I started out with a road bike (370) and off-road bike (800 sport), but I just rode them without knowing anything about maintenance. After many years and a few crashes the 800 was no longer usable so I bought the Crossroads to replace it. A couple years later it was the same thing (sans crashes) with the 370 when I got the Emonda to replace that. I then learned a lot about maintenance and buying parts, but couldn't find any 7 speed stuff at first so I rebuilt my 370 with all new 11 speed parts. As I was doing this I found all the 7 speed parts I needed and they were CHEAP, so I bought the old Fuji frame to build that up with the old components and use it as my commuter bike. After that I was able to fix up my 800 again. so - 5 bikes.