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Your Fleet. How many do you ride each week?

Old 05-22-11, 02:55 PM
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Your Fleet. How many do you ride each week?

For folks who have multiple good weather bikes how many do you ride on a regular basis... weekly?

Pondering the question of how many primary bikes you can ride.
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I haven't ridden my back up bike in months but it sure is nice to know I have it if I do need it.
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I find I ride my B bike (2007 Giant TCR Advanced 1) much more than my A bike (2009 TCR SL1).
Ironically my reasoning is to use the B bike for training rides, yet sadly I don't have the nerve to race my A bike.
And the A bike is da' bomb!
How dumb is that?!
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Originally Posted by BarryJo
I find I ride my B bike (2007 Giant TCR Advanced 1) much more than my A bike (2009 TCR SL1).
Ironically my reasoning is to use the B bike for training rides, yet sadly I don't have the nerve to race my A bike.
And the A bike is da' bomb!
How dumb is that?!
Totally
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Why do you ask?

Discounting commuters, I rotate between my "weekend" bikes. They each get ridden until they need a wash (and I'm fairly OCD), then it's a thorough wash and back to the end of the rotation. So it's basically one weekend bike at any one time, running until dirty, which can be a couple to maybe 5 or 6 rides.
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Originally Posted by Looigi
Totally
But if I only ride the A bike the B bike is going to feel like a sack of donuts when I race the wednesday night B race.
And I don't want to ride the A bike in the B race for obvious reasons.
There is a Sunday morning C race which is even sketchier than the B race so I guess I'll save the A bike for the friday night ice cream ride.
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I commute on my fixed gear, exercise on my road bike, and have fun on my SS mtb contraption. I definitely use all three every week (when I'm not injured), sometimes every day.
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the tandem gets ridden most every week.

the primary racing bike gets ridden most every week.

the time trial bike gets ridden as much as I can stomach, more when a TT is coming up, or it fits into the training plan.

the backup road bike/ travel bike, gets ridden occassionaly, for a long ride, when the primary is in need of maintainence, or when I travel.

The track bike gets ridden rarely, other than off season.

The MTB almost never gets ridden (I live in Fl, hence no mountains)
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I see my stable as being of two parts -- one mountain and one road. I was not trying to build such stable but after having my primary bike back in the day needing to be in the shop for a recall BB and Fork I knew I needed a backup. Problem is that my Primary and Backup's are getting to be equally nice (RXR, Dogma, Prince) -- and for some crazy reason I'm itching to add a Di2 bike to the mix - crazy due to the obvious reasons and that it will be my only Shimano - all others being Campy SR11. I make time for my mountain bikes - with each having a distinct purpose - Epic, vs Stumpjumper - vs Enduro etc.. On the Road at present the fleet is pretty much single focus and my decision to ride usually comes down to what wheels I want to ride based on where I plan to ride (climbing - Ultra 2's --- Not so much Climbing Bora's etc...). I'm contemplating the Di2 bike to be the SL3 S-works Robaix Di2 which. Rationale being that it will have a purpose for rides in excess of 60 miles.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Fly
Why do you ask?

Discounting commuters, I rotate between my "weekend" bikes. They each get ridden until they need a wash (and I'm fairly OCD), then it's a thorough wash and back to the end of the rotation. So it's basically one weekend bike at any one time, running until dirty, which can be a couple to maybe 5 or 6 rides.
Fairly OCD?
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Roubaix - couple times a week, minimum.
TriCross - once or twice a week. During the summer I use it for gravel trails. When the roads are sloppy in early spring I throw road tires on it and use it instead of my Roubaix.
Secteur - lives on the trainer. Sees regular use during winter months.
Fantom Cross Outlaw - occasional commute and infrequent winter snow rides.

I think I'm actually at the point where I don't need/want n+1.
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We vary between the tandem and our singles. At the moment, I have two singles built up and rideable, and I ride them both. One is a titanium road bicycle built for long distances, the other is an aluminum Giant which is currently on the trainer, but which I have taken on the road.

So, I ride three each week.

There are several other bicycles in various stages of being built, so that number may increase.
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One, because it's the best bike in the world!
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All 3 bikes. Commute on rain bike and cross bike and do longer rides on the A bike. Will occasionally go on cross rides as well during the week, which increase in frequency when the summer starts to turn to fall and cross season.
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Originally Posted by BarryJo
But if I only ride the A bike the B bike is going to feel like a sack of donuts when I race the wednesday night B race.
And I don't want to ride the A bike in the B race for obvious reasons.
There is a Sunday morning C race which is even sketchier than the B race so I guess I'll save the A bike for the friday night ice cream ride.
why dont you just upgrade the B bike to where it is fairly close to weight/performance of your A bike. then you can train on your A bike and race on your B bike.

lately i have only been riding 1 of my road bikes. one needs some work done ( have parts just havent done it) and i havent rode the other bike this season.
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You must be one of the first with the Cannondale Evo -- according to Evo marketing that is...

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Depends.. ride the A bike most of the time but for bike path recovery rides or if it is wet out i'll ride the B bike.
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Fuji - rides where I think I'll need every advantage of speed I can get.
Serotta - nice days where I'm out for more than 35-40mi.
Gazelle AB-Frame - any group ride not in the above two sets.
Gazelle A-Frame - vintage specific rides or easy solo rides.
Schwinn Crosscut - rides with the wife or other rides needing wide tires and slow speeds.
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I only ride once a week at the most right now...so over a month I will generally ride all three bikes. I'll rotate between my two road bikes for my Saturday morning rides and use my MTB for light trail rides with a buddy and his wife.
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I don't think a consistent pattern of bike usage emerges if you just look at my weekly choices...but I just looked at my year-to-date data and since January 1st I've ridden each of my three bikes approximate one-third of the time!
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That brings up another problem - keeping track of mileage on each of your bikes to track wear items etc... I move my Edge 705 from bike to bike but it obviously does not know which bike it's racking up the miles on.

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I don't think a consistent pattern of bike usage emerges if you just look at my weekly choices...but I just looked at my year-to-date data and since January 1st I've ridden each of my three bikes approximate one-third of the time!
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Road race bike - multiple times a week
Track bike - multiple times a week (especially during track season, otherwise, rollers)
TT bike - at least once a week?
DT shifter steel bike - multiple times a week.
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