N+1, Is it a disease...?

Colinthecop
Colinthecop Posts: 996
edited August 2014 in Road general
When it's muddy, I ride my mountain bike.

When it's tarmac, I ride my Allez.

When it's tarmac + sunny, I ride my S-Works.

That ticks all the boxes. I don't do TTs or that cyclocross thing so I don't need another bike.

So why on earth did I buy another Specialized Allez last night. I don't need one, don't particularly want one and i've already got one... But I bought it. :roll:

Do I need help or do I need a cheaper hobby...?

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    No, you just need an imagination that extends beyond Specialized....... ;)

    Doesn't really matter in the great scheme of things as long as you can afford it but try something a bit different. There's so much choice out there and you aren't making any of it! :lol:
    Faster than a tent.......
  • hipshot
    hipshot Posts: 371
    Stick a rack and panniers on it and - as if by magic - it's 'the tourer'.

    Issue solved. Next.

    :D
  • Colinthecop
    Colinthecop Posts: 996
    Rolf F wrote:
    There's so much choice out there and you aren't making any of it! :lol:


    Just don't want to step out my comfort zone. :oops:
  • qube
    qube Posts: 1,899
    Colinthecop wrote:
    Do I need help or do I need a cheaper hobby...?

    Maybe just one more bike? One for when the weather doesn't know what it's going to do.


    :D:D:D
  • de_sisti
    de_sisti Posts: 1,283
    I'm like that with watches. Next is either a STEINHART "OCEAN vintage Military, or a vintage Rolex 6694.
  • dilatory
    dilatory Posts: 565
    I get the desire to want extra bikes. I have a shit road bike sat on the turbo ready for winter. A nice road bike for dry days and a Mountain Bike. I want a cross bike and a single speed pub bike. I'd like a TT bike but don't really care either way. Might sell MTB and get a cross bike in time for the season.

    What I don't understand is why you'd buy another version of the same bike you already own.
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    maybe just change the name of you hobby from cycling to bike collecting, then n+1 becomes the whole point and the more you get the better at your hobby you become.
    www.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Colinthecop wrote:
    Rolf F wrote:
    There's so much choice out there and you aren't making any of it! :lol:


    Just don't want to step out my comfort zone. :oops:

    Awwwwww! :lol:
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Colinthecop
    Colinthecop Posts: 996
    dilatory wrote:
    What I don't understand is why you'd buy another version of the same bike you already own.

    No, me neither...

    Other than it was local and it was cheap. :oops:
  • dilatory
    dilatory Posts: 565
    What I'd suggest is that you give it to me. Then it's like a good will endeavour. Your karma and N+1 get a feed. And I get another bike.

    Everyone wins.
  • pippi_langsamer-2
    pippi_langsamer-2 Posts: 1,470
    I think maybe you answered your own question.

    You don't "do", cyclo-x etc...

    Maybe you should step out of your comfort zone- sell the Allez and put it towards a x bike!
  • jameses
    jameses Posts: 653
    Chris Bass wrote:
    maybe just change the name of you hobby from cycling to bike collecting, then n+1 becomes the whole point and the more you get the better at your hobby you become.

    :lol: But every time you use the bike you diminish it's value. A true collector would leave them in their original packaging!
  • Colinthecop
    Colinthecop Posts: 996
    Spent yesterday cleaning it and stripping it down to its bare bones, ordered some new bits, cables, bar tape, tyres that sort of thing to freshen it up.

    A thoroughly enjoyable day and undoubtedly cheaper than a night in the pub... There you go, I've justified it to myself.

    8)
  • dilatory
    dilatory Posts: 565
    Colinthecop wrote:
    Spent yesterday cleaning it and stripping it down to its bare bones, ordered some new bits, cables, bar tape, tyres that sort of thing to freshen it up.

    A thoroughly enjoyable day and undoubtedly cheaper than a night in the pub... There you go, I've justified it to myself.

    8)

    How cheap was the bike / how expensive are your nights in the pub?
  • Colinthecop
    Colinthecop Posts: 996
    A night out, 3am kebab and taxi home, over 100 squid.

    No idea why, I remember as a kid going out and getting pissed on a tenner. 8)
  • dilatory
    dilatory Posts: 565
    So a cheap Allez?!
  • Colinthecop
    Colinthecop Posts: 996
    Yeah, I wouldn't have noticed it otherwise...
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    I remember when beer was penny a pint...
  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    Rolf F wrote:
    No, you just need an imagination that extends beyond Specialized....... ;)

    Doesn't really matter in the great scheme of things as long as you can afford it but try something a bit different. There's so much choice out there and you aren't making any of it! :lol:

    Must be a Specialized needs case.
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.

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