that also works.

I only have five bikes, and like you, I ride some of them on occasion. Really was wanting to get the miles on the fixed gear. That commuter I have is a great bike, perfect for this weather, but there are just times when you want to take a specific bike out and yesterday was just one of those days. Haven't been on the fixed much here because it is winter and the bike is far from ideal for winter riding. That commuter has seen a lot of duty since about November of last year.

today it was about 16°F, 3°F with windchill. luckily i only got 1 bike so i don't have the problem of choosing which one to ride

My Surly Steamroller is wearing ThickSlicks. (Don't hate! To me, they're really cool tires). They were great last Summer and Fall, but I don't dare ride them on wet roads, let alone snow and ice. And we've had a LOT of snow and ice here this Winter. So that bike hasn't been out of the garage in months.

My geared bike is set up a little better for the wet, although even it has no fenders. But it's harder to clean when it gets salty or muddy, so it doesn't get out much--only one ride in the past two or three months.

That leaves my old fixed gear conversion, a cheap, formerly 12-speed Takara. The simplest bike I own, it's also the one I worry least about damaging. For this reason, it's gotten the most use since the weather turned ugly. Kind of ironic, I think, that my cheapest and ugliest bike is my favorite one to ride right now.

In a few months when things start to dry out, I'll get back to the regular rotation, and then I'll have to face the choice each day of which bike to ride. Right now, it's simple:

Terrible weather = drive to the gym, workout inside
Fair weather = go for a jog
Good weather = ride the Takara

Y'all come down.


You guys are killin' me over here.

I also 'only' have five. It will become six when I finally get a SS/FG road bike build back up.

Three road bikes
A mountain bike (1x10)
Track bike

If the bikes in my stable became cats, I would be the crazy cat guy.

The majority of my bikes are in the C&V category though.

I feel like I have the proper array of bikes.

1 - fixed gear aero aluminum track
1 - aluminum SS mtb w/ hydraulic disc brakes - can easily be converted to geared if desired
1 - full carbon geared endurance
1 - aluminum cross bike w/ mechanical disc brakes (accepts fenders and racks) - commuter currently
1 - aluminum fat bike w/ hydraulic disc brakes - good just about anything other than going fast on the road

I feel like my array lacks a gravel bike.


-Tim-

Today I got a root canal. Fun.

1) steel fixed gear for street and trails, with front brake (700x35c clinchers)
2) aluminum aero fixed gear for velodrome (700x22c tubulars)
3) steel sscx w/ hydro disc brakes (700x33c clinchers)
4) aluminum hardtail ss mtb (26x2.1" nanos)
5) carbon road bike (standard road cranks, 700x25c)
6) full suspension 3x8 mtb (26x2.3" tubeless)
7) steel ss commuter / tourer w/ fenders and rack (26x1.5" clinchers)
8) ti gravel bike (compact road cranks, 650x38c tubeless)

Turns out 5/8 of my bikes are either fixed or SS now... and I'm totally ok with that.

steel ss cross bike w/ 43s
steel geared fred bike w/ 29x2.1s

i think this is all i need right now.

*joins in*

I have two bikes.

1: KHS Flite 100 Setup to pull the double wide trailer for sardining 1-3 little grommets, groceries, beer.
2: Leader 725 for everything else.

1) Carbon road bike with pretty much all the bells and whistles
2) Crit bike/rain bike with 1x11 and I have to switch cranks if I want to go up any hills with the thing
3) Cross bike I've kinda cannibalized to make the crit bike able to go up hills

Tried mtb, realized it wasn't really for me, and my cross bike feels much better to me because I like having drops and the multiple hand positions that mtb doesn't give me. I've also realized I'm not terrible adventurous and pretty afraid of change, so mtb was too much too fast for me.

I got a good lol out of this

1) Steel road bike with 11 speed Dura-Ace/Ultegra blend
2) Steel SSCX
3) Steel gravel/****around bike with 10 speed Shimano/Gevenalle
4) Steel SS 27.5+ MTB

All of the above with beefy ass steel forks

I wish I was joking lol. I rode my mtb once, and was like "nah man"

It isnt for everybody. Learning to get over a lot of terrain involves crashing, a lot. So you can work on skills to do more challenging terrain and accept that you will be going down or stick to fire roads, in which a real mountain bike is unnecessary while a gravel bike is gravy.

Bikes, man, why??!

1)Steel track bike
2)Steel endurance road bike
3)Steel touring/gravel bike w/ disc brakes
3)Steel 29er mountain bike w/ disc brakes, no suspension, capable of switching between SS and geared
4)Steel road bike commuter/bar hopper/townie
5)Steel commuter road bike
6)Steel tandem bike w/ 26" wheels
7) Steel unicycle w/ segmented fork
8) kids bike double stack tall bike
(I built and maintain the following three bikes)
9) GF's steel road bike
10)GF's steel commuter/touring mountain bike
11)GF's steel mixte road bike

i've crashed a thousand times mountain biking and got up and ridden away after every one. i've crashed 3 times on a road bike and had to get carted off in an ambulance and have reconstructive surgery after one of them.

Yeah, Road crashes **** you up while you can usually laugh off a mtb crash.

+1

road crashes usually suck, and mtb crashes are usually no biggie

I would like to emphasize the usually part LOL

This reminded me of the time when a buddy leading the pack downhill thought he could clear a log on his hardtail.

He hopped short at speed causing his rear wheel to rebound hard off the log and his saddle subsequently penetrating him from behind. This was before dropper posts were invented.

Our combined laughter not only immobilized us from helping him but also drowned out his agonizing moans.

He was the first person out of the gang to buy a dropper post when they first hit the scene.

#allcrashesmatter