How many bikes is too many? How many is enough?

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  • toasty
    toasty Posts: 2,598
    GHill wrote:
    Currently got two (although they're 5000 miles apart), a Specialized FSR-XC Comp ('08 ) and a Trek Fuel Ex 8 ('09).

    Ah, I didn't think you literally meant 5000 miles apart there, I was going to argue how they were actually quite similar.
    Stumpy FSR 29er
  • chris281192
    chris281192 Posts: 189
    i have 6,

    boardman pro
    gt series 4 tt bike,
    kona caldera,
    specialized hardrock
    1989 carrera mondiale
    last but not least my dear fixie!

    as quoted by my friend, the optimum number of bikes a man can own = n+1
    It's not the will to win that matters...everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.
  • gaz047
    gaz047 Posts: 601
    trek 8500 hardtail - short blasts/ child carrier
    giant trance x0 -long rides/marathons
    road bike- training and commuting
    if it ain't rainin.....it ain't trainin
    Stick your 'rules' up your a%se
  • Eskimo427
    Eskimo427 Posts: 288
    5 but only 3 usable,

    Edinburgh Bike Cullion Disc - First proper bike - Hardtail
    GT Avalanche Expert 2007 - great bike let down by the front forks
    Lapierre Spicy 316 - great bike let down by the rider
  • phz
    phz Posts: 478
    3

    identiti mr hyde - for pretty much everything thats 'proper' MTBing

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    DMR trailstar - built as a semi-rat bike from spares / ebay parts for commuting / hack work

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    custom lee cooper - finishing building this up tomorrow as a rigid singlespeed just for laughs

    (pic to follow)

    slainte 8) rob
    Rocket
    BFe
    trailstar
    lee cooper
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    One thing is that bikes today are more versatile than ever... Like my hardtail, tough and 5 inches of travel, a very capable trail-centre bike, able to do some jumping, some pretty big drops, yet still light enough and agile enough to race XC if the urge took me. Not so long ago you'd want 2 bikes or more to do that- your short travel lightweight race bike, maybe a tough hardtail for everyday rougher riding, and your full suss for the bigger stuff.

    Likewise, if you get a 5 inch bouncer, the weight penalty's fallen enough that there's not much you can't do with it- they're no longer too heavy for distance or XC- and the strength and performance is so good now that you can ride them down downhill courses. So, again one bike does a job that would have been done by 2 or 3 in the past.
    Uncompromising extremist
  • Mickey Eye
    Mickey Eye Posts: 590
    2 bikes

    Stumpjumper 08 HT and a late 90s GT Karakoram which I've set up as a single speed with slicks. Like right now. Won't get a chance to try riding it till Sunday though.

    Have plans for a third bike, some type of 140 travel AM bike, maybe Tracer VP or BLT but I've got some testing to do.
  • Dowse40
    Dowse40 Posts: 102
    What do women say about shoes?

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