Houston, we have a problem...
SpinningJenny
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I had a feeling that this was going to happen, but not this quickly!
I need to have 3 bikes.
(1) A hybrid (I own one) for pootling around
(2) A road bike - for fast stuff on errr, roads
(3) A mountain bike - to take advantage of the lovely Sussex countryside on my doorstep
I know I *could* merge (2) and (3) in some form of cyclocross type structure but, errr, I don't want to!
Hmmmm....
Shiny things! Shiny things! :P
I need to have 3 bikes.
(1) A hybrid (I own one) for pootling around
(2) A road bike - for fast stuff on errr, roads
(3) A mountain bike - to take advantage of the lovely Sussex countryside on my doorstep
I know I *could* merge (2) and (3) in some form of cyclocross type structure but, errr, I don't want to!
Hmmmm....
Shiny things! Shiny things! :P
Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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Sorry, what is the problem?
Do you want advice on another bike? Perhaps a singlespeed for pub trips or a big FS mountainbike for trips to wales/scotland. TBH I'm not sure one road bike is enough, you have the hybrid for stuff, but you really want a steel touring road bike for commuting and shopping and then two road bikes, a winter one and a sunday best one. What is your current roadie, maybe we can help decide if it should become the winter hack or the sunday best!
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ride_whenever wrote:Sorry, what is the problem?
:twisted:"Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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I see no problem there!!
I already have 4...
Sold one, because 'I don't really need 4 - you can only ride on one bike at a time'.
Then bought another... :twisted:
And still pine after others...
It's a disease (biking).
Just do it, and save yourself time!
:twisted: :twisted: Boo-yah mofo
Sick to the power of rad
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So what y'all are saying is that I shouldn't fight it, just go with the flow (yes, I'm so down with the kids...)
All those hours I can spend drooling over bikes will be time well-spent, then, yes?! :twisted:Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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SpinningJenny wrote:So what y'all are saying is that I shouldn't fight it, just go with the flow (yes, I'm so down with the kids...)
All those hours I can spend drooling over bikes will be time well-spent, then, yes?! :twisted:
Not long enough.
you can continue drooling after buying.
"Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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In the last 18 months I've bought a bike every quarter, and sold the one I had originally.
I've not stopped looking for something new even though I've run out of space in the flat!!!! I'm thinking a nice FS mtb or maybe replacing the frame on my 456 with the new lynskey LT HT.0 -
There is a scientific formula which shows that you should buy an MTB......
Where "n" is the number of bikes currently owned, and "X" is the perfect number of bikes to own..... X = n+1
However, no matter how many bikes you own, be it 2 or 42, that number will always be "n" and will always fall 1 short of X which is unobtainable
Personally I'd get the following:
Carbon race bike
Carbon sportive bike
Ti sportive bike
Steel touring bike
Alloy HT MTB
Carbon race HT MTB
Steel HT MTB
Ti HT MTB
4" carbon race FS MTB
5" alloy FS MTB
8" freeride FS MTB
8/9/10" DH MTB
6" hardcore HT
Steel SS jump bike
Steel SS 24" wheel jump bike
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guilliano wrote:There is a scientific formula which shows that you should buy an MTB......
Where "n" is the number of bikes currently owned, and "X" is the perfect number of bikes to own..... X = n+1
However, no matter how many bikes you own, be it 2 or 42, that number will always be "n" and will always fall 1 short of X which is unobtainable
Personally I'd get the following:
Carbon race bike
Carbon sportive bike
Ti sportive bike
Steel touring bike
Alloy HT MTB
Carbon race HT MTB
Steel HT MTB
Ti HT MTB
4" carbon race FS MTB
5" alloy FS MTB
8" freeride FS MTB
8/9/10" DH MTB
6" hardcore HT
Steel SS jump bike
Steel SS 24" wheel jump bike
BMX
This reminds me of someone who sponsored me to do a run (yes, a former life!) and created a formula where for every degree centigrade over a certain temperature, the sponsorship money would increase by a specific amount, to a maximum figure. We used the nearest Met Office weather station to get the official temperature on the day
It was HOT
Hey ho, best start looking and drooling. I've just found another bike shop near where I work. It's an Evans, but the staff are great and the stock is fab
Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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Buy what you want because you really don't want to have to say in 2 years time, "ooh I wish I'd just got that..." Honestly, just do it, I've been there, bewildered, confused, running in a fog looking for a way out, answers...where am I?
Sorry, lost in the pain cave of memory there, get out and buy, happy days 0 -
I'm currently sitting with a FS MTB frame, a stiff tail MTB in need of finishing, a road bike for use on the turbo and riding to work and a CF Bianchi 'best' bike for training on in good weather. The thought did cross my mind the other day that if I got into TTs, I'd need a dedicated bike for that too.0
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Still drooling.
I'm now at serious risk of getting run over, from all the 'admiring' of others' bikes on the way to work. So, ladies and gents who commute by bike in London, if you see a short, dairk-haired laydee staring intently at you from the pavement as you come to a halt at traffic lights in the London Bridge area, that will be me. I'm not looking at you, it's your bike. And that will e why I'm not paying attention to the green/red man at the crossing, either. So, it's all your fault..... Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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Damn.... I was gonna go to London to see if I could get eyed up
Then again, me in lycra with my hairy legs isn't likely to get that response..... you'd just laugh and forget to unclip leading to much merriment from all around0 -
Mmm, lycra and hairy legs... not really my cup of tea, but if it works for you...
And in London, I'm a pedestrian only - not really planning on purchasing a Brompton to make an *ss of myself with - and by that I mean failing to fold/unfold it with panache - I have ultimate respect for anyone who can cycle on one of those contraptions!Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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Currently, I only have 6 - all road/cross bikes:
Colnago race bike
Steel Ritchey Breakaway - training / travel bike
Battaglin carbon TT bike
Kuota Kross off-road rocket - new toy
Custom Ti 'crosser - currently a singlespeed
Gios Aerodynamic - classic road bike in dire need of a respray
I could probably easily accommodate a fixed gear bike - as I sold 2 this yearMake mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0 -
Carbon race bike
Carbon sportive bike
Ti sportive bike
Steel touring bike
Alloy HT MTB
Carbon race HT MTB
Steel HT MTB
Ti HT MTB
4" carbon race FS MTB
5" alloy FS MTB
8" freeride FS MTB
8/9/10" DH MTB
6" hardcore HT
Steel SS jump bike
Steel SS 24" wheel jump bike
BMX
You seem to have forgotten a 29er, or poossibly a 69er, ooh err :shock: , probably best to get both, and a fixie.0 -
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Wishlist:
Road bike
MTB
Single speed
Cross bike
And then one day, all the bits and pieces to make my own (of each of the above).
It seems my list is quite small compared to others, but then I (currently) have no wish to enter TT, Triathlon etc.
Note the *currently*....Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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Monty Dog wrote:Currently, I only have 6 - all road/cross bikes:
Colnago race bike
Steel Ritchey Breakaway - training / travel bike
Battaglin carbon TT bike
Kuota Kross off-road rocket - new toy
Custom Ti 'crosser - currently a singlespeed
Gios Aerodynamic - classic road bike in dire need of a respray
I could probably easily accommodate a fixed gear bike - as I sold 2 this year
That's just not fair
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I've started to operate a kind of premiership football approach... rather than keeping all my bikes in my garage (squad)... I loan the ones I'm not riding much out to family members like my brother (lower league) teams... so creating opportunities for new players (I mean bikes) to join the squad... and as it keeps the numbers down in the garage, it keeps the chairman (the better half) from getting to suspicious about my club expenditure !
... small problem, i'm starting to run out of family members !!!0 -
Bring in a load of new family members on a season long loan0
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guilliano wrote:Bring in a load of new family members on a season long loan
Buy some more Family Members, the Transfer window opens soon.0 -
Stewie Griffin wrote:guilliano wrote:Bring in a load of new family members on a season long loan
Buy some more Family Members, the Transfer window opens soon.
I've got several I'm willing to let go, might even consider a free transfer on a couple of them :twisted:"If you think you can, or if you think you can't, your right" Henry Ford0
