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Maybe the question should be how many bikes do you actually ride regularly or which bike you would keep if you could only have one.
The bike I'd pick isn't my favourite (in fact it's probably my least favourite), but is a jack of all trades master of none.
My favourite bike to ride is either my Stooge or Ritchey Logic.
I have 6..
Carbon yeti ascr xc bike
Trance trail bike
Norco aurum down hill bike
Canyon ultimate road bike
Cannondale caadx cx bike
And a single speed commuter
I was probably going to say you can never have too many, but so far this year I have done a total of 40 miles, and only used one of them
I could easily lose the trance, the single speed and the down hill bike but the last 2 are worth buttons and the trance, despite having brand new hope brakes, fox dropper, carbon rims and mattoc fork, is probably worth no more than a grand at best. Hardly seems worth selling.
26" mk1 Cotic soul. Mostly for hauling a trailer with my daughter in it.
Stanton switchback. This is my main bike. Soon to be replaced.
1997 Trek 8000, fully rigid singlespeed. Sometimes get taken to the shops.
Giant Defy roadbike. Its stupid and I hate it.
Pashley 26ghz trials bike, just in case I turn 18 again overnight.
If i were to whittle it down to 1 bike, I think the Stanton would stay, but getting rid of the Cotic would be tough.
I've cut down, in all honesty just because it was a pain in the arse moving them around the garage. So now it's 2 mtbs, my commuter, and my trials bike (which I never ride, because I'm too shit at trials). And one other 20 inch trials bike but it's just awaiting sale.
Sometimes I wish for another hardcore hardtail or a dh bike again but tbh 2 mtbs is a good number for me.
At one point I had four bikes I’m now down to two:
2018 Cotic Soul
2016 Cube Attain GTC Race
But plan on adding two more - new summer and winter road bikes (the Cube will go or sit on a turbo trainer).
Excellent collection there Scott!
Unwilling to count here but in the teens... or maybe a few more ..
Actual ready-to-ride bikes -
Here, in the grim north-
Kona Explosif (which I’ve had for nearly thirty years)
Singular Ti Hummingbird SS
Liteville 301
And my wife’s -
Singular Hummingbird with Alfine
1993 Rocky Mountain
And in Greece -
Genesis Alpitude, but this summer another 301
1995 Kona Kilauea
1993 Rocky Mountain Blizzard, which is my wife’s really.
To many but strangely not enough .
Four bikes:
Geared 29" hardtail
Rigid 29" SS MTB
Cross/commuter/shite weather bike
Carbon nice weather road bike
Thanks for the replies
Bloody hell mate! only mean't to be a bit of fun!
I think I've got 9 with enough frames / bits to build at least another 3...
HT 29er
Summer road
Winter road
Touring
Cross
Fixed
SS CX
Ebike commuter
Rigid 26er
I've usually run 2 bikes (most recently a MTB and a roadie / commuter with 2 sets of wheels) over the years, but have recently gone up to four:
- 27.5 full sus trail bike
- Heavy-duty roadie / fat tyre'd commuter (workhorse)
- Light, custom steel roadie (bought to replace above, but is quite a different bike)
- Brompton (I do a fair bit of national travel by rail and I like cycling at the destination)
The heavy-duty roadie is currently ridden more than the other 3 put together - it's what I commute on and ride on bad weather road rides.
They're all sufficiently different from one another to justify their use for now... but I could get back to 2 by combining the 2 roadies - as I'd originally intended - and perhaps losing the Brompton if I no longer worked nationally.
There's a lot to be said for having fewer bikes... not least because I like to maintain all mine to a high standard and have a further 4 bikes for my wife and kids.
Just. Don’t. Go. There.
Five is just getting started. I have three track bikes. If it’s a type of bike, I have one. The two exceptions are a Pedersen and an Ordinary. One day...
BTW all have been ridden,except thetrack b8kes, and they will be back in play soon.
I seem to have most of the wheelsize bases covered with my fleet. No fat bike though ☹️
Surly Krampus 29+
DMR bolt 26/27.5
DMR Trailstar 27.5/27.5+
Genesis Vagabond 29/700c
Transition Klunker 26 (sometimes with a 27.5 front)
Indy Fab SS Deluxe 26
Dialled Love/Hate 69er
Klein Quantum 700c
I've got 7. In order of increasing mileage in current guise:
- SS (based on bits of my last HT all rounder). Only just built up.
- track bike (lives at the track so no problem for storage)
- Full sus 29er trail bike
- Old 26er setup with child seat and tag along fittings. Currently funny bars too. And ice spikers in case of really bad road conditions it gets used for the commute. Will be fitted with drops soon as the little one is a big big for the seat now really, couldn't fit drops with seat on (as it's a front seat weeride)
- Fast road bike
- HT 29er
- Commuter (drop bars, discs, dynamo lights, mudguards and pannier rack, relatively relaxed position).
None are that niche, I could probably get rid of the HT 29er now I have the FS, but I like it, it will probably end up with a lighter build on it etc.
None are massively expensive, but they cover all my riding far better than one or two super expensive wonderbikes would.
There are 10 in the garage at the moment all of which are ready to ride. Christ knows how many I could build out of spares.
Posh summer road
Winter road
29er hardtail
26er hardtail
80's Raleigh with rack and panniers for commuting
1972 Motobecane Le champion racer
1978 Peugeot PK60 racer
Late 70's Vitus 788 Touring bike
1972 Peugeot UO-8 racer
Early 70's custom built Bernard Carre racer.
Currently in the garage.
Cotic Rocket (650b/26+).
Cotic BFe (26).
Lee Cooper one-off (26 rigid singlespeed).
Identiti Mr Hyde (26 singlespeed).
DMR Trailstar (26, on the turbo).
Rat Rod pub bike based on an early 90s Peugeot MTB (26).
Half-built bamboo road bike.
Specialized Hardrock (26, wife's bike).
Should really ditch the Mr Hyde but it's worth next to nothing I guess. Once the bamboo bike is finally done I'll probably strip the Lee Cooper as it's only ever used on the road, and it will become my first 'wall frame' since I've had it since the mid-90s and it was my first proper MTB.
Tempted to save up and get a new Soul which means the BFe would get retired...
I have,
whyte t130
whyte19
marin pine mountain (steel hardtail, showing my age now)
question is do I need a "gravel bike"
In practice I'm pretty much down to one bike at the moment (oh the horror). That's my Dude fatbike. I am planning to get a new full suspension trailbike, if I can ever make up my mind what I want. But for now the Dude is the only bike I'm riding. There is a 15 year old road bike hanging in the shed in case I ever get the urge to go for a road ride (which happens about once a year at most) and a Brompton just in case I ever need a bike I can fit on a bus/train or just chuck in the boot for a short ride (again once every year or two).
As the Op I am feeling positively under gunned
Compared to a lot of you. My little collection is a
1999 Kona cinder cone
2015 Trek fuel ex 9
2017 Orange crush
2013 Trek alpha 1.5 roadie.
Ps Davidt, it was just meant to be a bit fun 😆👍
2002 Rock Lobster 853
1998 Kona Lava Dome
2008ish Giant Defy
2018 Specialized Diverge
1978 Honda GL1000
Also on one-in,one-out due to lack of space.
Lightweight xc full-suss
Xc race hardtail
Xc singlespeed
DH bike
Posh (ish) road bike
Time trial bike
Hub geared road/commuter/touring, used the most
Wife has HT MTB, cross/commuter/touring and a folding bike.
Seriously considering n-1, the 3 xc bikes swapped for a nice titanium ht for racing (would love a Seven but not cheap so unlikely) and a second hand Solaris for messing about on and use as spare race bike, swapped between ss and geared as needed. Not sure they get enough enough use to justify having 3.
Trek procaliber 29
cotic soul mk3 26
boardman hybrid
giant boulder retro pub bike
and contemplating cotic escapade
93' Orange Prestige - My first good bike, ridden perhaps twice a year! It's going nowhere!
94' Kona Explosif - itch that needed scratching!
97/98' Dawes Edge XT - Hack. When I get round to it I'll swap the bit's to my old 92' Giant Granite (first one that I didn't have to grow into), less nickable and so much nicer to ride!
11' Charge Skinny Duster - built up stupid light and rigid, most used, love it, you'll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands etc.
17' NS Eccentric Cromo 29" - **** aboot hardtail. Awesome bike!
18' Trek Fuel EX8 - this years C2W bike, works out so cheap I couldn't say no, also happens to be awesome!
FWIW. A guy in a club I used to ride with about 20 years ago got the nod (planning permission/spousal) to knock down his crappy sectional concrete single garage and put up a large double with a granny flat over it.
On completion he moved his entire collection of bikes, which was in storage at various locations across the region (club mates attics/garages, shop stock room, a "spare" office at his company), into the flat. Which was never meant to be a flat......
He nearly ended up living with them when his wife saw them.
About 80 bikes, some *extremely* expensive/famous riders bikes included. 60s through to late 80s/early 90s. Think the newest one in the collection was one of Indurains race bikes, with a complete set of (signed) banesto kit. Most should have been in a museum of some sort.
His personal bikes lived in the garage.
Too many, but also not enough...
MTB:
2017 Trek Powerfly LT 8
2016 Nukeproof Mega 275 Race (probably ought to sell this one while it still has some value)
2011 Specialized Camber Comp (occasionally ridden by my son)
1997 Club Roost VCV Freeride (technically it's now my brother's, but his wife doesn't know...)
1995 GT Zaskar LE ( too small for me now, and so oldskool it's not cool, but the wife rides it occasionally and I don't want to sell it anyway)
Road:
Carrera Virtuoso (for commuting and the occasional afterwork ride with colleagues)
For some reason I'm hankering after a plus tyred long travel hardtail, but I doubt it would get ridden much.
Hardtail
Full Sus
CX
Fixed Commuter
BMX
Road bike
Town bike/ IGH commuter - ongoing project bike - I've only ridden it twice despite having it for 2 years - although I'm keen to get it going.
Wifes old MTB on the turbo.
Half aren't worth selling & enough that I never have to give an actual number to how many - I just say loads - it makes the following conversation easier/ and allows for natural expansion/ contraction with less scrutiny. My wife thinks I'm mental, but goes with it. Turbo is currently in the house much to her annoyance!
Specialized Enduro 29er
Nukeproof Scout 290
Stanton 4x
Covers all the bases, room for two more:
-Pub bike
-Short travel trail bike in there. Supposed to be a new camber coming soon, Fuel EX is rather tempting as well.
The Magnificent 7
1 26" DH bike
2 26" FS carbon bling machine
3 29r Hardtail
4 summer road bike
5 winter road bike
6 disc braked CX
7 retro steel mtb single-speed from the 80s
Most miles are on the winter road bike but the 29er is the one i like the most
6.
Yeti SB95c 29er LT full suspension - Big days out
Trek Stache 29+ Hardtail - Local and fun
Tripster ATR - Road/Tour bike
Litespeed T5g - Adventure bike
Niner RLT9 - Commuter bike
Kona Bandwagon - SS road bike = shop/city/commute bike.
Solaris hardtail - my 'proper' MTB. For anything over 25ish miles or anything where I might be going in the car
Rigid, SS El Mariachi - for local rides. It's tame and flat where I live
Commuterised Arkose - for getting to work and local errands
Brompton - not ridden much in the last few months, used for the odd ride involving public transport here and there
Did have a SS flat bar road bike but the frame got nicked
4, although i will probably move to a studio flat or abroad before July. This needs reducing!
Liteville 301 - For sale very soon. Will probably replace with a BFe
Kinesis Crosslight - For sale soonish. Will probably replace with something better made
GT HansRey sig. trials bike - For life
Fixie - For life