[Closed] Number of bikes in the past 10 years

This morning I would have said two new bikes, three in total.
Niner EMD (Stolen)
Orange ST4 (Broken)
Sanderson Breath (with bits from the Orange)
But I can now say four. 8)
Marin Nail Trail 27.5" (With NOT ONE old part on)

10 or so pushibikes in last 10 years

43 motorbikes.

5, sold three.

4

2

Still got them and one was secondhand.

Kona Hoss
Blur 4x
Cotic Soul
Intense Tazer
Lapierre Spicy
Specialized Demo 7
Cotic Roadrat
Morewood Makulu
Nicolai Ion 16
Last Fast Forward
Mojo Geometron

In 7 years I've had 8 bikes.

Revolution Triad 2.0
On One 456 Summer Season
Chromag Stylus
Mondraker Dune
Voodoo Bizango
On-One Fatty
Pinnacle Arkose
Norco Aurum

Still got the Norco and Arkose but the Norco is going when I get back from the Alps for something I'll get more use from making it 9 in 7 years.

2006 Enduro Expert
2007 Norco A-Line
2008 Cove Shocker
2011 Lap Spicy Stolen
2010 Lap Spicy
2013 Cove G-Spot
2016 Intense Tracer

All really usable, day to day, all rounders... sort of...

I was sort of hoping to be middling in this. My plan to help justify a new road bike has backfired.

Cannondale chase
Turner Rail
leader 401? (xc bike)
Mountain cycle rumble
Peugeot fixie
Retro carbon Allan xc hack bike
Jbc carbon xc bike
Cannondale Badboy ultimate?
Singular humming bird
Canyon grand canyon Al
Whyte t129
Dolan letape
Felt DD30
Bamboo cyclo x
Charge plug disc

So 11 for me..... Currently only have 2 of them.

Specialized Hardrock
Specialized Stumpjumper FSR S-Works 2006
Orange Five (2013)

Still got the five and hardrock (mainly commuting purposes)

not going there

MTBs:
Mongoose something
Giant STP
Giant Trance x
Specialized Pitch
Specialized Demo 8 ii
Commencal MaxMax
Identiti Krisis SL
Lapierre Spicy 316
Saracen Ariel 162 (Current)
Identiti P66 (Current)
Dartmoor Hornet (Current)

Folding
Philips something (broke my ankle not a fan)
Kansi 3 twenty

Road
Spalding something
Graham Weigh Something
Specialized Allez sport (Current)

wow 16 bikes in 10 years!

One, 2004 Cannondale Jekyll that's hasn't cracked and failed.

not going there

Boo!

not going there

+1

I've only had five bikes.

I should have more bikes.

6. still got 5, one snapped, got replaced.

Boardman HT Pro
Cotic Soul
Mongoose BMX
Banshee Spitfire
Bird Zero AM

Still got all bar the Soul. Boardman has toddler seat and towing bar for kids bike. BMX used to be used for my short commute but the current journey is a bit far for not sitting down at all!

You people are all shattering my chance of a beautiful carbon road bike.

Last 10 years the following have gone through my hands:
SC Chameleon
SC Heckler
Cotic Soul
On One Inbred
Pashley 24mHz #1
SC Blur 4X
PDC Kingpin (still got the frame)
Orange Five
Orange Alpine160 (still got)
Kona Lava Dome
Orange Clockwork
Brooklyn Machine Works Park Bike
Pashley 24MHz #2
Pashley 24MHz #3
Yeti DJ
Cotic Roadrat #1
Cotic Roadrat #2 (still got)
Verenti Substance
Curtis S1 #1
Curtis S1 #2 (about to go in a box as its been sold)
On One 456 Summer Season

The Curtis S1 going leaves an empty bike allocation so wonder whats next!

I think thats all...

I think this is the list:

GT Aggressor 2
Specialized Pitch Comp
Cove Handjob
Genesis iO
Specialized Allez Comp
Nicolai Heluis CC
Raleight Airlite
Nicolai Helius CC
Chumba HX2
Raleigh Carbon Comp
Kinesis FF29
Boardman CX Team
Genesis Fortitude Race
Genesis Equilibrium
Giant TCR
Giant Anthem X1
KTM Aera Comp
KTM Revelator
KTM Scarp
KTM Fat Rat
KTM Canic CXA
Mongoose R120 BMX Wallace Edition

Crikey

You people are all shattering my chance of a beautiful carbon road bike.

Just get one the same colour as the old one, she'll never know the difference!

Or have a missus as daft as mine. Got rid of the 456 Summer Season which was dayglo orange for a dark green Chromag. It took her 6 months to notice.

9, of which I still have all of the last 5.

8-ish (does a frame+seatpost+fork swap count as a new bike?), current count is at 4.

Seven, I've still got four

Specialized Stumpjumper HT
Specialized Stumpjumper FSR (sold)
Pace RC303 (sold)
Santa Cruz Blur LT (sold)
Santa Cruz Superlight
Turner 5 Spot
Boardman Pro 29

Or have a missus as daft as mine. Got rid of the 456 Summer Season which was dayglo orange for a dark green Chromag. It took her 6 months to notice.

Cheers, I'll give it a shot. I don't like my odds though as she was the poster above you.

14.
I still have half of them.
Of course I mean I still have half the number of whole bikes, not 14 halves

Yeti 575
One One Inbred(2nd hand)
Cove Handjob(2nd hand)
Trek 1.7
Specialised Rockhopper
Canyon Aeroad
Brompton

Not sure it would have been so many were it not for the cycle to work scheme.

I started 2008 with an Orange 5 and a Kona Dr Dew. Since that time, I've had:

Pace RC305 frame
Cannondale Bad Boy
Cotic Soul frame
Trek 1.1 (road)
Kinesis Decade (road)
Cotic X frame
Cotic Escapade frame
Stooge Mk1 frame
Cotic Soul 275 frame
Kinesis 4S Disc (road) frame
Surly Ogre frame
Surly Straggler frame
Brompton
Transition Scout frame

I've usually swapped frames rather than bought / sold bikes, tending to keep 2-3 at a time, so perhaps the turnover isn't quite as dramatic as it seems!

Heckler
Chameleon frame
DB alpine frame
Decade Virsa frame
Yeti ASR5
EDIT: Bfe
Soul 26 frame
Nukeproof Mega frame
Turner Burner
Soul 275 frame
Canyon Spectral

+

Giant OCR
Tripster

If it went back 15 years it'd be twice as long.

Only started 7 years ago but in that time:

3 MTB

Decathlon Rockrider
Vitus Blitz
Orbea Occam AM (Current Bike)

1 Road Bike

Vitus Decium (Current bike)

jeesus there's some spenders/tinkerers here.

2008 Orange Five
2015 Orange Five

Hmm, a look at the lists above suggests I am not as bad as I thought 🙂

Stumpjumper FSR
Chumba 29er HT
Roadrat (2008 till present)
Cube Cross Race
Ventana El Capitan
Surly Krampus
Salsa Mukluk
Surly ICT (with full fat and 29+ wheels)
Stumpjumper FSR carbon

Still got the ICT, carbon stumpy, roadrat and cross race - a good mix of bikes and I enjoy them all 🙂

I assume mamadirt is still counting?

06 Specialized Demo 8
08 Specialized SX trail II
05 Orange Hitman
06 GT IT1
09 Intense Slopestyle
?? On One Inbred
13 Trek 1.5
04? GT Pro cruiser 24
13 Trek Madone 5 series w/di2*
14 Santa Cruz 5010c*
14 Santa Cruz Nomad mk3*
13 Santa Cruz Chameleon
15 Specialized fatboy pro*
16 Specialised turbo Levo fsr expert*
17 Specialized Sequoia elite*
17 Pivot Mach 429SL*

*still got

Fancy a properly light carbon 29HT next (pivot les as you're asking) but adult priorities...

16 😯
I blame [s]Ton[/s] this place

Seven, still got five.

MTB
Marin Mt Vision (sold when I got ..)
Cotic Solaris
Singular Puffin fat bike

Road/commuter/cx
Specialized Allez (sold when I got ...)
Specialized Roubaix
On-One Pompetamine
Genesis Croix de Fer 10

Still got the Pompy, it's been sat there for 18 months waiting for me to turn it into a singlespeed.

Last 10 years?

DMR Trailstar
Identiti Mr Hyde
Cotic BFe
Orange Alpine 160 26
Cotic Rocket 27.5

Not as many as I thought. Looks like I'm a bit of a hoarder though as I've still got most of them as either frames or full bikes....

Muddyfox Courier Comp
Carrera Banshee X
Kona Caldera
Storck Adrenalin
On One Inbred
Santa Cruz Superlight
On One 456C
Orange 5
Specialized Allez

2007 Giant XTC Comp HT
2009 Lapierre Zesty 314
2010 White 19
2010 Specialized Langster SS
2011 Orange Five
2011 On One Pompetamine
2011 Cotic Soul
2008 Felt Breed SS CX (secondhand)
2012 Cannondale Super X (secondhand)
2013 Boardman Carbon Team Road
2012 Cannondale Synapse Alloy
2009 Niner EMD (secondhand)
2014 Stanton Sherpa
2017 Orange Five
2016 Genesis Day One Decade (secondhand)

Never more than 2 at a time.

None. My newest bike is 10 years and 2 months old.

OK, I decided I should do it as part of my therapeutic journey.

*takes deep breath*

My name is Chakaping and I have owned THIRTY SEVEN BIKES in the last decade...

1996 Marin Team
2007 Giant Anthem 0
2007 Cove Handjob
2007 Yeti 575
2006 Spesh Big Hit
2007 Giant Trance 3
2008 Giant Reign 1
2009 On One C456 (stolen)
2011 Lapierre Zesty
2011 Lapierre Froggy
2010 Cube Fritzz
2010 Boardman Team Carbon
2010 Mondraker Foxy
2008 Trek Session 8 (stolen)
2010 Mondraker Dune (stolen)
2012 Saracen Ariel
2012 Mondraker Dune
2012 Trek Fuel EX 9.7
2010 Saracen Zen
2011 NS Surge
2011 Lapierre Zesty
2008 Iron Horse Sunday
2010 Mondraker Summum
2012 Scott CR1 SL
2012 Trek Stache
2014 Giant Defy Advanced 1
2012 Hammerhead Thumper
2015 Giant Reign
2014 Kona Process 111
2012 Orange Patriot
2013 Ribble Sportive 365
2014 Kona Process 153
2012 Scott CR1 SL (different one)
2016 Radon Swoop
2016 Boardman Pro 29er
2016 Spesh Enduro 29
2015 Cotic Solaris

1 road almost 10yrs old
1 HT about 8 yrs
1FSR 2 years

How do folk afford so many bikes!?!

OK, I decided I should do it as part of my therapeutic journey.

Thank you for sharing Chakaping.

That's a new bike every 100 days, for 10 years, I don't think if that sounds better or worse.

how the F are you getting through so many bikes?!!

one, for the record. some insane levels of d*ck measuring going on here lol

one, for the record. some insane levels of d*ck measuring going on here lol

It's telling that you describe it as d*ck measuring, then say one 🙁

How do folk afford so many bikes!?!

Priorities and an eye for a bargain.

And I was earning very well at the height of my turnover.

Recent innovations in MTB geometry mean bikes fit me much better than they used to, so I am keeping bikes for longer now.

Yeah, I used to buy a lot of frames from here. If you flog the old one it's a relatively cheap way of having a new toy to play on every few months through summer 🙂

And I totally agree on the geometry front, I'm 6'6", nothing really fit (without looking ridiculous) before 29ers!

A lot of mine were bought complete and the bits sold off to subsidise the frame - then built up with my existing parts.

Ironically, I don't even like building bikes up that much.

How do folk afford so many bikes!?!

I work for the BBC 😈

Not really. Priorities innit, I don't have a car, kids or massive house/mortgage.

It's telling that you describe it as d*ck measuring, then say one

I'm not even sure I actually get what you mean by that... tired brain cannot compute today.

I've never been of the mind to continually turn over new bikes after mere months or so- and crucially, I've never earned enough in the last decade (or ever) to indulge that on a whim. Guess I don't understand MTB 'priorities'over life's priorities. The last 5 years of my life have involved- in no particular order- learning to drive, relocating to another part of the UK, 3 jobs, marriage, a child and a mortgage on a new home. Truly surprised at the numbers some are itemising here. A different world! Still love riding as much as i ever did so at least that's one thing that seemingly never changes..

Me - 2
Wife - 2
Kids - 6 between them.

Don't assume lots of bikes = lots of money

As a couple we're probably as bad* as Chakaping 😳 but in my defence Mrs A is a rider too, but neither of us are big earners, most of them bought/built second hand and I've still probably spent less than a 'normal' family spend on mediocre cars, and waaay less than some people with only 1 or 2 'posh' bikes.

Guess I don't understand MTB 'priorities'over life's priorities.

I live in a modest house, have a boring 10 year old car, no TV subscription, cheap phone etc. I normally buy decent dependable and reliable bike gear too, not blingy expensive stuff unless it works out cheaper in the long run. I don't understand people that spend £50 a month on TV or phones when they could be spending it on replacing worn out tyres 😆
I ride 6.7 days a week, riding bikes is fairly high up on my priority list, it's not necessarily wrong, just a different list 😀

* a fair few of them have snapped (11, I went through a phase...), some stolen (4), some sold, some donated, but mostly I keep bikes for a long time (5-10years, some longer), unless I don't get on with them at all in which case they get moved on quite quickly. A few of mine are retro/vintage restorations so cost peanuts in comparison to modern stuff. (ie: a lot less than a decent fork, and in some cases less than the cost of a pair of carbon bars)

Well as it's only 10 years, that's a manageable list.

DMR Trailstar LT (still have it)
Boardman Carbon Elite road bike (still have it)
Boardman Team CX bike (still have it)
Spesh SX Trail II
Voodoo Canzo
Cove Hummer
On-one C456
Cotic Solaris Mk1
Orange ST4 (broke)
Orange ST4 mk2
Pace 405
Trek Stache (non chubby)
Trek Stache (still have)
Cotic Rocket 26
Nukeproof Mega AM
Bird Aeris Mk1 (still have)
Pyga 29-110
Cotic Flare Max (still have)
Cotic Solaris Max (still have and anyway it's my daughters really)
Ibis Mojo3 (still have)

Compared to Cha****ng, I feel as if my purchasing strategy is still on the right side of a mental illness 😉

I ride 6.7 days a week, riding bikes is fairly high up on my priority list

6.7 days? must be nice! your backside must be like granite 😀

I don't understand people that spend £50 a month on TV or phones when they could be spending it on tyres

that is very true- and i fall into that sodding category! guess i'll have to look at the 40th for the next justifiable big spend... only 6 years of window shopping to go woo!

6.7 days?

Well most weeks it's 7 days a week, but obviously I miss some occasionally so 6.7 seemed a good estimate 🙂

your backside must be like granite.

erm, thank you, I think... 😳

Guess I don't understand MTB 'priorities'over life's priorities

Could that be the douchey-est comment of the month? Certainly a challenger.

Go on then, what are the 'life's priorities' that I've missed by having a few bicycles?

Erm, I've just remembered a couple more.

2009 Kona Jake
2014 Boardman Team CX

My typical cost to change bikes is £200 to £400, though often it's cost-neutral.

Quick bit of maths suggests all that chopping and changing has cost me £10-£15k over the past decade. Though that's exclusive of spares & kit of course.

Could that be the douchey-est comment of the month? Certainly a challenger.

Well, hold your (many) horses there... I didn't actually mean it in THAT way- but i can see out of context, it sounds like I'm saying I'm somehow above all that and bitter to those with big stables. I'm not. Tom, believe me if i could have put more effort in I'm sure I could have got a few more bikes under my belt- my life has taken a different path. I spent 8 years drumming and recording music. A very expensive pastime. It's not a criticism or a comment on other's choices- I'm not here to piss you or anyone off.

Go on then, what are the 'life's priorities' that I've missed by having a few bicycles?

for clarity, it should have said MY life's priorities. My mistake.

erm, thank you, I think...

no no, the pleasure is all mine.

*disasembles telephoto lens

9 in the last 10 years. Still got 4 of them.

TranceX frame
Mukluk fattybike
Roadbike
TT frame

that's it, I think. Still got 'em all, but then I've still got the great majority of bikes I've ever owned

your backside must be like granite.

erm, thank you, I think...

no no, the pleasure is all mine.

*disasembles telephoto lens

LOL, just clicked on your profile/username link purely by accident and saw these are the titles of the last 4 topics you started:

[i]Talk to me about your tool(s)
"nice suspension mate"
Podium Men
measurements...[/i]

Talk about getting flirty 😉 You couldn't make it up!

purely by accident

we both know that's not true honey..

*loosens silk Kimono

I only buy bikes I like or are cheap. currently, I have one.

history;
cube reaction GTC
Raleigh elan road bike
felt chasm bmx
Gt dyno Bmx
specialized hard rock
Santa Cruz chameleon

Last 9 years.

2007 Giant Yukon (complete new bike)
Cube Hybrid (complete used bike)
Genesis Core 30 (complete new bike)
Land Rover flat bar road bike (complete used bike)
Cotic Soul mk2
On One Inbred rigid SS
On One Scandal
Genesis iO rigid SS
Cotic Soul mk3
Marin Bobcat Trail (complete used bike)
Lapierre Zesty 314 (still got)
Kinesis Crosslight Pro2 (used)
Cotic Solaris mk2
Genesis Fortitude Race
Dialled Holeshot
Cotic Soul 275 (still got)

So only two actual new bikes, all others second hand, or frames with bits swapped around.

Frightening really as all but one of those were actually in the last 5 years...........

Claud Butler Blade
Specialized works epic
Giant trance
Orange sub 5
On one inbred
Dialed bikes prince Albert
Orange 5 2008
Pipedream sirius
Mythic paradox 29
Orange 5 2010
Blacksheep titanium custom 29
Salsa Mariachi 29
Transition bandit 29
on one codeine 29
One one fatty trail
😳

God, writing this out the list is lot longer than I hoped...
Still got 5 of them.

Kona Kula Deluxe
Cannondale Caad9
Ribble winter bike
Cannondale System six
Giant Anthem
Fixie Inc Pure Blood
Niner EMD
Salsa Casseroll
Planet X XLS
Surly Karate Monkey
Ritchey Swiss Cross
Giant Defy
Genesis Day One

Commencal Supreme (cracked)
Commencal Supreme (cracked)
Dialled Prince Albert (sold)
Chumba XCL (sold)
Commencal Meta 5 (cracked)
Genesis Croix de Fer (still own)
Morewood Shova LT (sold)
Marin Wolfridge (sold)
Marin Attack Trail (cracked)
Whyte 146 (cracked)
Whyte 146 (nearly ripped headtube off)
Nukeproof Mega TR (sold)
Morewood Makalu (still own)
Cube Litening (still own)
Vitus Sommet Pro (still own)

I may have forgotten some!

Edit...there was another wolfridge in there somewhere.
Edit...and another Whyte 146 that I sold.

Here goes

specialized demo 8
kona coiler
azonic steelhead
kona hoss
specialized pitch pro
.243 racing
dialled alpine
orange alpine 160
santa cruz heckler
ragley mmbop
voodoo hoodoo
orange patriot
on one inbred 29er
orange blood
voodoo bizango
on one fatty
nukeproof mega am275
commencal meta sl
commencal meta am v4
bird zero tr
airdrop edit

jeez, there were a fair few before that too. Now I only have the edit, but it is ticking all the boxes for me. Just been having a massive bike part clearout and it is really theraputic, getting money for things that are in the way and wont be used!

Oh I forgot about the on one 45650b before the bird.

Owned my 04 S-Works Enduro from new but still had it in 07
2006 SC Heckler Used
2010 SC Heckler Used
Spec Alex Elite from about 2009(?) - Still Own
On One 456 - Still Own
SC Blur LTc 2012 - Last lot made - Still Own
SC Nomad 2013 - Again last lot made - Still Own
Commencal Supreme DH 2012
Rock Mtn Element 950 2015 - Still Own
Giant Defy Advanced 2015 - Still Own
Commencal Meta AM V4.2 - just got

So that is 9 in total

DMR Trailstar
Specialized Pitch Pro
Kona Kula
Specialized Langster
On One 456
Kona Unit
Pinnacle Arkose
Cotic Solaris

I thought my list would be shorter, still have the last 3.