n + 1

RideOnTime
RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
edited May 2014 in The cake stop
Discussing y-day how you establish if you need another bike.

Recalled the correct formula n+1. Where 'n' at any point is the number of bikes you have. :)

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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Ground-breaking stuff - thanks for sharing...
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    Imposter wrote:
    Ground-breaking stuff - thanks for sharing...

    more than a http://hintofsarcasm.com/
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    I buy loads of bike so I can start a business renting them out.
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,283
    I have 3 bikes so that the wear rate is spread. That's what I tell the missus anyway.

    So for me it's: (N + 1)/3
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Silly Old Hector
    Silly Old Hector Posts: 573
    We have the bike industry to thank for new categories - I've just bought bike number 4 - a CX bike :lol:
    All the gear, but no idea...
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,283
    Silly Old Hector wrote:
    We have the bike industry to thank for new categories - I've just bought bike number 4 - a CX bike :lol:

    That must be 5 then, you can't count:

    2012 Focus Cayo 3.0
    2014 Cannondale CAADX
    2008 Specialized Stumpjumper
    1992 Trek 2300 Pro
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    To be fair I don't think a thing called a 'stump jumper' is a bike :D

    I am hoping Its not a euphamism :oops:
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,103
    Isn't his caadx the cross bike ?
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,283
    DeVlaeminck wrote:
    Isn't his caadx the cross bike ?

    Well spotted but it's still classed as a velocipede isn't it unless I am missing something?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • nathancom
    nathancom Posts: 1,567
    We can apply to so many more things than just bikes though. I think this is a genius formula, I just warn the missus every time I find a new hobby that is subject to n+1. I suspect I will be in trouble should it ever extend to cars or mistresses though.
  • Colinthecop
    Colinthecop Posts: 996
    Out of curiosity, should the 2nd and 3rd bikes have the same saddle as the N bike...?

    Surely your butt gets used to a certain saddle...?
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,144
    nathancom wrote:
    We can apply to so many more things than just bikes though. I think this is a genius formula, I just warn the missus every time I find a new hobby that is subject to n+1. I suspect I will be in trouble should it ever extend to cars or mistresses though.

    uncle has applied this to cars - 40+ and increasing
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,283
    Colinthecop wrote:
    Out of curiosity, should the 2nd and 3rd bikes have the same saddle as the N bike...?

    Surely your butt gets used to a certain saddle...?

    It's a chore. Saddle swap shop has not yielded anything yet.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    matthew h wrote:
    nathancom wrote:
    We can apply to so many more things than just bikes though. I think this is a genius formula, I just warn the missus every time I find a new hobby that is subject to n+1. I suspect I will be in trouble should it ever extend to cars or mistresses though.

    uncle has applied this to cars - 40+ and increasing

    Uncle VTech? :lol:
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,144
    Ballysmate wrote:
    matthew h wrote:
    nathancom wrote:
    We can apply to so many more things than just bikes though. I think this is a genius formula, I just warn the missus every time I find a new hobby that is subject to n+1. I suspect I will be in trouble should it ever extend to cars or mistresses though.

    uncle has applied this to cars - 40+ and increasing

    Uncle VTech? :lol:

    :)

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