I have three bikes just now (one and a half in working order). There are five more in the garage that I look after for family members. What numbers do others have and at what point does it become obsessional?
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How many bikes do you have in your possession currently?
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Posted 14 years ago #
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err, one womens mtb for my wife, one 1976 Cartlon Classic racer, one old skool black bike (wifes granddads) one commuting that was my original mtb and 2 steel frame MTB's that we keep light for actual XC etc, so err 6. plus the 3 I've got in my dads barn back home that I'd like bring here and restore. I'm sure the wee one will be wanting a bike in a year or two and , drat I need a garage
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I have three, an MTB, a road bike and a folding bike. I think this is fair since they are all very different. My husband has one BSO.
I want to know about Gembo's half-a-bike though!
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"possession" "currently"
mmm so not necessarily "owned" - or "on loan"
The red one, the white one, the grey one.
Another grey one that I intend to sell. A different sort of white one that my son says he wants.
The Blue which I should sell.
The 8 Freight which I possess.
And some frames.
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For anyone who doesn't know about BSOs.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/dec/13/ethicalliving.lifeandhealth
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Early 1950s Claud Butler Avant Coureur Special (531db and that funny CB join at the top of the seat tube, I think the Special model was '54-'55) My uncle bought it new.
1990 Flying Scot road bike (Custom Dave Yates 531c, Campag CdA, Delta brakes)
1992 Flying Scot MTB (Custom Dave Yates, Columbus CroMor, Campag Centaur)
1995 Longstaff TWD fast touring trike (Custom 531ds, Campag Chorus Racing T)
2001 Brompton M6R (SRAM, Brooks, SON, Edelux)
2006 Brompton S6L (BWR fitted last year)
2009 Brompton S2L-X (stock outwith the Stelvios and Prestas)
Apart from the dark blue Claud Butler there are all black, the custom built ones have red contrasts.
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My old frankenframe off road and my roady on the hunt for some thing more civilized though.
I think the equation for the number of bikes required was n+1....
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"I think the equation for the number of bikes required was n+1...."
Think the question was "How many bikes should anyone have?"
where n is...
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n is the current number of bikes in the stable.
I work to the n+1 is fine it can be safely called obsession when your at n+2 upwards. :)
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At the moment n+1= a Pashley Sovereign or a Dutch sit up and beg. The enclosed chain case looks good in this weather.
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When I was growing up, the question was if the bikes in the garage outnumbered the boats (2 canoes, 2 kayaks + latterly sailboat and misc rowboats) or the skis (xcountry). Here we just have his, hers and 'elmo' (pedal-less) plus a spare the downstairs neighbours gave us when they moved.
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Ooh I would quite like a Dutch bike but it would not be practical in Edinburgh. Maybe it would if you only traveled between east/west but I need to go north/south. It may be possible to get one some day though. When I get too old and decrepit to ride a normal bike I plan to get a trike.
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Currently own a blue bike, a silver bike and three black bikes, with another blue bike due sometime soon. It should replace one of my black bikes but I keep having ideas about converting that one into a sort of proper load carrying machine.
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East-west surprisingly hilly too if you start/end in the wrong places...
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"East-west surprisingly hilly too if you start/end in the wrong places..."
Start at St. Leonards and finish in Ratho!
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Min,
If you want to do a sort of Dutch Q bike you could fit a Rohloff hub.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohloff_Speedhub
Or a Schlumpf
http://www.schlumpf.ch/sd_engl.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship
It wouldn't be cheap but still cheaper than a car which is how I usually get management approval for bicycle purchases. I'd go for the Rohloff over a Schlumpf and hub gear because it should be more efficient.
Be careful about old and decrepit on a trike. Some of them can be quite demanding. A Pashley is designed for decrepit, mine can require some gymnastics to keep it rubber side down.
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Of course you don't have to wait until you're o&d
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Three for general use - Bernds tandem, Delite hybrid, Fuego or Furai recumbent.
One of these owned as company bike for design business.
(Plus two Edinburgh Cadences for wife and daughter - not sure who owns these)Another 8 or so for Laid Back bike business demo/hire models.
Also have a QNT trike with another new folding one coming from ICE for LB bikes.
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Good point Wee Foldy although fitting more gears does seem a bit like cheating. ;-)
The trike video is brilliant. I watched it while my husband was watching Top Gear!
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"I watched it while my husband was watching Top Gear!"
Hope you showed him...
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Oh he found himself drawn to it, hehe!
Trike 1 Clarkson 0.
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Two - one BSO hack for getting to and from work that I've probably spent double the original cost on adding bits to it to make it useful - mudguards, pannier rack, frame pump, lights, Schwalbe Marathonplus tyres, SPD pedals, cyclocomp, seat etc. etc. Useless front suspension fork replaced with a rigid one and front dérailleur removed to turn it into a 7 speed and, more importantly, allow access to the lugs for mounting a bottle cage on the seat tube!. A lesson learned in not buying from Halfords through the Bike to Work scheme - at the time I hadn't been on a bike in 5 years and didn't know any better.
one 2004 Trek 1000 for general purpose pretending to look like a roadie. Never had to spend a penny on it beyond a service and adding some SPD compatible pedals.
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In order of use, popularity:
1 Breezer Lightning with custom fenders, added lights (Cateye of course) and very tired Cramondale pannier
1 Cunningham road bike (which Noah Gellner will get when I die)
1 Cunningham inbetweener (DoItAll, hybrid, cross bike) with curiously unequal wheel sizes: 27" in front, 700c in back. Fave tires: Expotition by Special Lies
1 Cunningham "colomboham' front suspended dirt bike made w/colombus tubing
1 Breezer Villager 7 speed (I call it 'steal this bike") with everything you need built in(lock, light, rack, kickstand)
4 diff types of rescue mtn bikes for students. Wish I had some students...
2 raleigh men's bikes, one yellow three speed, ruined but runs great, one red ruined and brought back from the dead, too bad it's 2" too tall but I ride it anyway for laughs and agony if I crash havent crashed on it yet.
Out of sight, out of mind:
1 race bike named 0tt0.
1 cunningham from Jan Koblenz, gotta figure out what to do with it.
1 painted 'ham (my first bike before naked paintless Otto), used to be CC's mom's, now back to me.
Must have others but terrible at keeping track.
Don't ask how many my husband has. Even he doesn't know.
ANd; if you ask Taliah Lempert how many she and her husband Dave Perry has, they REALLY don't know. Must be at least a hundred.Posted 14 years ago # -
PS. Still 'need' a folder, preferably a pink Brompton.
Santa knows this, but he also knows I don't believe in Santa.Posted 14 years ago # -
Jacquie,
New Brompton catalog has just been released. New Al seat pin, no Ti version any more. Shimano hub generator available but it's heavier than the SON and I'm not sure what is inside it. Several new luggage options. Schwalbe Kojaks have replaced Stelvios. Three speed has been renamed BSR which I thought was a maker of turntables but now means Brompton Standard Range.
Pink will attract a surcharge. We think they have dumped the cheesy folding transfer and gone back to just using the name on both sides of the frame. Catalog is full of people in fancy dress which seems odd in a bike which can be integrated into normal life so easily.
MIght as well tell Santa to get a new one as they aren't much cheaper second hand.
Time to get mine out of the garage and brave the ice.
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1. Specialized Hard Rock Ultra. Very old, now serves as my getting to remote hills bike, and commute to the station bike.
2. Edinburgh Bikes Country Traveller.
3. Birdy Red, folding bike
Also in the house, but not mine, a very old Edinburgh Bikes Contour 100 (or something like that).Posted 14 years ago # -
2
1 x road/hybrid
1 x MTB (no suspension just knobbly tyres)Posted 14 years ago # -
Healthy Obsession?
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(in build order - I'm obsessed now with getting them as frames and going from there)
Cotic Soul mountain bike that was criminally underuse last year. Possibly my favourite, and the first bike I built up myself.
Fixie Inc Peacemaker fixed wheel road bike that is the usual daily commuter, but has done a couple of 100 mile rides (that hurt).
Planet-X Kaffenback road bike that has done a few audaxes, deputised on the commute, ridden over the Bealach Na-Ba, and been a pretty good workhorse - currently strapped to a new turbo trainer.
Waiting in the wings is a 1930s Sunbeam I've been meaning to restore for over a year now (need to send it off for a respray). There's also a unicycle that I've never mastered.
My girlfriend has a Revolution MTB, and a 70s Puch that I restored (and altered a bit).
And there's a 50s(?) Raleigh (I think) which I got for about 20 quid on Ebay that really just needed a new saddle and grips.
I'm not entirely sure I could do without a garage these days... ;)
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Three for me and one each for my three children. That seems fair.
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