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Karinofnine - Member

Aspirational bollocks? Not actually sure what you mean, but here's my position:

we were asked, we didn't volunteer the information;

it IS a bike forum so you might reasonably expect people to have bikes;

some of us may be middle-aged men, but I am an elderly woman who has been into biking for many years and so built up a collection;

I don't collect paintings or go clubbing or buy designer clothes or live in a fancy house or go on expensive holidays, I have my bikes, three of them hang up on the wall in my lounge, my holidays - actually my whole life - is based around riding my bikes and being with my dog. It's a choice I made about my life.

Bikes (and Missy) is what I iz.

Posted 6 months ago #
Northwind - Member

Kevevs - Member

and then they find STW and threads like this. it's just some other aspirational bollocks isn't it.

No. HTH.

Posted 6 months ago #
dyna-ti - Member

Two
Bike 1- Unknown Ti hardtail
Bike 2- Santa cruz Tazmon [current project]

I try to keep things to a riding bike and a project otherwise[as many here will agree] you get inundated with them.

Posted 6 months ago #
footflaps - Member

Owning a lot of bikes is hardly extravagant - you can get 10 top end carbon beauties for the price of a brand new family car (and I hear that some families have more than one car - outrageous!).

Posted 6 months ago #
bakey - Member

Eight between us all:

Dialled Bikes Love/Hate SS
Santa Cruz Superlight
Uncle John cross/road/turbo

Mrs Bakey
Ancient Ridgeback
Giant something or other road bike

Kids
3x Islabikes (one for sale when I get round to it!)

Posted 6 months ago #
kudos100 - Member

I'm down to 4 now.

Do it all HT - Evil Sovereign
Do it all FS - Chumba XCL
Jump bike - DMR rhythm
Hack/winter/pub bike - Old Diamond Back Ascent with slicks

They all get ridden, no garage queens.

Posted 6 months ago #
MoreCashThanDash - Member

I'm only allowed 3 at a time, one for each type of riding; road, off-road and commuting.

Currently of the view that the road bike isn't the right one any more, the commuter was cheap and would be nice to upgrade and I need to get the MTB stripped, resprayed and rebuilt with new bits.

This may be because various illnesses and injuries have stopped me riding properly since the summer and I'm going out of my mind!

Posted 6 months ago #
The Swedish Chef - Member

Two, a hard tail 100mm carbon fibre XC race bike, and a carbon fibre CX bike. All my training, racing, and general riding is done on them.

Posted 6 months ago #
SirJonLordofBike - Member

SirJonLordofBike
'in your defence'? I questionthe doubling up of so many same bikes and so so many unbuilt, 2 VP frees a Ti Holeshot, 4X 2:1 .. all unbuilt
I'm so very jealous

Lol genuinely it's not big or clever. Don't be too jealous, my cars are utter s#!&e!and I struggle to find the time to ride half as much as I'd like to because of work commitments.
I have to admit that the unbuilt list is criminal,I'll be working on this over the winter.

Posted 6 months ago #
EvoStick - Member

Dialled Bikes PA
Whyte 905
Specialized Sirrus
Giant Rock (Wife's)
Ridgeback kid's bike
Wooden balance bike

Being boring, soulless and middle aged is grossly underrated anyway.

Posted 6 months ago #
bigthunder - Member

3 bikes. An Orange Patriot 7+ with Lyriks and fox,a Pitch with a dhx 3 and fox 32s and lots of Easton and a Pinnacle Coldharbour hardtail. These are all excellant bikes and very versatile. I use the Pitch as a trail weapon and the Orange for heavier stuff. Pinnacle has been gathering dust lately which is a shame coz its great as well. Love my bikes.

Posted 6 months ago #
Russell96 - Member

Cotic Roadrat
Raleigh road bike exact model name escapes me at the moment
Graham Weigh Cross bike
Dialled Bikes Love/Hate
Dialled Bikes Morning Glory
Cotic Hemlock
Yeti 575
Santa Cruz Blur

and a GT RTS in bits under going a very slow restoration

Posted 6 months ago #
crimsondynamo - Member

I prefer to catergorise the family's bikes by the colour of the rainbow:

1. Red: Kona Honky Tonk (winter road bike, me)
2. Red/White: Colnago Asso (summer road bike, Mrs)
3. Red/White: Colnago Primavera(summer road bike, me)
4. Orange: Cotic Soul (HT, me)
5. Yellow: Genesis IO-ID (commuter, Mrs)
6. Green: Brompton (getting about, shared)
7. Blue: Isla Bikes Beinn 20 (#1 son)
8. Indigo: Ridgeback MX 16 (#2 son)
9. Violet: Nothing! I do however have a grey Stumpy FSR which I now realise I clearly need to get resprayed violet!

Posted 6 months ago #
Teetosugars - Member

Love/Hate Singlespeed
Cove Handjob
SC Heckler
DeRosa Merak (Road)
Ribble Road ( winter)
CX.

Posted 6 months ago #
BigDummy - Member

I have far too many:

- 29er XC bike - ridden, but not really enough;
- 150mm full-sus - bought because I got talked into doing the Mega, far too much bike for me really;
- 140mm hardtail - a favourite, but currently lending its running gear to the 29er;
- a moderately fancy road bike, not ridden in over 12 months;
- a CX/road/tourer - getting a lot of use;
- a cargo bike - used daily;
- a Brompton, on long term loan.

I need to get it down considerably. Cargo bike is staying, CX/road/tourer is staying. I can probably build a sensible weight hardtail for everything, but will have to stop imagining I can really race big mountain enduro DH races...

Doesn't feel very aspirational, feels like a sad bloody burden and a tragic waste of money and time.

Posted 6 months ago #
mamadirt - Member

I think these sort of threads are more like a mixture of an informal support group for people with an uncontrollable bike buying habit and a stark warning of how bad things could get if you don't keep it under control.

I have to disagree. Can't be many folk with a more uncontrollable bike buying habit than me, but I only have one honest guv . . . build No 101

. . . and yeah, wot Karin said (except I don't collect bikes - I collect debt )

mamadirt - wasting money since 1992

Posted 6 months ago #
ajantom - Member

I do the retrobike thing too, so some are sunny day riders only.....
but currently 11 (including those in bits)

1991 Saracen Trekker Hydrotech
1992 Cannondale M700
1996 Yeti Kokopelli
1998 Hoffmann Dirty130 BMX
1997/8 Massi Master
2002 Sunn Crosss (resting)
2004 Global Softail Ti
2005 Specialized S-Works FSR (resting)
2006 Dialled Bikes Prince Albert
2007 On-One Pompino SS/fixie
2007 Identiti Mr. Hyde

They all get ridden as often as possible. For example I took the Yeti on a 25 miler up on dartmoor today.

Posted 6 months ago #
wool - Member

Ok I do have problem but I don't have problem with it, sat round the house:-
Orange Clockwork one of 50 done in a mat floro orange
Orange Alu Elite
Orange steel road bike
Orange 29er
Gary Fisher Rosscoe
Planet X Uncle John
Dave Yates Steel road bike
Colnago Dream
Arriving soon Planet X Dirty Disco

Posted 6 months ago #
walleater - Member

Re. the 'inspirational' thing....I'm a bike mechanic, so it goes with the territory that I end up with several bikes. Hell, I even forgot one! My 'Custom Cycles' touring bike with a 59 tooth chainring and assorted Campy and other weird stuff....
My Ti road bike cost 20 bucks and some swapping action. The (new) frame was given to me.
The Custom Cycles was donated by a customer. I just bought some tyres and baaaaa tape.
My DMR probably cost around 300 bucks all in, and that's with a new frame, Straitline stem, SLX cranks bla bla bla....
My '52 Schwinn cost 40 bucks.
My Norco VPS has currently cost 30 bucks, and that includes buying JB Weld to fill in the slayed out head tube!

In my job I tend to end up with a whole load of free stuff and I like 'projects'.

My only bike that really cost significant money is my 1999 Kona Pahohoeohoeohoeohhoeohoe, which in triggers Broom style has morphed into my current Nomad 12 years later (and around 7 frames later!)

Posted 6 months ago #
rusty trowel - Member

4 rideable ones

Lynskey Cooper ti road bike
slot drop out inbred
cheap ebay Graham Weigh cx bike
Brew pro xl BMX race bike

plenty of other bits and pieces knocking about, but not all the right ones to put a full rideable bike together.

Posted 6 months ago #
turboferret - Member

5 for me,

In India:

Orange Sub 5
Trek OCLV road bike

In UK:

On-One Tinbred
GT DHi
Specialized Langster

All get regular use

Cheers, Rich

Posted 6 months ago #
StefMcDef - Member

Full susser
hardtail 29er
Cotic Roadrat

Have spent the last couple of months lusting after "proper" road bikes and I'm bound to buckle and acquire one sooner rather than later.

If you've got room to store them, no kids who are starving and barefoot because of your bike habit, and no other vices that swallow up your spare £, then why not?

If I won the lottery I'd have a massive strip-lit underground bunker with a bike for every day of the month in it. And an au-pair mechanic to keep them all in good nick.

Posted 6 months ago #
ononeorange - Member

Hmmmm.....all I can say is that this thread is way, way better than the endless dull and dreary "aspirational" car threads that keep appearing.

Posted 6 months ago #
Dickyboy - Member

5 desperately trying & failing to reduce it to 4 All of them variations on the 3 x 9 or 2 x 9 hardtail theme

Posted 6 months ago #
oldgit - Member

One, my crosser. It has to be my trainer, my road bike and back to a crosser to race on at weekends.
I had my collection prematurely cut short.

Posted 6 months ago #
bellerophon - Member

4 in the house, 5 if you include the R1; but for me just the one (two) so must try harder

Posted 6 months ago #
chakaping - Member

I have to disagree. Can't be many folk with a more uncontrollable bike buying habit than me, but I only have one honest guv

Most people don't manage to be so disciplined with their lack of self control as you though!

My comment was a bit serious, having got rather carried away myself over the last few years when I had a few quid and ended up swapping bikes every other month I know it can end up detracting from the actual riding.

Luckily I'm a bit skint and fully settled on my bikes now.

Posted 6 months ago #
Harry_the_Spider - Member

4 for me

SS HT
FS
CX
Road

1 for the wife

2 for the kids

All in a very cramped 6' x 4' shed.

Posted 6 months ago #
honourablegeorge - Member

I have just four.

And a set of sheels in the shed, a fork in the utility room, a frame under my bed.....shit. I have five, don't I?

Posted 6 months ago #
bellerophon - Member

[quote]
In India:
some bikes
In UK:
some more bikes
[/quote

show off

Posted 6 months ago #
hammerite - Member

5 for me, 9 between the 3 of us.

I have best road (race bike), winter road, TT bike, HT MTB, and cross bike. All of them get used, although the TT bike hasn't been used in about 3 months. Apart from the winter road bike I race all of them at various points in the year.

OH has a hybrid and a road bike, Jnr has a road/cross Isla bike and a mountain bike. The only bike that doesn't see much action is the OHs road bike, she's just never got into riding it. She keeps saying we should sell it, for the spec we'd probably sell it for more than we paid, but if she got into road riding and wanted to get one eventually it would cost twice as much.

Posted 6 months ago #
matt23 - Member

Currently 3 - Giant XTC HT, Giant TCRC1 roadie, Boardman HT Comp Fi and soon to be adding a Blur LTc.
Currently in the lounge (GF is ace) but with Christmas coming now trying to plan where the bikes go and where the Christmas tree goes!!
*shed coming in the new year *

Posted 6 months ago #
DarrenH - Member

3 here,
Santa cruz Heckler, sc chameleon
and a carrera kracken for to/from work and "detours" on the way home.

Posted 6 months ago #
piemann - Member

5 here:
Blur LT
Soul
P7 commuter with WeeRide kiddy seat
Ribble road bike
Old fakenger fixie

and I luv em all equally.

Posted 6 months ago #
Mike_D - Member

Me:
"Workmanlike" HT
Posh racy HT
FS
Singlespeed
Retro indulgence
Cruiser thing
CX
Road
Track
Hack

Wife:
MTB
Road
Hack

plus tandem and three kids' bikes. Only two kids, though. Must be genetic

Posted 6 months ago #