Erm... 3 weeks, because it was stolen! (That was a Genesis Mantle 29er light XC thingy, which was my first completely new factory MTB build since 2004).
The bike prior to 2018 was a gradual evolution of a 2004 Orange Five...which turned into a Pace RC305, then a Cotic Soul, then a Stooge, then a Cotic Soul 275 and finally a Transition Scout. That's 14 years, with 6 different frames and 3 different wheel sizes.
For my "road" bikes... since 2006 I've had 10 bikes - although, to be fair, my riding has changed a fair bit and so the bikes reflect that (e.g. some commuter, touring and road bikes). I've currently got 3 of these.
forever
I was only thinking about creating a thread on this subject this morning in an attempt to give my head a wobble as the answer is not very long!
In a shade over a year I have owned:
Ti spaceframe Jones- loved it and owned for 2 years but I convinced myself I needed suspension as I was getting old
Steel spaceframe Jones- 1 ride before selling as I realised 2 Jones’ was just greedy
Singular gryphon- 3 rides before buying something lighter
Santa Cruz 5010- bought this between me and my son – I rode it 200 yards in the lane before he said he wasn’t bothered about riding anymore and I didn’t think the little wheels were going to be my thing
Salsa Horsethief- great bike but rear triangle cracked so I replaced it and sold it as I fell out of love with it
Whyte T129 frame- bought and never built up
Trek Farley- 2 rides before realised I wanted full suspension
Carbon roadbike- 3 rides before I realised I don’t like road riding
Whyte Gisburn- bought because I don’t like road riding- done a fair bit on that including Dirty Reiver but will be selling soon
Singular Pegasus frame- has been sitting in the garage for 5 weeks unbuilt so in in the danger zone of being sold before being built
Salsa Beargrease- 2 rides before being sold as realised it was bought on a whim in Merlin sale
Salsa Bucksaw- 1 ride- still got it but jury is out…
Transition Smuggler- still got but don’t like the colour so may be selling!
Most of the list above were second hand so not huge financial losses but I find myself looking for immediate chemistry with a bike and if it’s not there my head gets turned.
Ive really got to decide which bike from the bucksaw and smuggler to keep as Im fed up of changing but then only last night I saw a Hightower on Facebook and started thinking about whether that would be ‘the one’- I need counselling!!
All that in "a shade over a year". You, sir, are a legend 🙂
five foot three!
Thanks roverpig ( I think!)
My mates would use another word albeit some of them have done very well out of my revolving garage door policy
I need to spend some time with my chosen bike to tweak the set up etc otherwise I will just keep changing - not helped by my mechanical ineptitude especially when it comes to suspension set up
Forever, but my bike has had 3 new frames, two sets of wheels, two forks, etc. etc.
If it wasn't for the evolving standards, the above would actually be true. It is still kind of true.
I've never got rid of a bike that I bought with my own money.
I use all but one of them, although one of the others doesn't get used all that much (MTB>>Road any day).
The one I don't use very much, but ought to, was bought in '89.
Wow where to start! Some of my bikes I have kept a month max, the HD4 just wasn't for me. Others I really got on with the the grass always looked greener!
Retired:
2017 Patrol carbon 214,
2016 Mondraker Dune Xr 343,
2015 S-Works SL4 642,
2017 Ibis Mojo HD4 58,
2016 5010 mk2 187,
2017 Intense Trace 275 277,
2015 5010 mk1 236,
2015 Cotic soul 205,
2014 Nomad 3 387,
2015 Cavendish Venge 447,
2014 Bronson mk1 203.
Still owned:
2013 Ribble winter bike 144,
2016 Colnago C60 227,
2016 Anthem 2017 182,
2017 Nomad V4 28.
I've only had four bikes in twenty years of Mountain Biking ..
Gary Fisher Wahoo ( fully rigid ) ..given to my step brother when I bought my Gary Fisher Big Sur ( hardtail ) given to my Dad when I bought my Santa Cruz Nomad ( gen1) given to my son ( then 13) in July 2016 when I bought my 2017 Whyte T130RS..which I will probably still keep when I buy my next ( electric) bike in a year or so ..once I have finished paying for the Whyte ..of the four I rode the Santa Cruz for the longest time ( 10 years ) .
Keep depending on condition and whether anything better has come out.
Usually 2 years 5000 miles or so.
Currently Czar is on 11000 miles after 4.5 years.
Travers Russ ti 2800 miles after 6 months. (Winter)
Use to be 2 years but I'm finding I like my bikes more these days.
