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Hmm I'd not want to ride my summer road bike in winter. And it would be a right faff not having a specific turbo bike. So that's three bikes there. How about 3 bikes to do it all on the road, and another 3 to do it all off road? That might work.
Road...
1) Summer road bike
2) Winter road bike / commuter (guards etc.)
3) Turbo bike
Off road...
1) Big bouncer for proper mountain fun and Alpine trips
2) 26er hardtail trail bike (~120mm fork)
3) Hardtail XC race bike (probably 29er)
I could probably manage with just that lot 🙂
Not that I have any intention of doing it (selling the others).
1. Santa Cruz Highball Aluminium - for all off road duties.
2. Carbon road bike - currently a Spesh Tarmac from 2010.
3. Condor Fratello for touring duties / commutes etc.
Gonnna keep the others though so only an exercise in the possible.
Giant Defy 2 Road bike
15 1/2 Prince Albert hardtail
Canyon Nerve XC full suss.
I'd probably swap the one of the mtb's for a Cross bike but couldn't decide which one.
Mine:
Roady - boredman
H/T - Carbon 456
F/S - 2013 Spicy 516
I'm here:
1 big bouncy FR full sus type bike
2 rigid XC type utility bike with seat for offspring
3 tidy roadie type bike
Yep - road bike, mtb and bmx. Mtb is currently a hardtail but i could quite as easily do it with a short travel/fun fs as well.
Mine are.......
120mm Ti Hardtail for local trail riding (Malverns) + the odd xc race
Cotic Soda
160mm Bomb proof full Sus bike for trail Centers, Gravity Enduros and the Alps
Norco Six - Heavily blinged
Entry level Race bike for commuting
Boardman Sport
If I was allowed a 4th it would be a 140mm trail bike which would then be the trail center bike.
If I was allowed a 5th it would be a 140mm beefy Hardtail
If I was allowed a 6th it would be a low cost rigid singlespeed for grim weather and going to the pub on.
I think 6 is a good number
Mondraker Dune with 170mm lyriks - does rad stuff, Alps, Enduros, technical trail centres etc.
On One carbon 29er - mincy stuff, racing, big days out, non-technical trail centres
Ribble sportive racing - doing the tarmacs.
All built up from frames because I'm a snob and a tight-arse.
If I was only able to have one it'd be a rad [s]120mm 29er[/s] 140/150mm 650b, a [s]spesh[/s] cube or a norco I reckon.
2 is enough
I have a specailized road bike for riding on the road and an orange five for riding off road. I used to have more MTB's but found I spent too much time deciding if I had taken the right one on the ride rather just enjoying the ride. So now its easy tarmac = spesh off road = orange
Currently have:
Giant Defy Advanced 2 Carbon Road bike
Ellsworth Evolution 29er
Lynskey Pro 29 VF
The 3 I use the most out of the 17 I have are
a Touring bike (made by me)
one of my 3 36ers for fun (all made by me)
1943 Phillips City bike for commuting
Just done up a spesh enduro 06
Want a Ti hardtail
Need a commuting / road bike