I have 2 bikes, my wife has 1... but my daughter, who just turned 8 has 4 bikes! It's garage sale time! Actually, I think I'll just donate them.

I have 5:

1) Orbea Orca (Carbon)
2) Eddy Merckx TiAx (Titanium)
3) Fuji Absolute Flatbar (Aluminum)
4) Bridgestone RB-1 (Steel)
5) Specialized StumpJumper (Steel)

All in working order rotate between the bikes for commuting, recreational riding, errand runs.

I did vote two, that is two operational bikes in my possession.

I actually own four bikes, but one has a broken frame and the other has been indefinitely loaned to a friend. (I don't really expect, nor want it back)

Al

1) Bianchi racer that's older than me. It's an '87 model, very light and fast - a dream to ride.
2) Trek hybrid converted to a road bike/tourer.

I commute with the Trek, but I'd like a beater road bike with milk crate .

Well... technically, the last category is an integration of the tail of the curve. Not a true increase.

3 bikes for me.

1. Road Bike
2. Peugout MTB (needs a new chain and crank/BB fix but still rides with a slight wobble)
3. Custom MTB (primary ride)

I don't have a beater but I am looking into finding an aluminum bike for all weather riding. Also a nice true hybrid for riding on the skinnys with no back/shoulder soreness. My Peugout is a touch small for me as I get toe clipping once in a while if I turn too sharp an angle and my toes are stuck out but otherwise it works liek a hybrid and I can ride straight up. Still need a bike comp for that bike.

Since you added OPERATIONAL..LMAO 5

Three (plus a tandem I share with my stoker):
'94 Cannondale hybrid singlespeed
'03 Novara Big Buzz hybrid
'00 Rans Tailwind recumbent

I have 7:

1) Main commuter, a Schwinn World Sport townie conversion.


2) 700c cruiser, back up commuter and great bar bike, it's for sale soon to make room and get money toward a touring bike for my summer plans.


3) 2000 Lemond Buenos Aires, my main road bike and just about my dream road bike.


4) Specialized Langster, fixed gear fun. I ride this like a road bike, I've even done a century on it.


5) '99 Specialized SS-Works, my only mtn bike (for now, hoping for a 29er soon), recently converted to a single speed. This bike (with gears) will hopefully get me through a dirt century this summer.


6) The Chopper, good for bar rides, short errands, and general novelty fun.

7) The Runt, as sold by Toys R Us a few years ago. I don't have a picture, but the wheels are about the size of a shopping cart wheel and it moves at walking pace. It's a lot of fun to jump into pools.

Sorry about so many pics, I recently opened a flickr account.

I have 3:

1) Devinci Havok 1 FS MTN bike
2) Nirve Fifty Five Cruiser
3) Commuter bike (old Rocky Mtn race MTN bike converted to a city bike with slicks and mirrors)

Currently 3: two road bikes that cost a lot, and one MTB that cost a little. I probably won't put any meaningful mileage on the MTB until a.) I get a computer for it, or b.) it starts to snow. This presumes I won't sell or throw it away in the mean time.

Darn. You forced me to come to grips with the reality that I am a bike-aholic. 3 race bikes (carbon, Ti, alu), 3 cross bikes (including 1 singlespeed), 3 fixed gear/ ss bikes, 2 mtb's, and 1 track dedicated bike. Then add my husband's 4-5....


I've just come to the conclusion that - mathematically speaking - my desired number of bikes is "n + 1", where "n" is the number I currently have!

7 in house
mine
1.2001 pacific elite 3.1, MTB turned commuter, now gathering dust
2.1986 cannondale sr800, road bike, back up commuter now
3.2008 gt gtr, full CF,rival, commuter and weekend ride now
4.2008 iron horse warrior MTB

wife
5.1996? Diamondback Sorrento MTB
6.2008 Fuji Finest 2.0 Road bike

Son
7.Huffy 16" bike

4
Dad
Fuji Absolute 4.0, barely stock b/c it was made more road worthy

Me
Scott SUB 30, not stock made more road worthy
Univega Rover 3.9 STX, slightly beater steel rain bike, main commuter
Unnamed frame, fixed gear, currently in need of seatpost/saddle and grips

Things have changed: Only 2, plus a tandem:
RANS V-Rex, Novara Big Buzz, KHS Tandemania Comp

I put two:

me: one cross bike, one walmart bike
parents: none
brother: one trike, one 12" bike, one 16" bike

In order of coolness...

1976 Raleigh Competition "Superbe" (and, yes, it is) 7 speed hub
1980 Peugeot Super Competition (mint) 12 speed
200? Custom built "Alley Cat" low racer recumbent (no one else is able ride it) 26 speed
1974 Raleigh Superbe (mint) 3 speed
1954 Raleigh Sports (rod brakes) 3 speed
1942 Westfield Compax "Paratrooper" bike
1980's Fendt Cardano shaft drive (silver- tricked out to look like a single speed racer) 3 speed
1980's Fendt Cardano shaft drive (blue- stock) 3 speed
1964 Rudge (ahhh Rudge) 3 speed
1959 Rudge (ditto) 3 speed
198? Dutch roadster (drum brakes and painted like a bumble bee)
1972 Raleigh Superbe 3 speed
1971 Raleigh Superbe 3 speed
197? Peugeot 10 speed
1965 Hercules 3 speed
1971 Robin Hood 3 speed
197? Columbia 3 wheel trike with factory differential
197? Split Bike (folder)
197? Split Bike (folder) (okay, so I have 2, shoot me)

198? Corsa HPE racer (deceased)
200? KMX trike (deceased)

PLEASE! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!!!!!!

I have sold off a few bikes and picked up a few others, but am down to 13 now.

Surly LHT- normal commuter
83' Nishiki Seral fixed commuter
03' Kelly Knobby X (sometimes commuter)
73' Schwinn Paramount P13
76' Schwinn Paramount P14
Tom Teesdale track
De Salvo track
Viner Track bike
85' Eddy Merckx Corsa
84' Schwinn Le Tour (polo bike)
Van Dessel Buzz Bomb geared FS MTB (29er)
Gary Fisher Ferrous SS 29er MTB
86 Schwinn Peloton (next one to go)

4 here..

Bianchi Axis
Mercier Kilo tt
Specialized Langster
Specialized Tricross S-Works (building it up now from 2007 frameset)

I have 11 sitting here at the moment and two more under construction. They're my sons and mine, but we both ride the same size bike and ride whatever the mood suits.

-R.

Just 2 so far...

'97 Trek 730 hybrid---beater
'84 Peugeot Vagabond tourer---weekend rides (I may sell it when I get something else) who knows.

I own three that are ridable,Two I haven't ridden at all in the last year,and my Xtracycle--which I have put over 2500 miles in less than a year. Guess which one actually gets ridden.
My wife owns three,total mileage for hers (all three) approx.20 miles.
I own a mountain bike, a touring bike, and the X.
My wife has a mountain bike,a touring bike,and a comfort bike.

I've got one bike that I use, and a few that are half complete messing up the garage. Ideally, I think I'd like to have five bikes:

Fixie for messing around around town
Touring bike, nothing fancy
Heavy duty utility bike
29er for trails
Hybrid loaner bike for visitors

2006 LeMond Sarthe - road bike, trainer, century bike
1992 Specialized Hardrock - year round commuter, studded tires in the winter
1980 Schwinn Voyager 11.8 - nostalgia ride

Shopping for a 29er mtn bike for trail riding.

Currently 3 in my possession:

Iron Horse AT-50 90s rigid MTB (have morphed into a pretty decent commuter)
70s Falcon San Remo Fixie Conversion (nice weather commuter)
70s Schwinn Continental that I bought to turn into a long bike, but abandoned the project and am building it up for a broke friend in NYC

I really want to buy a Cross Check or the like to turn into a fast commuter/light tourer in which case the Iron Horse will become a polo bike