[Closed] How many STWers have just one bike?

I have literally just vomited at the thought of owning just one bike

Vile post, go wash your mouth with soapy water

Of course you can stay, but you will end up with more bikes if you do.

Yup, one here. I had several, couldn't justify it. Hell, I barely justify one.

I only rode one today.... I have a few to choose from.

Don't worry,I've only got one and so have a lot of others.A surprisingly high number on here have none.
(IMNVHO)

Yep, just the one bike here.
A 456-evo, I have enough other hobbies that I can't justify having more bikes...I don't get to ride this one as much as I'd like as it is.

I've got one, I bought it to see how much I like biking.
And I like it a lot.
So later this year I'll be buying another bike. ( best bnit is, my good wife TOLD me that I should buy another one)

had 3, a geared moots, ss swift and kona cyclocross but hardly rode em. we're skint, so i sold them all and have just built up a singular gryphon as a do it all bike.

I saw this and thought I had a few more than one. Just counted up and scared myself. No wonder its crowded in the shed! Time for a clear out! 10 bikes and 8 frames. Varying from carbon road and full suss through fixed and single speed to vintage steel for L'Erorica. Could get down to three but one is self abuse.

I've only got one bike but to be honest really need another for road training.

Only have one. Sold a frame and 2 others to help fund the current one.
Wish I could have as large and diverse a quiver* as some noted above but the reality is that I have a mortgage and family to feed so they come first ahead of my hobby. Bit grown up and all that but some things are just about more important than riding bikes.
(* ironic use of stw bullshit)

I've only got one 🙁 but I am building another but it won't be rideable for quite a while...

I could easily manage with one, but prefer two.

S-Works Enduro does it all on the MTB'ing side, but it's good to have my old Lava Dome for pub/shop etc. duties.

There would be no point selling either

Just 1. Spearfish 29er. Fit it with small semi-slicks for road, anything up to a 2.5 Ardent for trail centres.... it's ideal !

I've got 1 and a half currently.. Which is reducing to one to fund an upgrade or two for the one.

My carbon 456 is my everything bike which it does pretty well. There's times when it would be nice to have a full suspension bike too but those times are in the minority.

I have, in my opinion, the bare essential number; 2.
1 Road bike- Rocky Mountain Oxygen 80
1 Hardtail- Kona Explosif 650b

I'm moving and sorting a new job so that wont be changing for some time.

although technically i own more than one bike as im living abroad for sometime i only decided to take one with me, my anthem x. apart from the downhill tracks its covering all the bases for me, although going up a monster of a cat 3 road climb the other day with a 28lb full susser was hard work in places!!!

For a moment there I thought you just asked if I had ONE bike 😯 . Well I have one mountain bike, a Genesis io id.

But I have three road bikes (commuter fixed, road and winter/race) and a pair of tandems. That's just a reflection of my riding really. Mainly road, and an MTB that will cover most of the places I ride.

No. But I only ever ride one at a time. Is that the same?

I technically have two, but one in practice. I have a HT here, and a BSO at the other end of the country for mincing round London.

Yep, my do-it-all 5

The thought of maintaining more than one bike makes me want to vom!

Scrap that, maintaining just one bike makes me want to vom

Relatively poverty stricken with just 4.

Road bike for commuting - Specialized Secteur Elite.
Road-rigged MTB emergency spare - Specialized Stumpy 2001.
Brompton.
Orange 5.

Perhaps I need a unicycle...

[i]I saw this and thought I had a few more than one. Just counted up and scared myself[/i]

Now, losing count of how many you have - that is a problem!

Just the orange five here. Can't afford anymore.

Picked two awful dear sports to enjoy, mtb and mountaineering!

Can I stay?

NO LEAVE NOW, LEAVE, LEAVE! 😉

One bike or one mountain bike?

Just the 2. A 456 Evo and a Merlin road bike.
I think I'd like a full sus, but I also suspect I may be falling for the marketing hype. It's moot anyway. No space and could not look my family in the eye if I dropped a couple of grand on a bike.

I can't believe I've been conversing with people who only have one bike.

This is like when you've spent 6 months chatting up a stunning girl on facebook only to find out she's a 53 year old male Unix administrator with a skin problem.

Oh god, it gets wose. Some people appear to only have one of each type of bike! How do you live with yourselves?

[b]PLEASE DON'T HATE ME[/b]

I only have one mountain bike.....

....and it's [b]secondhand[/b]

😥

.and it's secondhand

Hang your head in shame!

we need to set up a trust fund for these poor poor people. one bike!

I have one 🙂 Soon to be none I think.

I would really like just one but I currently have two..

A shonky bitsa tip bike with gears, rack and trailer hitch for picking up the kids from school, days down the beach, doing the shopping and locking up in town if I get too pissed in the pub..

And a rather svelte and modern (second hand) rigid steel mountain bike, which I would definitely not leave locked up in town..

Yep. Just the 29er hardtail - no need for the expence of 2bikes.

therealhoops - Member

PLEASE DON'T HATE ME

I only have one mountain bike.....

....and it's secondhand

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My wimminz logic dictates that as I'm mechanically inept, more than one bike is necessary for reasons of sanity.

Also, price of second-hand stuff is so low than I couldn't bear to give anything away. 😐

So, in answer to your question, I don't have one bike so should have kept my mouth shut!

I only have one road bike, one commuter bike and one mountain bike, does that count? 🙂 Even that is a struggle. The next bike is always just a small loss of willpower away....

Just a 29er hardtail here, which to be fair is a good compromise for on/off road with a change of tyres. Combination of lack of space, another expensive hobby of Scuba Diving which takes up a lot of time and recent house purchase which all leads to lack of funds. Would like a CX bike, but can't see that happening for a good while yet.. 🙁

Mr Whoppit: ironically, small people are the reason I only have one.

sponging little ****ers

Yes - just one MTB, my trusty old Trek HT (ok and one road bike for road/TT and tris). Seriously itching to buy a new one. Tested a few over past 12 months and found some that made riding easier, faster and marginally more fun. But in each case the marginal fun was nowhere near sufficient to cover the cost of the bikes and better skills have closed the gap somewhat. So I have stuck with old faithful with different tires depending on the need (Ralps or Nobbies). I really struggle to justify current prices and choke on MTB reviews that describe £ks bikes as astonishing value and/or ripe for upgrades.

Me. I only ever have one bike.

5 Spot.

ONLY ONE BIKE?!

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Just got one...

One Kinesis hardtail
One Marin Attack Trail
One Spesh Epic
One Giant Reign

Looking to offload the Giant tho, any takers.
Got an advert in classifieds

You single bike owners....

......you disgust me

I've got *cough* more than one.. I woulnd't be TOO upset if I had to go down to one MTB, but I'd really miss not having a road bike as well.

Deux!!

A HT (soon to be carbon FS Missile) MTB

and a langster.. 🙂

Just have a Bfe here, more than enough bike for me. Although a commuter is tempting 🙂

Had a big rationalisation this year. Now one mountain bike, one road bike and one CX bike. Happy with this and less money going out on spares and maintenance.

Sorely tempted to have just the ONE , my sc blur lt, ive been thinking about selling all the others for years.......

Not since I was 10,no.

Yup
One spesh Stumpjumper evo 26er

I do have a "loan" of a classic kona cinder cone to commute on but tbh I just want to ride the evo

I had a bit of an off period with it but a few decent rides and its all good now

I have 4 mountain bikes, but only one of them is less than 12 years old.

Part of me would like to cut down to one bike, for the sake of simplicity.... however, being spiritually weak, I am unable to renounce multiple bike ownership, so:

Main mountain bike: Bontrager Race (plus, uuh, a few spare frames & a Bontrager Privateer S/S). I ride this pretty much most of the time.

Other bike: Rocky Mountain Blizzard, for somewhat more relaxed all-day stuff (in theory).

Commute on a Surly Cross-Check or a Brompton, depending. The Brompton needs some TLC, actually.

Raleigh beach cruiser stashed at the senior Noteeths for rolling to the pub.

Slowly building up a Gunnar CX... and I should really get around to building up my Supercross BMX race bike.

I just need to live in a house where having bikes in the sitting room/kitchen is acceptable behaviour. 😕

On One Inbred.

It's spectacular and I wouldn't ask for anything else.

Components on the other hand, well, I could build several SS bikes if i had the disposable income to buy frames.

Anyone got a DB Alpine to sell me?

Only one here--Ibis Mojo---plenty enough for me

How long before the N+1 sets in with you single bike people?

Managed to get down to 3 mountain bikes (Please note that I put mountain bikes).

Yup, just one here.

I have one of each type 😛 BMX, road bike, full sus and soon to have a hardtail. That should just about cover it.

I'm selling my commuter if you want to take it to the next level. Alas I have accumulated 6 bikes and need to reduce to 5.

one here, there is a purity about just having one. You can only love one bike truly... people with more than one are neglecting there other bikes,...who knows the hell they go through in the shed whilst they are out on their other preferred choice that day? 🙂

A Dartmoor shine is the only bike I have that works. Nearly have enough bits to build a ht

I've 4 mountain bikes, all hardtails.

The main bike is only 2 years old but looks more trashed than the 20 year old one, but all the parts are new and mountain bikes are meant to be trashed are they ? 😉

Got a " shopping " bike that I can leave locked up in town which I only gave £40 for from our local arkwrights type LBS with a 3 month warranty, a 13 year old that I got off my mate that got me back into cycling, and my first ever mountain bike, its only a Raleigh but Nan bought it me so its got sentimental value.

Still have a tinkering after a road bike after doing 56 mile on the main bike the other week and taking a few days to recover 😳

i have 4 bikes, and another coming today.

I think i'm gonna sell one soon, however. I'm tired of constantly repairing bikes. I might sell the DH bike too, seen as it's as flat as pancakes over here.

...then i'm pretty certain that i'll get a road bike to build up the collection. Oh my days... 🙄

I don't get this constantly repairing thing.

Surely if you have four bikes you ride each one 1/4 as much, so you only have to fix it 1/4 as often?

I have three bikes and that's exactly why I have three, so I don't have to contantly maintain them. When I was doing all my mileage on one bike it seemed I was constantly replacing chains, cassettes, tyres, brakes, wearing out bearings and all sorts. Now the mileage is spread accross three bikes they're much easier to maintain and keep in good condition.

my bikes were left untouched for 6months due to the winter, injuries and lack of cash to replace/repair parts. I've had problems with needing to service forks, rebleed brakes, greasing things up, removing seized components, replace worn drivetrain, sourcing the tools, fettling with front derailleurs, etc. The actual work is quite routine, but when you have 4 bikes to prepare for the short summer time, it does become a chore.

Got more than one bike...

@noteeth: I have bikes in my lounge, and my bedroom - in my home it is not acceptable NOT to have bikes in the lounge 🙂

i had 6 at one point...then got married and decided to scale down the collection to 3 (1 DH bike, 1 AM f/s and 1 ht) which i was happy with...then we bought a house which being smaller i had to sell off another bike (the AM bike)...was happy with 2 bikes and was looking to add a new AM bike until a few weeks ago when some scumbag stole the dh bike from the shed...now i have just the one which i'd just rebuilt onto a f/s AM frame but hope to add a new addition to it soon....wife may not be too happy about it especially when she finds them both living in the house... 😆

Dunno about the extra maintenance as you are using 2 bikes so therefore halving the wear on them also it means if one is knacked you can just use the other whilst you fix the other at your leisure.