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Hi, i already own three mountain bikes and a road bike plus a couple of motorbikes.

I have my eye on a very nice Trek 29er, which my wife is kind of cool with, but am i beihg greedy or is five bikes too much? How many do you own and what??


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 1:00 am
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In times like this, it helps to have an understanding partner. Who has multiple bikes.

i have 7, mrsTHtobe has 4.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 1:35 am
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No, it's absolutely not greedy, it should be encouraged. Having lots of something that's expensive and superfluous should make you proud, and it'll impress your peers.

It's awesome to think that there are homeless people freezing to death on the streets, but you're able to buy five bicycles and two motorcycle's. I bet your garage is something special; ironically it'd probably save a homeless person's life in this weather.

We don't know how lucky we are in this country. Enjoy it while it lasts.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 1:46 am
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Full sus 29

Hardtail 29

Hybrid commuter

Racer

Racer will be the first to go. Roads are terrifying


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 2:07 am
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Just one at the moment, a NS RAG+. Only have room for one, but really miss having a mountain bike. Would love a steel hardtail when funds allow.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 5:48 am
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I am now at the "one in, one out" stage

SS road bike I have owned for 30 years

NIce hardtail mtb

commuterised mtb

e bike

Tandem

Unicycle

Plus Mrs TJs mountain bike and commuter ( neither of which have turned a wheel for ages)

I have just bought a fat bike so one has to go.  I live in an attic flat and all the bikes live in the flat.  Even with a dedicated (small) room for bikes I have run out of space


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 7:22 am
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3

1 roadie/turbo

1 HT 29

1 650b trail.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 7:30 am
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Kind of one in/one out. I'm rubbish as selling stuff so the "one out" consists of stripping a bike down, putting the bits in boxes and leaving the frames in the corner of the garage.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 7:41 am
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FS ebike

surly karate monkey rigid

charge filter cx bike

Road bike(in loft)

wife has two bikes as well, we are now one in/one out.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 8:28 am
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Vintage Custom Built Dura Ace equipped Road Bike - not moved in 2 years

Vintage Ribble 653 road bike - on turbo now - used regulalrly

Fixed Gear Road Bike - commuter, but not ridden since my spine was broken on it

Vintage rigid MTB - crappy weather bike

FS 650B

Fixed will go once insurance case settles, then I'll get another FS bike.


 
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In descending tyre width:

Fat bike

29er Hardtail

Short travel ( < 100mm) FS

SS all-rounder

Commuter

Road bike

My wife has five bikes so is understanding. All live in the house as we've no garage.


 
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SS hack bike - pub, commute, shopping, bimbling about

'Serious' rigid trail slayer - big days out, gnar, lending to the missus


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 9:23 am
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Well ..there are 4 bikes which I've bought ..however the trek hardtail is being held to be donated to the neighbours son ..there is a decent bmx which was bought a couple of years ago for my son's birthday and probably hasnt been ridden for a year ( might be sold ) ..a gen 1 Santa Cruz Nomad which was mine but given to my son ( which he loves as much as I did ) ..and my own 2017 T130 RS ..

So only one !

My next bike will undoubtedly be a full sus E-bike ..but I'm holding off as even with best intentions I would probably ride this exclusively ..


 
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Cannondale Habit SE full suspension - Bought in the Jan sales, being saved for better weather.

Pinnacle Iroko - Parts bin 27.5 hardtail

Rock Lobster Team Tig SL - Fully rigid 26". Minimal maintenance winter hack

Orange Evo2 - Rigid single speed rim brakes pub bike

Cotic Roadrat - set up with Schwalbe Marathon Winter ice tyres. Cold weather commuter.

Orbea Avant - Carbon disc brake commute for when it's not icy (15 miles each way, 5 days a week)

Felt F1 - Full carbon, Dura Aced roadie. Choice of DA C24s or 60mm carbon tubulars

Kinesis Aethin - Winter road bike with Ultegra. Choice of Shimano 610s or Easton EA90s set up with winter/summer tyres

Gitane Triomphe - 1986 vintage, fully restored running 9 speed Dura Ace from downtube shifters.

Need a bigger garage.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 9:47 am
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I've been a one bike guy for a while, kind of take it as a challenge to be honest, OK so I don't have the right bike for all situations and occasions but just man up and get on with enjoying two wheels - whatever and however may you have perhaps.

My current bike is a Fat Bike and I do everything on in, trail centres, XC, DH, whatever just ride.

James


 
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Drop bar rigid Inbred

Ritchey Swiss cross disc

Vintage Mercian road bike

Can't really decide if I want anything else tbh as I ride the Ritchey most of the time anyway.  I have a road frame and forks in the loft where it's been for years.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 10:26 am
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For me its about space. My wife is not really into bikes but understands that I am and I need a few different types to get the most out of it. So I have a 160mm travel full suss, a 29er HT, a road/gravel bike and a single speed thing for shop/school runs.

My son has an MTB, a road bike and a BMX.

My wife and daughter have an MTB each.

If I get any more i'll be struggling for space so that'll have to do for now, until my son needs bigger bikes and my daughter gets his current ones....


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 10:32 am
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Me:

Mountain bike.

Hurty road bike.

Big fat tourer.

BMX.

Pub bike.

Her:

The same, apart from the  BMX, so she wants a posh road bike  to 'even things up a bit'.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 10:39 am
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6. I'm on N+1=D according to my wife.

Orbea Occam tr29er

Cannondale Scalpel team 29er

Cannondale F29 singlespeed coversion <21lbs.

Turner Nitrous 26er - commuter

Calibre Dune Fatbike

Cannondale Synapse road death/garage bike. Not been on road for 2 years but about 5000 miles on turbo

I think after swapping 1 or 2 every year I'm finally happy with what I've got. Although the Orbea Rallon is really rather nice!!.


 
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Santa Cruz 5010 Full Suspension

Cotic Solaris Max Hard Tail

Seven Evergreen Gravel/Winter

Seven Axiom Road

Don’t wish for more, but wouldn’t want less. Got off road, rough road and smooth road covered nicely.

Wife just has a Genesis CdF which does most needs.


 
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If the OP's wife says she's cool with that she's hiding a guilty secret.

Or she's got her eyes on some Jimmy Choos.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 12:47 pm
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Hmmmmmm, now up to 8. Not sure how that happened!

4 x MTB

3 x Road

1 x Track, for the Velodrome.

Still aspire to a CX and a TT though...


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 12:52 pm
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5

FS, XC, CX, ancient XC, ancient 531c roadbike (that's in bits being renovated)


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 12:55 pm
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2. Enduro bike which is my "everything" bike and just got a Vitus steel gravel bike for commuting & winter/spring base miles.

Can't think of any reason I'd want more.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 1:03 pm
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Ore than I need for the amount of riding I'm doing right now but not enough to stop the bikelust.

I'm starting to wonder if I like buying/building them more than riding them.


 
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I think I'd find having more than 2 bikes stressful. Unless you're into a lot of niches of riding then I'm not sure I see the point.


 
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I'm now in new frame only mode. Old frames get hung on a nail in case I want to go back (I never do).


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 1:42 pm
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2 bikes,  both full suss 1 for general XC and a longer travel for fun days or weekends.

29 Orbea Oiz

29 Santa Cruz Hightower

Perfect combo for my limited needs.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 1:54 pm
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1 x Hardtail MTB. Rarely used.

1 x carbon summer road bike.

1 x alu road bike, sort of a wonder bike.

1 x steel road bike, currently lives on the turbo but may be repurposed soon.

1 x fixed road bike.

1 x cargo bike.

1 x wife’s alu road bike

I could fit a couple more in the garage but I’m pretty happy with my lot at the moment though I do keep looking at new commuter bikes.


 
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2x cx bikes = 1 canti brake & 1 disc brake.

3x road bikes = summer bike, occasional crit bike, and full on mud-guarded winter bike.

2x mtb = 26"HT & 26" FS (not sure if they count?)

Regularly tempted by a TT bike too ...


 
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I'd have to go and check.

Around 20 in the workshop/attic. All ready to go but one I think.

Another 5 or 6 retros in boxes in storage. Moved them over from the UK last year, need a bit of TLC and new parts (forks, cables, bar tape and tubs mostly. Most of it I have already..... there's another few boxes that i brought back which I have no idea what's in them beyond "bike stuff". Planning to get them home in the summer and spread them out a bit.

Handful of frames/forks/wheels/parts lying around as well. Could probably put together another couple of bikes.

Only 6 out of the whole lot are less than 10 years old. The oldest is 86 or 87.

That's just the other half and I. (2/3rds mine at a guess)

Then there's the kids bikes as well.

I don't have a bike problem.


 
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Me:

Genesis CdA

SC Hightower

DMR Trailstar jump bike

Scott Speedster road bike

Single speed flat bar commuter (too small so missus uses it).

Mrs:

Commencal Uptown commuter

Juliana Roubion

Orange P7 (small early 2000s, now a jump bike)

I'm running out of room in the house! It's going to be a one in - one out for me now. Not sure if I'd like to swap to CdA for something lighter or swap it for a fast XC bike? Rest is staying for the foreseeable 🙂


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 3:28 pm
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Look 695 SR

Seven Axiom SL

Seven Evergreen SL

Felt DA

On One Pickenflick

Condor Pista EOM

Stanton Switchback Ti Mk II

Cannondale F29

Cotic Soda

Brompton S2L

I’ve sold a couple recently and need to sell more - health issues meaning I can’t ride so hard.


 
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5 bikes.

2017 Kona Paddywagon - fixed road

2016 Stooge - singlespeed 29er

2015 Ritchey Logic - Road bike

2015 Croix de fer - setup for light touring - Dynamo hub, lights, rear rack and guards.

2012 Cotic Soul - 26" with 120mm Reba forks and 1 x 10 gears.

I ride all of them throughout the year but I would like a lightweight marathon bike like a Scale or Scalpel but funds don't allow.


 
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Cannondale habit black

cannondale scalpel

cannondale synapse Di2 disc

cervelo s3

pickenflick

merida pro carbon

fat bike

london road

dahon folding bike ( custom lightweight build )

dahon folding single speed

incoming - 3t strada


 
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That I could ride now?

1983 Raleigh Competition

On One Pickenflick

Cotic X

Chinerello Dogshite TT bike

90's custom steel road bike

1930's Dawes with Fixed wheel

Higgins/JacksonTrike

Genesis IO

GT MTB of some sort (Zanskar?)

Dawes Shoppers x 2 Genesis hybrid

Cheap ladies MTB

Old Alpine Stars MTB

Early Moulton

Projects -- Rogers and Higgins trikes and a Spec nduro form 06 that's donated its forks to the GT above plus Kinesis CX bike awaiting fork expander bung and chain. Finally another Raleigh Competition that keeps being pushed to the back of the project queue.

After a lo pro TT frame.


 
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Have 5 at the minute, no more room 🙁

On One 853 Single speed, very rarely used

Giant scr1 road bike sat on the turbo

Pinnacle arkose gravel / bikepacking bike

Pinnacle ramin 3+ bikepacking

Cube carbon attain GTC good road bike


 
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I’ve been a one bike guy for a while, kind of take it as a challenge to be honest, OK so I don’t have the right bike for all situations and occasions but just man up and get on with enjoying two wheels – whatever and however may you have perhaps.

Same.  Been a one bike person for 15 years.  The one bike has either been rigid single speed or fixed track bike and for last 3 years a fixed brakeless track bike has been my only bike for road and easy off road.  I pretty much have the wrong bike most of the time but seem to enjoy it.

Doesn't stop me spending money though as often changing frame, parts, building up different wheels and so on.


 
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29 mtb ss

26 mtb ti

carbon road bike

carbon cx bike

steel cx/winter bike

26 mtb that lives at my parents

I’ve been allowed to buy a new bike which I think be will a road bike on the condition that one of the other bikes has to go so it will be a toss up between the road bike or the mtb it.


 
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1 650B+ mountain bike

1 cyclocross (and commuter)

1 summer road bike

1 winter road bike

1 80s vintage road bike

1 hybrid frame


 
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26"

Cotic soul, 2008, thin tubes, 130mm fork, classic steel ride.

On one titanium, the original with the curved top tube but rear brake brace.

Orange clockwork 2007 special edition. Looks great but paint chips easily.

Orange 5, 2007, pre slack head angle, currently on studded ice tyres.

KTM Lycan, ex demo bike featured in wmb. Loaner.

Yeti sb66c. Awesome bike and unbelievably cheap to buy now. Bearing issues are massively exaggerated on forums. Only required twice in 5 years riding in all conditions.

27.5 plus

Felt surplus 70. Latest n+1. Great fun. Rear thru axle screws directly into frame though so easy to strip thread.

29er

Cotic Solaris, original version. Stripped previous trek paragon running a 120 fork. Turned out to have the same geometry but 2lbs heavier and lacks the ride quality of the Soul. Disappointing.

Trek Rumblefish. A great bike especially with a rs fork and if anyone has a 19" for sale PM me as the mrs has decided this one's hers!

Yeti sb95c. A disappointment compared to the sb66c.

Fat

Kona Wo. Brilliant fun for beach and snow. Great social side to ownership.

Road

Canondale synapse Tiagra, his and hers. Disc brakes.

Dawes Galaxy.

Motobecane tandem. Great fun but could do with a drum brake rear wheel. PM if you have one for sale pls.

N+1 adicttion with too much garage space!

.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 5:54 pm
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Oh well if we’re listing them 😏

Me:-

Nomad CC Mk3

5010 CC V1

Mach 429SL

Mukluk Carbon (fat and 29er)

Levo FSR

Sequoia

Madone Di2

MrsTHtobe:-

Rune

Top Fuel

Rockhopper

OCR


 
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Voodoo Wazoo fatbike (not the same named, new 27.5" hardtail Halfords released a few months back!)

Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc

If a good deal came along on a hydraulic disc drop bar adventure, I'd be tempted... It would have happened if I read the spec properly of those Charge Grinduro SS when they were £510 around last August, it was only once the price increased to ~£700 I spotted they were Hylex! 😳


 
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4

Well 5 if on count the one on the way.

Ok, 6 if you count the one in bits ready for a repaint and rebuild.


 
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One.


 
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Maybe the question should be how many bikes do you actually ride regularly or which bike you would keep if you could only have one.

The bike I'd pick isn't my favourite (in fact it's probably my least favourite), but is a jack of all trades master of none.

My favourite bike to ride is either my Stooge or Ritchey Logic.


 
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I have 6..

Carbon yeti ascr xc bike

Trance trail bike

Norco aurum down hill bike

Canyon ultimate road bike

Cannondale caadx cx bike

And a single speed commuter

I was probably going to say you can never have too many, but so far this year I have done a total of 40 miles, and only used one of them

I could easily lose the trance, the single speed and the down hill bike but the last 2 are worth buttons and the trance, despite having brand new hope brakes, fox dropper, carbon rims and mattoc fork, is probably worth no more than a grand at best. Hardly seems worth selling.


 
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26" mk1 Cotic soul. Mostly for hauling a trailer with my daughter in it.

Stanton switchback. This is my main bike. Soon to be replaced.

1997 Trek 8000, fully rigid singlespeed. Sometimes get taken to the shops.

Giant Defy roadbike. Its stupid and I hate it.

Pashley 26ghz trials bike, just in case I turn 18 again overnight.

If i were to whittle it down to 1 bike, I think the Stanton would stay, but getting rid of the Cotic would be tough.


 
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I've cut down, in all honesty just because it was a pain in the arse moving them around the garage. So now it's 2 mtbs, my commuter, and my trials bike (which I never ride, because I'm too shit at trials). And one other 20 inch trials bike but it's just awaiting sale.

Sometimes I wish for another hardcore hardtail or a dh bike again but tbh 2 mtbs is a good number for me.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 8:03 pm
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At one point I had four bikes I’m now down to two:

2018 Cotic Soul

2016 Cube Attain GTC Race

But plan on adding two more - new summer and winter road bikes (the Cube will go or sit on a turbo trainer).


 
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Excellent collection there Scott!

Unwilling to count here but in the teens... or maybe a few more ..


 
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Actual ready-to-ride bikes -

Here, in the grim north-

Kona Explosif (which I’ve had for nearly thirty years)

Singular Ti Hummingbird SS

Liteville 301

And my wife’s -

Singular Hummingbird with Alfine

1993 Rocky Mountain

And in Greece -

Genesis Alpitude, but this summer another 301

1995 Kona Kilauea

1993 Rocky Mountain Blizzard, which is my wife’s really.


 
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To many but strangely not enough .


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 8:29 pm
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Four bikes:

Geared 29" hardtail

Rigid 29" SS MTB

Cross/commuter/shite weather bike

Carbon nice weather road bike


 
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Thanks for the replies


 
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Bloody hell mate! only mean't to be a bit of fun!


 
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I think I've got 9 with enough frames / bits to build at least another 3...

HT 29er

Summer road

Winter road

Touring

Cross

Fixed

SS CX

Ebike commuter

Rigid 26er


 
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I've usually run 2 bikes (most recently a MTB and a roadie / commuter with 2 sets of wheels) over the years, but have recently gone up to four:

- 27.5 full sus trail bike

- Heavy-duty roadie / fat tyre'd commuter (workhorse)

- Light, custom steel roadie (bought to replace above, but is quite a different bike)

- Brompton (I do a fair bit of national travel by rail and I like cycling at the destination)

The heavy-duty roadie is currently ridden more than the other 3 put together - it's what I commute on and ride on bad weather road rides.

They're all sufficiently different from one another to justify their use for now... but I could get back to 2 by combining the 2 roadies - as I'd originally intended - and perhaps losing the Brompton if I no longer worked nationally.

There's a lot to be said for having fewer bikes... not least because I like to maintain all mine to a high standard and have a further 4 bikes for my wife and kids.


 
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Just. Don’t. Go. There.

Five is just getting started. I have three track bikes. If it’s a type of bike, I have one. The two exceptions are a Pedersen and an Ordinary. One day...

BTW all have been ridden,except thetrack b8kes, and they will be back in play soon.


 
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I seem to have most of  the wheelsize bases covered with my fleet. No fat bike though ☹️

Surly Krampus 29+

DMR bolt 26/27.5

DMR Trailstar 27.5/27.5+

Genesis Vagabond 29/700c

Transition Klunker 26 (sometimes with a 27.5 front)

Indy Fab SS Deluxe 26

Dialled Love/Hate 69er

Klein Quantum 700c


 
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I've got 7. In order of increasing mileage in current guise:

- SS (based on bits of my last HT all rounder). Only just built up.

- track bike (lives at the track so no problem for storage)

- Full sus 29er trail bike

- Old 26er setup with child seat and tag along fittings. Currently funny bars too. And ice spikers in case of really bad road conditions it gets used for the commute. Will be fitted with drops soon as the little one is a big big for the seat now really, couldn't fit drops with seat on (as it's a front seat weeride)

- Fast road bike

- HT 29er

- Commuter (drop bars, discs, dynamo lights, mudguards and pannier rack, relatively relaxed position).

None are that niche, I could probably get rid of the HT 29er now I have the FS, but I like it, it will probably end up with a lighter build on it etc.

None are massively expensive, but they cover all my riding far better than one or two super expensive wonderbikes would.


 
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There are 10 in the garage at the moment all of which are ready to ride. Christ knows how many I could build out of spares.

Posh summer road

Winter road

29er hardtail

26er hardtail

80's Raleigh with rack and panniers for commuting

1972 Motobecane Le champion racer

1978 Peugeot PK60 racer

Late 70's Vitus 788 Touring bike

1972 Peugeot UO-8 racer

Early 70's custom built Bernard Carre racer.


 
Posted : 03/03/2018 11:35 pm
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Currently in the garage.

Cotic Rocket (650b/26+).
Cotic BFe (26).
Lee Cooper one-off (26 rigid singlespeed).
Identiti Mr Hyde (26 singlespeed).
DMR Trailstar (26, on the turbo).
Rat Rod pub bike based on an early 90s Peugeot MTB (26).
Half-built bamboo road bike.
Specialized Hardrock (26, wife's bike).

Should really ditch the Mr Hyde but it's worth next to nothing I guess. Once the bamboo bike is finally done I'll probably strip the Lee Cooper as it's only ever used on the road, and it will become my first 'wall frame' since I've had it since the mid-90s and it was my first proper MTB.

Tempted to save up and get a new Soul which means the BFe would get retired...


 
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I have,

whyte t130

whyte19

marin pine mountain (steel hardtail, showing my age now)

question is do I need a "gravel bike"


 
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In practice I'm pretty much down to one bike at the moment (oh the horror). That's my Dude fatbike. I am planning to get a new full suspension trailbike, if I can ever make up my mind what I want. But for now the Dude is the only bike I'm riding. There is a 15 year old road bike hanging in the shed in case I ever get the urge to go for a road ride (which happens about once a year at most) and a Brompton just in case I ever need a bike I can fit on a bus/train or just chuck in the boot for a short ride (again once every year or two).


 
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As the Op I am feeling positively under gunned

Compared to a lot of you. My little collection is a

1999 Kona cinder cone

2015 Trek fuel ex 9

2017 Orange crush

2013 Trek alpha 1.5 roadie.

Ps Davidt, it was just meant to be a bit fun 😆👍


 
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2002 Rock Lobster 853

1998 Kona Lava Dome

2008ish Giant Defy

2018 Specialized Diverge

1978 Honda GL1000


 
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Also on one-in,one-out due to lack of space.

Lightweight xc full-suss

Xc race hardtail

Xc singlespeed

DH bike

Posh (ish) road bike

Time trial bike

Hub geared road/commuter/touring, used the most

Wife has HT MTB, cross/commuter/touring and a folding bike.

Seriously considering n-1, the 3 xc bikes swapped for a nice titanium ht for racing (would love a Seven but not cheap so unlikely) and a second hand Solaris for messing about on and use as spare race bike, swapped between ss and geared as needed. Not sure they get enough enough use to justify having 3.


 
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Trek procaliber 29

cotic soul mk3 26

boardman hybrid

giant boulder retro pub bike

and contemplating cotic escapade


 
Posted : 04/03/2018 9:36 am
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93' Orange Prestige - My first good bike, ridden perhaps twice a year! It's going nowhere!

94' Kona Explosif - itch that needed scratching!

97/98' Dawes Edge XT - Hack. When I get round to it I'll swap the bit's to my old 92' Giant Granite (first one that I didn't have to grow into), less nickable and so much nicer to ride!

11' Charge Skinny Duster - built up stupid light and rigid, most used, love it, you'll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands etc.

17' NS Eccentric Cromo 29" - **** aboot hardtail. Awesome bike!

18' Trek Fuel EX8 - this years C2W bike, works out so cheap I couldn't say no, also happens to be awesome!


 
Posted : 04/03/2018 9:39 am
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FWIW. A guy in a club I used to ride with about 20 years ago got the nod (planning permission/spousal) to knock down his crappy sectional concrete single garage and put up a large double with a granny flat over it.

On completion he moved his entire collection of bikes, which was in storage at various locations across the region (club mates attics/garages, shop stock room, a "spare" office at his company), into the flat. Which was never meant to be a flat......

He nearly ended up living with them when his wife saw them.

About 80 bikes, some *extremely* expensive/famous riders bikes included. 60s through to late 80s/early 90s. Think the newest one in the collection was one of Indurains race bikes, with a complete set of (signed) banesto kit. Most should have been in a museum of some sort.

His personal bikes lived in the garage.


 
Posted : 04/03/2018 9:41 am
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Too many, but also not enough...

MTB:

2017 Trek Powerfly LT 8

2016 Nukeproof Mega 275 Race (probably ought to sell this one while it still has some value)

2011 Specialized Camber Comp (occasionally ridden by my son)

1997 Club Roost VCV Freeride (technically it's now my brother's, but his wife doesn't know...)

1995 GT Zaskar LE ( too small for me now, and so oldskool it's not cool, but the wife rides it occasionally and I don't want to sell it anyway)

Road:

Carrera Virtuoso (for commuting and the occasional afterwork ride with colleagues)

For some reason I'm hankering after a plus tyred long travel hardtail, but I doubt it would get ridden much.


 
Posted : 04/03/2018 10:35 am
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Hardtail

Full Sus

CX

Fixed Commuter

BMX

Road bike

Town bike/ IGH commuter - ongoing project bike - I've only ridden it twice despite having it for 2 years - although I'm keen to get it going.

Wifes old MTB on the turbo.

Half aren't worth selling & enough that I never have to give an actual number to how many - I just say loads - it makes the following conversation easier/ and allows for natural expansion/ contraction with less scrutiny. My wife thinks I'm mental, but goes with it.  Turbo is currently in the house much to her annoyance!


 
Posted : 05/03/2018 3:49 pm
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Specialized Enduro 29er

Nukeproof Scout 290

Stanton 4x

Covers all the bases, room for two more:

-Pub bike

-Short travel trail bike in there. Supposed to be a new camber coming soon, Fuel EX is rather tempting as well.


 
Posted : 05/03/2018 4:22 pm
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The Magnificent 7

1 26" DH bike

2 26" FS  carbon bling machine

3 29r Hardtail

4 summer road bike

5 winter road bike

6 disc braked CX

7 retro steel mtb single-speed from the 80s

Most miles are on the winter road bike but the 29er is the one i like the most


 
Posted : 05/03/2018 4:30 pm
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6.

Yeti SB95c 29er LT full suspension - Big days out

Trek Stache 29+ Hardtail - Local and fun

Tripster ATR - Road/Tour bike

Litespeed T5g - Adventure bike

Niner RLT9 - Commuter bike

Kona Bandwagon - SS road bike = shop/city/commute bike.


 
Posted : 05/03/2018 4:48 pm
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Solaris hardtail - my 'proper' MTB. For anything over 25ish miles or anything where I might be going in the car

Rigid, SS El Mariachi - for local rides. It's tame and flat where I live

Commuterised Arkose - for getting to work and local errands

Brompton - not ridden much in the last few months, used for the odd ride involving public transport here and there

Did have a SS flat bar road bike but the frame got nicked


 
Posted : 05/03/2018 5:16 pm
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4, although i will probably move to a studio flat or abroad before July. This needs reducing!

Liteville 301 - For sale very soon. Will probably replace with a BFe

Kinesis Crosslight - For sale soonish. Will probably replace with something better made

GT HansRey sig. trials bike - For life

Fixie - For life


 
Posted : 05/03/2018 6:15 pm