This reminds me that I will have to update my website as the herd has changed a little...

The kids have seven bikes between them... the girls each have a vintage cruiser and an MTB while the boy and my nephew ride vintage Peugeots.

I have one project bike, have two bikes for The Girl, and I seem to have... um... 12.

They all get ridden except the project bike.

Yes, too many:

2008 Bianchi Pista (Pista -- fixed gear, set up for most any local route)
2007 Bianchi Pista (Gang Green -- fixed gear, set up for mostly flatter routes (or visitors I want to bury )
1980's Raleigh Technium 440 (beater fixed gear, set up for most any local route)
1999 Bianchi Veloce
2006 Colnago Mix -- my favorite. I ride this the most.
1990's Bianchi Eros (set up as light touring)
1990's Trek 520 (beater, son steals it occasionally)
2003 Surley Karate Monkey (w/ Shimano Nexus 8 sp hub)
1970's or '80's Raleigh Competition GS (in disrepair ... maybe i need another FG)

I got the bike that I was going to ride forever 14 years ago - a steel Waterford. After upgrading every single part over the years where only the frame is original, that wasn't enough. I got a Seven Ti four years ago as my new forever bike. Then I stayed here at BF too long and got a Cervelo SLC-SL. So that's three road bikes, plus a mountain, a fixie, and a tri.

Um... lets make that 13.

I forgot one.

I have zero bikes... one trike.

Although I am thinking of getting a bike as well. I have to say I was wondering if this was normal, so this thread is a bit of a relief.

I don't have tons of space in my house, though, so even the one trike I have takes up a fair chunk. Adding one bike would be about the limit -- I can't imagine where I'd put more than one bike.

1 Road racing/fitness bike
1 Mountian Bike (setup for "heavy" commuter duty)
1 700C Hybrid (Light/Sport Commuter)
1 Adult Trike (Grocery Hauler/Heavy/Bulk Cargo carrier)
2 Folding bikes (One operational the other one in project status)

Plus, I lust for a Surly Big Dummy but can't afford one.

Isn't the formula for total number of bikes the number currently owned represented by N equal to N+1?
In truth I could get by with two less bikes if my first bike owned in adulthood had been a touring bike instead of a road racing bike. I'm not a competitive racer and most ride events I've ridden were tours that they "played up" the whole "Tour de" aspect. A touring bike would have worked for these charity rides taken over the role of the road racing/fitness bike and 700C Hybrid.

Too many yes, number canging all the time. I tend to count "my bikes", "my sons bikes" (I keep the numbers down by sending some to his fathers or grandparents house so i do not have to count them) and then there is some left thai I decided I do not need to count, since they do not belong to anyone..

Me: one light great mixte, one "sports type" mixte, one ladyes tourer, two old folders, one MTB (not used this summer), "longtail dogbike" used all the time, hybrid bike.. that is 7

Son: One old roadbike, one tourer, one BMX, two old folders (he lowes them, brought one to his fathers since I wanted to add gears), his favourite MTB and a soon finished longtail.

Not counted: project longtail, soon to be dumped mixte, 5speed kept just to pick parts, GT MTB almost new, old (after war) ladyes 3 speed, my aunts bike, SMALL road frame and so on..

Gave three away yesterday. Living in "bike heaven", dumpsterfinds all the time, but then there is a lot to do and a lot to ride..

.....9......hmmm, one new road bike, two old road bikes two nice MTB's one junk MTB, one cruiser, and two road bike that need lots of work to be rideable...stop looking at me, me and my bikes need some alone time.

Currently, I have five bikes.

1 - hard tail mountain bike - hardly used. Intended to be used for road grade climbing training (because of its lower gear ratios). Probably could do without it.

1 - flat bar road bike w disc brakes - used occasionally. Intended for general purpose cycling but with some long downhill rides also (hence the disc brakes for improved/sustained braking).

1 - flat bar road bike - used occasionally. Used for general purpose cycling (mostly) on flat roads.

1 - flat bar road bike w triple crank - used occasionally. Intended use for some grade climbing (training) as well as general purpose cycling.

1 - flat bar hybrid bike w triple crank & disc brakes - hardly used. Bought after the mountain bike. Intended to be used for grade climbing training; has mountain bike low gear ratios. Probably could do without it.

As I'm not really fit, I bought the triple cranked bikes to help with cycling up hill roads. My fitness is still work in progress. When (if) my fitness improves, I'll probably sell the mountain and hybrid bikes as they will no longer be needed.

Considering that I have limited income at this time, I have bought more bikes than I really need.

Mine:
1 aluminum road bike (Trek 1100)
1 vintage steel road bike (Nishiki - diacompe components w/ friction D/T shifters)
1 REALLY vintage steel mtn bike (Haro w/ undermount rear brakes and Specialized suspension fork)

Wife's:
1 steel mtn bike (Trek) that doesn't get ridden any more (for like 15 years)

Let's see... We have...

1 cyclocross
1 touring
3 road
2 MTB
1 BMX
1 kids with training wheels (4yo daughter)
1 kids MTB (6yo son).

Obsessed? Nah, not even close to that point.

If I had more money/time to ride/ space to store, I'd buy more bikes (I have three).

The only reasonable arguments I can see against amassing too large an assortment of bikes are:

1. you buy a bike you have no use for (ie, a MTB when you never go off-road)

2. it's a drag doing all the maintenance....even just sitting tires dry out, grease and oil get hard and gunky.

Never too many....
Me: Road bike, MTB, Touring Bike and Cruiser.
My 11 year old daughter: Road bike, MTB and Cruiser.
My wife: Comfort bike with cob webs <grin>

1 FG (rideable project...)
1 no- suspension mtn bike
1 road bike
1 commuter/road/hybrid/touring monster
1 rideable bmx
and about 15 or so frames... mostly bmx... i can't bring myself to throw them away... esp the broken ones... they are like trophies to me

If I knew that, maybe I'd have room for more bikes for *me!*

Tell 'im chip. I only have 4 bikes, all of which have been ridden in the past week.

Whenever Mrs. Caloso starts making noises about my having too many bikes I'll ask if perhaps she has too many pairs of shoes.

i own too many. how do i tell? 'cause there isn't enough room in the garage.

what is mine:
Mountain Bike (i use it)
Road Bike (i use it)
Beater Bike (i use it when working on the trails, have sold it, they pick up saturday)

what is the family's:
Hybrid bike (sister + dad use it)
Mixte Road bike (mom's bike)

total of five bikes = too many for my house. my dad gives me **** for having so many bikes...

1. Fuji Roubaix Pro - for the road.
2. Cannondale Optimo Cyclocross - for fast rides in slop, gravel, and winter roads.
3. Kona Kickapoo King: full suspension- for the mountains.
4. Trek 930 rigid mountain - the Ultimate Beater, prolly' still my "best gal", for those trips combining market stops and other scenarios with increased risk of theft, tho' I'd still cry m'self to sleep if she got boosted.

I'll loop through all four in any fortnight.

Plus disarticulated future project beater bikes: Atala Grand Prix and Trek 800 Antelope

I have an old Rock Hopper that serves the same purpose and I feel the same way about the Old Gray Mare.