Bikes are an illness

[SFLiz]

Only thing keeping me from getting more bikes is I have nowhere to store anymore. I've contemplated renting a garage I saw for rent across the street from me for storage and bike workshop but that's a crazy $350/mo that could be saved for more bike upgrades/bike-related stuff/pilates,etc. I'll know when I'm done for when I move out to the suburbs for the bikes....

[shootingstar]

My gawd, some of you really are infected, many bikes with short time period. I amassed my corral of 4 bikes over 15 years. 5th bike was the lst one over past 21 yrs., but no longer is really mine.

I leave evidence of my disease across 3 cities in 3 different Canadian provinces where I've lived and still visit (family and good friends) to ensure I will have a local bike that fits me. Saves me cost of shipping bikes and whoever looks after my bikes, gets to ride it if they want. Consider this seriously if you have too many bikes/bikes getting older/well-used and visit same place quite often/longer time period, where you get antsy from not biking.

[indysteel]

My gawd, some of you really are infected, many bikes with short time period. I amassed my corral of 4 bikes over 15 years. 5th bike was the lst one over past 21 yrs., but no longer is really mine.

For at least some of us, our bike buying frenzies have been necessary to accommodate different types of riding, e.g., road and mountain or road, mountain and cyclocross. At least that's my excuse.....

[SheFly]

HA! If I were to go down in the basement and start counting bikes, we would be in trouble. Our bike and related purchases in a year is sadly more than some people make. We have, however, gotten a wee bit better about the "one in, one out" rule - mainly because the addition we put on the house isn't big enough anymore to hold all of the new ones .

If this is a disease, I'm sure to die from it

SheFly