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Old 12-04-04 | 04:37 PM
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Roadie Rob
Bike Nut
 
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Wisconsin

Bikes: 16 and counting

I am admittedly an obsessive compulsive bike fanatic. It started with one, and then two, then the thought came into mind about owning bikes of various frame materials. Over the last few years, the addiction took hold and thanks to online auctions and discount web shops, my stable has grown (this does not include my MTB rides either).

And yes, I ride all of them. Some only get a few hundred miles a year on weekends, others get several thousand annually during the week. Favorite...? The Calfee is only 16 lbs. but I prefer the Airborne for its softer feel on day-long rides. The A&S and Festina climb like spooked squirrels and are really, really tight. The daily grinder is the red Specialized M2 (estimate 40,000 miles on it since '96) and fits like a glove.

Dura Ace = Acqua Sapone (Bontrager Aero), Airborne Valkyrie (Bontrager X-Lites), Calfee Tetra (Rolf Vigor RS), Festina SL (Ritchey WCS)
Ultegra = Specialized M2 (Formula), Univega Modo Volare (Keymet team issue)
105 = Univega 8-tube carbon (Ritchey WCS), Specialized Sirrus (bad weather bike)
and the LeMond Team Z, classic 7-speed Suntour group
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