Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
One bike, a $350 Giant Cypress Hybrid. I ride it 4 seasons in Michigan. You do not NEED multiple bikes. What multiple bikes gets you is redundancy in case one breaks, and possibly bikes that may be faster that you can ride when the weather is nice, then the one with full fenders, lights, etc that you can ride other times. I ride the latter all the time.
More bikes also allow you to do fast group rides or ride some twisty singletrack or throw some capri pants on and act trendy. I NEED more than one bike. Probably not 5 but at least 4.