Originally Posted by
Artkansas
That's what the beater bike is all about. You have your nice bike for everyday use, then you have the beater for bad weather, or those times when you come out to find that your bike has a flat, or you need to repair it, but you need to get work now. Usually, a beater is a used bike or one of lower quality that you can afford to get dirty.
Originally Posted by
acidfast7
Life is too short to ride a beater. Why not ride a nice bike all the time? Or was it not bought to be ridden? However, 7 bikes is kinda strange, is it not?
The definition of a beater bike is a little fuzzy. Many people around here, including me, have an older bike that is not that attractive to thieves. However, my beater has about $200-300 worth of improvements, just so it is a comfortable, reliable ride to work.
Life is too short to have a bottom bracket crisis on a regular basis.
7 bikes is not that unusual if you have a large garage, no car and bikes aren't too expensive. However, I kind of agree with you. I have 4 bikes and keeping them all ride-worthy is too much work for me. Typically I use two bikes.