Bikes – how many and what you got?

I think I’ll have to agree with Dazh’s missus. If any of my aforementioned 7 bikes aren’t ridden for more than a few weeks I start looking longingly at whichever one it is and making plans for the next half decent day.

The current lineup is:

Cervelo S5 (with roadie and TT setups floating around – spare wheels, bars, etc)
Intense M9
Intense Tracer 2
Intense Tazer

Currently looking to downsize the Tracer2 and Tazer and maybe replace with a Carbine, in an effort to appease my bike-constrained housemates.

Also have an Intense Socom frame in the attic and am rebuilding an old ’99 Kona Chute with some gold Psylos 😆

I think I’ve reached N=N now…

Banshee Spitfire (2014)
Mongoose Logo BMX (2012)
Cotic Soul (2011)
Boardman HT Pro (2009 – now toddler-carrying / wifebike)
Brompton L6 (2003)

Here’s one of them, looking as clean as ever:

2011 spesh enduro
2012 giant anthem
2014 canyon ultimate cf roadie
an old dolan cx/winter/turbo bike
1992 kona cindercone…currently without wheels

Independent Fabrication Ti Delux SS for willy waving
Singular Hummingbird for bike packing
Canyon Nerve play bike
Airbourne TI unused wifes bike
Sabbath Ti September Commute
hopefully getting a Whyte T 130 to replace the Canyon

S works Enduro 2010
Demo 8 with full Bos suspension 2011
Giant OCR roadbike

I had many more but sold them on.

Titus El Guapo V3
Cube LTD 29
GT Avalanche 2.0

I’ve got a job interview on Thursday (this is going somewhere relevant, promise) and was having a chat with the recruiter who set it up today. We got onto the personality of the interviewer, and apparently “she likes cycling and talks about this equation…”

“you mean N+1?”

“that’s the one”

“I think we might get on”…

chiefgrooveguru That’s just how a bike should look then you know it’s been ridden as it’s intended & not just polished.

Cheers
Mark

On One lurcher 29er
On One Pompino SSCX
On One Macinato fixie
PX Pro Carbon road bike

my missus has

On One Inbred 26er
on One Pompino SSCX
PX Pro Carbon road bike

’15 Cannnodale Supersix
’15 Genesis Equilibrium
’09 Kona Big Kahuna
Shand
Brompton
O One Fattie
Project full suss fatty (in making)

I dread downsizing, love them all

I’m up to 8! 😳 2 modern(ish) and 6 retrobikes:

2012 On-One Fatty
2008 Merlin Works 4.0 (full suspension)
1998 Mountain Cycles San Andreas
1996 Klein Pulse Comp
1993 Offroad ProFlex 753
1988 GT Karakoram
1986 Ross Mt Hood (still in pieces, need decals for rebuild)
1985 Ritchey Ascent

Bikes are located in USA. Owner is well armed. 8)

Vaya
Fargo
Love/Hate
Handjob
9:Zero:7
DeRosa Merak
Ribble Winter Hack

I’ll let you know about my bikes if you deposit some money into my Nigerian bank account.

Ok

1. Sun gents bike from the 60s – stored outside and used for trips into town.
2. Dialled Love/Hate Mk1 singlespeed – used for carrying kids about on bike seat (built up from leftover components)
3. 2007 Sunn carbon road bike (I forget what it’s called) it’s black and doesn’t get out much
4. 2004 Keewee Chromo 8 with Boxxers – currently in bits/cannibalized but ready for the next trip to the mountains whenever that will be
5. Sharp BMX Cruiser – Built it up well before I got married thinking I would do a bit of something on but haven’t and it’s gone into storage since. Think I was a bit disappointed in it really but don’t want to get rid and admit defeat or spend any more money on it making it right.
6. 2010 Intense Tracer – This thing is a lot like Trigger’s broom and has a constantly evolving spec with components that have been on many bikes before, some of them even mine. I tend to buy bits 2nd hand rather than completes as I’m quite particular about spec. This is a BOS/Push RP23/XTR/Hope/Mavic dream machine (even if everything is a bit old – it’s 9 speed FFS!) but it could still ride a bit better so no doubt I’ll spend some more in it soon, even if I don’t ride it much since the kids arrived.

I think that’s it.

G

1 x Kona Caldera HT circa 2000
1 x 2013 Mondraker Factor R 29er
1 x Felt Track bike
1 x 1999 Spesh Allez – Sentimental value
1 x 2010 Felt F3
1 x 853 Custom steel Winter Road bike
1 x 2013 Focus Mares CX bike

Ibis Mojo 2009
Marin mount vision 2006
Rocky Mountain vertex Team RSL 2010
On one whippet 2012
Trek Madone 6 2012

Probably need something with clown wheels one day, not sure when though, enjoying the road bike too much at present (did I say that out loud….!)

Nicolai helius St – in pieces
Nicolai helius am – in pieces
Nicolai helius ac 29er pinion – built (for sale)
Nicolai ion 16 650b – built soon
Nicolai argon cc 29er – built
Salsa Fargo – built (for sale)
Genesis equilibrium ti – built
Spesh rockhopper – built
Nicolai argon am on order

Medium gnar Kona susser
Gnar lite Dale susser
Local rides Nicolai susser
Hardtail MTB commuter
Hardtail MTB for riding round the park & to/from school
Random BMX
KTM690
3 x kids bikes despite only having one

2014 FM190 Chi carbon fatbike
2012 Carver Obeast Ti fatbike
2013 On-One Dirty Disco CX
2012 Independent Fabrications 29 Deluxe
2012 Niner One 9
—- Several BMX’s

Dont own 1 item of suspension, all fully rigid.

Kinesis Sync 2014
Specialized Tarmac SL4 2012
Kinesis Pro6 2012
Specialized Langster 2014

Bit of a pattern. In my head I would like an enduro type 29er too, but in reality it would never get ridden. Langster gets the most use.

Cotic Rocket
Stanton Switchback
Cinelli Saetta

Thinking about moving on the cinelli as it’s carbon and really messes up the material make-up of my shed

oops
this is now a permanent feature

Jones steel space frame (currently in New Zealand with me)
Norco Fluid 29er full sus (back in the UK in storage)
Blue rd1 carbon road bike (too small for me so getting sold, also in storage)

Bikes i might add in the future.
Fat bike?
Recumbent trike?
ebike?
cx bike?

Stooge (singlespeed) – MTB
Cotic Escapade – everything else

But also:

– Tagalong
– Bike trailer
– Toddler bike seat
– Balance bike
– Kids’ bike
– Wife’s bike (custom Pinnacle)

…all in a generous but storage-space-lite Victorian terrace house!

trail FS
big trail FS
Street/dj bike
Spesh tricross

…and a steel road frame and a medium gritstone cotic bfe frame. The cotic is for sale, too 🙂

The wife and I have nine between the two of us, in an armoured garage that is part of the house.

Custom titanium Kingdom 650B race bike,
On One Inbred singlespeed 650B conversion,
1992 Specialized Rockhopper singlespeed (town bike),
Kinesis Racelight T,
Planet X Nanolight,
Kinesis Crosslight,
Whyte 901 (wife’s bike)
Trek 1.9 (wife’s bike),
and the pride of the stable – a Ventana El Conquistador de Montanas.