Too Many Bikes?????

Nick Cod

So I thought I'd ask the question how many bikes do you own? The dilemma I have is I currently have four mountain bikes all of which seem to need some form of repair or something doing to them

And while they are all in a rideable state I often feel maybe I should downsize to a couple so I can spend more time riding and a bit less time having them up on the repair stand

Thoughts? :?

supersonic

Six -

2x GT Zaskar Team
GT Zaskar LE
GT Zaskar Expert
GT Ruckus
Mongoose Otero.

nicklouse

about the same as the two posters above.

.blitz

Six MTBs and a road bike

bails87

One MTB
One 'hack' old MTB
One CX
One road bike

The CX and road are commuters only, I'll be getting rid of the road bike.

1mancity2

One!

lawman

technically i have the use of three, but only own 2 would like something abit heavier duty to try some more DH in the next few years while i have the terrain on my doorstep.

delcol

you can never have enough bikes..

5 for me.
a road bikefor commuting
hardatil
160mm full suss
180mm full suss
hardtail

milko9000

One all-mountain SB-66 that I've so far been able to get up hills just as easily as my hardtail could. So that's been sold, despite being a real pretty thing that I rather miss owning.

Kinda fancy a simple 'winter/XC' 29er hardtail one day, but not this year. And I suppose I won't rule out getting into bigger downhill territory at some stage.

benpinnick

1 Full suss
2 hard tails
2 commuters
A funny looking thing with drop handlebars and a saddle like a razor.

EDIT: Technically 3 hardtails, but one is going to be sold next week as new one just arrived.

Blue Parker

Only the two:
Old hard tail used for moving the little one from home to the duck pond.
Full susser.
I am drolling over a Heckler though figuring how to 1 buy it and 2 sneak it in to the house.

miss notax

As of last night, three mountain bikes (and a much neglected road bike) :oops:

Orange 5 Diva - my gorgeous custom built 'usual' weapon of choice.... Yes, yes, I know :?
Kona Minxy - more travel and indestructable for the Megavalanche (this year :shock: )
Santa Cruz Julianna - currently a bit of an Ebay shed but soon to be transformed into something very lightweight

A bit extravagant, but there you go. The plan is to tweak the Santa Cruz and do all the work myself - not sure how well this plan will go, but with so many bloody bikes the maintennance is getting expensive so I figure this is the ideal opportunity to learn how to do it all myself.

benpinnick

supersonic wrote:

Six -

2x GT Zaskar Team
GT Zaskar LE
GT Zaskar Expert
GT Ruckus
Mongoose Otero.

You could start a new thread titled 'Too Many Zaskars?????'

tom_howard

See my sig...

agg25

One hardtail and one 100mm full suss, but feeling the need for a 140-150mm full suss now...would mind a light hardtail 29er as well...need a shed!

Nick Cod

Seems I'm not in a minority which is kinda reassuring. Maybe it's the turn of the new year and I'm feeling like a change is needed. I've got one advertised on here for sale but now contemplating adding my Epic as well

The chances are I'd want something else once I sold them on. aHHHH decisions, decisions

ilovedirt

Just got the one all mountain type thing which i use for everything from XC to DH. I did have two, but they were both a bit of a compromise, so now i have one very nicely specced compromise :P

Duki

Got a Boardman FS Pro and a custom build Surosa road bike, plus a Scott Yecora frame that I was going to build up but now I cant be bothered. I have just gotten rid of a really old road bike frame. Again I was going to build it up as a project but I've just not got the time.

ricardo_smooth

1 120mm full sus xc with a 160mm full sus all mountain on the way

mar_k

I wish I had the space for more than one bike.

Northwind

5... Massive bike, big bike, light bike, old bike, tiny bike. Oh, and in-bits-bike.

The tiny bike - my Nyquist BMX doesn't really count, because I'll possibly never ride it again. It just hangs up in the garage and prevents me from thinking "Hey, I wish I had a BMX"- if I sold it I'd buy another and wouldn't ride that either.

tenfoot

Too many bikes?

Not possible

I have a 93 Marin that's used for commuting / trips to the park with the family
A 98 Specialized FSR that needs repairs
A 98 Scott with a broken swing arm
An 11 Zesty

The Spesh and the Scott will become one bike sometime, with all the best bits coming off the Scott, to go on the the Spesh. I just need to get a new BB, to get the ball rolling. Problem is, any spare time I have is used for riding or bike cleaning.

I'd quite like a road bike :oops: too, for fitness. But I'll wait til I have more spare time / retire for that.

omaha

Two
XC Hard tail
single speed, used for commuting.

andy46

Just the 2

Mtb Full sus Scott Spark

Road Forme Reflex

I'd like a nice hardtail, but this is more of a want than a need.

The Northern Monkey

n+1

Northwind

N+1 you say?


IMAG0006 by Northwindlowlander, on Flickr

matt@theforce

x2

Cube AMS 125 Full Suss
Marin Rocky Ridge H/T

on the look out for something retro now 8)

angry_bird

The Northern Monkey wrote:

n+1

This.

lostboysaint

See signature - the only thing I can possibly see changing over the next few months is to get rid of a few frames that I have lying around (original Marin Mount Vision, Yeti ASR) and perhaps get a 160-180mm all mountain bike.

Salsa

Hmm quite a few
Salsa Bandito Hard tail
Rocky Mountain Element 50 FS
Marin Bear Valley SE single speed
Diamond Back Ascent LE hard tail
Take custom BMX
Kona Paddy Wagon road single speed
Boardman Comp road
Dawes road flat bar single speed

bamboy74

mar_k wrote:

I wish I had the space for more than one bike.

I wish I had enough money for more than one bike.