Advise needed, culling the herd?

itboffin
itboffin Posts: 20,064
edited July 2010 in Commuting chat
I'm not sure what to do with my current bike collection, I have a Ribble TT which I built with a view to doing a few TT rides but to be honest that's looking pretty unlikely, it must have only done 100 road miles in the year or so since I finished the build, I had it stuck on the turbo last year whilst recovering from a knee problem since then it's done very little.

Then there's the old steel single speed which as it turns out is a custom build rather than a plain old Raleigh 531, currently in bits stripped and ready to be resprayed, to be honest why? I already have five other perfectly good working bikes.

So do I sell both as is and perhaps buy a carbon race bike?
Rebuild the old steel and sell?
Turn the TT into a FGSS sell/ride?
Leaving them as is gathering dust and doing no one any good?

Seems a shame to have two perfectly good bikes doing nothing at all, don't you think...?
Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
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  • londonbairn
    londonbairn Posts: 316
    I always have these sort of thoughts about spare bikes I have in addition to what's in my sig, then I think, nah, I'm keeping them :lol:
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    I keep thinking about building another shed/buying a garage to house the ever increasing collection of bikes...
  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    I managed to give one of my bikes away recently (it took me several years though!).

    It's gone to a good home which I'm happy about, but I still half regret doing it. Too expensive to do up and I had no space.

    Be ruthless!
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    So do I sell both as is and perhaps buy a carbon race bike?

    *nuff said.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Il Principe wrote:
    So do I sell both as is and perhaps buy a carbon race bike?

    *nuff said.

    Yeh I know and with the Alps looming I need to make that call v soon, so many time has the credit card been out only to be put away because of lack of space, the garage is now to full to work in and the conservatory is heading that way. Not good!!!

    mmm carbon 8)
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    itboffin wrote:

    mmm carbon 8)

    Cough
  • londonbairn
    londonbairn Posts: 316
    That is an amazing price, I paid around £1800 for the whole Di2 groupset (inlcuding the 7900 brakes and chainset)
  • stuaff
    stuaff Posts: 1,736
    Il Principe wrote:
    itboffin wrote:

    mmm carbon 8)

    Cough

    +1. That's an absolute bargain.....
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    They're a good bunch down at Pearson when it comes to offers, I remember they sold a bunch of Tricross SS' a while back for silly money, my boss bought one!
  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    StuAff wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    itboffin wrote:

    mmm carbon 8)

    Cough

    +1. That's an absolute bargain.....

    Crumbs I didn't realise the choice was between that and the rusty steel thing with no gears.

    tough one, I'd advice* you to get the shiny one.

    *(see what I did there?)
  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    will3 wrote:
    StuAff wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    itboffin wrote:

    mmm carbon 8)

    Cough

    +1. That's an absolute bargain.....

    Crumbs I didn't realise the choice was between that and the rusty steel thing with no gears.

    tough one, I'd advice* you to get the shiny one.

    *(see what I did there?)

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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Yeh but this is tempting too @ £1844 delivered

    # Ribble Sportive Carbon Road Frame M (52cm C to Top)
    # Ribble Sportive Racing Carbon Road Forks 1 1/8" ITS
    # Ribble Headset Unbranded 1 1/8" Hidden (ITS) 45 x 45
    # Campagnolo Chorus 11 Spd Double Groupset
    # Campagnolo Record Ultra-Torque Overboard Cups Eng
    # Campagnolo Chorus-D Skeleton Brakes Road
    # Campagnolo 11 Spd Chorus Cassette 12-25
    # Campagnolo 11 Spd Chorus Chain
    # Campagnolo Chorus UT Carb 11spd Chainset Compact 172.5 34/50
    # Campagnolo Chorus 11 Dble Front Gear STD/CT Bz-on
    # Campagnolo Chorus 11 Spd Rear Gear
    # Campagnolo UltraShift Ergopowers Chorus 11 Spd w/Cables
    # Campagnolo Pr Whls Vento Reaction Black Clincher 9/10/11 Camp
    # Easton EA50 Ergo Road Handlebars (31.8) 40cm
    # Deda Quattro 31 (Oversize) Handlebar Stem 100mm
    # Selle Italia SLR Gelflow Saddle Red
    # CSN Carbon S.E. Seatpillar 31.6 400mm
    # Continental GP4000S Folding Tyre 700x23mm Black/Black
    # Prorace Inner Tube 700x18/25 LV52mm
    # Fizik Microtex Handlebar Tape Red
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    what size is the TT bike?
    BMC TM01 - FCN 0
    Look 695 (Geared) - FCN 1
    Bowman Palace:R - FCN 1
    Cannondale CAAD 9 - FCN 2
    Premier (CX) - FCN 6
    Premier (fixed/SS) - FCN3
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,411
    itboffin wrote:
    Yeh but this is tempting too @ £1844 delivered

    # Ribble Sportive Carbon Road Frame M (52cm C to Top)
    # Ribble Sportive Racing Carbon Road Forks 1 1/8" ITS
    # Ribble Headset Unbranded 1 1/8" Hidden (ITS) 45 x 45
    # Campagnolo Chorus 11 Spd Double Groupset
    # Campagnolo Record Ultra-Torque Overboard Cups Eng
    # Campagnolo Chorus-D Skeleton Brakes Road
    # Campagnolo 11 Spd Chorus Cassette 12-25
    # Campagnolo 11 Spd Chorus Chain
    # Campagnolo Chorus UT Carb 11spd Chainset Compact 172.5 34/50
    # Campagnolo Chorus 11 Dble Front Gear STD/CT Bz-on
    # Campagnolo Chorus 11 Spd Rear Gear
    # Campagnolo UltraShift Ergopowers Chorus 11 Spd w/Cables
    # Campagnolo Pr Whls Vento Reaction Black Clincher 9/10/11 Camp
    # Easton EA50 Ergo Road Handlebars (31.8) 40cm
    # Deda Quattro 31 (Oversize) Handlebar Stem 100mm
    # Selle Italia SLR Gelflow Saddle Red
    # CSN Carbon S.E. Seatpillar 31.6 400mm
    # Continental GP4000S Folding Tyre 700x23mm Black/Black
    # Prorace Inner Tube 700x18/25 LV52mm
    # Fizik Microtex Handlebar Tape Red

    Given your <ahem> friend, is it wise to be buying a bike with Ventos? They are notorious for being an absolute **** to get tyres on (I speak from experience from helping a colleague). I'm seeing a lonely wet dark road in Wiltshire, and a man with no finger nails sat sobbing by the side of the road. Mind you, you might have thumbs of iron by now.

    @IP - are you getting a cut or something? :wink: Obviously I need to get in with them a bit more.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    spasypaddy wrote:
    what size is the TT bike?

    56cm
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    itboffin wrote:
    I'm not sure what to do with my current bike collection, I have a Ribble TT which I built with a view to doing a few TT rides but to be honest that's looking pretty unlikely, it must have only done 100 road miles in the year or so since I finished the build, I had it stuck on the turbo last year whilst recovering from a knee problem since then it's done very little.

    Then there's the old steel single speed which as it turns out is a custom build rather than a plain old Raleigh 531, currently in bits stripped and ready to be resprayed, to be honest why? I already have five other perfectly good working bikes.

    So do I sell both as is and perhaps buy a carbon race bike?
    Rebuild the old steel and sell?
    Turn the TT into a FGSS sell/ride?
    Leaving them as is gathering dust and doing no one any good?

    Seems a shame to have two perfectly good bikes doing nothing at all, don't you think...?

    <sigh> It's not difficult, really...

    Bikes are like women. In the jurisdiction that you reside in, you need no more than two. One to ride during the week, and one to ride at the weekends.

    In addition, you can have one to ride in a foreign part that you visit regularly.

    Simples!
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

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    Bike 2-A
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    smiles sweetly and reminds of single speed idea :D
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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    itboffin wrote:
    spasypaddy wrote:
    what size is the TT bike?

    56cm
    Dragons-Dent-Duncan-Bannatyne.jpg
    I'm out
    BMC TM01 - FCN 0
    Look 695 (Geared) - FCN 1
    Bowman Palace:R - FCN 1
    Cannondale CAAD 9 - FCN 2
    Premier (CX) - FCN 6
    Premier (fixed/SS) - FCN3
  • londonbairn
    londonbairn Posts: 316
    Maybe I am sappy, but every bike for me is nostalgic..e.g. I still keep a £200 MTB I bought from Halfords as it was my first commuter, just because of that.

    Selling one would be like selling an organ
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    londonbairn wrote:
    Maybe I am sappy, but every bike for me is nostalgic..e.g. I still keep a £200 MTB I bought from Halfords as it was my first commuter, just because of that.

    Selling one would be like selling an organ

    I already have a piano :wink:

    Need the room really it's getting seriously crowded in the garage, not only are there actually 8 bikes but also lots of parts including wheels.

    G66 you're a man after my own heart :P
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    rjsterry wrote:

    Given your <ahem> friend, is it wise to be buying a bike with Ventos? They are notorious for being an absolute **** to get tyres on (I speak from experience from helping a colleague). I'm seeing a lonely wet dark road in Wiltshire, and a man with no finger nails sat sobbing by the side of the road. Mind you, you might have thumbs of iron by now.

    @IP - are you getting a cut or something? :wink: Obviously I need to get in with them a bit more.

    Yup i have no need for tyre levers :wink:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • dreamlx10
    dreamlx10 Posts: 235
    You mean "advice" obviously !
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    dreamlx10 wrote:
    You mean "advice" obviously !

    You are correct however i've been taking large doses of morphine for the last two days so the FACT that i'm even able to turn my computer on goes to show that i'm NAILS 8)

    Noob! :P
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    smiles sweetly and reminds of single speed idea :D

    I'm sure we can come to an arrangement but i'm not gonna lie to you, it's gonna get weird :?

    :roll: :lol:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    One nice bike, one commuter/training bike, one fetish bike i.e. a crosser or mtb.
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    "Exactly."
  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    The Felt is such a steal. The Ribble's a bargain, but its still Ribble...

    If you don't buy the Felt, you must live with that decision... it could drive you over the edge :evil:
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  • dreamlx10
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    dreamlx10 wrote:
    Joined: 05 Sep 2004

    :P
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • mostly harmless
    mostly harmless Posts: 162
    itboffin wrote:
    Need the room really it's getting seriously crowded in the garage, not only are there actually 8 bikes but also lots of parts including wheels.

    What you need is more imaginative storage solutions not less bikes.

    OT: Could you help me out with a quick query: what size seat post, seat clamp and what spec of headset does the white Ribble TT take? As I'm looking to see if I can put one together out of the spares box on a minimal budget

    Cheers

    MH
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    mostly harmless wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Need the room really it's getting seriously crowded in the garage, not only are there actually 8 bikes but also lots of parts including wheels.

    What you need is more imaginative storage solutions not less bikes.

    OT: Could you help me out with a quick query: what size seat post, seat clamp and what spec of headset does the white Ribble TT take? As I'm looking to see if I can put one together out of the spares box on a minimal budget

    Cheers

    MH

    Truth is I could store them but why when someone else could actually use them, I have enough parts to make bike 9 that's not good.

    So the ribble has a standard 27.2 seat post, not sure about the clamp as it came fitted, this is the full spec

    # Ribble TT Frame White L (56.0cm C to Top)
    # Condor Nero Foza 5 60th Black Full Carbon Forks 1 1/8
    # Ribble Headset Branded Ribble 1 1/8" Hidden (ITS) 45 x 45
    # Shimano 105 Silver TT 10 Spd Groupset
    # Shimano Dura Ace 7900 BB Cups (Eng)
    # Shimano 105 10 Spd 5600 Brakes
    # Shimano 10 Spd 105 5600 Cassette 12-25
    # KMC XL 10 Speed Chain
    # Shimano 105 Double 5600 10 Spd Chainset 172.5 39/53
    # Shimano 105 (5600) 10 Double Front Gear Braze-on
    # Shimano 105 (5600) 10 Spd Rear Gear Short
    # Cane Creek TT Alloy Brake Levers
    # Shimano 10Spd Dura Ace 7900 Bar End Shifters
    # Dura Ace SP41 inner & outer cables
    # Bontrager SSR Wheels Clincher Black 8/9/10 Shim
    # Deda Crononero Handlebars Low Profile 42cm
    # Deda Quattro 31 (Oversize) Handlebar Stem 100mm
    # Deda Parabolica Uno Extension Oversize
    # Continental Ultra GatorSkin Rigid Tyre 700x23mm
    # Look Keo Classic Pedals Black
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.

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