Counting how many bikes one has at a time is always so complex. Right now, there are eight on the rack ready to go, plus one on the trainer. But the frame of the one on the trainer is a placeholder for the frame that’s currently out for a respray. So does that make it nine...or ten? And there are three frames in storage ready to be built up, with full groups in the closet and tires mounted on wheelsets...so am I cheating to say nine (or ten) and not eleven (or twelve)? How about the yet-to-be-delivered custom frame for my 70th birthday, for which there is yet another group and wheelset in the closet...does that make it nine, or ten, or thirteen,or what?
BTW, have no problem with actual selling or shipping, but for the fact that I love them all and don’t wish to move any along at the moment.
Am I in a worse position than Neal? Maybe...I sold him a bike and then bought it back less than a year later!
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