How many this year then??

Sold the 456, sold alpinestars retro, replaced with a BMC. Still got bmx race bike, new road bike, retro road bike, old s&m bmx.

Early in year I built up a s/h Trance that I bought just before Xmas '08, still loving it.

Bought and built a Big Hit in spring and sold it in autumn, too small and heavy for me.

Just bought a Charge Blender s/h.

Not so much gone through bikes as frames with a few upgrades in the parts front.

I've gone through more forks than anything else… 2 sets of Revs, Pikes, Bombers, 66's, Fox 32's, Fox 36's. Now settled with Lyriks and Magura Laurins although would like some Wotans after riding the Laurins.

As for bikes sold the Bullit, the NRS and the Malt….Bought a Heckler, an 853 Dialled PA and an Inbred 🙂

Wondering how long they will stay with me, I'm happy……for now 😈

456 summer season

stolen heater

All I want for Christmas is more time to ride.

Just the one for me:
A s/h Enigma frame in Columbus steel that was too small for my mate.. some bargain basement carbon cranks, reba teams and hard bits from on-one.. and a drivetrain/wheel/brake setup from various retailers and my spares bin where not one single component matches any other. Even the brake callipers don't match the levers!
So that's a 24 1/2 lb steel hardtail, all for £970, and I love it to bits!
I did the south downs way on it in one day at the end of summer and it was faultless. I missed my inbred when I sold it 3 years ago, but I don't miss it any more. This pistol whips the shit out of it. Rides better, descends better, singletracks better, climbs like my old Klein, if not better..
In fact, I've gotta dig out a picture of it.. Here:

Oh, and my other bikes both got new forks and drivetrains, but that's not news.

Bought a humuhumunukanukapau'a.
Bought a Lemond (and snapped it)
Bought a Litespeed (and rode many thousands of miles on it)
Bought a Van Tuyl!!! And have enjoyed riding it immensely.

Only 2 – Ti 456 and Soul. Both great.

Where do people get the money to swap bikes so often? You must lose money on each one!?

I'm only at 2, Top Fuel 9.9 and Specialized Allez commuter, got a new frame on order which should be here before the end of the year though, so a winter bike to add to that!

Bought complete;

Specialized Tricross

Built from parts;

Kona Singlespeed
Kona Full Sus bike for my sons 13th birthday present.

Wife's also bought a Carrera Vulcan road bike.

Sold;

On-one Single speed
Son's old 24" wheel Kona

so, I now have 5 bikes, wife has two bikes, daughter 1+ a trailer bike and son one bike.

Yesterday I bought my first new bike in over ten years. Only the rear brake lever remains from that Sunn Tonic. I now have a lovely new Van Nicholas Yukon (without pedals).

Just a new frame, built my do everything full suss into a do everything hardtail…

mamadirt, got pics of the retro BMX? I would love to get one of these built much like I had in the 80's Redline MX2

One frame & wheels this year, nothing the year before; I'm just not doing my bit 🙁

-3
sold my Coiler
sold my Scandal
sold my Trek

Next year though will be a differant story!

kona jake
Kona dew Fs (both these still in nz awaiting my return)
the merida XC race bike
Tricross
Rebuilt my road bike with a full new drive train
Built the missus a singlespeed commuter.
Had my rig stolen and recovered – then rebuilt with new bits

Also bought a unicycle (and can now ride it properly)

so 5 new bikes.given i didnt buy a single new bike last year i think im ok 😀

sold a heckler & my puch fixie

none. Will probably add one to the collection next year, got my eye on a Dolan Track Champion.
Lots of bits though. Mostly gratuitous. Favourite thing was Easton Attack TT bars. Lovely.

3 – got another Heckler to replace the Nomad, and 2 new road frames (Principia bargain and Salsa Casserol)

Also got my Shand back after an 15 month repair. My fleet is replete!

i bought a second hand hahanna in 07. i guess i'm not enslaved to consumerism enough to be a part of this site 🙄

Just the one, sold my Sunday & now on an Empire AP-1 🙂

njee20 – Member

Where do people get the money to swap bikes so often? You must lose money on each one!?

Not bikes, usually just frames njee20, and sure I lose a little on each one but hey, I reckon it'd cost close to that to hire one for a couple of weeks – I just look on it as money well-spent on entertainment 😀 (I don't 'do' shoes or handbags so why not?)

mamadirt, got pics of the retro BMX?

Which one tinsy? The mid 90s S&M was my last restoration (stripped and resprayed the frame and built it up with mostly NOS stuff off ebay and radbmx.co.uk

The more recent 2002 NG dirtbike I bought as an NOS frame off ebay and built it up pretty cheaply with the plan to buy period correct stuff when funds allowed, but it's on ebay now as I know it's just gonna cost me megabucks in the long run to get it as I'd like it.

Spent silly money on a Hutch resto too a few years ago (sheesh that bike was fast) . . .

Tinsy, have a look on radbmx.co.uk if you fancy rebuilding an MX2.

njee, some people are not so precious about money.
it, like bikes are a commodity, and like bullshit, are of no use unless they are spread about. 😉

"Where do people get the money to swap bikes so often? You must lose money on each one!?"

njee – wasn't it you that claimed not to have lost money on a
bike in years?

njee, some people are not so precious about money.

Must be nice… 😥

nothing this year, been very happy with my 07 canfield balance and my 06 fox 36

evil sect or yeti 5 are on the list for the spring