General Cycling Discussion - How many bikes do you have?

I have 3 bikes, I'm selling one of them soon.

How many bikes do you have?

10...

3 of which are tandems which technically means my wife (who has 2 bikes) and I have joint custody.

how many? well 8 for now and a frame to build up over the winter. I am going to look at another one this weekend too.

I have:
1 complete bike, daily user for everything.
1 frame waiting on parts to build back up (rigid SS).
1 wishlist, started collecting parts last week.

The SS will debut in the spring, the wishlist in the spring of 2012.

A short time ago I had 7

-- 2 mtn bikes
-- 1 fixie
-- 1 racing bicycle
-- 1 older racing bicycle
-- 1 sport touring bicycle
-- 1 tandem

I no longer have the older racing bicycle, and I will be attempting to sell the tandem and one of the mtn bikes soon.

And then I'll need to build up the collection again here in Australia!! :D

Just cut down from 13, but that included my original college Peugeot (more than 35 years ago) and my first two junk mountain bikes, both from the early '80s. They were worth so little that I didn't bother selling or donating them when I got new ones over the years.
What I have left:
Rivendell Atlantis, my mid-life crisis bike when I turned 60. Bought the frame and built it up mainly with parts I had on hand.
Rivendell Rambouillet. Didn't need it, but I got such an incredible deal used that even my wife agreed I should buy it.
Cannondale M1000 mountain bike, present for my 50th birthday. VERY heavily used for about five years; rarely ridden now, but I live a mile from the Tahoe National Forest and I like to have an MB around.
Downtube folder (Downtube is the brand name). Bought it pretty cheap on a whim. Fits in the trunk, and it's rideable enough for 10-15 mile vacation excursions and day rides.
Old Bridgestone MB3 mountain bike converted to commute duty, with fenders and racks. Had this one for 20 years.
Mid-'80s Trek 620 touring bike, converted to singlespeed. This was my main ride for five years before I got the Atlantis.
I'm probably done buying bikes, unless I get a recumbent someday. I'm 64, and I don't have enough time left to wear out even my extra tires, let alone use up a bike.

Have 11. 12 soon.

-R

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If my math serves me correctly that is 5.

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A partial family portrait below. Not sure if this LINK (http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10815657&postcount=154) will work, but if it does there are more photos there.

http://thetandemlink.fatcow.com/boxer/garage2.JPG

3.

Vintage PUCH racer from 1982-3.

Trek 7.5 FX - totally customized.

PUCH 3-spd - rebuilt.

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If my math serves me correctly that is 5.

I'm very curious about bikes 2,3 & 4. Want to share any details?

I have:

4 regular riders
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2 project bikes that I plan to fix up for myself (to add to the 4 regular riders above)
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3 project bikes that will probably be flipped
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3 parts bikes that will never be intact again (the pictured one I crashed and bent the frame)
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12 total, I guess

1-2006 Ellsworth Distance.
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Two plus shared ownership in a tandem.

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Twenty plus and 2 tandems.:innocent:

I won't waste the bandwidth on pictures of individual bikes but here are a couple of group shots to give you an idea of some of what I have.:p

A few more can be found on my Blog (http://2whls3spds.blogspot.com/).

Aaron:)

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I have 5

Litespeed Ultimate
Litespeed Pisgah
Specialized Roubaix Expert
Kona Big Unit 29er Single Speed
Marinoni Tourismo

5 - want to get down to 3.

1 - 2010 Specialized Tricross Comp - Road and cross
2 - 2006 Specialized Tricross Comp - Winter/Rain bike
3 - 2007 Orbea Lanza 29er MTB
4 - 1987 Bianch Grizzly MTB - probably selling frame
5 - 2005 Schwinn Mesa GSD MTB - Selling soon.

3
2007 Specialized Tarmac Expert
2007 Specialized Hard Rock disk.
2008 Salsa Casserole setup as a FG.

I was going to build a CX bike this winter but I have a bug for a powertap instead.

8 for me, two for the wife:
http://home.comcast.net/~jeff_wills/Gallery/index.html

I'm going to sell 4 of mine because I'm not using them. I also need to justify building a recumbent streamliner like this: http://home.comcast.net/~jeff_wills/vector/vector.htm
"But, honey... the garage is so empty now!"

Guru to the hot dog vendor: "Make me one with everything!"

Man, I'd be afraid to ride a bike with as much seatpost sticking out as some of those. I can feel my junk going under the brake bridge now...


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If my math serves me correctly that is 5.

Not enough. (see below my photo). I could use one or two more for sure. :)

8. I always keep about 4 in the house and the other 4 are in the garage.
Ernest

I'm very curious about bikes 2,3 & 4. Want to share any details?

Number 2 was originally a 2006 Lemond Poprad. The frame failed this spring.
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This was right about the time Trek was telling Greg Lemond to GTFO and STFU. So they replaced it with the Gary Fisher Presidio frame and carbon fork. While waiting for the replacement I bought the Yeti. When I got the Fisher I rebuilt it with a flatbar. I feel more confident interacting with traffic with a flatbar for my commute.

Number 3 is a 2006 Cannondale F4000SL. It is my mountain bike. It just happened to have slicks on it for commuting for awhile.

Number 4 is a 2001 Rocky Mountain Vertex Team Only with a BionX PL350 electric assist system. The orginal suspension fork blew up, I replaced the front fork with a rigid one. It became my regular commuting bike for a few years. Last year I was toying with the idea of getting a gas powered scooter. I was commuting less by bike since it was using valuable energy that I needed for my "real rides" in the evening. Particularly on interval days. My LBS had a BionX system set up on a bike and I gave it a try. Bought one the next day. It lets me ride at 35kph/22mphish for the same effort it takes to ride at 25kph/16mph. I can soft pedal to work for my commute and not use up as much energy for my evening rides. You should try one. It doesn't make you lazy. I pedal as usual, you just end up going faster for the same effort.

I have three bikes.Surly 1X1 - singlespeedKHS Urban Uno - fixieRocky Mountain vertex - 18 speed

i only have one, a 1982 fuji 12 speed racer. i am not into consumption and see no need for multiple bikes.
anyway i have to stretch my dollars and use my bike as essential transportation instead of an expensive car.
my bike gets me from point a to point b and that is all a bike is suppose to be for-cheap economical transportation.

I have 3 bikes right now, 4 if you count the bmx that I have for sale.

-2009 Specialized Sirrus hybrid, my "road" bike :) To hell with drops!

-early 2000's Access XCL frame built up with almost a full 2001 Shimano LX mountain group, fun but mostly sees gravel bike path use these days.

-1980's Schwinn Woodlands "mountain bike" I repainted, cleaned all the parts up and rebuilt the bike. It wears Planet Bike Freddy fenders and a rear rack with blinky LED light. My beat around town/evening bike. <5 mile trips, the upright position does a number on my shoulders and back. Its a little TOO upright.

I use them all, though the Schwinn sees very little use. Might try to sell it sometime, without fenders and rack (wont get any more with those on it anyways). Probably just keep it since it was my first real bike restoration project :)

Someone asked me that question at a party once. While I was considering how I should answer my wife popped up with "He has 8 bicycles." That, of course, caused me to wonder which ones she didn't know about.

The question is: How do you count them?
Does it have to be fully assembled and rideable to be a bike?
How about a frameset with all of the required parts in a box. Shouldn't that count as a bike?
Suppose just one part, like the chain is missing, would that still count as a bike?

I mean it's easy if you only have one or two. The more bikes that you have, the more difficult they are to count. I'm thinking that anybody who can answer that question confidentally and accurately needs a couple more.

Two

1 Soma Double Cross
2 KHS Urban Uno FG/SS

I have 4:
Colnago MasterXLight
PedalForce RS
Bianchi San Remo
Fisher Joshua

Wife has 3:
Serotta custom roadie
Some sort of Bianchi
Mongoose MTB, from before they went bad

Son as 2
Daughter has 1.

I think that makes 10.

I need a bigger shed.
4 road- 4 Mountain- The offroad Tandem and an old Mixte that is too good to throw away.

how many bicycles you have begs the question of why do you people have more than one bike. it is sort of like a car owner having more than one car, just conspicuous consumption afaik

how many bicycles you have begs the question of why do you people have more than one bike. it is sort of like a car owner having more than one car, just conspicuous consumption afaik

Really it's more like golf clubs - different bikes for different conditions. :D

I'd hate to use my good road bike for winter riding or trail running.
I wouldn't use my tourer for fast group rides
One old road bike is also my "wet ride" bike. It has fenders so that I can comfortably ride in rain or during the spring thaw when the roads are constantly wet from the snow.

how many bicycles you have begs the question of why do you people have more than one bike. it is sort of like a car owner having more than one car, just conspicuous consumption afaik

You do what you think is best for you, I'll do what I think is best for me.

Lemme see....

Mine:
1984 Motobecane Mirage Sport
2003 Cannondale F500
1996 Skykomish Marble point - turned homegrown xtracycle

Works in progress for flipping/friends/loaners:

Early 90's Nishiki Blazer
1986 Raleigh Technium 440
Mid-70's AMF 3-speed
Mid-90's Raleigh Girls Mountain bike (24" wheels)

Room mate(s) bikes:
2006 Specialized Rockhopper
Mid 90's Cannondale F700
Late 80's Bianchi (mystery model)
80's Schwinn girls Mountain bike
90's Giant girls mountain bike.

That doesn't include the few junker frames I have sitting outside, waiting for a trip to the recycler. :)

how many bicycles you have begs the question of why do you people have more than one bike. it is sort of like a car owner having more than one car, just conspicuous consumption afaik

Meh. Different strokes and all that. I couldn't haul $100+ of groceries on my road bike, but the xtracycle won't get me to work in 35 minutes either. Neither of those handle bumpy trails as well as the mountain bike either.

Having two cars isn't all that terrible either, provided you can afford it. I'd have a truck to go snowboarding/camping with if I could afford it. The VW provides good gas mileage when I do drive it around town.

well i subscribe to the american indian philosophy,"take from this earth only what you need and only when you use it"
i am far from perfect in following this philosophy but i think if more people aimed for that kind of philosophy mankind would not be on the brink of ecological catastrophe.

I have five, and even though they are all road bikes, in a sense, they are all quite different and serve different riding purposes:

2008 Fetish Ankh cyclocross bike.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/CalOso/Bikes/DSC03557.jpg

2008 Bianchi 928 T-Cube road race bike.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/CalOso/Bikes/Bianchi928004.jpg

2000 Trek 5200, converted to poor-man's TT/tri bike.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/CalOso/Bikes/DSC03431.jpg

1989 Trek 660 fixed gear conversion.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/CalOso/Bikes/Spring09161.jpg

1986 Gazelle Champion Mondial, the sunny Sunday roadie.
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Plus my wife's Cannondale hybrid, the Adams Trail-a-bike, and my kids' bikes.

Wow. I haven't counted them up in a while, lets see....21 1/2, + 1 for the wife = 22 1/2

Current rides:
2005 Volae Tour
~2000 Tour Easy
2007 Sun EZ Sport
2004 Sun EZ Tandem
1988 Trek 820
2001 Raleigh C-40

Hers:
2009 Sun X-1

In the garage and basement for occasional use:
(2) 1991 Schwinn aluminum 354 racing bikes
1986 Raleigh Marathon
1994 Burley (tandem, 18 spd)
early 70's Schwinn Twinn (tandem, 5 spd)
late 60's Huffy Daisy (tandem)
late 60's Schwinn Town & Country
1976 Schwinn ladies Varsity Sport
Late 70's Raleigh ladies road bike
(3) Alenax Mtn. bikes (1 ladies, 2 mens)
mid 60's Schwinn Traveler (two spd. kick-back hub)
1963 Schwinn Starlet III (ladies)
1991 Schwinn Woodlands (ladies)
Trek 24" Unicycle (1/2 bike?)

Two project bikes just kicking around behind the garage...I'm not including in the count.
One KickBike I'm not including in the count.

Yes, I have pictures of all of them but it'll take way too long to post them.

I don't have any folders yet!!

I'll skip the two daughter's bikes (5 at-home, and they've got three at school)

I think that's all.

Oh, before you ask....I just like bikes!

well i subscribe to the american indian philosophy,"take from this earth only what you need and only when you use it"
i am far from perfect in following this philosophy but i think if more people aimed for that kind of philosophy mankind would not be on the brink of ecological catastrophe.

Dag gumnit! This here is 'merika! We don't take kindly to yer type round these parts!

I hear what your saying, we live in a wasteful world. However trying to convince people on the bicycling forum (which is already one of the more environmentally friendly communities I've found) that they have to many bicycles seems slightly trollish.

how many bicycles you have begs the question of why do you people have more than one bike. it is sort of like a car owner having more than one car, just conspicuous consumption afaik

If there was one bike that did everything- I would probably have at least two of them. But bikes aren't like that.

And why two? I ride a lot and need a spare bike when things go wrong.

I don't know how many bikes I have. Something like 30 in our basement and garage. One of my daughters owns two of them. My other daughter owns one. My wife owns one. I own five and ride them regularly. Plus my daughter and I have joint custody of another. So that's ten among the four of us. The other 20 are project bikes that I will fix up and either give away or sell. Collecting and fixing bikes is a hobby of mine, obviously.

Having one bike makes about as much sense to me as having one pair of shoes.

Having one wife makes as much sense as ... oh, never mind.

well i subscribe to the american indian philosophy,"take from this earth only what you need and only when you use it"
i am far from perfect in following this philosophy but i think if more people aimed for that kind of philosophy mankind would not be on the brink of ecological catastrophe.

I'm part Cherokee. Get off my land.

Suspicious consumption my arse.

New to biking at 55 years old, I have recently started a small stable of bikes for my enjoyment.
2009 Trek Fuel 9.0
2009 Trek Fuel 9.5
2009 Trek Equinox 9.9SSL TTX
2009 Trek Madone 6.9 Pro Red

On order is the following 2 bikes. Trek District Carbon Single Speed & Terratrike Zoomer SL

Below is a link to my pictures of my bikes .I was at the bike shop for all my builds and you can see some of the bikes from in the box until being built. Just click on link below and you can enlarge each picture from the icons.

http://www.pbase.com/bulbmogul/trek_carbon_fibers&page=all

Nine plus a scooter.

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In the old days a man that had several horses was better off then a man with one horse.
If you live in the bush then having more then one canoe and more then one pair of snowshoes will give you a better chance of putting food on the table.
A man with few sets of bows and arrows has a better chance then a man that just has one... you need to realize that things break sometimes and it's good to have a back up. That's why I have three bikes just on case one breaks down , then I grab my other one and start rolling. There is absolutly nothing wrong with having more then one bike.

well i subscribe to the american indian philosophy,"take from this earth only what you need and only when you use it"
i am far from perfect in following this philosophy but i think if more people aimed for that kind of philosophy mankind would not be on the brink of ecological catastrophe.

I'm into native American philosophy too. How about "No man should tell another what to do."

My only bike is the 1986 Cannondale SR400. No plans to replace that, but I have been known to borrow my oldest son's Diamondback Sorrento for trail use.
There are 9 bikes total in my family, 2 are outgrown and waiting for a new home.

well i subscribe to the american indian philosophy,"take from this earth only what you need and only when you use it"
i am far from perfect in following this philosophy but i think if more people aimed for that kind of philosophy mankind would not be on the brink of ecological catastrophe.

Just wondering....how many dishes are in your cabinets, forks and spoons in the drawers?
How many socks do you own? :)