140mm HT
120mm FS
Fixed Winter/Commuter
29er
?fatbike

2,

1 road bike, 1 29er FS.

🙂

WTF is a 'Cotic-a-like'?!

140mm cotic a like
160mm full sus

that should do it.

which bikes are too many?

njee20 - Member
WTF is a 'Cotic-a-like'?!

An "All Mountain" hardtail, ie, Stanton Slackline, Evil Soveriegn, etc as opposed to a 100m XC HT.

Maybe I should have used a BFE as the example, but anyway you get the idea....

1x 150mm fs
1x 140mm ht
1x 120mm ht
1x 100mm dirt jump
1x road bike

I'd just refer to the official list.

Don't tell me you don't have a copy.

See i told the mrs it was

LT hardtail
Ti ss race bike
Carbon geared race bike
Roadbike
Crossbike
Commuterbike
TT bike
Fat bike

chakaping - er?

Mmmmmm 12 bikes last count which includes
A 1985 GT pro performer BMX. Anyone remember Eddie Fiola ( the flying banana)?

I reckon trail_rat has it just about nailed, although I'd add into the mix a random pointless but nostalgic retro bike, in my case a 1988 Fat Chance.

...oh, and a spare race bike (you know, just in case)....for me, that's a 2nd lightweight SS 29er 😀 Umm, this is getting a bit silly really

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Depends how much room there is in your shed/garage

Currently, including all the families bikes there are 10 bikes in the garage

There's room for plenty more

There's no room for cars

I've gone down to two...

Hardtail (chameleon)
Road bike

Dh bike
Am bike
Jump bike
Roadi (1980s so free)
Free bmx my mate flung out

So 3 main bikes n 2 hanging sheds for pissing about on.

Oh and a kids 16" bike with 745mm bars on for pump tracks n showing up the local jump kids. 😉

I reckon I could get down to one bike - something like a Singular Peregrine:

Geared/SS/CX/Road/Monstercross/Touring/Commuter

I could, you know. Any time. I just don't want to give up my addiction right now.... 😉

1x Orange Patriot LT (1999) with ’99 Boxxers
1x Orange Five (2012)
1x Marin Mount Vision (1989) which I will be splitting to sell shortly.

a, 120mm ti hardtail
b, 160mm Full suss
c, Cheap race bike for commute + pub
d, Hybrid for the GF
e, 130mm full suss

I dont have e anymore as I broke it apart to make a and b. strangely e would have been the bike of choice recently - time to get saving

This year

120mm travel FS 29er
Road bike
Pub Bike
Commuter hack x2
Tandem

Last year

AM FS
29er HT
Road bike
Tandem
Pub Bike

1 x 130mm hardtail (Coyote Dual)
1 x rigid SS (Kona Hahanna)

Need to sell some stuff then I'll be looking for a Dawg.

Our garage consist of 3, my Soul n road bike and the Mrs bike. This is going to increase as she wants a road bike and I want a fs!

It takes me about 10 minutes to unpack the shed to get to the furthest bike (a borrowed Cannondale MTB Tandem that you missed off your list).
In fact I used to have to get past the cargo bike until I dismantled it at the weekend - another bike you missed off.

My list in order of need would be

140mm FS
Dependable Hardtail
CX bike
Pump-track bike
Fat bike
160mm+ FS
MTB Tandem
Adventure bike (Fargo or similar)
Cargo bike (would be much higher up the list if the children hadn't grown up).

I don't really see 29ers as another category - If I wanted 29ers, they'd all be 29ers. Mixing wheel sizes is just going to mess with my head/timing/manualling.

5
1 29" HT
1 26 FS 140mm
1 roadbike
1 26" HT (trailer bike/Croozer)
1 wifebike 26" HT

I ought to point out that, while one bike would serve my needs, there are currently in my garage:

2 x road + 1 x road frame
1 x cross
1 x HT
2 x rigid
1 x shopper
1 x child's trike
1 x child's balance bike
1 x bike trailer for child

This is between 2 adults and a toddler. I definitely don't need to go building myself a new bike in January, do I...?

My other-half is moving in so I was prepping to make room for 6 more bikes in my garage. Then I discovered the stash in his loft and shed which totals 14. 14 I tell you! I wouldnt mind but only 3 of them are in a ride-able state.
And there I was thinking my 5 was bordering on excessive.

120mm FS (Santa cruz blur xc/Tallboy)
150-160 FS (Orange alpine/ibis mojo HD)
rigid 29er (genesis fortitude)
road bike/commuter (Specialized Allez)

There's always room for one more though.

Sok, that's splendid 🙂

For me it's got to:

1 nice/"big" bike for Peak, trail centres et c.
Rigid SS for razzing about locally.
Cheapo road bike, just getting into it.
Ratty old commuter/pub bike.

Perversely the crappy old commuter is the bike I ride by-far the most often.

APF

Road race bike.
Road training bike.
Road ss/fixie/commuter.
Cyclocross bike.
TT bike (no hurry)

140mm 29er hard tail
Rigid ss 29er
Semi fat 2speed bivvy/touring 29er (to finish)
4x/jump ht
Downhill bike (2013)
Bmx.
160mm 650b Am (possibly).

1 x hardtail - your choice of fork l;ength
1x SS - we get winters here you know
1x FS your choice of travel
1x Road bike
1 X hack bike

Anything else would just be another bike very much like the bike i have
I have no interest in 29 er, BMX, dirt ,fat or cross but if you do then fair enough to have one of these as well

Its when you have two very similar bikes that I find it odd

say a 100 mm hardtail and a 140 mm hardtail or a 4 " travel FS and a Orange 5 - its just more of the same but ever so slightly different

Each to their own though

Just 4 bikes for me at the moment, i feel inadequate and underbiked after reading through the list above.

Cove Hummer 140mm Hardtail
Salsa Juan Solo 80mm Singlespeed Hardtail
Charge Plug Fixed
Lightweight Alloy Singlespeed Roadie/hack bike

Obviously i need a FS but i'm waiting till Cy @ Cotic brings out his smaller travel Rocket next year and i'll be having one right away.

I've been hovering at seven for a while. Currently have:

Short travel full-sus (Anthem)
SS 120mm hardtail
Good road bike
Old road bike (lives on the turbo)
Cross/winter road bike (Kaffenback)
Retro look steel road bike
Rubbish commuter

I've got rid of a track bike (big crash/too far to travel put me off track riding) and a 100mm geared hardtail.

I could get by with the Anthem (for all MTB needs), the good road bike, a winter road bike and the commuter.

I have 6.

All HT/Rigid.

No overlap at all 😳

For me:

120mm HT
160mm FS

I've currently got my stable down to 4:

Summer Road Bike
Winter Road Bike (mudguards + clearance)
Full Suss MTB
Folding bike (Brompton)

Actually I currently have 2 MTBs (Trance and 2006 era Five) but one will go. Just need to work out which one.

How many bike are too many?

It's a simple formula. If the correct number of bikes is -

b=n+1

then too many bikes is -

b=n+2
😀

in my flat...
170mm FS
140mm steel HT
100mm alu HT
26'' trials bikes

in my grans attic...
1 80s road bike with super record kit

the dream team/wish list...
Liteville 601
Liteville 301
Current trials bike
Ritchey Swiss Cross
Ibis Tranny

100m XC bike
Rigid SS
140mm HT
!40 mm FS
Steel road that does commutes and long ride.

plus one thats got to go.

Currently:
LT 29er (Yelli with 140mm)
ST 29er (Swift with 100mm)
Rigid SS 29er (Chumba HX2)
Road bike (Rocky Mountain Oxygen)

Future:
FS 29er (Tallboy LT or Covert- would sell the yelli)
Winter road bike
29er race bike

My ideal stable would contain:

1. fatbike
2. 100mm HT
3. road bike
4. commuter

My actual stable contains:

2. & 4.

I have 11 I think.

2 roadies
2 fs
1 bmx
And 6 hardtails

120mm FS
100mm HT
Road bike

Works for me

Currently:

Roadie
Roadie -tourer
Roadie - SS

SS 29er
Chumba HX1 (the cotic-a-like)
Pitch

BMX

I reckon I need a winter roadie (i.e. soemthig a bit more racey than the tourer, but less bling than the roadie, or at least elss cared for, maybe I'll just get a ncier roadie and retire this one)

An XC bike (29er with gears and maybe suspension)
A 29er AM bike (maybe, but that would be instead of the chumba)
A 5" travel FS, probably 29er, not sure whether this would replace the Pitch and overlap too much with the 29er AM bike though).

I also need some with engines 😈

At the moment

120mm FS 29er
80mm HT race bike
Hybrid type 'Pub' Bike
Carbon 'best' Road Bike
Winter Road Bike
Touring Bike

Don't think I will need anything else.

For me

120mm FS for the trails
160 mm DH guilty pleasure 🙂
100mm HT for commuting and gf's weekend bike

Officially though there is only 2 the gf does not know about the DH as it's kept at my parents place lol 😀

Oh how the other half live!

2 - Covert & a BMX

Currently:

1 x HT - 120mm 1x9 (Soul)
1 x Ti HT - 120mm 3x9 (Soda)
1 x 100 FS 'race' bike (Anthem)
1 x 150mm FS (Blur LT)
1 x Carbon Roadie (Madone)
1 x SS for commuting (Bandwagon)

Thinking about a cross bike but cant quite justify it, also thinking about selling the Antehm and getting a 29er but that can wait until next year

My lovely other half
1 x HT - 120mm 1x9 (R8)
1 x Ti HT (race bike) - 100mm 3x9 (Lynskey - cant remember model)
1 x 140mm FS (Blur LT)
1 x Carbon Roadie (Ridley)
1 x Fixie for commuting (Condor)

Along with my kids bikes it makes for a pretty full garage.

I have:

120FS
130HT
160FS
Rigid SS
100HT commuter
Road bike

Weirdly, feels like one too many (I know, WTF!)

Currently thinking I'll ditch the 120FS and go 29 with the rigid SS

Just bought a new bike and got it past the wife by explaining there was nothing I'm missing from my garage once I get my new Stumpjumper.

Having said that, always had a hankering for a Ti framed bike....

Currently running at

1 x 150mm fs Stumpy Evo '13
1 x 140mm Cove Stiffee '06
1 x 100mm fs Stumpy '03
1 x Alu road bike/ commuter
1 x stupid expensive carbon road bike
and a part share in Mongoose Amplifier

My Soda's definately the one bike too many, tbh it makes almost no sense to own it. Luckily I can use the excuse that it's cracked/repaired so not worth that much.

I'd be pretty happy with just the Hemlock or Ragley + something for the road, and very happy with both the Cotic and Ragley + road. But the DH bike is nice to have, as is the rigid, and splitting the road stuff into proper roadie + commuter makes a lot of sense.

LT hardtail
Road bike
Pub bike

Same as horatio hufnagel, a Cham ( 140mm cotic-a-like) and a road bike.

Did have a shed full, but one got ridden maybe 2-3 times a year, and weirdly as it sat still so much it needed more looking after than anything else. Sold them all a few years back and don't miss them

Although I want/need a TR250 now

For me I don't have enough.

Currently built at the moment (4 more in the attic in bits)

Carbon Road Race Bike
Road Training Bike
Road Single Speed Commuter
100mm Carbon Hardtail Race Bike
Cyclocross Bike.

To complete my collection;

Time Trial Bike
Track Bike
Winter Trainer.

All bikes listed are not because I want them but because I need them based on my cycle activities. Any more after that would be just a luxury. 😀

Double post

Mine
456Ti c/w 140mm
Alfine commuter

Sons'
Norco DH
120mm HT

And enough parts to build two more bikes 🙂

Having had more than one bike, I'd always find when out on a ride at some point I wished I was on the other one - so now just have one bike that does.

Don't really have any reason for owning my 2003 Stumpjumper FS but just use the excuse its not worth getting rid of as I'd get about 10p for it.

The rest I can just about justify based on the amount of riding they all get used.

I'm quite intrigued that a lot of people have a 160mm/long travel FS and a 120mm FS.

I quite fancy that Nukeproof in the Classifieds, but with an ASR5 at 120mm I can't see that £1500 for 40mm of travel is justified to ride most "well known" UK trails.

Unless anyone's happy to explain to me why it would be/why you have both?

Current count in the shed is 8:
Rigid SS Steel 29er
Ti XC Hardtail (26" pn its Way to 27,5")
LT Full suss 29er (Turner Sultan 140/125mm)
160mm Full suss Enduro
Ti Road Racer
Recumbent Prototype (commuting)
Carbon XC 29er Hardtail
Carbon Full suss 29
(The last two belong to my Gilrfriend ; ))

I could get it to 2.

150-160mm travel enduro full sus
140mm travel hardtail (Stanton Slackline) with adjustable travel forks- 140/150mm for trail stuff and 100-120ish for dirt jumping
A cheap hardtail would be nice for my off road commute but not essential.

Fully rigid SIR9 SS 29er.
Kone Ute, cargo bike.

Not counting the BMX, as its not rideable at the moment.
Used to have 5" FS. Built it up & but one ride was enough to tell me they just dont do it for me anymore

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Unless your into multiple road events
1 Road Bike.

A Full Sus and a HT with travel/setups to cover most of your riding. For me they are both 150/160mm forked bikes.

I have some lighter and heavier wheels.

For me I just need the DH bike to compliment the lot. That stops me over building my FS to do DH on. Which makes my FS more versatile.

Perfect setup for me would be:

1 DH Bike (Nukproof Pulse)
1 150f/130r mm FS (Nukeproof TR)
1 130/140 mm hardtail (650B Saracen Zen X or a Privee Shan in the gulf colours)
1 4x/jump bike (The Nukeproof Snap for 869 on CRC looked tempting)

Currently just have a Nukeproof Mega

29 er 100mm HT
26 er 120mm FS
Road bike
Hybrid/commuter

Done

Road bike - race
Road bike - training
Road bike - winter/retro
Cyclo cross race bike
MTB - trail/race/do-it-all

I have 3 and would struggle to justify another

140mm FS - Lapierre Zesty
Rigid SS - Kona Kula
Roadie - Spesh Secteur

Maybe a 29in SS but then the Kona would go

1x 160 fs
1x 140 ht
1x rigid 29er

In the last 6 months I have sold my commuter and racing bike. These were replaced by the 29er asI had room on the rack.

1 x road bike and 1 x mountain bike. Job done.

Currently at -

Rigid SS 69er
Hardtail 69er with Alfine
FS 69er (with gears,obviously)
1988 Kona Explosif, which I'll probably never sell as I've had it so long.

Plus a 120mm hardtail in Greece.

It all depends on what/why you ride. I could be quite happy owning just one bike (I have a 'one bike') and it wouldn't limit my riding too much, the other 3 or 4 that I'd rather not be without are just a luxury / choice.

1 rigid 29er with ss-ability and wide-range handling like my Jones
1 road bike like my Equilibrum

and ideally a town-hack SS

..would do it all apart from the odd Alpine chairlift trip.

For me:

100mm hardtail.
Rigid hardtail- commuter/tourer.
Road bike.
BMX.

What are these 'full suspension' bikes that everyone's going on about?
Sounds a bit odd, rear suspension on a pushbike.