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43 posts & 34 voices | Started 1 year ago by aw | Latest reply from Ti29er

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aw - Member

I have too many bikes...

Or more correctly I have no more space for more bikes and want another

Some of my bikes are very similar, see list below

Kona cindercone 97 - steel rigid singlespeed converted MTB
Kona unit 29er 2007 - steel rigid singlespeed MTB
Klien attitude V 2004 - alu hardtail geared MTB
Alan framed - alu cyclo cross converted singlespeed
Boardman team carbon - carbon road bike

I fancy a full bounce MTB and/or a Cotic road rat

Also on my wish list are cotic soul, singular swift...

I have space for 4 but currently have 5 but may need to move where I could only have space for 3!

BTW at anyone time only 1 or 2 seem to be in working order!

Posted 1 year ago #
RealMan - Member

I have too many bikes...

Does not compute.

Posted 1 year ago #
aw - Member

ok then I have too many bikes for the space...

Posted 1 year ago #
Teetosugars - Member

I have too many bikes...

Not actually possible...

Posted 1 year ago #
RealMan - Member

Oh I see. So you need to make more space. Perhaps get rid of some other non bike related stuff?

Posted 1 year ago #
davidtaylforth - Member

You have too little space for the bikes you mean.

Posted 1 year ago #
epicyclo - Member

I do not have too many bikes.

I have too little house.

Posted 1 year ago #
falkirk-mark - Member

Oh I see. So you need to make more space. Perhaps get rid of some other non bike related stuff?

The wife ? (and her assorted gubbins)

Posted 1 year ago #
tiger_roach - Member

Are you after advice?

You can only ride one at once right?

Posted 1 year ago #
elaine anne - Member

why do you want ALL those singlespeeds ?
why not 1 singlespeed, 1 hardtail, 1 full sus , 1 cyclocross etc etc etc... you just luv bikes dont ya !

Posted 1 year ago #
wwaswas - Member

I have too many bikes for the amount of time I have available to ride them.

I'm down to 4 now and my road bike hasn't been out for 6 months and my FS has only been ridden 3 times this summer.

I'm still sat here lookign at pictures of the Cotic 'X' bike and thinking 'Nice, versatile frame', though.

Help...

Posted 1 year ago #
donks - Member

i think so, but then i only have one and only really have the time to ride one so my view is biased.

Posted 1 year ago #
goldenwonder - Member

I have at present 6 bikes, a 7th on the way & possibly an 8th not too far behind. 4 are in my storage facility, 1 in the kitchen & 1 in the spare bedroom as stores are full of the rest of them & other bike & car related tat.
No such thing as too many, get some more space!

Posted 1 year ago #
Tyredocter - Member

Buy a pole for stacking two bikes, that's a good place to start Have one for summer, one for winter and another for long countryside rides and a spare plus a special off-road bike Too many bikes I think not...

Posted 1 year ago #
RealMan - Member

Ok let me mentally count my bikes.

I have 5 and a half.

1 road bike. 1 old road bike for commuting. 1 mtb. 2 bmx. 1 unicycle (the 0.5)

Posted 1 year ago #
wwaswas - Member

let me mentally count my bikes

wot, no fingers or anyfink to help?

Posted 1 year ago #
Junkyard - Member

not sure why you would want the same bike twice rigid SS for example ..actually I am not sure why you would want one of those never mind two.
How about road, cross , SS hardtail, FS - can alter SS to geared to have a geared hardatil if required. A pub /hack bike left outside is also acceptable
PS I have 5 bikes

Posted 1 year ago #
RealMan - Member

No, I wouldn't be able to type at the same time if I did that.

Posted 1 year ago #
convert - Member

why do you want ALL those singlespeeds ?

Surly the correct number of singlespeeds to be owned is 27 (or 20 if SRAM get their way), all setup with a slightly different gear ratio suitable to the gradient

Posted 1 year ago #
cookeaa - Member

Kona cindercone 97 - steel rigid singlespeed converted MTB
Kona unit 29er 2007 - steel rigid singlespeed MTB

Would these two perhaps come under the heading: “Duplication of function”? (Other than wheel size)….
Which ever one you prefer keep, then flog the other to make space for/part fund the new toy…

Posted 1 year ago #
trail_rat - Member

Me n the missus have 10 between us - and were living in a 1 bed flat with no room to swing a cat. Had 2 in the hall 4 in the livingroom , 2 locked to a drainpipe out the back and 2 in the shed .

We moved to more space !

Posted 1 year ago #
BigDummy - Member

~~Kona cindercone 97 - steel rigid singlespeed converted MTB~~
Kona unit 29er 2007 - steel rigid singlespeed MTB
~~Klien attitude V 2004 - alu hardtail geared MTB~~
~~Alan framed - alu cyclo cross converted singlespeed~~
Boardman team carbon - carbon road bike

...would be my approach. And consider whether the Unit 29er can't do the same job you want the roadrat for.

Posted 1 year ago #
kimbers - Member

there do seem to be a lot of similar bikes there

i have
a dh bike- kona stinky
an xc/ trail centre bike- kona bear
a commuter/ towpath/ xc bike- kona lava dome
a bmx - felt brink

thats a bit more rounded if you ask me

Posted 1 year ago #
becky_kirk43 - Member

I assume this has been said already (but I'm too lazy to read everything but wanted to contribute)
Do you need 2 steel singlespeeds? Can get rid of one of them and you probably wouldnt notice!

Or get rid of the lot (apart from you're carbon road bike!) and get yourself a full bounce, a singlespeed swift, and a geared soul... and you're covering (almost) everything then, just leaves the roadrat on the wish list because everyone needs to want a bike!

Posted 1 year ago #
ourmaninthenorth - Member

As others have said, have no more than one of each "type" of bike.

To that end, I would agree with BD, but expand his list to include the Alan and then put gears on it.

FWIW, I spent yesterday tidying the cellar and reorganising the bikes. There are 9 in there (my track bike currently lives at the velodrome but is coming home soon, so we'll be up to 10).

I have decided that the road fixed may have to go. To be replaced with something else, obviously...

Posted 1 year ago #
Onzadog - Member

I've just bought one more bike than I can fit in the garage. I did the same thing, looked at it and though a versitile bike would be great. D'oh! Who needs versitile when you've got a bike specific to every occasion?

At one point I had two almost identical fs bikes. The only difference was the tyres. I didn't evber swap tyres for different conditions, I just picked up a different bike!

Posted 1 year ago #
MrOvershoot - Member

I had 11 earlier this year and I'm now down to 7, which is not bad for me!

Posted 1 year ago #
nickc - Member

I got rid of a fleet of bikes; Steel SS, big FS, geared Ti hardtail, and steel Roadie, for just a hardtail and a better roadie. Life's a lot easier with fewer bikes. Cheaper too.

Posted 1 year ago #
falkirk-mark - Member

Get rid of all your singlspeeds and just tape up yer shifters for when you feel like being a bit beardy.(plus you can set your gearing to what you want before you go out on a ride)

Posted 1 year ago #
Jerome - Member

Hmm.
Cyclo cross
Road bike
29er ( with option for SS or geared )
Short travel Full sus
Pub bike

That is what I am aiming for
Just three to get rid of

Posted 1 year ago #
Curly68 - Member

Ummmm, well I can be of absolutely no use to you. I have these:
Intense Prototype
Intense Uzzi SLX
Intense M1
Intense Tazer HT
Intense Tazer FS
Intense Sniper
Intense Tracer VP
Intense SS
Intense Fenix
Then in frames I have a Tomac Buckshot, Marin Palisades Trail (90 vintage) and an old Saracen. And then wheels, forks etc. All in a 14x8 shed. I can't get in to do anything, so am building an extension to it!

Posted 1 year ago #
coogan - Member

See no point in having loads of bikes.

Posted 1 year ago #
grahamt1980 - Member

Damn
I have only got 4 bikes.
DH bike - Commencal Mini DH
AM Bike - Cove Hustler
HT - Dialled PA
Road Bike - Boardman Team Carbon

I think I could fit in another one or 2, maybe a bmx, TT bike, Full DH bike.
That would do me about right. Maybe a shorter travel Carbon HT too.

Posted 1 year ago #
firestarter - Member

I think I've got the right mix now terms of number and function . Sabbath ti roadie, surly crosscheck ss at min but can run gears, surly karate monkey 29er ss but can run gears also, turner five spot Sus and ragley blue pig hardtail and a unicycle . Nice mix of things I think tho I'd love a cannondale caad9 roadbike

Posted 1 year ago #
_tom_ - Member

See no point in having loads of bikes.

Sort of agree. I have one mtb and want one road bike. However my mtb is more suitable for jumping than XC (and is used for both) so compromises have to be made on things like stem length and weight/strength of parts.

Ideally I'd have a jump/play mtb, XC mtb and a road bike but I can't realistically afford all 3

Posted 1 year ago #