currently happy with my set up as is dunno how long that will last tho as ive said that before lol.
Currently got turner five spot, ragley blue pig, sabbath september ti roadbike , surly crosscheck and surly karate monkey 29er. Road bike has guards and rack and cx takes guards rack and can be geared or ss and use up to 1.8 29er tyres for the monster cross feel 
and the monkey can be run ss or geared so a nice mix i think
The sensible person who knows what he likes, and has the kit to suit, his perfect number of bikes is N...
For the rest of us, those who are less than sensible (christ, MTBing has got to be one of the least sensible sports going right!), those of us that are honest with ourselves about wanting more material goods despite what we're told... Correct answer is always N+1...
I've given up trying to justify bikes or apply logic to what I have.
Good. You'd go insane otherwise. 
I just need one more bike now, a very posh and fast roadbike and then I'm done. Honest.
I would like to own more bikes but thinking about it more paractically I could probably own less.
1 - commuter - ridden every day
2 - hardtail - night rides + winter weekends
3 - full suss - summer weekends, races etc.
4 - winter road bike - was ridden a lot but likely to be retired
5 - nice new road bike - not ridden yet but probably weekly
I would always keep the first two, the full suss might be replaced with a nice hardtail but I like having a posh mountainbike for bigger days out and racing and a cheaper one that I ride more but clean less (currently singlespeed). I like having a road bike. The only reason I have a winter road bike is because I would get virtually nothing for it if I sold it. I don't ride on the road much during winter so I could happily live with one and the extra cost in maintenance.
It depends on how much you ride as to how you justify the number. I ride 5 days a week to work and occasionally to the shops at weekends. I ride Thursday nights off road. I try to ride at least one day at the weekend, two if I'm lucky in summer usually alternate MTb or Road depending on mood. I also do a mid week road ride in the evening when the days are longer.
Money/space aside, I could never have enough bikes.
As it is, I have two in working order (hardtail, cruiser), three in varying degrees of build-up (hardtail x2, BMX racer) and a few frames lying around.
Given up on collecting bikes. I was spending more time and money getting them sorted than I was riding them. Got rid of a Hummer, Nicolai Helius FR, and a Inbred SS, and a crosser/road/commuter now have a Chameleon, and a Principia Road bike.
They're both nice and I don't have bike repair angst.
Recently pared my stable down to two full sussers from a total of six bikes including a tandem. Then I thought "What am I going to ride the london to Brighton on?. Slicks on the Canzo would work OK but what about a hardtail with rigid forks? Maybe some road cranks with nice big gears to get the speed up?" You get the picture. New project, new bike...N+1.
I have a new theory. Lets call it CHB bike theory of everything:
x=n+2-a-b
x= correct number of bikes to own
n= currently owned
a= the bikes that will be made redundant by the plus 2.
b= how many bikes your significant other thinks you have different to n!
On this theory I need to sell 1 and buy two.
1 for off road & 1 for on road. Simples.
Everything is a compromise.
Santa Cruz VP Free - Alps and downhill
Pace RC405 - Trail centres and tech
Kona Stuff - Dirt jumping
Kinesis Decade Virsa Singlespeed - winter bike and summer XC racer
Cotic Roadrat - commute and touring
Felt Sector 24 - cruiser for the BMX tracks
Honda XR250 - sometimes you just need an engine
Race 3 of them, ride all of em
I have two, number three has been ordered.
I started on an 06 Rockhopper as a do it all bike, for all my commuting and offroading.
I then bought an Enduro which became my offroad bike, and the Rockhopper was my commute/race bike.
The Rockhopper was converted to SS and I love it, but I feel I need something more efficient for longer rides.
Hence, Genesis Altitude 10 is en route, thanks to cycle2work.
I still fancy a crosser for commuting though, but that'll be 2011 and may result in me losing the Rockhopper
I hate having money tied up in stuff that doesn't justify it's existence.
So 4 bikes is all I need, and I think that's indulgence. Couldn't go below 3 tho
2
1 susser
1 ht
may go back to 1 ht.
9 of the things now, pointless, I only use 4 of them.
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