If your bike was a car...

[Bicycle]

Italian Alloy/Carbon road bike: Alfa GT (diesel). Sporty, but not insanely so. Nice to look at and use.

Pace rc303 MTB: Citroen Mehari 4x4. All about fun. Looks and outright performance are unimportant.

Steel fixed-gear road bike: Original Lotus 7 with steel wheels, skinny tyres and a 4-speed crash box. I've never driven one, but that's what the fixie feels like.

1930s black gents' bicycle (rod brakes): Citroen 11b avec malle, or some obscure pre-war Rover. Sedate, graceful, demure.

1990 Kona rigid MTB: Lada Niva 4x4. Still the most surprising thing I've ever driven off-road and an absolute demon on ice, snow and similar. Looks tame but delivers most surprisingly. Many jokes told about it by people who don't know it.

Old Trek cheapo HT MTB: MK2 VW Golf 1.8 GL. Invisible cos it's not a GTI, but indestructable, reliable and fun to chuck around. Anonymous excellence. Like the ancient Trek, it will always bring a smile but never be noticed.


Have I taken this too seriously?

Have I revealed that I've got more bicycles than is sensible?

 

[Hip Priest]

A BMW X5.

It has off-road styling, but you wouldn't want to take it off-road.

 

[biggs682]

i would like to say a gaurds red 911 but more than likely be a reliant robin

 

[JonnyBlade]

The reason I was arrested for driving on the cycle path

 

[Adasta]

I have a Carrera Virtuoso.

It's a bit like my first car: Rover Metro 1.4 Gsi. A good mover but just not very cool.

 

[rowan 46]

viking trek bike. I imagine like a skoda cheap, comfortable, surprisingly capable but not something you fall in love with.
The bike I use for pleasure is a specialized sirrus sport. Imagine its a bit like a ford focus. not hugely expensive but handles beautifully and loves the open road

 

[Davidc]

Getting lonely sitting on the drive most of the time.

 

[Furkz]

i wish

 

[corshamjim]

Good question!

A Morris Minor - British-made, curvy, slow, drum brakes and very easy to maintain.

 

[Holdsworth]

Off the road as the cost insurance for us young 'uns is much too excessive to be able to afford on my wages!

 

[billy1561]

Something from British Leyland...

 

[stevetailor125]

The sort of car that the police love to stop, looks like the mot is out, its heading to the scrapyard and the driver looks like he shouldn't be on the road

 

[TheDoctor]

Carbon Uberbike = Lotus Elise. Light, gets the most from an underwhelming power unit and corners like it's on rails.
531 Tourer = Hyundai Matrix. Not trendy, but easy to drive and gets you there comfortably while carrying unfeasable amounts of kit.
Brommie = old-skool Mini. Small, twitchy, perfectly formed, and if you've just got one this is it.
Kirk Precision MTB = Land Rover. Looks a bit daft, but I like it.
Dynatech Ti Singlespeed = Morgan. I don't need it, but I wouldn't be without it.
Daewoo Shuttle = Skoda Estelle 120. It was cheap, but even so, what was I thinking????

 

[Norm]

Something with a crap engine.

An engine which is a bit too old, used to smoke and consume too much fuel, doesn't rev too high or produce as much power as it did... etc

Spesh Tricross = Nissan X-Trail (not quite as good as either a road car or an off-roader in extremis in their own environment but good enough to cover 99% of the real life uses of either)
Spesh Secteur = Porsche 924 (comfortable and still fairly quick on the tarmac but (see above) the engine is getting on a bit)
Giant Talon = Ford Ranger (you know there are better off roaders out there but, hey, it's got air-con and leccy windows)
Giant Coldrock = Land Rover 109 (was good in its day but there's better stuff which actually has suspension now)

 

[slowmotion]

An engine which is a bit too old, used to smoke and consume too much fuel, doesn't rev too high or produce as much power as it did... etc

Absolutely spot on Norm.

Now I'm trying to "clock" it.