Originally Posted by KonAaron Snake

I'm OK...appreciate the concern. Going through some relationship status changes/living situation changes that are finally pushing me to do what I should have done a while ago. I'm no happier owning 40 bikes than I was owning 4...

There's a level of diminishing returns to this...it's like an addiction. Early on you hit a high, like the Bauer Merckx...and you start chasing rarer stuff. But after a while, like BB said, the thrill is gone. You're excited for a day or two...you have too many bikes to enjoy them...and then it's just STUFF. The bikes I feel a connection with are the ones I ride most often...and those are the ones I'm keeping.

I'd like tobe down to 4 and the tandems. 10 and the tandems is the more immediate goal.

I want this...honestly. I could put them in storage with no problem. I don't want this much STUFF anymore...it owns me, not the other way around. I used to collect vinyl years ago...had thousands of records...I hit my point and was just DONE. Got rid of almost all of it. It didn't mean I stopped listening to music. I've hit my point. It's not desperate, my hand isn't forced...I want this and am making some different decisions.

If I ever "collect" something again, it's going to be smaller! Maybe watches.

Thanks to everyone on the thread.

This is a great community...I'm not leaving it. Just down sizing. I love bikes and biking...and that's actually part of why I'm doing this.