How many bikes are you riding?

moonio

Great cycling blog from a female perspective here
http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2011/07/ ... iding.html

roger_merriman

Two main bikes, firstly the commute, SS speed, which I also use for road riding and even pressed into mild cyclecross stuff, muddly tracks and such.

and for proper off roadng I use my MTB with big spike tyres.

so 2 though I have a old roadie in the shed who is doing zip. rather a waste.

pastey_boy

one at the moment, tried to ride two but couldnt quite manage it.

benno68

3.

My old Peugeot steel, from the 80's which I like pootling around on but is in need of attention.
Giant Defy for the wet days and commuting.
Cube Agree GTC Race for good weather club rides etc.

suzyb

2 and it wont be any more in the near future as I've no room to store any more.

turnerjohn

4....oh wait 5...and working on another...woops slightly excessive !
actually just like the article generally its the weather / sessions that dictate what I ride....wouldn't want to ride my best race bike through the winter !
Use a cyclocross bike in the winter for commuting and just built a new race bike for commuting in the summer......not really needed I grant but hey I get bored easily :shock:

GyatsoLa

I'd agree that three would seem to be an optimum. I have a city bike that I use for the groceries or just nipping down the road without having to put on clipless pedals, I use my mtb/touring bike for longer distance riding in the city 2 or 3 times a week, and I have my road bike for sunday rides and weekends away.

My fixie has been lying unused for quite a few months - no big reason, I just haven't had the urge to brush off the dust and use it, and I haven't had the time recently to go mountain biking, so that one is sitting awaiting some abuse.

NGale

I have just the one bike these days, the Trek 7.5FX wsd. My old road bike met with a bit of a nasty end when I was knocked off the bike and the frame bent. Yet to replace it.

At the moment I am happy with just the one bike, it does everything I need as I am not yet ready to get back onto a road bike although it will happen again some day.

Confusedboy

Only one at a time....

I have 3 but one is more-or-less retired. It is weather and shopping that determine whether I use the roadie or the hybrid; I prefer the roadie but want to keep it clean and the hybrid is a better load carrier.

The Rookie

Currently I have the commuter and MTB as primary bikes and my old Townsend MTB as a pub bike, but I'm just starting the rebuild of a late 90's Gary Fisher MTB which will replace the Townsend!

Simon

Joey1986

Three: a 140mm full suss. for trailer centre/harsh rides, an older 100mm hardtail for distance/winter riding; and a 120mm ti hardtail for all round use.

stratblue

I'm on an old ish trek madone 5.2, with a Trek Rumblefish 2 for the off road stuff and a Kinesis frame I bought and decorated with an old ultegra group set for the winter miles.

Nik Cube

4

My cube road bike
Planet x tt bike
Winter ride 501 raleigh (not sure what model)
Giant mtb with child seat for family run outs

Clever Pun

4 soon to be 5

brompton
condor pista fixed, main commuting bike
condor squadra
Mills fixed pretty riding precious bike


Dolan Champion track bike just waiting for the wheels to arrive

itboffin

Ridgeback storm hybrid
On-one inbred MTB
Ribble winter (commuter)
Ribble carbon sportive (best)
Trek 1.7 (sportive)
Dave Quinn 531 hand-built steel racer
Dolan multicross CX

and soon my London commuter SS MTB beater

gbsahne001

2 plus a CX that's in the process of being built up, hopefully have it on the road next weekend, well assuming I can decide on bar tape colour

Applespider

2 although when I called to add the second one to the insurance, the woman mentioned that I could have up to 9 under that policy :shock: although not sure then where I'd eat or sleep.

nation

Two, soon to be three.

MTB (old school Trek 6700 hadtail) for off road, Road bike (Giant Defy 3) for, uh, roads. I just need a seatpost, saddle, chain tensioner and some bar tape to finish my single speed steel Spesh Rockhopper with drops, which will be my bad weather commuter/errand bike.

SimonAH

My belt fixie gets all the miles at the moment, but CAADX 105 arriving shortly for more towpath and distance riding. Carerra Vanquish pretty much unused as just not as much of a grin maker - I may well tweak it into a flat barred pub racer.

Jay dubbleU

Technically 2 - the Cube as commuter and the Duster as MTB but I've just acquired a Bike Friday Pocket Llama as my touring bike

walkingbootweather

4, and all ridden in the past fortnight.

Raleigh Randonneur tourer - main commuter
Thorn Sterling - do anything rohloff geared
Custom designed titanium audax style - used for sportifs and day rides
Folder - used to accompany 6 year old, and stick in the boot for mixed commutes

This covers most of the cycling that I regularly do. Can't imagine having fewer now.

stuaff

Four:
Dahon Cadenza- commuting/'hack' bike. I have done a century on it, bit of a tank (13.5 kg) but rides well and the folding's coming handy as well.
Condor Squadra: Deputy road bike. Proved a brilliant, and essential buy- ended up doing the (not) E2E on it as the Viner was out of action.
Viner Magnifica- Best bike. Yes, it's been back to Italy to get fixed twice (the first repair failed), but I love the thing. Fast yet smooth. The Squadra's a great bike, but it's just in a different league.

And the new addition: Dahon Speed Pro TT, just picked it up yesterday. Currently off the road as it needs a few parts. Deputy commuter/third choice road bike/first choice folder. Hopefully keeping the back of the field honest in a heat of the 2012 London Nocturne folding bike races.

notsoblue

PX SL Pro SRAM Red
Scott Sportster '05

Pufftmw

3 really, 4 in stable

Ghost roadie or Gary Fisher h/tail mtb for commuting & Scott Spark for MTB fun

Commencal is over in Ireland for ragging there But not there too often

rolf_f

5 (the real optimum!)

Look 585 - the posh bike for sportives and fair weather riding
Ribble Gran Fondo - 3 season commuter plus some weekend rides
Dawes Horizon (1990) - winter commuter and touring
Orange P7 - extreme commuter and mtb'ing
Raleigh Record Ace (1980) - classic class (lives at my parents for when I visit).

HamishD

I now have two - but these are insufficient and I'm really lacking a winter bike now.

But I don't have space in the flat what with Mrs HamishD's bike too. I think the only solution is to move to a house with more storage space.

mudcow007

5

2011 Specialized Tricross (Commuter)
2007 Kona Stinky (downhill bike)
1996 Scott Tampico (old school hardtail)
2007 Trek 3000 i think
1950 Royal Enfield Bullet (really really old school roadie - work in progress)

SimonAH

An Enfield Bullet? I didn't know they'd given bicycles the same moniker, cool!

spasypaddy

2.

my look 695 for training rides/racing
my aeron for training/commuting

unfortunately i havent got the time to go off road so my CX has had its bars turned and pedals removed.

even more unfortunate was the fact that i was missing loads of bits when building my aeron so i had to steal them from my fixie. so that is now missing:
seat, brakes, pedals, tyres, tubes...

mudcow007

SimonAH wrote:

An Enfield Bullet? I didn't know they'd given bicycles the same moniker, cool!

im still trying to decide what to do with it to be honest.....SS, fixie or restore retro classic

sketchley

None - It's broken.

Arrrgghhhhh