Is there a frame material/type of bike you regret not owning?

[tomato coupe]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

I think the only regret I might have is never riding a quality steel frame with a custom steel fork.

Originally Posted by Caballero

why not just buy a quality steel frame with a custom steel fork ?

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

I actually have one.

??? You bought one after you started the thread?

[prototoast]

Originally Posted by tomato coupe

??? You bought one after you started the thread?

I think he's switched between "riding" and "owning". He currently owns one he's never ridden.

[72gmc]

Originally Posted by David Kirk

I've always wanted a bike built by Nick Crumpton. They resonate with me.

dave

Agree. I’ve ridden a mass produced carbon bike, didn’t do anything for me, but I suspect a crumpton would be a different experience.

[jawnzcapital]

Originally Posted by 72gmc

Agree. I’ve ridden a mass produced carbon bike, didn’t do anything for me, but I suspect a crumpton would be a different experience.

Argonaut has always intrigued me and dare I say the custom Enve bike?

[Coffee Rider]

No. I think at some point I’ve owned bikes of all the standard materials at some point. I don’t consider magnesium or bamboo to be standard materials:


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[RFC]

Originally Posted by nalax

I was watching an old MacGyver yesterday and he claimed bike frames had a lot of magnesium so he hacksawed and filed the tubes on an old ten speed and used the mixture to make a torch with the old seat tube which the cut through the lock on an armored car. So I'm thinking magnesium.

My thought exactly.

[commandcomm]

Vaast looks like a newer company that is making magnesium frames.


https://www.vaastbikes.com/

[pdmtong]

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[mlc]

Road? True Temper OX and Carbon are things I'd like to try at some point, but I'm feeling pretty satiated for the near future. For MTB I want to try Ti for a hardtail and 853 for a full sus at some point. On chunky gravel, my MB-1 drop bar conversion really has me craving nothing else... I can't imagine something better than what I've got for the sort of riding I'm doing right now. Hopefully have a custom coming down the pipe for all-road that I'll get to mull over in the coming months... having dreams of Max and maxed out mid-reach brakes...

[happycampyer]

Originally Posted by David Kirk

I've always wanted a bike built by Nick Crumpton. They resonate with me.

dave

Of course, I do have a fork made by you on my CSI… that’s a consolation.

One material I don’t regret not owning is that Colnago NFT…

[Bob Ross]

"Regret" is a powerful word, and I don't think there's anything about bikes or cycling that I honestly "regret". But I will say that I have fairly recently conceded that I will most likely never own a Titanium frame -- not because I don't want one or can't get one, but because

- A) I can't imagine having so few bikes left that I can justify getting yet another (unless some miraculous windfall occurs, of such substantial size that I can afford not just a new Titanium bicycle but also a garage to house it in!)...and

- B) all the guys whose Titanium frames I most admired and/or lusted for have stopped building!

So while I don't "regeret" not owning a Titanium bicycle, I suppose on some level I'm "sad" that I won't own a Titanium bicycle.

[Chris(NJ)]

A quality Ti all-road/gravel bike. I'm not sure if I'll ever try one though. Mostly b/c there's no guarantee I'll be convinced the change in ride quality will be justified. At 1.5-2x the price of carbon, I'd need to be certain and not sure how to be convinced. So the thought will probably always linger.

[callmeishmael]

I'd like a high end stainless at some point. If I magically came into 10k tomorrow, then it would be a very hard decision from a shortlist of 3 or 4.

I've never had a ti bike, either. I can admire them, though they just don't speak to me for some reason.

[nbl78s]

I have only ridden steel and Ti but I have an opportunity to pick up a colnago c50 at a reasonable price... Do you think this will scratch the carbon itch?

[slosh415]

Originally Posted by nbl78s

I have only ridden steel and Ti but I have an opportunity to pick up a colnago c50 at a reasonable price... Do you think this will scratch the carbon itch?

I doubt it would give you a feel for today's carbon bikes. They've evolved into something entirely different.

To be fair, I haven't ridden a C-50. But I do have a C-40 that I rode this morning, and I've had various new bikes in recent years.