livedarklions

No, that's your proxy rider. The understudy substitutes for the backup bike if the backup bike is unfit to serve. Your bike stable master should have filled you in on this.

megaclyde

I have too many right now. I went on a bit of a buying spree this year and didn't get around to selling any bikes even though my purchases were all intended to be upgrades replacing other bikes. My wife is starting to get annoyed at the "clutter" and even though I'll never admit it to her I am too. But the used prices suck so bad and the Craigslist bot emails and tire kickers are so annoying that I don't really like the idea of selling the bikes I'm not riding much. Ugh what to do?

rseeker

And a rain bike. And a fat-tire snow bike. That gets us up to nine. OP, you're slacking off, you better get busy.

Doctor Morbius

I'm clearly going to have to have a long talk with that guy!

Kedosto

You don't have a "too many bikes" problem. You have a "storage solution" problem. Get creative with your storage options and before you know it, you'll be ready for a couple more bikes.


-Kedosto

cyccommute 

Your math is wrong. That's only 8. A commuter serves at the rain bike. Back down to 7. And a mountain bike can do most of what a fat tire bike can do so I'll give you a half...7.5 bikes.

But, yea, avole is slacking off.

rseeker

OK, 7.5 works for me. But I'll let @avole say how he feels about riding half a bike.

cyccommute 

My co-op has a giraffe

BrocLuno

That's what 3 HP upright compressors are for

And, if you have grand kids, then you must have a bike for each when they come to visit

rseeker

That's interesting, I didn't know those had a name. Today I Learned.

Koyote

"Really, do we need multiple bikes?"

I don't know what you need, but for me the answer is "yes."

ollo_ollo

No, but try to stay under 20!

Wildwood 

At least 1 from every country. Italy gets at least 2.

Jon T

I have one, and only one. The same Peugeot PH10 I bought new in '85. I only need one. Besides, you can only ride one at a time any way.
Jon

Rajflyboy

Milton Keynes

I only have two bikes, and I thought I was way behind a lot of people here who have dozens. But I really only need two, my hybrid for road or rail trail riding, and my mountain bike for gravel. I can't conceive of a need for a third bike.

DESERTFOX_TR

My opinion is 3-4 bicycle enough for everybody,for example 1 road,1 mountain,1 hybrid/city bike
İf you want to ride in woodland you cant use road or city bike you need to mountain bike
İf you want to ride in the city you able to use a mountain bike but a city bike better option
İf you are riding at a smooth road,road bike is intelligence choice
İf you are living in a big city, you want to use public transport you have only the option "folding bike"
etc.

Every bike for a purpose, but I'm a student, I am not as rich as keep 3-4 bicycle I have only a city bike, I've been thinking buy a road bike. But İf I decide to buy a road bike I will have to sell my city bike

I usually made a grammar mistake,I am sorry for that, I've been learning English,İf you'd like to improve my English you might correct my mistakes

Boerd

Sooo - married guys can have 3 or more... Agreed

Ludkeh

I currently have three bikes that I use. My primary bike is a road bike, along with a electric gravel bike and a folding bike for camping. We also have two tandems used for marriage therapy.

Would that be considered an obsession?

79pmooney

I had two bikes for decades, my good bike (the all-purpose Peter Mooney after I finished racing) and my winter/rain/city fix gear which was also my foul weather trainer in my racing days. 17 years ago I started adding to the fleet. It now holds at 5. The winter/rain/city fix gear is permanent. The Mooney has been such a part of my journey through the crazy post-head injury years that I will never part with it. (Also a keeper because it can be set up to do just about anything.) The Mooney's versatility is also its drawback. Anything it can do well, a purpose built bike can do better. So I started picking up used frames and having customs made for specific purposes. Now I also have a wonderful gravel bike that doubles as a winter/rain/city geared bike. A custom "sport" road bike (much like the many good Japanese bikes of the early '80s except titanium, totally custom, totally "my" bike. And a custom titanium fix gear that is pure road, no pretense of the track but completely at home on mountain climbs and descents.

I love the choices. Now at any given time, one or more of my bikes collects dust while I ride others, but my tastes change. I hear about rides of interest that can best be done on that dust collector. Time to pull it out. And I love wanting to go for a ride, thinking I was going on "this" bike, getting to the garage and just deciding to take "that" bike for a ride that is completely different even if I stick to the planned roads.

My bikes now cover almost all combinations geared, fixed, pavement, gravel, rain, winter, country roads and city traffic (and parking) quite nicely with three of the bikes offering rides very close to the pure joy of my old racing bike, the P-51 Mustang of the bicycle world (except all three are considerably more comfortable).

So my take, in short? Maybe pare your fleet to bikes you really ride. And find storage that works. Pets knocking them over doesn't. I am a huge fan of hanging bikes, either by the front wheel, rear tire against the wall or with posts extending from the wall or rack supporting the top tube. (If you stagger the heights of the front wheel hung bikes, you can overlap handlebars and get them as close as 14" and hanging and un-hanging the bikes is still very easy.)

Ben

Charliekeet

wipekitty

I only have five (including the cruiser I never ride). My SO has one bike, but hasn't been for a ride in a long time. The sad thing is that I only ride roads and gravel, and all four of my regular bikes get used.

Even for road cycling, I need a new road bike, and I'd keep my current geared roadie as a backup. Six.

Riding MTB trails would require at least two more bikes, a regular MTB and a fatbike for winter. Eight. Cyclocross? Nine. If I had young kids, I'd probably need a hybrid, too: 10.

This gets very crazy very quickly.

jamesdak 

I have a problem understanding your logic??

TiHabanero

Went through this same emotion/justification thing last year. Still have all of them, but only ride two of them. 3 are on permanent display in the office, 2 are hanging in the basement because I like to look at them while I wrench.

grayEZrider

But you are getting close to catching N+1. Have an extra beer and don't let your eyes wander over other bikes while on tandem or group rides.