Doohickie

What are you looking for as you add to your collection?

I have two potential N+1s:
. a 1950s Schwinn with a 2-speed Bendix kickback hub (would settle for any vintage cruiser, maybe get a modern Sturmey Archer 2-speed kickback)
. a fixie. I have the parts for one (although only have suicide hub parts right now). I just need to put it together

For some reason, I think if I got the right deal on a Centurion Ironman in the pink/yellow paint scheme, that would work in my stable too.

cyclist2000

I am adding a 2001 Bianchi xl Boron to my bikes. I picked up the frame this summer and it is my winter project. I normally like road bikes, I used to work at a Bianchi shop but never got one, so now I have a celeste colored reparto corso soon to be campy equipped.

Doohickie

Niiiiiiice.

Jay D

A Dahon Mu XL Sport (folding bike) to keep in the car.

fietsbob

A 20 foot marine shipping container to use as the shop and storage room that apartments never offer.

tsl

I'm set for a while.

This year I doubled the fleet adding two bikes. The first is a Reynolds 853 steel crit bike (a 1999 Schwinn Peloton) which is the most fun-to-ride bike I've ever ridden. The second is a titanium all-day rider (a 1996 Litespeed Classic) that just gobbles up the miles all day long.

They were added to my existing fleet of two commuting bikes--a 2006 Trek Portland for all conditions in all four seasons, and a 2000 Trek 1000 for the three-seasons.

I'm not really into slow riding--I'm more of a wind-in-your-face guy--so cruisers are not my thing. Although the Retrohound really had me drooling. I live in the city, don't own a car, and there's no legal off-road cycling for miles and miles, so an MTB isn't in the cards either.

Unless something incredibly interesting falls into my lap, where I'm heading next is into custom handbuilt bikes. (We're looking at three to five years away for this.) My next commuter is likely to be Ti and built by either Carl Strong or Tom Kellogg. Another contender, if they'd vary the formula by adding disc brakes and a few other bits, is a Hampsten Strada Bianca. Dark horse in this race is a Reynolds 953 stainless-steel bike by Dave Anderson.

Beyond that is really daydreaming. I'd like a carbon bike by Nick Crumpton, something in fillet-brazed steel by Dave Kirk, or something with flashy polished stainless lugs by Darrell McCulloch.

illdoittomorrow

In my case, it'll be n-1. I have a Specialized Sequoia that doesn't see any use, so it'll most likely go. The bikes I do own will get a little tweaking, like my Scwhinn SS, which may get an S-A 3-speed.

I have one of these- I bought it new. It was my first road bike, and I do love it, apart from the original saddle. You'd think after owning it for a decade I'd fix that... maybe someday!

HandsomeRyan

I've got a couple things in mind...

• A road/touring/general use dropped bar bike. Nothing too hardcore, probably a cyclocross bike with some changes to make it more functionable* for my uses. (*not real word)

• Wide-tire capable fixed gear. I like my Motobecane Messenger but the biggest I can go is 28mm rubber. Bianchi San Jose is what I'd like but Phantom Cross Uno is probably more realistic with my budget.

• At some point I'd like to build a bike from the frame up. I redid an old 10 speed into a fixed gear in a "frame up" restoration for my wife a couple years ago (she never rode it) but I'd like to build up a bike for myself.

Also on my bike-stuff radar is the fact that I'm moving from my tiny apartment to a house with a dedicated bike storage room and an amazing workshop so I will once again have access to my tools (welder, saws, etc.) so I can get back to the business of building ridiculous bike stuff. I'll probably build a new/improved bicycle stereo trailer, a new front cargo rack, and some other stuff I haven't even thought of yet.

aadhils

I wanna build up a Surly Crosscheck as a commuter so I can free up my fixie to use for pleasure riding instead of commuting.

TerryH

I'd really like to get a Co-Motion Periscope tandem, to more-or-less replace the old Santana. It would have the advantage that my stoker would be able to captain it, and we would be able to fit many of her hoard of grand-children as stokers, thanks to the large adjustable range of the seat posts.

dcrowell

I'd like to get a Big Dummy. Then I could haul my wife on the back.

I've been wanting a fast recumbent. The 'bent I have is more of a touring bike.

I'd love to have a single-speed disc-brake commuter bike.

I have four bikes now. I really need to spend money on getting them set up the way I like them rather than buying more. I'd like to have dynohubs on two of them.

Doohickie

I'm loving the dynohub I just put on my commuter.

stapfam

Ex mountain biker but now road with a couple of good Bikes. But I still hanker after the offroad.

so two choices A good hardtail MTB weighing in at around 20lbs (Expensive)

OR

a sensible CX bike that will do the flatter trails that abound in our area.

Fizzaly

If i can get my wallet to agree with me, ill have me an uber rare Balance Super B 24" cruiser (BMX) to match my 20" super B. Well i guess if i get my wallet to agree i gots to get the girlfriend to agree as well so, maybe it wont happen.

HandsomeRyan

I'd like to change my answer to a recumbent tandem.

My wife and I enjoy our DF tandem but if we could do the same thing while sitting in a plush reclining chair I think it'd be even better. Too bad they seem to start at $3k and head steadily north from there in pricing so it'll be a while before I can get one.

cyclist2000

And my future N+1 will be a waterford sports touring frame, fully custom lugged, with S&S couplers. But that will have to wait until my kid gets through college, she's only a junior in HS right now, so it will be about 6 years from now.

pablosnazzy

i'm thinking a new road bike. looks like an Ibis Silk SL. not sure yet.

eofelis 

I keep a constant watch on ebay for any steel roadish type frame in my size. Someday something interesting will show up.