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  • How many / which bikes are too many?
  • ska-49
    Free Member

    Currently:
    LT 29er (Yelli with 140mm)
    ST 29er (Swift with 100mm)
    Rigid SS 29er (Chumba HX2)
    Road bike (Rocky Mountain Oxygen)

    Future:
    FS 29er (Tallboy LT or Covert- would sell the yelli)
    Winter road bike
    29er race bike

    SaxonRider
    Full Member

    My ideal stable would contain:

    1. fatbike
    2. 100mm HT
    3. road bike
    4. commuter

    My actual stable contains:

    2. & 4.

    gmex619
    Free Member

    I have 11 I think.

    2 roadies
    2 fs
    1 bmx
    And 6 hardtails

    KonaTC
    Full Member

    120mm FS
    100mm HT
    Road bike

    Works for me

    thisisnotaspoon
    Free Member

    Currently:

    Roadie
    Roadie -tourer
    Roadie – SS

    SS 29er
    Chumba HX1 (the cotic-a-like)
    Pitch

    BMX

    I reckon I need a winter roadie (i.e. soemthig a bit more racey than the tourer, but less bling than the roadie, or at least elss cared for, maybe I’ll just get a ncier roadie and retire this one)

    An XC bike (29er with gears and maybe suspension)
    A 29er AM bike (maybe, but that would be instead of the chumba)
    A 5″ travel FS, probably 29er, not sure whether this would replace the Pitch and overlap too much with the 29er AM bike though).

    I also need some with engines 😈

    NJA
    Full Member

    At the moment

    120mm FS 29er
    80mm HT race bike
    Hybrid type ‘Pub’ Bike
    Carbon ‘best’ Road Bike
    Winter Road Bike
    Touring Bike

    Don’t think I will need anything else.

    badllama
    Free Member

    For me

    120mm FS for the trails
    160 mm DH guilty pleasure 🙂
    100mm HT for commuting and gf’s weekend bike

    Officially though there is only 2 the gf does not know about the DH as it’s kept at my parents place lol 😀

    banks
    Free Member

    Oh how the other half live!

    2 – Covert & a BMX

    daveb
    Free Member

    Currently:

    1 x HT – 120mm 1×9 (Soul)
    1 x Ti HT – 120mm 3×9 (Soda)
    1 x 100 FS ‘race’ bike (Anthem)
    1 x 150mm FS (Blur LT)
    1 x Carbon Roadie (Madone)
    1 x SS for commuting (Bandwagon)

    Thinking about a cross bike but cant quite justify it, also thinking about selling the Antehm and getting a 29er but that can wait until next year

    My lovely other half
    1 x HT – 120mm 1×9 (R8)
    1 x Ti HT (race bike) – 100mm 3×9 (Lynskey – cant remember model)
    1 x 140mm FS (Blur LT)
    1 x Carbon Roadie (Ridley)
    1 x Fixie for commuting (Condor)

    Along with my kids bikes it makes for a pretty full garage.

    Cheezpleez
    Full Member

    I have:

    120FS
    130HT
    160FS
    Rigid SS
    100HT commuter
    Road bike

    Weirdly, feels like one too many (I know, WTF!)

    Currently thinking I’ll ditch the 120FS and go 29 with the rigid SS

    tinman66
    Free Member

    Just bought a new bike and got it past the wife by explaining there was nothing I’m missing from my garage once I get my new Stumpjumper.

    Having said that, always had a hankering for a Ti framed bike….

    Currently running at

    1 x 150mm fs Stumpy Evo ’13
    1 x 140mm Cove Stiffee ’06
    1 x 100mm fs Stumpy ’03
    1 x Alu road bike/ commuter
    1 x stupid expensive carbon road bike
    and a part share in Mongoose Amplifier

    Northwind
    Full Member

    My Soda’s definately the one bike too many, tbh it makes almost no sense to own it. Luckily I can use the excuse that it’s cracked/repaired so not worth that much.

    I’d be pretty happy with just the Hemlock or Ragley + something for the road, and very happy with both the Cotic and Ragley + road. But the DH bike is nice to have, as is the rigid, and splitting the road stuff into proper roadie + commuter makes a lot of sense.

    boxfish
    Free Member

    LT hardtail
    Road bike
    Pub bike

    nickc
    Full Member

    Same as horatio hufnagel, a Cham ( 140mm cotic-a-like) and a road bike.

    Did have a shed full, but one got ridden maybe 2-3 times a year, and weirdly as it sat still so much it needed more looking after than anything else. Sold them all a few years back and don’t miss them

    Although I want/need a TR250 now

    MulletusMaximus
    Free Member

    For me I don’t have enough.

    Currently built at the moment (4 more in the attic in bits)

    Carbon Road Race Bike
    Road Training Bike
    Road Single Speed Commuter
    100mm Carbon Hardtail Race Bike
    Cyclocross Bike.

    To complete my collection;

    Time Trial Bike
    Track Bike
    Winter Trainer.

    All bikes listed are not because I want them but because I need them based on my cycle activities. Any more after that would be just a luxury. 😀

    MulletusMaximus
    Free Member

    Double post

    br
    Free Member

    Mine
    456Ti c/w 140mm
    Alfine commuter

    Sons’
    Norco DH
    120mm HT

    And enough parts to build two more bikes 🙂

    Having had more than one bike, I’d always find when out on a ride at some point I wished I was on the other one – so now just have one bike that does.

    tinman66
    Free Member

    Don’t really have any reason for owning my 2003 Stumpjumper FS but just use the excuse its not worth getting rid of as I’d get about 10p for it.

    The rest I can just about justify based on the amount of riding they all get used.

    Kryton57
    Full Member

    I’m quite intrigued that a lot of people have a 160mm/long travel FS and a 120mm FS.

    I quite fancy that Nukeproof in the Classifieds, but with an ASR5 at 120mm I can’t see that £1500 for 40mm of travel is justified to ride most “well known” UK trails.

    Unless anyone’s happy to explain to me why it would be/why you have both?

    flobrake
    Free Member

    Current count in the shed is 8:
    Rigid SS Steel 29er
    Ti XC Hardtail (26″ pn its Way to 27,5″)
    LT Full suss 29er (Turner Sultan 140/125mm)
    160mm Full suss Enduro
    Ti Road Racer
    Recumbent Prototype (commuting)
    Carbon XC 29er Hardtail
    Carbon Full suss 29
    (The last two belong to my Gilrfriend ; ))

    getonyourbike
    Free Member

    I could get it to 2.

    150-160mm travel enduro full sus
    140mm travel hardtail (Stanton Slackline) with adjustable travel forks- 140/150mm for trail stuff and 100-120ish for dirt jumping
    A cheap hardtail would be nice for my off road commute but not essential.

    takisawa2
    Full Member

    Fully rigid SIR9 SS 29er.
    Kone Ute, cargo bike.

    Not counting the BMX, as its not rideable at the moment.
    Used to have 5″ FS. Built it up & but one ride was enough to tell me they just dont do it for me anymore

    .

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    Unless your into multiple road events
    1 Road Bike.

    A Full Sus and a HT with travel/setups to cover most of your riding. For me they are both 150/160mm forked bikes.

    I have some lighter and heavier wheels.

    For me I just need the DH bike to compliment the lot. That stops me over building my FS to do DH on. Which makes my FS more versatile.

    bwaarp
    Free Member

    Perfect setup for me would be:

    1 DH Bike (Nukproof Pulse)
    1 150f/130r mm FS (Nukeproof TR)
    1 130/140 mm hardtail (650B Saracen Zen X or a Privee Shan in the gulf colours)
    1 4x/jump bike (The Nukeproof Snap for 869 on CRC looked tempting)

    Currently just have a Nukeproof Mega

    andypaul99
    Free Member

    29 er 100mm HT
    26 er 120mm FS
    Road bike
    Hybrid/commuter

    Done

    oldgit
    Free Member

    Road bike – race
    Road bike – training
    Road bike – winter/retro
    Cyclo cross race bike
    MTB – trail/race/do-it-all

    Kato
    Full Member

    I have 3 and would struggle to justify another

    140mm FS – Lapierre Zesty
    Rigid SS – Kona Kula
    Roadie – Spesh Secteur

    Maybe a 29in SS but then the Kona would go

    coolhandluke
    Free Member

    1x 160 fs
    1x 140 ht
    1x rigid 29er

    In the last 6 months I have sold my commuter and racing bike. These were replaced by the 29er asI had room on the rack.

    EarlofBarnet
    Free Member

    1 x road bike and 1 x mountain bike. Job done.

    Andy-R
    Full Member

    Currently at –

    Rigid SS 69er
    Hardtail 69er with Alfine
    FS 69er (with gears,obviously)
    1988 Kona Explosif, which I’ll probably never sell as I’ve had it so long.

    Plus a 120mm hardtail in Greece.

    jameso
    Full Member

    It all depends on what/why you ride. I could be quite happy owning just one bike (I have a ‘one bike’) and it wouldn’t limit my riding too much, the other 3 or 4 that I’d rather not be without are just a luxury / choice.

    1 rigid 29er with ss-ability and wide-range handling like my Jones
    1 road bike like my Equilibrum

    and ideally a town-hack SS

    ..would do it all apart from the odd Alpine chairlift trip.

    RustySpanner
    Full Member

    For me:

    100mm hardtail.
    Rigid hardtail- commuter/tourer.
    Road bike.
    BMX.

    What are these ‘full suspension’ bikes that everyone’s going on about?
    Sounds a bit odd, rear suspension on a pushbike.

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