True Love/How Many Bikes?

You know he loves you when your DH builds you a single speed road bike (39x16) from spare parts in the basement because it's raining outside. :D

Between this and another thread I read this morning, I thought it would be interesting to see how many bikes everyone has in their stable. With this addition, I currently have --- 10! :eek:

Kestrel Evoke Carbon Road Bike (for racing)
Mongoose Titanium Road Bike (for the trainer and foul weather)
KHS Singlespeed Road Bike (just because)

Specialized Tricross Cyclocross Bike (for racing - single front chainring)
Specialized Tricross Cyclocross Bike (pit bike - training for 'cross)
Flyte Cyclocross Bike (with permanent fenders for winter riding)

Specialized Epic Marathon MTB
Mountain Smith Singlespeed MTB

Cannondale Ironman TT Bike
Cannondale Tandem

Yes, we have an addiction at my house. FWIW, DH has this number of bikes plus a chopper (and yes, he does have a tandem as well - we have a total of 2).

SheFly (who has a cycling problem)

Right now we have a total of six:
2 road: Cannondale Synapse Carbon for me (comfort is key) and a Cannondale R5000 Aluminum for him to race.
2 commuters: KHS entry level aluminum roadie for me, Kona Jake for him
2 hardtails: Scott Contessa for me, Diamondback for him

DH is about to get a FS Mountainbike and convert his hardtail to a single speed. His hardtail needs a lot of work to be trail worthy again, so we aren't going to put that cash up. Instead we will buy a rigid fork and convert it to be a neighborhood bike. :D After he gets the FS and teaches me more mountain skills I may be getting one and putting a rigid fork on my mountain bike to make it an errand/neighborhood bike. We are also casually shopping for beach cruisers as we like to go to the coast 2-5 times a year. Yup, we are with you!

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Originally Posted by SheFly

Between this and another thread I read this morning, I thought it would be interesting to see how many bikes everyone has in their stable.

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Ooooh, boy.
Lots here.
We've got 9.5 at our house.

Me:
'07 Seven ID8 custom road
'05 Felt SR-81 flatbar road commuter
'03 Klein Palomino dual suspension mtb
'99 Seven Axiom ti (stock road)
'82 Schwinn cruiser (just because!)

He:
'07 Seven ID8 custom road
'04 Novara Big Buzz flatbar road
'03 Klein Palomino Race DS mtb
Year-unknown unicycle (for playing and entertaining the neighborhood kids). I call that one a half a bike. ;)

Would love to add a cyclocross bike and/or a SS to the list, but not in the cards for the near term.....

Me: Custom Davidson
Raleigh Hybrid ~ 2003
1980's Raleigh mixte
half a tandem
(i obviously need more bikes!)

He:
Custom Davidson
Raleigh road bike ~ 2004
Raleigh Skylite ~ 1975
BikeFriday road bike
Cannondale hybrid ~ 1990
other half of the tandem

Me:
Rivendell Rambouillet road bike
Luna custom road bike

He:
Rivendell Rambouillet road bike
Rivendell custom road bike (bought used, too good to pass up)
Trek 730 steel hybrid (10 yrs old)

All 5 of our bikes are steel, by the way.

Between the 2 of us we only have 3 bikes and 2 of them aremine. If I could justify having more to him I totally would have more. I even asked him if he wanted a road/tour bike for our upcoming tour in September and he said he'd stick with his hybrid. What's wrong with him?!?! :p

Maybe the real question is: how many of us really and truly own ONE bike? :D

I need to show this set of posts to the DH who is always on my case for having "too many bikes." I mean, c'mon...I only have three!

Specialized S-Works Tarmac (racing bike)
Felt F70 (old racing bike - I can't seem to part with her even though she's 2 sizes too big!)

Fuji Tahoe MTB (haven't ridden on the trails in a few years and the fork is broken, but he's still around)

I also have a TT bike in my house at the moment...but, it's not mine...it's a loaner! :)

hmmm...I guess I can easily get a few more without feeling bad, eh?!

Currently we have 8 bikes in our bike "shed." I think the builder of this house meant this to be used as a garden shed, but the first thing we said when we looked at this house was"Oh look, a little house for our bikes!"
I have:
1. Kuota Kredo road bike that I bought in 2005 I am discouraged with this bike, it's really too big for me, but I am attached to it.
2. A Jamis Coda hybrid wsd I use for errands around town and riding on those warmer winter days. I have a pannier, lights, etc on this bike.
3. A Norco FS mtb that is not used enough. It's a mid priced bike for this brand, but I probably shouldn't have bought it.
My husband has:
1. A Kuota road bike It's a different model than mine, can't remember the name
2. A Jamis Coda Sport bike.
3. The same MTB as me
4. A Bike Friday Pocket Rocket Pro that only gets used when he goes to Europe.

We also have my son's Serrotta all steel racing bike hanging in the shed. He rides it when he comes home on leave. He has his K2 out in San Diego.

I just gave my older son our beloved yellow Voodoo Hoodoo. It was my husband's first bike, as he started mountain biking before he bought the road bike. Then he fixed it up for me and that's the bike I rode for about 2 years when I started. Last year he redid all of the components and I used it for errands. My son lives near the city and hopes to commute to work this summer and ride on the path by the Charles River. I have been trying to convert him for years!
Someday, I might get a Bike Friday, too.

Oh boy, a bike count. :) Here goes:

'08 Specialized Rockhopper--just got rehomed
'08 Specialized Epic--just now put up for the season
'08 Specialized Roubaix
'05 Specialized Sequoia--my rainy day bike ;)

Hubby's:
'08 Specialized Tarmac
'08 Trek Portland
'07 Trek 1600--also went to a new home
'07 Gary Fisher Marlin
'07 Sun EZ USX recumbent trike

Need to add an Electra dutchie bike to the collection. :cool:

hmmmm too many...
me:
Ruby Pro - road race bike
Quintanaroo - TT bike
Ticycles Hyac - winter/commuter/training bike
Redline Conquest 24 - cause I'm too little to fit on an big kids cross bike...
sniff, sniff my Marin was stolen...
used unicycle - still trying to learn how to ride this...

hubby
Van Dessel Kermis - road race bike
Van Dessel Drag Strip Courage - track bike
Davidson (custom built for someone else... the frame was left in the shop for many years and purchased cheap by the hubby) -winter/commuter bike
Marin Kentfield - for kicking around/hauling
K2 - TT bike
Fuji Team - old race bike, sometimes training bike
Fuji Team frame..... sitting around collecting dust...

Me:
mid-90s steel Bianchi, Columbus TSX steel frame, full Ultegra
steel Nishiki built up with whatever I had laying around, full-time commuter bike
Cannondale hardtail, too small, beat to death, but a good friend with many happy miles
on order: GT full-suspension, to be here later this week *squeals*

I'm still looking for a hardtail that fits...

DH:
2007 Fuji Team (carbon)
a beautiful old steel Specialized Allez
Cannondale hardtail- he's a HT diehard and I don't think he'll ever go FS, but then again, he has the trail skills not to.
A commuter built from a Scattante XRL cross frame and any parts that I didn't steal for my commuter ;)

I only have two - a Trek 2000 for the road and a Trek hardtail for mountain biking.

But I keep them in my living room, so I think that counts for something.

I have 3 bikes - 2 hybrids & 1 beater mountain bike

He has 3 bikes- 1 Miyata road touring bike, 1 hybrid and 1 folding bike. He also has a B.O.B. trailer.

So that's 6 bikes in total.

I have a Specialized Dolce road bike, a Giant touring / road bike, a GT "mountain" all purpose beater, a Jamis steel commuter with fenders.

He has a 198-? Colnago road bike and a custom built mb, and a mb frame waiting for another build.

Daughter has a Raleigh mountain bike and a cheapo $25 number that is going in the yard sale in a couple of weeks.

Til then, that's eight.

Just one for me. One Bianchi, which is probably nervous about all the visits to the Seven dealer. Guitars, now that's a different story! :p

How do you store all those bikes? Are you using hooks in the ceiling or walls??