When do you decide to buy a new bike?

BigLee1

I`ve got 3 bikes, a full suss, roadbike & hardtail. I keep fadding about getting a new bike but tbh they all do what I want, I`d consider a full suss 29er with me being a big lad but can`t really think that the extra spends for upgrding the other bikes to something newer would be worth it
The full suss is a `07 Kona Dawg deluxe and the roady is a Trek Pilot 1.2 `06 vintage but the hardtail is only a year old.

Do you just wear pads out then get a new bike or is it like triggers brush? My Trek is, the only original bits are the frame, forks. bars,stem, seatpost front & rear derailing things and the crank

ToeKnee

N is very unstable and always trying to evolve. It usually takes several weeks before you notice that N is striving to be N+1 again. Over time N+1 becomes even more pervasive and persuasive, and is very hard/impossible to ignore.

tim_wand

If all the bikes in your Current stable , cover all your cycling needs/ requirements then you are indeed a lucky man.

I however in 35 years plus have never reached that Zen like state , have you considered you need the following at the very least:

Winter hack
Commuter
Tourer
Singlespeed Fixie
Road Training Bike
Road Race Bike
TT Bike
Triathlon Bike
CX bike
Sunday best Bike
Something Titanium
Hardtail MTB
Full Suss Mtb
29er
Pub Bike


At the moment I ve managed to get that list down to 5 bikes, Mostly by owning a Planet X kaffenbach that covers 4 of the above and Whyte 19 hardtail that covers another 3. But I really do want something titanium .

canny_lad

When the ashtray's full of course.......

chrisaonabike

I have one bike, and I don't even feel the need to get new wheels let alone a new bike.

Mostly I feel the need to push harder on the pedals and go faster for longer instead.

What's wrong with me???? Am I simply not a proper cyclist? Surely I'm not just a (gulp)...

... bike rider? :shock:

tim_wand

ChrisAOnABike wrote:

I have one bike, and I don't even feel the need to get new wheels let alone a new bike.

Mostly I feel the need to push harder on the pedals and go faster for longer instead.

What's wrong with me???? Am I simply not a proper cyclist? Surely I'm not just a (gulp)...

... bike rider? :shock:

Shame on you with your SW postcode. Surely you don't use your Pinarello Dogma to Play bike polo on?

BigLee1

The only reason I`ve replaced bits on my Trek such as wheels is that they`ve worn out
Yes Tim, I`ve considered many of those bikes on your list

keef66

One bike, ride it all year round. 25mm Conti 4 Seasons and full mudguards (though they are off at the moment )
Coming up to 6 years old and apart from the saddle which took 2 goes to get right I've replaced 3 chains, 2 tyres and one gear cable.

I'll only be buying a new bike if this one gets nicked or crashed.

tim_wand

keef66 wrote:

One bike, ride it all year round. 25mm Conti 4 Seasons and full mudguards (though they are off at the moment )
Coming up to 6 years old and apart from the saddle which took 2 goes to get right I've replaced 3 chains, 2 tyres and one gear cable.

I'll only be buying a new bike if this one gets nicked or crashed.

I agree! You know what they say, look after your bike and your bike will look after you.

I ve had the same bike for 30 years, but I ve looked after it! Its had 30 new frames, 45 new groupsets and 20 new wheelsets and 2 brooks saddles. Just like Triggers broom, at least that's what I tell Mrs W.

Cleat Eastwood

tim wand wrote:

If all the bikes in your Current stable , cover all your cycling needs/ requirements then you are indeed a lucky man.

I however in 35 years plus have never reached that Zen like state , have you considered you need the following at the very least:

Winter hack
Commuter
Tourer
Singlespeed Fixie
Road Training Bike
Road Race Bike
TT Bike
Triathlon Bike
CX bike
Sunday best Bike
Something Titanium
Hardtail MTB
Full Suss Mtb
29er
Pub Bike


At the moment I ve managed to get that list down to 5 bikes, Mostly by owning a Planet X kaffenbach that covers 4 of the above and Whyte 19 hardtail that covers another 3. But I really do want something titanium .

That should be 2 pub bikes for when you forget where you left the past one.

pinno

I got two bikes - one for summer one for winter. The summer bike hasn't been out for years 'cos we haven't had a summer for years.
Once I have repatriated T47b back to Russia, I am going to squat in his house. I will sell the winter bike of course at this point.

team47b

we still get winter here too. You still need two bikes, can't use carbon in the summer it would melt :shock:

crumbschief

tim wand wrote:

keef66 wrote:

One bike, ride it all year round. 25mm Conti 4 Seasons and full mudguards (though they are off at the moment )
Coming up to 6 years old and apart from the saddle which took 2 goes to get right I've replaced 3 chains, 2 tyres and one gear cable.

I'll only be buying a new bike if this one gets nicked or crashed.

I agree! You know what they say, look after your bike and your bike will look after you.

I ve had the same bike for 30 years, but I ve looked after it! Its had 30 new frames, 45 new groupsets and 20 new wheelsets and 2 brooks saddles. Just like Triggers broom, at least that's what I tell Mrs W.

Made me laugh,that's exactly the same sketch i thought of as well when i read that.True enough though if your happy on one bike with no troubles.

nweststeyn

I just crashed and broke my carbon frame so... new bike required.

However, ideally I would have/need:

Sunday best 'classy' bike - steel
Mean racing machine - carbon
drop bars for rainy autumn/winter days or frost - CX bike
dirty mud bike - hardtail MTB
drive up to the mountains and ride bike - full sus freeride bike

Lysander

I have three bikes and to be honest only one gets taken out on a regular basis

declan1

team47b wrote:

we still get winter here too. You still need two bikes, can't use carbon in the summer it would melt :shock:

Don't you mean the winter?

Also, there is no end to the number of bikes you need. I've got a very long list at the moment so I end up modifying my current bikes to suit different purposes. Oh how nice it would be to have a garage full of them :roll:

patchy

I find it's less a decision, more of an instinctual urge. Like salmon swimming upstream or birds migrating south for the winter. When it's time, it's time and no practicalities will change that - objections of girlfriends, insufficiency of funds, lack of storage space... nothing.

I feel that time approaching soon.

team47b

declan1 wrote:

team47b wrote:

we still get winter here too. You still need two bikes, can't use carbon in the summer it would melt :shock:

Don't you mean the winter?:

Just turning the old joke around to suit the lack of rain here and extreme heat in the summer, although I do know someone who left his mobile phone out all day in the sun and it did in fact melt

Back OT, I don't think anyone decides to buy a new bike, I think we all spend our time resisting the temptation, but then the addiction becomes too strong...and we give in

dodgerdog

tim wand wrote:

If all the bikes in your Current stable , cover all your cycling needs/ requirements then you are indeed a lucky man.

I however in 35 years plus have never reached that Zen like state , have you considered you need the following at the very least:

Winter hack
Commuter
Tourer
Singlespeed Fixie
Road Training Bike
Road Race Bike
TT Bike
Triathlon Bike
CX bike
Sunday best Bike
Something Titanium
Hardtail MTB
Full Suss Mtb
29er
Pub Bike


At the moment I ve managed to get that list down to 5 bikes, Mostly by owning a Planet X kaffenbach that covers 4 of the above and Whyte 19 hardtail that covers another 3. But I really do want something titanium .

You have missed out the bike on the Turbo as a training rig.

pinno

In answer to the original OP - When you want one !