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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
erm, thank you, I think...your backside must be like granite.
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.