How Long Between Bike Purchases?

[Catrin]

It is really fun to buy bikes! I only learned how to ride 17 months ago and have 3 bikes while I have purchased 4 of them. The first one was a Trek 7.6 FX WSD - I learned how to ride on it but hated the aluminum buzz and it was too big for me anyway. Decided I wanted a steel touring bike, so bought my beloved steel beauty, a Surly Long Haul Trucker. Learned from my fitter the Trek would never fit properly, so I sold her So The Trek was purchased in December, the LHT in March.

Rode the dickens out of the LHT last summer - close to 2,000 miles worth in my first season. It is my cushy tank, but the important word there is tank...she is heavy and I wanted something lighter and reserve the touring bike for tours. I have significant fitting issues and am short, so in January started the process to have a totally custom bike built and thus was born my Gunnar, or Ms. Plum Blossom! I will never buy another bike for road use that is not steel.

I am learning how to mountain bike this summer, and while I had intended on waiting until after the women's clinic to purchase a mountain bike, we learned that there were few of the 2011 model I wanted remaining for purchase. So, on the same day I brought home the custom Gunnar, I also brought home the Jamis.

So, three different bikes, and they are all quite different. My stable, and bedroom, is full.

I think you will have fun shopping for a new bike, but then again, don't look to me to talk you out of it