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  • I think I might have enough bikes – help required.
  • RustySpanner
    Full Member

    Don’t want to upset anybody but I reckon I neither need nor want another bike.
    Currently have a Mongoose BMX, a Rock Lobster MTB, A lovely old Trek road bike and an old Spesh Rockhopper set up as a tourer/rigid MTB/commuter.

    Frankly, all of them are better than I am and I can’t see the point of buying anything else.

    Don’t like recumbents, can convert the existing bikes to ss or fixie and I’m too small for a 29’er.

    Have always fancied a trike but I’m saving that for old age or infirmity and Longstaff don’t make that many anymore.

    Don’t have room for a tandem but might consider a unicycle.

    Please help. I haven’t bought a new bike for ages and a nice new air rifle, guitar or compact camera are looking increasingly tempting.

    If I can’t come up with something soon, I might just have to ride more or book another skills course.

    Thanks in advance etc….

    terrahawk
    Free Member

    add ‘great big kite’ to your list.
    maybe some expensive sea fishing tackle too.

    geoffj
    Full Member

    That’s only 4! You ain’t trying nearly hard enough 8)

    7 🙄

    Rorschach
    Free Member

    Only 4!!
    29er rigid ss race bike
    SS road bike commuter
    Winter training road bike
    Carbon road race bike
    Cx race bike
    Bmx
    Half fat 2speed 29er (pending)
    4x bike (pending)
    A total of 8 bikes,64 gears and 100mm of suspension.

    RustySpanner
    Full Member

    Hmmm , did a lot of fishing as a youth.

    Is sitting on the rocks at Newborough catching mackerel anymore ‘rad’ than sitting on the side of Rochdale canal catching roach? Who will be there to admire my tackle?
    Do I need a carbon pole?

    Have a Peter Parker stunt kite in the loft though. Might give that a go.

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    giving up at four is just letting the side down..I mean no need for a giant shed/house extension/berlingo or VW tourer.
    c- must try harder
    I have 5

    geordiemick00
    Free Member

    Due to a crash I had a few weeks ago I’ve numbed the pain by adding up the receipts of all the stuff I’ve bought since November last year 😕
    CUBE STEREO RACE £2700
    Niner AIr 9 £1700
    Trek/Gary Fish Rumblefish2 £3250
    Go Pro HD & mounts spares etc £430
    GPS £300
    AM45 shoes and Specialized defroster shoes £200
    REACT Extreme jacket £180
    3 pair of gloves £100
    3 sets of pedals £150
    Helmet £100
    Shorts £100
    Rox Shox reverb £275
    3 sets of handlebars £140
    Hope X2’s £260
    Hope M4’s £330
    Training with Ed Oxley £210
    Osprey back pack £90
    Track pump £80
    Mobi Wash £130

    £10.695 in less than six months, and still ride like a fanny….

    spyke85
    Free Member

    I was thinking that also! I have 12!!!!

    Bregante
    Full Member

    £10.695 in less than six months, and still ride like a fanny….

    you’ve no idea how good you’ve just made me feel about myself.

    TiRed
    Full Member

    Don’t have room for a tandem but might consider a unicycle.

    Brompton, you KNOW you want one 😆 . No storage problems, a good ride and soooo practical. Can open up cycling opportunities you didn’y think of before.

    boxelder
    Full Member

    …hard to get two on though

    TiRed
    Full Member

    Unless you call Steve Parry. I’ve ridden this at the Brompton World Championships

    moose2008
    Free Member

    Get yourself a fatbike, you need one of those
    A gibson les paul, thats the guitar covered
    And a new ossa trials bike.
    If you don’t feel that you need any of these you have too much anyway and must be so happy that you don’t care.
    Nice problem to have

    RustySpanner
    Full Member

    Too fat for a fat bike.
    Already have my perfect guitar, a Squire Tele with P90’s, better than I’ll ever be.

    More socks would be nice.

    Think I might get married, that’d be good.

    Or I could get a Kindle. E-books are quite pricey though aren’t they?

    TimCotic
    Free Member

    Clearly you all need to meet my buddy ‘Ten Bikes Jeff’. Well actually (at his wife’s prompting) he’s reduced his bike count to 7 with a promise not to buy more than 3 per year. 😀

    Harry_the_Spider
    Full Member

    Think I might get married

    😯

    Wa-Hay! New hats for everybody!

    I’ll have another S-1. It’ll go with the road bike that I don’t own yet.

    RustySpanner
    Full Member

    Think I might get married

    Wa-Hay! New hats for everybody!

    I’ve decided on the unicycle instead. 🙂
    You can buy a new hat for that if you want.

    Bregante
    Full Member

    Think I might get married, that’d be good.

    let’s not be too hasty here

    angryratio
    Free Member

    3… hoping to get a 4th.

    nickhart
    Free Member

    jeez i was feeling bad about buying new brakes, i have one bouncy (8inch front and rear) bike which is my offroad bike and an old rigid orange which is the commuter.
    the bouncy bike is 2006 and the orange is probably 1996 vintage.
    but hey i love em.

    geoffj
    Full Member

    I’m loving the looks on the faces of that pair behind the brompton tandem,

    “WTF is THAT!”

    😆

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