Originally Posted by Andy_K

I keep mine hanging along one wall in the garage using a Rubbermaid FastTrack system.



My wife has been OK with this because she had a '68 Charger (the front fender of which you can see in the pic above) filling half the garage. Recently she decided she wanted to get a motorcycle, so I had to find a way to condense my bikes. I added a second level of FastTrack rails and hung the bikes offset, which allows me to fit nearly twice as many. Then she decided to get rid of the Charger and moved her Harley to the other side of the garage so I have my half back. It accelerated the N+1 process dramatically. In the past four months I've gone from 7 to 11 bikes (plus a frame that I'm working on restoring), in addition to my wife's bike and my daughter's bike.

At this point I can't even really claim that they are all serving different purposes unless you count things like different country of origin and different components on the vintage bikes. You should have to sign a release waiver to get into the C&V sub-forum. It's dangerous!

Originally Posted by Andy_K

I read somewhere that if you have multiple pairs of shoes and rotate them they last longer than the same number of shoes would last if you just wore one pair every day until they wore out and then got a new pair. I'm not clear how that works, but experimentally it seems to be true. Maybe it gives the rubber time to decompress? Anyway, I'm working on the theory that the same thing will work for bike parts. There may be nothing to it, but I feel like it would be irresponsible not to try.

Originally Posted by mcours2006

Only problem is that the shoes go out of style before they wear out. Same thing with your bikes. Not out of style, but out-dated, perhaps?

Originally Posted by Andy_K

That can be fixed. Here's a pic of my 1984 Pinarello Gran Turismo with 2016 Campagnolo Athena 11-speed components.

Originally Posted by mcours2006

@Andy_K, and @bmthom.gis

I can totally see how this can quickly get out of hands. I've been exercising good restraint lately, but have given in to buying parts and gruppos I don't really need in anticipation for another bike. I have no idea what kind of bike, just another one.

Originally Posted by Andy_K

This is pretty much what's been happening to me. I bought the Pinarello, which came with a really nice vintage SunTour group, but I wanted to put Italian parts on it. Then I couldn't just let those nice SunTour components sit on the shelf so I found an old Trek frame to put them on. I upgraded my main commuter recently to a Shimano RS685/Ultegra group, and now I have a totally functional set of Tiagra components looking for a home. I bought a nice vintage Austro-Daimler that somebody had turned into a fixie, but the Tiagra stuff wouldn't look right on it -- it really needs polished silver parts. While I've been looking for those on eBay/CL I keep seeing other things that I have ideas for.

This is why the S-1 addendum to the N+1 rule exists. I don't know what stops single people with lots of garage space.

Originally Posted by Walter S

// Downsize and simplify...
while( n > 1) --n;

Originally Posted by tarwheel

I'm a big fan of n+1 commuting. Although I have a couple of bikes that I commute on most frequently, I ride all of them to work on occasion. Riding to work nearly every day can get boring when your routes are limited, and taking different bikes is a nice way to mix it up and add some spice. When I ride my Italian racer (De Bernardi), I average about 1-2 mph faster than my touring bikes. Sometimes I have to carry a lot of clothes, gear, food, etc., to work, and I ride one of my touring bikes with the panniers loaded up. I ride one of the fendered bikes on days when the roads are wet or rain is more likely, but on dry days I typically ride on of my faster, lighter bikes with no fenders. I commute on the Bob Jackson and Waterford most frequently, followed by the Ritchey, Soma and De Bernardi.

Originally Posted by cyccommute

But they are all the same bike. Where's the spice? Where's the variety?

Originally Posted by mcours2006

What's with the NDS pics, Jim?

Love the Hum-V, but would like to see disc brakes on it.