RWBlue01

How many bikes do you have?

What are they?

Which one gets ridden the most? Why?

Jaywalk3r

One

2008 Redline Monocog 29er

The Redline Monocog 29er gets ridden most, because it is my only bike. For that matter, it's my only vehicle.

fietsbob

I've Been Towing My Bike trailer a Lot, so I use the one with the trailer Hitch on it.







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redbuda

I own 4. Beach cruiser, townie, 10 speed, ssfw.

My townie and single speed get used the most. I like not having to worry about gears and just ride.

sreten

Hi,

Two. 20" folder and a road bike. The latter does 35 miles twice
a week and 15 miles once. The former does 15 miles twice a
week and pootles around one day of the week. One day off.

rgds, sreten.

garciawork

5. 2 roadies, 3 MTB's. My niner END gets the most MTB use, and my Lynskey R230 gets the most road use. All in all, the R230 is the most used.

IthaDan 

I honestly don't know. Somewhere between 20 and 30. There are more than what are in my sig.

I ride the motobecane cross *** commuter most, after that, it's a crapshoot.

E: "c u m" triggers the swear filter? I'll never understand this place.

sknhgy 

An older mtb, a good mtb, a hybrid and a road bike. Depends on the season and the weather which one gets used most.

The old mtb is my commuter, and it gets studded tires in the winter.
The good mtb gets used a lot when the trails are in shape and the weather is cool.
Road bike - summer.
Hybrid gets used on rail trails and it has fenders for wet weather use.

RGNY

singlecross - All City Nature Boy
1x8 cross - built on an '05 Ridley Crossbow frameset
roadie - Nashbar debranded frame w/ 105 drivetrain
full rigid ss mtb - Surly 1x1
fixed gear - Leader 722ts
ss "street" - Pake Rum Runner

the singlecross gets the most ride time. a little heavier than the others, but it's a simple and solid go almost anywhere ride. my daily commute is a mix of road / dirt / gravel. it took me through the winter with no problems and it's a joy to cruise on.

Machka 

Between Rowan and me, I think we've got 15.

-- tandem
-- pair of titaniums
-- pair of touring bicycles
-- pair of single speed/fixed gears
-- pair of "racing" bicycles
-- pair of mtn bikes
-- plus some assorted miscellaneous bicycles.


These days we're mixing our rides between the tandem, titaniums, touring bicycles and a few of the others.

vol

I have one bike for now, but want another one when what I'm looking for becomes available.

Just curious, those of you who own "unreasonably many" bikes (like one person owning 7 or 10+), am I right that you don't have to be very well-off, but that cycling is just such a major part of your life that you are willing to spend more on it than other things which an average person regards as essential? If so I like your philosophy of life . I know people who live extremely simple life but does not hesitate to spend on a particular hobby--or rather, passion.

Sixty Fiver

I think I have twenty bicycles... and a bunch of projects.

Add my wife and daughter's bicycles and we are a family with 27 bicycles.

Much of this is a collection of vintage bicycles that I do ride regularly, some were gifts, and am presently thinning the herd and making room for a recumbent trike... I also like to keep loaners for company and clients.

Machka 

7 or 10 bicycles isn't unreasonable.

And what exactly does "an average person regard as essential"?

I can tell you that we certainly don't live extremely simple lives, but we enjoy cycling and have done for years.

I have been involved in cycling for 40+ years. Both my parents were into cycling, and I grew up surrounded by bicycles and cycling. I got serious about it 23 years ago when I started acquiring bicycles. Rowan hasn't been into it quite as long ... about 15 years. A new bicycle every other year or so isn't that much. It's not like we went out last year and bought the 15 bicycles we have.

mustang1

1. Cannondale super six, not ridden it since I bought it 6 months ago apart from lbs to home.
2. Specialised allez, my favourite bike and the one I used the most until the cranks loosed up.
3. Focus mares, the bike in use most now.

I'm undecided what to with the allez. I like to have at most two bikes so perhaps I'll sell it.

wahoonc

Somewhere around 30
Mostly Vintage a lot are Raleigh 3 speeds
All of them, currently my folder is getting the most use

My entire bike collection cost less than a used car...
I enjoy it and it makes ME happy.

Aaron

vol

The average person is one that reacts when you tell them you own 20 bikes by " "




Thanks for answering to my curiosity. May more bikes come your ways.

Machka 

Yeah, yeah ... but you indicated that the average person regards certain things as essential ... things which a person who owns lots of bicycle does not regard as essential. And I was wondering what those things were ...

-- food?
-- clothing?
-- shelter?

Or?


It's not like we give up any of the essentials in order to have lots of bicycles. In fact, I think we live quite a comfortable life, and own bicycles as well.

If you think about it, people own yachts ... if you added up the cost of all our bicycles they wouldn't add up to a nice yacht.

vol

Yeah, but isn't that a good racing bike costs a lot? I guess for most people 5 bikes is enough for a variety of uses, so owning 20 or 30 sounds more like a collection hobby than a user, or a bike thief.

Machka 

It's nice to collect them ... and ride them as well. They're all different.

We'd like to get a pair of folding bicycles for touring ... we travel a lot, and after years of touring with full-sized touring bicycles (especially loading the bicycles onto planes and trains around the world), we have decided it would be more convenient to travel with folding bicycles. The full-sized touring bicycles will become something sort of like cyclocross bicycles.

And we'd like a pair of recumbents

And I know I'd like an ordinary ...

vol

Actually even an "average person" should need a few backups. Bikes don't even require a lot of storage space.

Robert C

Lets see. . .
Three Recumbents (a BikeE, a Bacchetta Giro, and I just got a Allegro that I am puting toghther [it arrived with a bent deraillur hanger])
A Folder (a Dahon Dragon D7)
A schwinn Le Tour that I got in H.S. (yes, in the 80's)
Three Specialized Mt. Bikes of various sorts
A merida hybrid that is my utility bike.

So, that is nine, and I feel that I am forgetitng something

Retro Grouch 

Two recumbents that I use (one's actually a trike). Three DF bikes hanging on hooks that I have emotional attachment to but that I may never ride again. I have two more, a Klein road bike and a Santana tandem, that are on more-or-less permanent loan to my two sons. Mrs. Grouch also has her own Kettweisel recumbent trike. There's also a Porsche mountain bike frameset hanging in my bike shop but it may find it's way to the recyclers before too long.

My SWB Rans recumbent is my current bike of choice. I assembled it from a frameset before I knew anything about recumbents. Now that it's sorted out, I really, really like it.

rydabent

Im down to one recumbent bike and one tadpole trike. When I got my first recumbent my mountain bike, and my road bike just hung in the garage and never ridden. Recumbents are that good.

knobster

I technically own 2. One road "race" bike: 2010 Orbea Onix, which I just built and a 2013 Soma ES. I ride the Soma the most as it's a much more comfortable ride with it's 32mm tires and on anything but the hills, it's just as fast as the Onix. I also like the fact that I can carry things on it since it's got a rack and during our 6 months of rain here in Oregon, I can easily mount fenders to it. Very versatile bike.

Sixty Fiver

My collection had been pretty static for some time but then last year I came across some bicycles that I had wanted for some time and the price was too good to pass up on...

Pugsley... purchased for 30% of what what it would cost new. It is a fun bike that I use for riding in the river valley and on the trails, it's cushiness is easy on my back, and it is also an excellent winter bicycle for our cold and snowy northern climate. Today I am going to take it to the beach...



Moulton Mk1 (1966)... was completely rebuilt and I got it for less than the price of all the new parts.



Proctor road bike, a local hand built that I might just hang on the wall when I am not riding it... purchased for the price of the wheels and I am in the processing of upgrading it with Ultegra and Tri Colour parts. It is the most modern road bicycle I own.



All in all, these all cost less than a cheap car and my cheap (but very decent) car only cost me $1.00

Decided some time ago that if bikes came in then bikes had to go out so currently have four for sale and might add a few more, the Pug will become my winter bike, Moulton will take over commuting duties and the Proctor is a local hand built that is just the right size for me to ride and a good loaner when someone needs to borrow a really nice road bicycle.

When you are in the bike business you sometimes get some better deals and see a lot more bicycles... I don't normally sell many bicycles and focus on repair and fabrication.