hobkirk

OK, I'm a novice. And maybe I'm just dumb. But, excluding racing, why would you have and ride more than one road bike? I 100% comprehend getting a better bike and not getting rid of the old bike, but I don't grasp why you would want to ride the old bike.

If you have an OK bike (aluminum, 105) and a really, really NICE bike (CF, Ultegra, very good wheels), when will you ride OK and when will you ride NICE? It seems like your got NICE because you love it more than OK.

I will just stop writing rather than speculating about rain, wanting sympathy, being with the one you love, hiding the new bike from your significant other or boss.

enjoi07

rain. racing. loaner to friends. good bike is in the shop. use your imagination.

hairnet

back up bike, commute bike, relaxed bike,

I love my low end steel 80s hodge-podge single speed road bike as much as my race bike

garysol1 

Cross bike is my #2 road bike. It sees me through the long Ohio winters when the roads are full of salt and slush......

thirdgenbird

because one of my road bikes doesnt have shifters or a freehub and the other does.

another reason is sometimes build/geometry. i know guys that have a race geometry aluminum or carbon bike and a more relaxed steel or ti bike for long rides. my fixed gear bike is light siff and unforgiving but a blast on shorter 20-40 mile rides. my road bike is steel and has a nice supple ride for longer days.

zeo_max

You will use your aluminum bike after the inevitable carbon fiber failure.

JoelS

I think I've got 4 road bikes (well, 3, the 4th will be in later this week - it's to replace another that was killed in a violent collision with a car). 1 my wife uses to commute. 1 is for the trainer now. The other 2 are ridden a lot. One of those two does not get ridden in foul weather. My wife has another road bike that is her main ride.

It's good to have a backup in case one needs to go into the shop or something.

garysol1 

Yawn......

unterhausen

I would like to have a second road bike, but I've never managed to have more than one working at the same time. Right now, I have 3 working bikes: commuter, road, mountain. Depending on what went wrong with my primary road bike, it might not take me long to get the backup on the road, maybe 15 minutes best case

grymg

I'm not always in my weekend warrior race kit, sometimes I bike to a friend's house or to the store in a cheapo bike just to get the exercise in.

So #2 bike for commuting and locking up without worrying about it being stolen. Or recently, fused it or a friend to ride on.

And a big #2 - to use on the trainer/rollers during winter. I don't care if my sweat ruins the paint.

hobkirk

I wondered if this Q would spark interest. 35 minutes, 10 "views", 9 "replies". Trainer, clunker, one in the shop, just like a different feel...

I'm a novice but I'm learning. I am awaiting delivery of a 2007 GT GTR bike (CF, Ultegra, 400 miles) while I ride my 35 year old Lotus (Suntour 7-speed gears, Shimano 600 brakes). It's getting pretty well dialed in - last week I rode it 33, 24, 45, and 25 miles (I do gym and rest-from-the-bike days on Mon/Wed/Fri). It made me curious.

mikeyp.1

Somehow hav't gotten quite as comfy on the newer bike so still ride old one two.Also will probabley buy a still newer bike in a year or so so think I should use up the olde,as it will have to go

thirdgenbird

you wont wanna give up your lotus, it will be perfect for bumming around town.

if you do wanna give it up, pm me pictures...

enjoi07

dude, a giant contador gazing at his unspecialized with camel toe signature?

klages

because we can.

ciocc_cat

I currently own just one bike: my early 1980s Ciocc. I have neither the room nor the money for a second bike.

tagaproject6

It's one of those..."if you have to ask" kind of things.

Loose Chain

I have several bikes and I don't know which one is best, I will let you know when I figure it out. One is my Excaliber, one is the Hammer of Thor, one floats like a butterfly and another stings like a bee, one is true and yet another is blue. I pity those who have only one or two, you poor things.

531Aussie

Yes, if you're 'serious' about riding regularly, you need a spare bike.

CyciumX

What kind of clothes do you wear when the others are in the washing machine?

ciocc_cat

Nah, my wife would just sell it on eBay to pay for our new flooring. Heaven forbid I should try to sell her 1980 Colnago Super that she hasn't ridden since 1990, though.

Mr. Beanz

Oh Gawd! That's like asking why I don't keep the bikes out in the garage!

AEO

my "B" ride can run fatter tires and can be ridden offroad in a serious manner.

RT

I have three (2009 Fuji Cross Comp, one pure build of a 26" cyclo beast, one 2005 Fuji Sagres road bike) and ride each at least once a week (commute 5 days, leisure rides on weekends). I am also always shopping for a good deal even though it is hard enough to decide which bike to ride on any given day. No, it seriously takes thought the night before to figure out which one will get the honor the following day.

This and the fact that I read this forum are evidence that I may need Cylotherapy.

Unagidon

See sig. Cervelo RS - I love that bike. Miyata 914 - I love that bike too, lugged classic, but currently on the trainer. Saw Ritchey at used LBS - fell in love and so I have that too - actually rides smoother than the Cervelo I think - pretty amazing. So two are ridden quite frequently, alternating on weekends. Surly Cross bike for gravel roads + some single track. MTB for single track. How can you have too many bikes?