How many bikes do you own?

[katherine]

I have two, my Kona Dew plus which is my "town" bike and used to commute and haul kids around and my beautiful f.s. mtn bike, a Specialized Era.
My partner has no less than four and is awaiting the arrival of the fifth, a custom steel commuter.
This means that I am due for a couple new rides (the next purchase will be a Luna for me).
In our house the appropriate number of bikes to own is n+1, where n is the number currently owned.
We always check with the other before bike (and other big) purchases, because our bikes are rather expensive and we like to involve each other in the shopping.

[arielmoon]

One road bike- Trek Madone
One loaned to me Mtn bike- Gary Fisher

[SheFly]

Great to hear that women like to own a lot of bikes too!! Still not as excessive as the guys on bentrideronline (I am talking some own 10 bikes!)

Now, the next loaded question, because this always gives me a giggle. Do you ask you significant other for permission to get another bike? This kills me that guys think they have to get their wives permission to get another bike!

Get ready then - I personally own 10, with DH owning another 10 (or maybe 11). I like Zen's philosophy, but a couple more and I have two Tuesday bikes that can't possibly be ridden on Wednesday . I was recently asked what my favorite bike was, and my reply was that it was whichever one I was riding at the time.

And there is no permission on either side at our house - they just show up (although we are STARTING to institute the one in one out rule...).

Many of you have seen this from me before, but the optimal number of bikes is n+1.

SheFly

[Catrin]

Many of you have seen this from me before, but the optimal number of bikes is n+1.

SheFly

I LIKE this one... though my LHT conversion is costing almost as much as another bike - so I can consider my LHT as being two bikes

[Psycler]

I have 3 1/2

Mountain bike
Commuter
Racing bike I use for long supported tours
And another road bike that I am building and with my current financial status will probably be building for a while yet

[tulip]

I do actually ride my Bike Friday on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday because I keep it at the country house where I spend many weekends.

I also have a Monday bike (Luna=lundi=Monday) that Is my weekday bike that I keep at my city house.

I also have a Jamis Coda for errands and commuting, a Raleigh project bike that is still in the project stage, and a 1986 Specialized Stumpjumper that I raced when mountain bike racing was still a very new sport on the east coast. It's currently slated to become an Xtracycle one of these days.

So 3 bikes in the active rotation, and 2 project bikes.

[JennK13]

3:
a trail bike (Trek Navigator 2.0)
a commuter (Giant Transcend)
my "all around" (Fuji Cross Comp)

[alimey]

6.5 I'm afraid - running out of excuses - but I don't have a hub-geared bike yet . . .

A road bike (Serotta)
A commuting bike (Principia)
A folding bike (Bike Friday)
An expedition bike (Trek hardtail mtb)
A full-suss mtb (Titus)
A fixie (Dolan)
1/2 a tandem (Trek)

[Pedal Wench]

Get ready then - I personally own 10, with DH owning another 10 (or maybe 11).

SheFly

Yeah, same kinda thing with us, although we don't live together (not even in the same state), so we don't have 22 in the same household.

I have one mountain bike, and then assorted bikes in assorted states of builds. I ride whichever one suites my mood for the day.

[Biciclista]

I used to have 2.5 bikes, an old Raleigh Mixte, my custom Davidson, and half a tandem..
Now I have 3.5 bikes, we just bought Dahon Folding bikes this weekend!
gosh, they are so easy to fold and stick into the car~!

[Norse]

3

Road bike
Trail bike
Hybrid that I converted into a run-to-the-store bike.

I am thinking about #4 though, an upgraded roadie.

[Selkie]

Get ready then - I personally own 10, with DH owning another 10 (or maybe 11). I like Zen's philosophy, but a couple more and I have two Tuesday bikes that can't possibly be ridden on Wednesday . I was recently asked what my favorite bike was, and my reply was that it was whichever one I was riding at the time.

And there is no permission on either side at our house - they just show up (although we are STARTING to institute the one in one out rule...).

Many of you have seen this from me before, but the optimal number of bikes is n+1.

SheFly

Whew, someone who has more bikes than I! And to boot, she's one of my favorite TE'ers!!! All of my bikes have their purpose and since I'm an endurance rider, all of them see ample pavement time.

I planned to get rid of my beater bike (aluminum frame Dolce comp) when I got the Isis earlier this year. Alas, every time it rains or the pavement is wet, I cannot bring myself to ride one of my other (steel or ti) bikes and muck it up. So the Dolce remains, despite a decided lack of adequate storage space (no garage---all of my bikes, except the one permanently mounted on the trainer, are propped against the walls of my "woman cave" (den). DH finally had enough of being told to be careful not to knock them over and ordered me some bike racks!

[Geonz]

I sometimes forget how many bicycles I have... five in the starting rotation...
I have my Xtracycle on the Giant Nutra that gets 5-6K a year that Does Most Stuff.
I have my Trek 7500FX for the light fast rides -- my "Sunday go to Century" bike.
I have the 1968 Schwinn Racer that I got from E-bay because my brother told me it's the best bike to have and we grew up on that year and model... it needs brakes, though, 'cause the rear wheel is pre-WWII.
I have a Dahon folder to ride to Enterprise when I rent a car, 'cause i don't own one. It is also excellent for Ambiguous Tours and Weird Weather, since it has 1.25" tires that handle sleet or stones or just about anything.
I have a Gazelle Impala because that grad student sold it for a sweet price when he went back to Holland and you cannot get a Dutch commuting bike in these parts. It's the one I put studded tyres on in the winter and it goesthrough almost anything.
I also have the 1960 ladies' Schwinn Racer that really isn't mine but I ride it sometimes and it's in my garage 'cause its owner bought it intending to try to ride and it didn't work out.
I also have a Schwinn Spitfire that I bought from the guy who had to sell some of the hundreds of bicycles in his basement. It's at my friend's house.
I think that is all. I also have a few otehr bikes in the garage (since there's no car to take up the room) from the bike coop whenthey run short on room.
With a fleet of bicycles, if one breaks I have spares (since I don't have a car, this can be important). It also means when somebody's got a friend from Europe in town for a few weeks, I can loan... even if it's a family ... most of my bikes cost less than $800 and I have purchased one every few years, costing considerably less than what I used to pay in a year for car insurance. (This year I sprang for GPS instead of a bike... it should arrive SOON...

[Pedal Wench]

All of my bikes have their purpose and since I'm an endurance rider, all of them see ample pavement time.

That's my excuse too! The Ti one for a rough but flat brevet, the carbon compact for a hilly one, the carbon triple for a mountainous long ride or touring (supported - like Ride the Rockies), another pretty Ti one when I need to feel pretty, the steel ones for short fun rides, the aluminum permanently on the trainer, another carbon one at DBF's house, a mtb... it adds up!

[GLC1968]

I figure that no matter how many bikes I have, it's always 1 less than 'too many'.

I've personally have 3 at the moment and my husband is holding steady at 4. We do have somewhat of an 'one in, one out' rule as long as we have the same number each. Or, at least, that's my take on it since I have one less than him.

I'm hard to fit though, so buying bikes for me is a long process and I tend to form lasting bonds with my bikes. My H is joe average in terms of size, so he buys bikes off-the-rack continuously. Seriously. It's a constant flow. If he kept every bike he'd bought in the past 5 years we'd have upwards of 25+ bikes in our garage (no joke)!