Let’s see:

A small blue rusty thing
a bigger, green, flat bar sturmy-archer geared bike
A Raleigh ‘racer’
Muddy Fox Courier
Giant Escape (?)
Orange Clockwork (stolen within a month – I still miss it)
Diamond Back Apex (a fantastic all-rounder, everybody loved it)
Orange Aluminium O
Lucky Strike Airborne

Currently: Pinnacle Arkose and On One Whippet

I’ve also had a few cobbled together mongrels, a BMX or two, and a Hercules.

Since 1992 and my first mountain bike: ten bikes.

And I’ve still got 2 of them.

Oooh fun! All my bikes ever (over 40 years…)

Saxon BMX
Diamondback Sorrento
Specialized Hardrock
Dawes thing – Stolen
Cannondale Badboy
Specialized Crosstrail (Broken Frame)
On One Scandal v1
On One Scandal v2
Cotic RoadRat (M)
Cotic RoadRat (L) – Stolen
Kinesis FF29
Cotic Solaris V2 – Stolen
Pearson Now You See Me
BMC Alpenchallenge
Specialized Diverge – Stolen
Specialized SingleCross
Whyte 905 (Broken Frame)
Giant Contend SL
Bird Aeris 120LT
Bird Zero AM
Holdsworth Mystique (x2 Broken Frames)
Giant Trance 29
Ribble CGR SL

dawes galaxy
carlton corsair
challenge thing from empire stores
muddy fox explorer
diamond back axis
diamond back apex
fisher tassajarra
raleigh max
orange alloy hardtail ( e??)
fisher hoo koo hee koo
saracen eiger
puch tour de france
dave russell fixie
dawes super galaxy
bontrager privateer ( pre trek )
specialized rockhopper x 2 1 was pinched
specialized sirius
cannondale t200
on one inbred
on one 29er
on one 456 that green
on one 456 that blue
on one summer season
ragley mm bop
ragley blue pig
fisher fat possum
santa cruz heckler
specialized tricross
halo mary ss
halo mary geared
fisher paragon 29
brodie holeshot
cove stiffee x 2
orange sub zero
kona hoss
kona hoss delux
nicolai helious fr
chumba 29
singular swift x 2
ventana el capitan
specialized enduro 29
salsa fargo
surly lht x 2
surly disc trucker x 3 ( different sizes )
surly karate monkey x 2
on one parkwood
cannondale cx bike
surly ecr x 2
genesis tour de fer
trek x caliber
kona wo fatbike
salsa fargo ti

WOW !!!

there may be more, folk who i have bought from feel free to remind me.

Tally is greater for motorbikes than bicycles, and the bicycles tally is 17…. 😀

@mamadirt, you still here?

Some of the numbers here are amazing! I’ve had three before 30 and three since. In both cases, only one has been a named bike, the others (and the best) have been self builds – so not many bikes, but a lot of component turnover (my current frame is on it’s 4th set of forks, second set of wheels, third set of bars, etc).

Including 5 tandems and a unicycle, somewhere around 40 I think 🤔 plus 13 motorbikes…

Edit – just remembered the 3 x Ti mountain bikes missed off that tally, maybe I need to write them down..

Mayflower
Grifter
Tuff Burner
Aero Pro Burner
MRD Badlander
Skyway TA
Haro Master
Haro Sport
Mongoose Hooligan
Hoffman Comdor
Hoffman Taj
Dragonfly DFX
BSD Trailorpark
BSD Forvever (still got)
Specialized Rockhopper Comp
Raleigh Torus Ti
Klein Pulse
Trek VRX
Santa Cruz Chameleon
Kona Cindercone SS conversion
Trek Fuel x2
Santa Cruz Blur
Norco Fluid
Birdy Folder
Gary Fisher Rig
Turner 5-Spot
Iron Horse 7-Point
Cotic Simple
Genesis IO
Gary Fisher Hifi Pro 29er
Gary Fisher Roscoe
Bontrager Warthog (still got)
Bontrager Cruiser (still got)
Bontrager Privateer (still got)
Gary Fisher SS Superfly (still got but with gears bodged on and drop bars)
Gary Fisher Rumblefish
Genesis Day One (still got)
Salsa Horsethief
Genesis Fortitude (still got)
Genesis High Latitude SS
Kona Honzo
Zealous Division
Zealous Division Mk2
Genesis Tarm
Santa Cruz Hightower
Genesis Tarn Ti (still got)
Saracen Zenith Carbon (still got)
Saracen Traverse
Saracen DJ bike (still got)
Ridley X-Trail
Genesis Datum (still got)
Saracen Ariel-E
Saracen Zenith LSL (still got)
Transition Sentinel (still got)
Bicycle Pubes/Enforcer “Pubesmobile” (still got)
Marino 29er rigid SS (still got)
Genesis Equilibrium Disc (still got – on turbo – unused…)

Think I’ve forgotten some.

Bicycle Pubes/Enforcer “Pubesmobile” (still got)

Do you actually ride it?

Assume you mean this?

Way to many to count. I had 7 bikes and 9 frames in the shed at one point. But now just down to 2. My On-One Freeranger for commuting and road then my YT Wicked for off road fun.

Not enough.

I tend to keep hold of bikes too long until they’re old fashioned and near worthless. In hindsight, I should have bought a new bike in the sales and then sold it on after 12 months and then bought another one in the sales.

List I put together previously:

1. Kona Blast (black 26″ MTB) 2005 – 2005
2. Mongoose Teocali Super (26″ Metallic grey and blue MTB) 2005 – 2008
3. On-one Inbred (26″ pearlescent white MTB) 2006 – 2012
4. On-one Scandal (26″ Anodized black MTB) 2007 – 2009
5. Planet X SL Team (700c blue Road) 2008 – 2011
6. Genesis Day-One (700c orange cross) 2009 – 2015
7. Orange 5 (26″ red MTB) 2008 – 2013
8. Cotic Soul (26″ black MTB) 2009 – 2013
9. Cotic Soul (26″ orange MTB) 2013 – 2021
10. Kona Zing (700c blue road) 2013 – 2015
11. Orange Hitman (26″ black MTB) 2014 – 2015
12. Rock Lobster Tig Team SL (26″ blue MTB) 2014 – Present (only in parts)
13. Ritchey Logic Pro (700c grey road) 2015 – Present
14. Croix de fer (700c red cross) 2015 – 2020
15. Stooge (27.5+/29″ turquoise MTB) 2016 – Present
16. Kona Paddywagon (700c purple road) 2017 – 2020
17. Cannondale Scalpel SE (29″ black MTB) 2018
18. Trek Crockett (700c mint green cross) 2020 – Present
19. On-one Hello Dave (29″ green MTB) 2021 – Present

12 x mountain bikes
3 x cross bikes
4 x road bikes

Doesn’t include all the tatty bikes I had as a kid.

Raleigh Gritstone
Marin Rock Springs
Cove Handjob
Trek 7.1FX
Dialled Alpine
Dialled Prince Albert
Cannondale Caad8
Transition Scout
Stooge Mk3

@tomhoward Ha! Not that one (unfortunately).

This one. https://www.instagram.com/p/CPyD1lyBmV2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

First Bike was an Indian Atlas Cycles on the streets of Dubai 1989. I used it to get away from the Yemeni kids who would stone me as I walked back from school.
Early 90s Marin
Mid 90s Scott XC bike
Dropped MTB for stand up jetskiing.
Whyte 901
Giant reign Adv1
Focus Sam AL
Focus Sam Carbon
Focus Black Forest (LOL)
Vitus Sommet
Vitus Dominer
Commencal Meta 4 AM
Commencal Furious
Commencal Meta 4.2 AM
Commencal Supreme SX
Canyon sender CF7
Kona Operator DL
Norco Optic C2
Norco Torrent S1
Norco Torrent S2
Norco Rampage 1
SC NOMAD
SC MegaFlower
Vitus E-Sommet VRS
Vitus E-Escarpe VR
Privateer 161
SC Bullit R
Cotic road rat
Cotic Rocketmax
Cotic Jeht
Cotic BFEMax
YT Crapra
Banshee Titan
Banshee Rune- A great trophy truck of a bike.
Pipe Dream Moxie Long, Longer, Full moxie Long
Morph FS- Fastest FS
Hello Dave

Buy, use, See what the hype is about then sell. I have tried a few Birds and Speciales but never owned.

The Hello Dave is the best riding bike in this list.

Slightly surprised to discover it’s 9 (since the age of 30 having stopped riding in my teens). Currently riding a hybrid Carrera for commuting, a rigid Brand-X HT-01 MTB for XC, and an Inspired Console street trials bike for feeling rubbish at trials riding. I built up a Bird Zero TR from frameset as my best bike, but didn’t look after the wheels and killed them so it’s disassembled and sitting on the shelf looking sorry for itself 🙁

Not that many I don’t think. In order of my ownership…

– Funny little trike with a boot on the back (if that counts as a bike?)
– Raleigh Chipper
– Halfords 5 Speed ‘racer’ (this got abused off road way beyond it’s ability to cope – did I unwittingly invent Gravel in the early 80s?)
– Homebuilt Police auction klunker #1
– Homebuilt Police auction klunker #2
– One-off ‘prototype’ Lee Cooper XC frame (now hanging on a toilet wall)
– DMR Trailstar mk2 (still got – garage turbo bike)
– Identiti Mr Hyde
– Cotic BFe (still got – singlespeed and short travel)
– Orange A160
– Custom ‘cruiser’ based on an early 90s Peugeot MTB (still got)
– Cotic Rocket (just about to try and sell)
– Bamboo Bicycle Club road bike – home build frame kit (still got)
– Sonder Transmitter (still got – do everything bike)
– Cheap OneEighty kick bike (still got)
– Cotic RocketMAX (still got – ‘main’ bike)
– 2012 Specialized Epic (just today finished rebuilding into a ‘downcountry lite’ XC/trail/marathon thing)

Raleigh Mustang
Specialized Hardrock
Specialized Stumpjumper
Alpinestars CroMega
Raleigh Blueridge
Specialized Rockhopper FS
Boardman Comp
Cotic Soul
Ribble 7005
Specialized Stumpjumper*
Kinesis Tripster
Giant Trance
Specialized Stumpjumper M2*
Specialized Stumpjumper*
Bontrager Privateer*
Cotic SolarisMax
Cotic FlareMax
Genesis Latitude
Bontrager Privateer (again)*
Yeti SB115
Bontrager Race Lite*
Specialized Rockhopper*
Bontrager Race*

*indicates a retrobike, most of which don’t stick around for long. Not a massive list, but 15 of those have been in the last 7 years. I think I may need a word with myself.

Since 1989….the ones i can remember:
British Eagle Boss…my 14th birthday pressie IIRC
Al Carter something or another
ParkPre something
Saracen Tufftrax
DiamondBAck Topanga
GT hardtail of some sort
Spesh Epic
Giant Vt
Orange 5
OnOne 456
Cove Handjob
Scott Spark
Giant Trance
Litespeed fullsus thing
Yeti 575
Cube Not a Stereo – the other one.
Cube Stereo 29er. Awful bike.
Giant NRS Carbon
Trek Fuel 9
Trek Fuel Ex 9.9 (current)
Nukeproof Mega RS (current)

Roadie
Boardman carbon
Canyon SLX
Giant TCR Advanced SL
Planet X London Rd Winter Bike (current)
Focus Izalco Max (current)

Gravel
BMC URS 01 Three (current)

I some many of you are sad over consumers.

1990 Emmelle MTB shaped object – scrapped
1992 Townsend Explosion MTB shaped object – scrapped.
1991 Orange Clockwork – frame one scrapped, head tube retained as a keepsake, but components reframed and hanging on the study wall.
1999 Orange Gringo – died of head tube deformation, head tube retained as a keepsake, some components still live.
2004? Kaffenback Blue Dragon – still in use as a drop bar bike with ‘guards.
2010? Orange R8 – still in use as a commuter/ load hauler.
2011 Focus Izalco Pro – still in use as a road bike.
2015 Trek Superfly FS – munro approach bike, winter MTB with Ice Spikers
2020 Scott Spark – current ‘Highland’ mountain bike.

Proud to say I’ve never sold a bike, maintain them carefully, and ride them for as many miles as possible until dead.

To me posting up the longest list of MTBs owned just marks you out as a throbber who either a) can’t buy right or b) never actually bonds with a bike properly.

To me posting up the longest list of MTBs owned just marks you out as a throbber who either a) can’t buy right or b) never actually bonds with a bike properly.

To me posting up the longest list of MTBs owned just marks you out as a throbber who either a) can’t buy right or b) never actually bonds with a bike properly.

or maybe someone who just loves to try as many bikes as he wants, because A. he wants to. B. he can afford to. and c. because he is a big throbber who wants to try as many bikes as he can because he loves em.

dont get hung up on what other people do. it aint healthy.

How long a list is too long?

My list was 17 bikes in 17 years. Still have 6 of them. Only broke one of them. Gave one away. Sold the rest. Quite a few I sold on as a frame and moved the parts over to a new frame.

Obviously to a non cyclist it’s excessive (wife thinks this as well).

No idea what my first bike was but it was followed by

Raleigh Striker
Raleigh Grifter
Raleigh Quazar Road bike i had at about 14ish

Jump to when i was 37ish

Carrera Fury 2010 which now has semi slick tyres and is used for the old railway line and general stuff.
26″ BFE which i use as my “mountain bike”

Had an AM9 on order just as i started a new job and then covid hit so had to cancel as I didn’t know what was going to happen.

In approximate order of acquisition, some as bikes, some as just frames that I’ve then built up.

Raleigh Elf
Blue drop framed thing
Puch green thing
Sun Super 5 (like a Raleigh Arena)
1991 Kona Fire Mountain #1
1998 Kona Kilauea #1
2002 Orange Sub5Pro
2000 Giant Rincon
1962-4 Freddie Grubb Tourmalet
1992 Kona Cindercone
2010 Planet X Kaffenback
2009 On-One Inbred
1994 Kona Explosif #1
1991 Kona Lavadome
2014 Giant Defy 0
1990 Kona Fire Mountain
1996 Saracen Kilirace 853
1997 Voodoo Bizango
1995 Circuit FS
2015 Mason Definition
1939-45 WW2 SS Rod Braked awesomeness
1998 Kona Kilauea #2
1991 Kona Fire Mountain #2
2018 Whyte T130S
1994 Kona Explosif #2
1998 Kona Ku

Out of all the bikes I’ve owned I think it’s only the last 3 that actually fit me properly.

Each of my 50 or so mtbs has gradually got bigger, taller, and longer. I have gone from a 26inch 90s hardtail with a zero rise stem and narrow 520mm bar to a 29er with 30mm of stem spacers and a 76mm rise bar.

Finally mtbs have grown long enough for me, and with a Surly Sunrise bar my hands are now in a good position. I have a comfortable biggish saddle, big pedals, and 820mm bars.

It’s taken the mtb industry 35 years to get bike fit right for my body. None of this justifies me trying so many bikes but it has driven the process to some extent, and I have loved every minute of it.

1. Step through
2. Raleigh jeep
3. Coventry eagle
4. Puch step through
5. Burner
6. Ammaco
7. Ammaco
8. Brevatto road bike
9. Mongoose Californian
10. Gt proformer
11. Raleigh Ogre mtb
12. Kona roast
13. Bianchi road bike
14. Giant commuter green one
15. Monoc yellow road bike
16. Orange p7 retro build
17. Orange p7 single speed
18. Cannondale f500
19. Trek oclv postal
20. Trek 1400 commuter
20. Trek 9.5 Mtb
21. Trek 5.9 Madone
22. Trek Madone 6.9
23. Kona hei hei supreme
24. Cotic soda
25. Cannondale rush
26. Giant anthem carbon
27. Charge fixie
28. Simpson fixie
29. Giant anthem metal
30. Canyon Grand Canyon
31. Mongoose Californian
32. Santa Cruz super light
33. Santacruz highball 1
34. Santacruz tallboy 2
35. Santacruz highball 2
36. Santacruz Tallboy 3
37. Santacruz stigmata
38. Trek Topfuel 9.9sl
39. Santacruz Blur
40. Cervelo p3
41. Lemond alp duez
42. Sonder Camino AL
43. Stigmata 2
44. Kinesis 4s
45. Paul Milns steel thing
46. New Blur Again
47. 1983 Mongoose wire wheel

1997 – starting off with a Specialized Rockhopper. Red
Kona – Cindercone. Blue
Specialized – Stumpjumper. silver
Santacruz – Juliana. Blue
On-one – inbred. White
Turner – Flux. Raw
Whyte – T 130. Bright fuschia pink

Had to write the colours down :0)

Edit: A timberline GT with hybrid tyres for commuting to work (for 7 years).

Starting on 23rd September 1992 (my first actual payday in my first proper job):
Claud Butler Zenith
M-Trax Ti 1000
Cannondale Killer V 500
Cannondale F900
Specialized SX
Cannondale Gemini
Cannondale Rush
Cannondale Prophet
Cannondale Jekyll
Stanton Slackline
BTR Ranger

Kept a lot of the Cannondales for a long time. Only one I didn’t like was the Prophet- not as big as the Gemini, not as quick as the Rush.

Currently:
Pickenflick,
Kinesis CX thng,
Cotic X,
On One Dirty Disco,
Chinese Carbon road bike,
unknown dead light steel road bike,
Raleigh Competetion (new in 83)
Handmade, locally, steel framed road bike,
Puch Tourist 26″ wheel 3 speeder,
Pre war Dawes fixed,
GT avalance MTB,
Ridgeback hybrid,
Felt Z One road bike,
Raleigh Cadet,
3 trikes, a Rogers and 2 Higgins
F frame Moulton,
Cheap and nasty steel road bike from the 80’s,
2 Dawes Stowaways.
Plus nearly complete Specialized Enduro 2006,
Raleigh purple MTB,
Rivola (Italian) road bike
Raleigh Clubman.
Gone but remembered.
Genesis IO ss MTB.
Planet X Kaffenback x2
Raleigh Triatholon,
Specialized Tricross ss,
Specialized Rockhopper,
Marin something full suss,
another Pickenflick (stolen)
Specialized Hardrock 1988,
Alpinstars MTB,
Giant Escaper (first MTB in 1988)
Puch Prima Super 12,
Eddy Merckx road bike (the cheap Falcon thing)
Unknown 4 speed road bike,
at least one Raleigh roadster,
Kids flat bar bike,
kids trike,
Gazelle CX bike,
Claud Butler road bike

MTB’s – started about 30 years ago

Some Scott HT I swapped for an eighth of dope

Kona Lava Dome

Spesh Enduro Expert

S-Works Enduro

YT Capra

Spesh Kenevo e-bike

PP Shan (made up with bits from the S-Works)

That’s it

Ignoring childhood bikes, in order

Specialized Hardrock
Specialized FSR XC
Giant Reign X
On One Summer Season
On One 45650b
Canyon Torque
Nukeproof Mega
Specialized Enduro
Santa Cruz Hightower LT
Bird Aeris 120
Whyte Glencoe
Planet X London Road
Vitus E-Sommet

Learnt to ride in 1993 age 19…

Raleigh Amazon
Orange C16R
Santa Cruz Heckler
Kona Pahoehoe
Intense Uzzi SL
Cotic Soul Mk1
Turner RFX
Cotic Soda
Cotic Simple (actually the Soul^^^ with the prototype dropouts welded in)
Santa Cruz Roadster
Cotic BFe (now built as a jump/pumptrack bike)
Intense Uzzi VP
Cotic Rocket
Enigma Elite HSS (current summer best roadie)
Cotic Epico (current winter roadie)
Cotic Soul MkV (current hardtail)
Cotic Rocketmax Mk2 (current big bike)
Genesis Fugio (current gravel bike)

Then as commuters
Nasty £20 5 speed “racer” bought off another student
Dad’s old Peugeot winter bike
Peugeot Optimum 531
Condor Pista Steel
Brompton (lurking in the cellar)
Genesis Flyer. (current commuter)

Both Intenses, the Kona, the Turner, the Roadster the Brompton and both Genesis’ were secondhand (mostly frame only). The Raleigh and the 2 Peugeots were hand me downs. Until the last few years most of the list were just frame swaps to an evolving couple of build kits. Modern “standards” have put paid to that…!

I’ve had more (far more) than most of the “usual suspects” on here, but it’s not something I’m proud of – and I’m a reformed character these days.

In fairness, the geometry changes of the last few years in particular have solved most of the issues I was chasing in MTBs.

My favourite ever bike was my first proper bike. A Puch Pacemaker 5 speed racing bike in red, my mum bought for me from the 2nd hand part of the bike shop that sadly not been around for way too many years (80s Whitley Bay). Greatest thing on 2 wheels.

Small red thing with step-thru frame
Raleigh Grifter
Borrowed road bike
Dahon Matrix
Giant Anthem
Cotic Soul
Saracen Ariel
NS Eccentric
Cotic BFeMAX

I think only the mystery red bike and the Grifter, and the Matrix were complete off-the-shelf bikes, the rest have been frankenbikes.

The Matrix was the only one I bought new!

Bare in mind I’m now over 40.
Roughly chronological
.
Raleigh chopper type thing
Green BMX
Raleigh Racer
Townsend Town & Country
Raleigh M-Trax titanium
Claude Butler Psycho
Matin Attack Trail (still have the frame)
Raleigh 300 Road racer
Redline Conquest
Marin XC100
Marin Mt Vision Pro (warranty replacement)
Saracen Killi, magnesium one
Rondelli TT bike
Pronghorn PR6 full suss carbon
(utter rubbish)
Pronghorn PR6 full suss alloy (sold, never built)
Pronghorn carbon HT
Pronghorn carbon HT with ISP
Pronghorn carbon HT with ISP (yes, I had two, one built as a singlespeed)
Coppi Gavia
Coppi K14
Dirty Jo F-Creme
Dawes Giro 300
Claude Butler Roubaix
Ridgeback Advance 7
Yeti ASR-C
Yeti ASR-C (the old importers were much better at honouring warranties)

Still have
Salsa El Mariachi Ti
Cotic Solaris Mk1
Kona Stinky
Scott Plasma
Cotic X
Cotic Roadrat
Planet X SL

Probably forgotten a few

Some of the numbers on here are mental!

In 30’ish years since I got my first proper bike (Stumpy) I have had 7 bikes. It’ll be 8 this year or next. I’ve got some catching up
to do.

46 and counting. Some I regret selling, others had their day, others I never got along with from the first ride. If I had to pick a few to keep it would have to be my Sevens and the Pegoretti Resposorium.

MTB x 22
Marin Bear Valley
Kona Explosif
DeKerf Generation
DeKerf Team SL
Santa Cruz Heckler
Specialized Stumpjumper M2
Cannondale F2000
Cannondale Scalpel
Merlin XLM
Seven Sola 26
Seven Duo Lux
Tomac Revolver
Turner 5 Spot
Seven Sola 29 single speed
Intense Tracer
Rocky Mountain Blizzard
Independent Fabrication Ti Deluxe
Turner Sultan
Cielo 29er
Santa Cruz 5010
Cotic Soul
Seven Sola 29

Road x 19:
Specialized Epic
Specialized S Works M2
Eddy Merckx MX Leader
Colnago Master Olympic
Pinarello Prince
Cannondale CAAD5
Pegoretti Duende
Pegoretti Responsorium
Colnago Dream
Pearson 531
Seven Axiom
Seven Aerios
Seven Axiom TT
Serotta Single Speed
Moots RSL
Cervelo R5
Seven Evergreen
Litespeed T5
Seven Axiom

Cyclocross/Gravel x 5:
Seven Mudhoney
Kona Major Snake
Moots PsycloX RSL
Santa Cruz Stigmata
Fairlight Secan

1995 some thing my grandad drunk bought at auction. Went to the skip eventually.

1997 2nd hand Saracen ridgid mtb? It was painted black with hammerite on the frame and fluro red forks.

2000 Dawes giro road bike and Raleigh hardtail.

2001 norco fireball hardtail cracked it, norco fireball replacement

2002  maxlight. And cove stiffee.

2004 yeti dh bike with a pull shock. Also hammerite black.

2005 giant reign 1

2010 Cannondale scalpel

2015 canyon torque DH bike

2016 Cannondale synapse alloy road bike

2017 orange segment full suss

2018 geometron G13

2018 orange clockwork hardtail

2019 sick shrike, aka a hello Dave

2020 transition rapture gravel bike

2022 Cannondale synapse carbon road bike.

So 19 in 27 years.

3 broke

1 nicked

6 in the garage 🙂