Kopsis

I agonized over this exact same question earlier in the year. My decision: keep all the bikes. The main deciding factor was that during Cyclocross racing season, the CX bike is set up significantly different than what I'd want for road -- 1x10 instead of 2x10, different stem, different saddle, different wheels (enough to affect canti adjustment) and overall different fit. I didn't want my road riding to be limited during that four months of the year and I definitely didn't want to be mucking with setup every couple weeks, so I decided to keep the road bike and leave the CX bike (mostly) dedicated to CX racing. If I wasn't racing and could just keep an all-road setup year round, I probably would have sold off the road bike.

TexMac

If you don't race it makes sense.

garciawork

I have 6 in the garage (one is the wife's), and want two more. A couple never get used, but I don't see myself getting rid of them any time soon. Oneo f the main reasons I got a 3 car garage was to never have to get rid of a bike against my will!

Nachoman

I still regret giving away my 1979 Nishiki Competition, and that was more than ten years ago.

tiiger

Space is probably the biggest hindrance to my hoarding habits. My garage is too small, and my house isn't really set up to store bikes inside.

I get envious of all of these people to take pictures of bikes on the walls of their living rooms, and of garages dedicated to two-wheeled love.

I should build a shed.

link0

My bikes: https://www.pedalroom.com/members/link0

Two of my road bikes are bikes I only take out for the rare group ride, because I'm super anal about keeping them absolutely spotless. They are mainly just wall decoration and for my collection. I would never lock them outside.

The other two road bikes are high end vintage steel bikes with many updated components. However, they both still have DT shifters. I alternate between them for commuting to work every few months. I'm okay with locking them at the parking garage at work. One is a size 52 and the other is a 55, so they handle differently.

The two single speeds (KHS Flite and Surly Steamroller) are less expensive, so I'll ride them to the pub/coffeeshop and lock outside without as much worry about theft.

asiantrick

Don't do it man. You'll regret it. I've thought long and hard selling the supersiX EVO ever since I purchased the SLATE, and I'm glad I didn't. I've fallen in love with it all over again these past few weeks.

Doctor Morbius

Dude, you only have two bikes. You're not exactly a hoarder. I'd drop the downsizing notion immediately and move on to thinking about something more constructive.

guy2600

I had similar thoughts this year. I have a road bike, TT bike and a 26" dual suspension MB. Then I realized I'm about to get married and have kids. I doubled down and bought new gear. Have you considered using reverse strategy and buying another?

Banzai

Ha! I'm almost afraid that's where it's leading! I really want to get a Brompton for all my travels. And I've been mulling over whether I really "need" a fat bike or not.

Current quiver includes:
CAAD 9
Ritchey Cross
A utility bike built on a Nashbar frame with an IGH/dynamo/fenders/all the nerdy stuff.

But I have been doing a hardcore purge of all the unnecessary things in my life, and my century performance on my Ritchey has forced me to potentially lump my CAAD 9 into the "unnecessary" category.

The Ritchey really is darn near to an N=1 bike. I run an Ultegra triple crank on it, with a fairly tight cassette. With road wheels at road events, I pretty much only use the big and middle rings. With cross wheels at cross events I just keep it locked in the middle ring and it's nearly perfect for any course. Riding trails, it's 40mm tires and the middle and inner ring.

But then I look at my CAAD 9, and wonder how I could get rid of it? However, I've wondered that with other possessions, and once gone, I felt rather liberated.