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I covet the Cannondale Slate - maybe one day i will buy it, until then i just day dream.
singlespeedstu - MemberI'll have on for sale very soon.
If it's some sort of mediumy-largey (nobody understands Trek sizes) and none of that Boost bollocks and ideally a frame only then I may have just done some terrible negotiating 😆 Otherwise, well, still worth talking
1 in 2013
1 in 2014
2 in 2015
Maybe another one this year
Since I got back in to bikes I have changed my main one in 2005, 2007, 2011, 2014. I tend to change it when the frame still has some value as I don't have piles of disposable income so sell to buy.
Looking to change again now as I think the value of my frame will drop significantly in the next year or so. I also plan to treat myself to a posh bike in a couple of years when I turn 40. I currently have a long travel 29er and had a 26"ht. I want to try a 650b fs and 29" ht so I have covered all bases and can make an informed choice of what I want when I buy my super bike!
I have had other bikes in this time but most have been retro and not very expensive.
every 3-4 years it seems
When I was younger, it was swapping a bike every 3-4 months. I had about 3-6 bikes at a time. Swapped before anything would wear out most of the time.
Found a few bikes I absolutely love and sold the ones I don't use. Now down to 3 and they've been around for 1x 3 years, 1x 1 year and 1x 1 month. Can't see me swapping them anytime soon.
That said, we're moving into a house soon and it's not got a garage and space is limited, so I might have to go down to 2.. so possibly upgrade to same bike but current MY for my favorite and keep the roadie.
When - About every six to eight years?
It's a bit hard to gauge as my two bikes are trigger's brooms
Why - Because they last a long old time and I can't afford to be buying summink new every time something catches my eye 🙁
Northwind.
It's a large none boost full bike.
We'll be up in Inners for a week in April too. I could deliver it for you 😉
used to be every 2 years then i realised that i needed t get rid of a few.
current frame is a 2009 model i bought last year...stuck the 2014 kit on it of the old bike and sold that frame on. that frame was also a 2009 model which i bought 18 months earlier.
prior to that the last frame i bought was in 2006
i've only ever bought 3 complete bikes...2 were in the 90's and one was 18 months ago.
its my 40th next year and the wife has said i can pull the trigger on a new bike...the current one will stay as a backup bike and will eventually be handed down to my son
it varies depending on if i like the bike. I tend to keep them for a year before passing judgement.
i`ve had bikes for yearss and bikes for less than a year. Just bought a 'new' one recently. seems ok we shall see.
Every year, ish.
Usually I'll have an idea of what I want in my head, then I'm patient enough to wait for it 2nd hand or to come up in a sale.
Just bought a Fatty Trail frame, which I'm hoping that combined with selling the original Fatty (or bits thereof) will mean the cost of upgrading to a Bluto will be <£300 by the time I've raided the spares box.
Sometimes I'll just buy/sell stuff because something nice turns up, that's how I went from a Swift to an El-Mariachi. If a large SS Inbred 29 with carbon forks were to pop up at a good price (i.e. a fair bit less than the el-mariachi frame is worth) I'd probably buy that, not for a profit, I just like to ride different bikes and not spend too much £££ doing it (and fancy track ends).
I bought a Dawes Galaxy new in 1996 and since then I've bought 5 more new bikes. I haven't really bought any just because I fancied something new; apart from maybe a Trek hybrid to replace the Galaxy which was just starting to feel like it wasn't the right tool for the job.
I bought an MTB and a road bike to do things the Trek couldn't, and then a singlespeed to replace the Trek when it got stolen.
Then I bought a new MTB when the old one was 6 or 7 years old and needed new parts that were likely going to cost over half the cost of a new one.
When I have to.
I replaced my 2004 FS with a NOS 2008 frame in 2015 because I thought I had ovalised the headtube (I hadn't, I had pulled the fork dropout off the carbon lower). Lack of funds meant I had a tight budget but thanks to the hardtail I had a long time to pick up bargains (~1000 euro for an excellent spec XC bike).
My hardtail needs some new cables and the fork could do with a service.
[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/prototype-456-ebb-alfine ]Original thread on the hardtail[/url]
I replaced the commuterised pompino when my hip was playing up and on the indirect advice of the consultant, and seeing how the Pomp had paid for itself many times over I did "splash" out on a top of the range PX-LR so I can keep cycling.
I don't feel I'm good enough or on the bike enough to justify spending a fortune on my hobby.
That and I'm a tightwad.
First mtb I had for 5 years
2nd for 11 years
3rd was a replacement for 2nd , bought 2nd hand and the frame broke. (Repaired after bike 4 purchased)
4th I had for 3 years until it was stolen from my garage
5th I had as an also ran for bikes 3&4 for just 9 months before that got stolen with 3&4
In the last 18 months I have bought 2 new bikes and 1 second hand, sold 1 new bike and will need to replace my FS bike in the next year or two due to a hairline crack on a weld on the rear triangle.
I would still have bikes 3,4&5 if they hadn't have been stolen.
Generally I get one new per year on average
The most I've bought in a single year has been two
Last purchase was June 2015 as I cracked a frame (bought a full build second hand & swapped some parts over from the old one)
Got a DH rig in June 2014 as I fancied one
Can't see myself buying anything new for the foreseeable future due to the lack of new 26" wheeled bikes & the constant changing of which wheel size is "the best" by manufacturers
I go through phases, I've bought a new one every year for the last 3 but didn't buy one for 7 years before then and have no plans for 1 this year.
Saying that, I did bid on one on eBay last weekend and only marginally missed it...
Last bike purchase was in 2007. I tend to buy a new bike when the old one is no longer serviceable or maybe if some new development will be a significant improvement over what I currently have. I don't count altering wheel sizes or 1 x drivetrains as all that significant.
Generally once a year (except twice this year :oops:).
It keeps things fresh and motivates me to get out and use it.
I do have a one in one out policy though.
1 in 1999 - SC Bullet
1 in 2006 - SC Heckler, due to the above one being stolen, sold in 2012
1 in 2009 - Decade Virtue, which I still have.
1 in 2012 - TR Covert, for moar travel, but too small (M)
1 in 2015 - TR Scout, for less travel and better fit (L) This babies a keeper!
The Virtue might get moved on this year as I keep getting offers for it.
stewartc - MemberMaybe every 9-12 months, I get the itch, possibly saddle related?
I think you're in the wrong thread, you want the "How often do you change/wash your bibs and why?"
Last one, Kona Hei Hei, built up in '98. Now saving for another next year (probably Soul) once the standards have made their mind up.
I keep them for ages if I like the way they ride. Get rid quick if not. I just sold a 2007 yeti 575 - more due to ill health than anything else. I preferred it over the newer 575 - so flickable and unbeatable on Cumbrian rocks up or down.
I would argue that if a bike is any good it takes years to squeeze the last few drops of speed from a new bike. I was still finding ways to get more out of it.
Next purchase will be a change of direction to a fast hardtail 29er.