Best Bike to ride before a good listening session

Any bike I am riding at the time is the best. There is no bad ride. My riding goes about 2/3-1/3 road to mountain and both are great fun. Like audio, I sometimes think folks (me included) get too wrapped up in the gear and forget that the fun is in the ride (or in listening).

Quanmer, thanks for the link to pictures of your bike, which is phenominal! I would love to try out something like that. I see the stays and fork are carbon fiber. How does the frame feel and respond compared to other more common materials like carbon or titanium? Is the cherry expected to hold up over the long haul, or is this more of a showpiece? I assume the tubes are hollow? I could not tell for sure from the pictures whether they were laminated, but they do not appear to be. I have a couple of pool cues with the shafts made from longitudinally laminated strips of maple, which significantly adds to the stiffness.

Any bike I am riding at the time is the best. There is no bad ride.

I haven't checked the forums for awhile and it is interesting that this old thread popped up today of all days. I still try to live what I wrote over a year ago but I have to say I am more than a little excited to be going over to my LBS in a couple of hours to pick up my new SuperSix EVO they just finished building up with full Dura Ace.

I have a friend in his mid-70s who is still quite a strong road rider.  He also has an e-mountain bike that he rides both around here (MI) and at his place in Colorado.  He really enjoys it.  Not sure on the brand but it is probably a good one - I would suggest checking out what is available at your LBS.  Having good tech support may be more critical for an e-bike than for purely mechanical bikes.
Interesting to see this thread come up again.  I wouldn't change what I wrote 10 years ago....

Any bike I am riding at the time is the best. There is no bad ride.