How many road bikes is enough???
Not sure how much I’d get for my Giant Defy, would it be worth selling it or keeping it for a winter bike???
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Keep the Defy and buy the new one..
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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yes.martylaa said:
You mean turn the Defy into a wet / winter bike?oxoman said:Personally I'd keep the defy and have a best bike and a wet / winter bike with proper mudguards on. Although 2nd hand bike prices are good at the moment due to poor supplies due to covid..
#yes.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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One.
Plus a gravel bike
And a pub bike
Add in a MTB
Don't forget a cargo-bike
Something retro
Hmmm.....
Six it is then, but you only need one road bike.0 -
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retro road bike
riding with kiddies bike
hill climbing bike
at least 3 half built bikes
bike to lend visitors
bike that just sits there
at least 4 bikes your other half doesn't know about
another 2 in a different country.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Here is the "minimum" list of bikes:
2 CX bikes
1 singlespeed bike
I winter bike
1 posh "summer is here" bike
1 crit crusher (something good, but you don't mind crashing)
1 retro bike
1 commuter bike
1 brompton
So 9 should do it.Insert bike here:0 -
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I have:
1 best bike
1 commuter/winter bike (although it's my favourite bike, steel and campagy)
1 back up carbon bike, but more endurance geometry (it was my first carbon bike)
1 other steel racer that's a bit small and being borrowed by a friend
1 old-ish mtb (from when hydraulic brakes were becoming more mainsteam 2005 ish - magura Julie)0 -
If you have to ask, you haven't got enough.0
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You can only ride one at a time.0
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but always faster and with more souplesse than youbrundonbianchi said:You can only ride one at a time.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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On the right is my summer commuter and on the left is the winter one.
Starley is for summer and Dolan is for winter.
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lesfirth said:
Lol, don't cry for me Argentina....
I don't know , I enjoy the gravel bike on road and there's several guys from work who road cycle and there's an interest but I've not bit the bullet ....yet..0 -
Never dispose of a bike unless it doesn't fit you. Or you hate it. I still have the bike I bought in 1985, and ride it the shops.1
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SImply put, the answer is (as mentioned previously) N+1. Where N is the number f bikes that you currently own...Early Orange 5, Felt Z85, Scott Thicko, modified Giant full suss (both nicked)- beat-up single-speed rigid 1992 Saracen (scrapped), and various 2-wheelers with big engines0
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A club mate has 18 Cannondales , is there a number ? there are worse things to obsess overmartylaa said:General question, i have a Giant Defy and whilst its nice I’ve seen a second hand bike for a couple of grand and I’m sorely tempted, it seems a great deal on a bike with well specked upgraded parts as well.
Not sure how much I’d get for my Giant Defy, would it be worth selling it or keeping it for a winter bike???Trek emonda sl6 pro 2019
wilier izoard 2011
canyon grail 7.0 al 2019
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that sounds utterly wonderful.chris_phillips said:
A club mate has 18 Cannondales , is there a number ? there are worse things to obsess overmartylaa said:General question, i have a Giant Defy and whilst its nice I’ve seen a second hand bike for a couple of grand and I’m sorely tempted, it seems a great deal on a bike with well specked upgraded parts as well.
Not sure how much I’d get for my Giant Defy, would it be worth selling it or keeping it for a winter bike???
any pics?
its like MFs dream garage.
#frickin'cool.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Sounds more like a dealership.0
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Could be the greatest concentration of creaking bottom brackets in the whole of the developed world.1
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Sounds like one for each of you.MattFalle said:
that sounds utterly wonderful.chris_phillips said:
A club mate has 18 Cannondales , is there a number ? there are worse things to obsess overmartylaa said:General question, i have a Giant Defy and whilst its nice I’ve seen a second hand bike for a couple of grand and I’m sorely tempted, it seems a great deal on a bike with well specked upgraded parts as well.
Not sure how much I’d get for my Giant Defy, would it be worth selling it or keeping it for a winter bike???
any pics?
its like MFs dream garage.
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Dorset_Boy said:
Sounds like one for each of you.MattFalle said:
that sounds utterly wonderful.chris_phillips said:
A club mate has 18 Cannondales , is there a number ? there are worse things to obsess overmartylaa said:General question, i have a Giant Defy and whilst its nice I’ve seen a second hand bike for a couple of grand and I’m sorely tempted, it seems a great deal on a bike with well specked upgraded parts as well.
Not sure how much I’d get for my Giant Defy, would it be worth selling it or keeping it for a winter bike???
any pics?
its like MFs dream garage.
#frickin'cool
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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My wife believes it is possible to have too many bikes, she is wrong0
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Well my wife has one bike which she never rides so arguably she has one too many.veronese68 said:My wife believes it is possible to have too many bikes, she is wrong
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Snap.mrb123 said:
Well my wife has one bike which she never rides so arguably she has one too many.veronese68 said:My wife believes it is possible to have too many bikes, she is wrong
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TDV has two that are never used but always seem to be the first to fall on me.
#ffs.stupidbike.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Wife has two bikes that rarely get used, my least used bike does more miles than both of hers.
Although given that she is still recovering from getting knocked off and breaking her pelvis pointing out the lack of use could be considered insensitive 😁0 -
3-4 is plenty for me these days - I mean I have six plus a frameset but that's down 2-3 on a couple of years ago and should really get rid of a couple more.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
