Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
1) set up the 3rd bike with light wheels and low gears as your climbing bike.
2) fixed gear, for base training and a change of pace.
3) beater, for crap days.
That's 4, assuming there's still a non-climbing race bike w/ high gears in the picture.
I'm not complaining, mind you, just trying to do the math.
Were it not for the dearth of space in my apartment, I think I'd succumb to the (N+1)*X rule, where X is the "type" of bike. So even if you have 3 (or 4, or 5, etc.) road bikes, you still need 1 more...but in addition to those road bikes if you also have 1 (or 2, or 10) fixies, or beaters, or MTBs, or 'bents, or touring bikes, you still need 1 more of
each of those also!