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thinking of having a bike cull . Anyone else done it or am i mad

58 posts & 42 voices | Started 2 years ago by firestarter | Latest reply from ken_shields

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gavtheoldskater - Member

i went through a few bikes over the last 3 or 4 years - when cash was more plentiful and parts were cheap. i ended up with an intense 5.5, yeti arc, spesh s works tricross, scott cr1 sl and a yeti dj(the latter being the one overkill bike and if i had to the easiest to do without). for me its a nigh on ideal quiver, yes there are some bikes i'd like to try, a yeti arc-x for sure, maybe the scott for an s works tarmac/roubaix, and i'd poss consider swapping the arc frame for an asr if i saw a used one for a decent price, but i'm not fussed and i would worry that i'd be chainging something i like for something i may not.

so i'd say if your happy stick with em, if not move em on.

Posted 2 years ago #
JCornford - Member

I don't think I can do it as I just looked at a few nice trail bikes, I think like almost everyone on here I have a bike problem, lol.

Posted 2 years ago #
aka_Gilo - Member

If you can afford them and have the storage space I'd say keep 'em. I've nearly sold a couple of my bikes over the years when I havn't been using them but always ended up glad I didn't. I'm now up to 9 bikes (albeit two aren't built up) but what the hell, I have a deep deep fear of lying on my death bed and thinking "I never had enough toys"....

Posted 2 years ago #
Teetosugars - Member

First dibs on the pig with foxes Mick.. :0)

Posted 2 years ago #
ianpv - Member

I went down to my road bike and a patriot which could fulfill a few roles.

But I then decided to get a commuter to get some miles in now I've got a baby (ss road bike), and a friend sold me a trance which is better for local riding than the patriot. So now back up to four. Really would like a winter raod bike/audax bike/light tourer type thing that could handle my tow path commute and winter riding without having to ride my nice roadie through the winter crap; the ss is great but not quite versatile enough.

Storage space is my problem, otherwise I'd have hundreds of the things!

Posted 2 years ago #
JCornford - Member

Who else has read what other people have got and thought I could do with one of those and gone straight to the classified section?

Posted 2 years ago #
squin - Member

I sold my Turner 5 spot and 853 SS Inbred last year as I'm hardly riding at all now. Kept my Soda, Roubaix and old Pine Mountain. Guess what I seem to have spent most of this week doing...? Yep, I now NEED a FS again and can't stop surfing the internet!

Of course, if you are thinking of offloading the Turner, I could be persuaded to tell you that downsizing is the answer!

Posted 2 years ago #
jordie - Member

It is so hard i am at 5 useable bikes from a Five down to a single speed and a road bike but i also have my old Grifter i got from santa in 1981 oh i spent last summer putting it back to its former glory.I also did up a Shopper complete with shopping bag on the back.I am now using this to nip round for the papers.
i am now thinking about a Blue pig or an Evil hard tail

Posted 2 years ago #
slowrider - Member

you lot make me feel better about having 3 lol! my 5 and sovereign are lovely and my commuter is a £300 decathlon bike. my problem is i never do a 'range' of mtb's; i just know i like em burly so always build them that way or id just end up changing stuff as i broke it. after riding my sovereign at the weekend i was weighing up selling the 5 but you have changed my mind, cheers!

what are you building mama?

Posted 2 years ago #
firestarter - Member

lol at the vultures circling tag thats why i didnt mention my size or frame sizes in case i got my arm twisted into a sale. Unless they all go of course lol

Posted 2 years ago #
clubber - Member

Ian, you need a cross bike!

Posted 2 years ago #
aka_Gilo - Member

Ian ^what he said^....

Posted 2 years ago #
mrsflash - Member

Mick, you need a drink. Selling bikes?? Don't be silly!

Posted 2 years ago #
firestarter - Member

you may be right claire congrats too btw that first ride i did with you up at otley my mrs was pregnant and now the little one is three . How time flies

Posted 2 years ago #
ART - Member

Yup defo pour that drink. For what it's worth, what I'd be thinking is, do I really need the space and/or the money. If so then it might be worth it. If not then keep them. I have a superlight that I rode constantly for the first 4 years then accumulated other bikes and have hardly ridden it at all for the last 2 years. Wouldn't sell it though cause I'd never recoup its worth (to me!) and it's still a great bike, that I know I will ride more again. As if to prove my own point a frame that I had hanging on the wall for a few years recently got rebuilt into my commuter and it's like having a new bike again! Sit tight and let it pass - if the urge comes back then maybe it's time to act!

Posted 2 years ago #
LoCo - Member

Down to my dialled albert with a nice build and my bmx which may also be going soon.
Sold all the other stuff to fund my new business, however could do with a company bike as a demonstrator but am holding off as the cash could be used for staples, paper and data loggers and stuff like that...

Posted 2 years ago #
haddock - Member

Yep, just done the very thing, wasn't easy though. Up till now i've been using my cheapish hardtail on most local rides to avoid using my other 'best' bikes (to save cleaning and component wear).

A recent health scare has put pay to this very anal behaivour! For a while I didn't know if i'd be able to continue to ride, and all I kept thinking about was how I hadn't had enough use out of my favourite bikes (a Ti hard tail and a 5 inch full susser).Complete madness, I now ride my ti hardtail all the time locally and just hose it down when i've finished, sod component wear. I use the full susser on the tougher days out, two's enough - keep and ride your favourites cos your a long time dead.

Posted 2 years ago #
andytherocketeer - Member

Got 2 Hardtails and one Roadbike.
Thought about a cull, and in fact since spring is around the corner I might think about it again, cos there's bound to be someone that wants the cheapest possible hack/commute bike.
But I know if I flog ye olde worlde Scott MTB and the purely archaic 14sp 531c roadbike, that I'll spend the money on a FS and CX bike to fill the gaps in the storeroom.

Posted 2 years ago #
tommid - Member

I have culled from 9 to two. And you know what? I don't miss them I have two bikes that I ride and enjoy. One is a rigid SS. So there is never a question over what bike what travel etc.
The other is a Surly Cross Check for Road CX and touring duties does the trick nicely, a quick tyre change and I am sorted. I am just building up a beater for use around town etc and I have a shopper at work for jaunts in to town at lunch, but otherwise I do not miss the deliberation or the waste of bikes just sitting unused and unloved.

Posted 2 years ago #
firestarter - Member

see thats part of the problem too tommid i love the ragley but would like the ti one so id need to raise some funds. now i have a lovely ti sabbath roadie with full dura-ace but its great as take rack and guards too. but then the surly can do road/guards/rack/cx and even has 1.8 29er tyres for monster cross . so which to keep

then there is the surly karate monkey its ss or geared so could fill a hardtail but if i had a ragley ti i could always ss that (tho i wouldnt)

then theres the 5 spot i just dont use that so i could prob loose that but then a big ride in the dales i may be begging for 5" of rear squish

oh i dont know . i guess i could keep em all and use as and when or i could make some nice money keep the crosscheck some spare wheels and get a ti ragley with rolhoff

bah i dont know

Posted 2 years ago #
ianpv - Member

Ian, you need a cross bike!

Ian ^what he said^....

I know, I know! But that genesis thing was so orange and strangely attractive that I had to buy it! It is good, but I probably should have bought a kaffenback or maybe even a proper cx bike. [heads off to classifieds with cunning plan...]

Posted 2 years ago #
Andy - Member

Had 6, went down to 4, felt great, and then saw a lovely Singular in the classifieds

Posted 2 years ago #
ken_shields - Member

Got my lot down to two a 5 Spot and a Cx bike and went up to 6 and now back to 4 (1 of which is in bits).

Turner 5 Spot
Kona Major Jake
Sanderson Soloist
Curtis Freeride (the one in bits :roll:)

Although I keep looking at my SS ad thinking if I'm ever going to ride it despite buying bits for it on a regular basis.

I'm gonna take it to Woburn this weekend to see how I get on with it (either I'll love it or it'll be on the classifieds on Sunday night)

Posted 2 years ago #