream we are talking about anyway
• Al Northouse Custom Titus Fireline ti 29′er as a singlespeed.
• Asa Salas Santa Cruz Tallboy.
• Fernando Ángel Boada Bustos Canyon Torque Vertride 9.0
• Elvis Truewheel My 09 beat-up Vassago Bandersnatch!
• Lauren Ziedonis GF Superfly 100
• Joe Partridge Surly Long Haul Trucker.
• Nate Cox Giant Anthem Carbon
• Mike Zobbe Carbon S-works epic.
• Paul Lidgard Indy Fab Ti Single Speed with Carbon Lefty
• Singletrack Oh my…
• Mark Shepard Turner Sultan 29′r, fire engine red!
• Art Grunden Gary Fisher Superflu
• Edward Gareth Jones Trek District Carbon….not for mtb use of course, but on the street…..looks devine.
• Lisa Cramton Paul – my bf rides the IF/lefty combo & Loves it! ME…. my superfly ss!! LOVE IT!!
• Superfly Singlespeed. Large with a weight of 20lbs including a Fox RLC fork.
• Mtb RaceNews Anything with fat knobby-tires and isn’t afraid to get abused!
• Singletrack Aww yeah, MTB RaceNews! Sounds like you and I are both in the remote adjustable seatpost camp!
• Jason Lombard Blur XC Carbon with 2.2′s, 70mm stem and a Joplin post.
• Chad Quigley Salsa Big Mama !!
• Steve Fuller Singletrack only – My 08 Orange Salsa Dos Niner
  Everything else – My Orange Salsa La Cruz
• Shaun Timberlake one bike= do everything dream bike? could not go past a Giant Trance X ADV.
• Brian Ballard Moots YBB, chris king wheels, HS, xo drive train, F100, magic mototrcycle cranks, no lopes paint cuz lopes is a total douche
• Brian Ballard oh yeah add a speedball post
• Singletrack I heart me some Brian Ballard.
• Shauna Potocky It IS my light pink custom Rock Lobster cross bike. It is the greatest bike ever… fits like a dream and my fab black components make it sexy. Bonus: I’m pretty light and don’t need tied and soldered wheels but the extra time was taken to make it that special. Love my bike, love it!
• Brian Ballard hoooo rock robster!
• Tom Sillis Aprilla Mille
• Brian Ballard hey singletrack, sounds like a bromance!
• Kevin Matteson My 2010 Specialized Enduro Expert has to fill the job this year! She’s off to a rocking start too!
• Jeff Cospolich Blur LT carbon OR Intense Tracer VP. see, I’m flexible!
• Singletrack How do you know I’m a bro, Ballard? I could be a Danish sweater model. I’m not, but I could be.
• Brian Ballard your secret is safe here singletrack
• Singletrack Secret? I don’t have any secrets. Except those lady-things in my closet. And that one time in college.
• Dean Payne Chilcotins
• Joe Albert 2010 TITUS El Guapo with a RC2 coil
• Curtis Falk Rocky Mountain Altitude 90 RSL
• Kevin Simons santa cruz nomad. gun metal gray. wait…i already have that bike. well, i’d like another one just like it.
• Jamie Molitor Trek Remedy 9.9. Ride it. You’ll understand.
• Chris Way S-Works Epic
• Anthony Coley Epic 29er
• Jennifer Flood Yeti Carbon
• Christopher Joyce Superfly 100
• Jon Pursley My bone colored Vassago JabberWocky.
• Singletrack Great. Fucking. Answers.
• Courtland Keith Niner Carbon One, white, stans wheels, Fox fork, Ritchey stem & bar, setup SS! Built to be raced hard and fast!!
• Gordon Yeager Titanium SyCip 29er HT
• Greg Chane Transition Covert
• Barry McKinnon My Rocky Mountain Vertex RSL – fave bike in the quiver.
• Pete Luna DEAN titanium hardtail, candy blue powdercoat, xtr group, ti bars and stem and post, chris king everything.
• Steven Gravenites Steve Potts/John Castellano; Titanium 29′er soft-tail, Fox f29x15mm thru, XTR, DT 190/Stans’ rim> “GravyWheels” of course!!!
• Seth Ritchie My soul cycles Matador. the bike is pure sex
• Adam Beck Niner RIP
• Jon Rizzo One bike?!? That’s crazy talk. The bike means nothing, a means to an end. It is the dirt, rocks and sky that I lust, long days on swoopy trails glistening sweat upon my limbs
• Jean-Francois Petit paul tomasberg’s xtr di2
• Lee McCormack S-Works Enduro
• Denis Chazelle Ventana El Rey FS 29er electric dust black
• Jeff Moran XTR green Ibis mojo…….. Awesome!
• Kevin Thompson My 1998 KHS AreoTrack
• Singletrack Seth Ritchie’s bike is PURE SEX!
• MIchelle Packer Gary fisher 29r rumblefish
• Bill Lloyd P.K. Ripper cruiser-size with 200 mm cranks.
• Scott Skirrow My trusty old Marin East Peak, I love her and she never lets me down. Wouldnt swap her for the world.
• Mike Kirkmire 2010 S-Works Stumpjumper FSR Carbon
• Kent Ziegler Yeti ASR-5 Carbon… oh yeah!
• David Lingle Since it is winter and all…
  Surly Pugsley!!
• Clare Morris Commencal meta 5 in white ;-D
• Devon Balet Banshee viento- single speed, stroker white, azonic checker board bars, minute front w/20mm through. SUPER FAST!
• Judd Myers GF superfly 100, no question
• Singletrack Devon Balet – gimme a shout!
• Ross Consalvo garyfisher superfly 100
• Ruben Slegers A Scott Scale 10 of the year 2005, haven’t seen anything like that since that came out.
• Kyle Iseminger Yeti ASR 7
• Marc Campbell Trek Remedy, best all mountain bike I’ve riden! Looking forward to trying the Trek Scratch though, that bike may change my answer.
• Linden Carlson that’s hard…either my Banshee Amp or my Banshee Paradox. prolly the Amp, it’s got a freecoaster!!
• Fer Mejia Either Trek Remedy or Santa Cruz Blur xc!
• Christopher Michael Wedell It would still be my 09 carbon blur, but i’m waiting on putting the full XX kit on it.
• Steve Pacini I love my Giant Trance X1 but if I could afford another bike it would be the Ibis Mojo HD w/ the Crank Brothers iodine wheels. In the Brain Lopes paint scheme of course!
• Michael Jay Warren Cotic Soda.
• Stefan Matza My black and silver RM Slayer!
• Rui Correia Santa Cruz Blur LT carbon
• Moses Mexia 2010 RMZ 250…
• Singletrack Lopes paint scheme? I’m not a big fan of Lopes, but sexy paint is sexy paint. Post a pic!
• Oscar Mtb santa cruz nomad awsome
• James Collins Ellsworth Epiphany.