How Long Between Bike Purchases?

[nscrbug]

Hmm...let's see now. My first "road" style bike w/drop bars was a Specialized Sirrus that I bought many years...I'd say I was in my early 20's at the time (I'm 45). After I tired of that bike, I got a Nishiki mountain bike...it was lime green. I rode that bike for years, before deciding on a Trek Navigator 2.0, a comfort bike. I rode that bike up until I got "bit" by the triathlon bug back in 2008. I bought a Trek 2100 WSD, that served my purposes well...only it was a tad too big for me. A year later, I decided I wanted a faster, better bike because I thought I would continue doing triathlons. So I bought a Cervelo Carbon Soloist. I rode that bike for 1 season, and never did do another triathlon that year. I loved my Cervelo, but sadly it was a bit too aggressive for my old, messed up back...so I sold it and bought a more relaxed geometry road bike last May - a Cannondale Synapse Fem 3 Carbon, my current bike.

[zoom-zoom]

I'm on the 1 year plan, right now! First road bike bought in Nov. of '09. "Outgrew" that starter bike pretty fast and got my new/current ride in early Dec. of last year. Now I am eyeballing a cyclocross bike before Fall so that I might get in on some races and have a bike more suitable to riding when roads are snowy/slushy and on our unpaved roads (they can take studded tires for snow and ice). I hate not being able to ride outdoors some year-round, so having 2 different bikes will allow me to not be stuck on the trainer so much all Winter.

[Trek-chick]

I wouldn't dismiss steel so quickly...It's really not as heavy as it used to be and the ride quality is amazing on some bikes. I have had many comment on how light my steel Trek 520 is (unloaded of course)

...for me it's usally years for new purchases due to finances but....if I win the lottery....... I would go nuts!!!