True Love/How Many Bikes?

[wannaduacentury]

I have four bikes, one is my daughters.
Giant ocr2 road bike, Trek 3700 mountain bike, my old 3 speed, and a cruiser. I just gave away my fifth bike(first mtn bike) to a friend who needs something to get around in town on. It has begun another life Jenn

[Norse]

I "only" have three, and I get ribbed about that. I should show all the ribbers this thread!

Me: '04 Trek 5200 carbon road bike (or "Black Beauty" as I call her, love, love, love this bike), '02 Trek 7500 FX hybrid (my "beater" and trail bike), and '07 Marin Lucas Valley (upright road bike). DP has one, a Gary Fisher hybrid.

To answer the "where do you store them?" question: Black Beauty has a permanent home inside the house in the basement; she rests on the trainer in between outside rides, the 7500 and the Marin are in a storage room built off of the garage, hanging from ceiling hooks during the off-season, on the floor now with front tires hanging from nails; the Gary Fisher hangs in the storage room in winter but is in the garage now for the cycling season. I think I might be in trouble though if I brought home another bike home on the "where the heck are you going to put that one?" question.

[TxDoc]

Two, Bianchi and Lapierre. Well, thinking of having anothe Bianchi join the family soon though...
My fiance is way ahead of me: he's got two Cervelo, a Quintana Roo and a Ritchey breakaway. AND he is planning to buy two more this Summer!!!

[Aggie_Ama]

Ummmm.. We store them leaning against the garage wall but if I ever get a free weekend I am building a bike rack. DH's road bike is in our guest bedroom because the garage is out of wall space!

[GLC1968]

Ah, let's see...

Me ~
2005 Terry Ti Isis - my 'go fast' bike
2004 Terry Classic - my steel commuter/touring bike
1992(?) Specialized Rockhopper - my mountain bike
1986 Miyata 710 (or SevenTen) - my 'project' bike
1979 Schwinn Le Tour Mixte - my around town bike

Him ~
2008 Specialized TriCross Sport - his commuter
2006 Specialized TriCross Comp - his road bike
early 2000's Schwin mountain bike
1985(ish) Bianchi Grizzly built up as an 'around town' bike

But, to be fair, both my Miyata and my Schwinn are going up for sale shortly.

Oh, and ours are all also just leaning against garage walls (and one is usually on the stand) right now. After we build our chicken coop, the scrap wood will be used to build a few racks.

[7rider]

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!

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

Guitars?? Oh...geez...the DH has a BUNCH of those!
A Ramierez (classical)
A Breedlove (acoustic)
A Toma (acoustic)
A couple of "beginner" guitars classical that I don't recall the makes.
And a Japanese copy of a Stratocaster that he has no idea how to play, and thank GOODNESS he doesn't own an amp for it!!!
And my BIL just started handmaking archtops, so I suspect as some point soon, we'll have one of his, too!

The bikes are stored in various spots in the house. My commuter is in the garage for ready access. The road bikes are in the laundry room for "semi-ready" access. And the mtb's are in the utility room, which is much more difficult to access.

[divingbiker]

I've got five (which means I'm addicted, according to BleeckerStGirl's formula.)

2007 Rivendell Glorius (commuter)
2005 Specialized Sequoia Comp (road)
2006 Kona Cinder Cone (mtb)
1986? Bridgestone mixte (just for fun)
1991 Bridgestone 300 mtb converted to Xtracycle (hauling machine)

[solobiker]

Hello, my name is solobiker and I have an addiction. I own "too many" bikes. I guess the first step is to acknowledge my addiction vs denie it. I currently own 5 bikes.

1987 Schwin Prelude
1990 Giant Butte
1994 Gary Fisher Paragon
1999 Cannondale R1000
2007 Bianchi Cross Concept

My sister has my 2 oldest bikes now, but I will probably take them back because she does not use them.

The funny thing is when I bought my first bike my Dad questioned me on why I wanted a bike because he figured I had just gotten my drivers liscense and would not be riding a bike any more. Well, over 20 years later and I am still riding

[HillSlugger]

"Only" 3 for me (but I'd love to have more!)

Race bike: 2005 Specialized Allez Comp
General road bike: 2006 Specialized Sequoia Elite
Commuter bike: 2007 Jamis Coda Comp

Obviously, I need a 2008 to keep the series intact!

[KatyLady]

Mine:
- 2008 Curtlo (custom steel road)
- 2006 Motebecane Sprint (aluminum road)
- 2006 Trek 7300 (hybrid)

His:
- 2007 Lynskey (custom ti road)
- 2006 Mercier (aluminum road)
- 2006 Trek 7300 (hybrid)
- 2000 Trek (mountain)
- 1976 Peugeot (steel road)

We're both starting to get the itch for cyclo-cross bikes - not for racing but for good all purpose bikes.

As for storage, our 4-car garage has turned into a 3-car & 8-bike garage.

[queenridingbee]

I'm proud to say that I now have 2...

1 - hybrid, Trek 7000
2 - road bike, Fuji Newest 3.0

DH has 2
1 - An old (dunno the year) Cannondale road bike
2 - A Mongoose mountain bike

Q

[Zen]

Five.
It doesn't matter what kind.
I have five.

[Velobambina]

Reading this thread, I don't feel so guilty about how many bikes I own.

[7rider]

Reading this thread, I don't feel so guilty about how many bikes I own.

At least they're not cars!

[singletrackmind]

His:
1 road bike
1 road bike converted for cyclocross
1 hardtail mtb
1 dual suspension mtb
1 hybrid tandem

Hers:
1 road bike
1 rigid mtb
2 hardtail mtb
1 mtb tandem

Theirs:
1 road bike
3 various size kid bikes

They're all older bikes and that's just fine.
seems like I'm forgetting something...

We met at a mountain bike race. Rode bikes together getting to know each other. After we got to know each other well enough our honeymoon was mountain biking in CO and UT.