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  1. #1
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    We've gone plum MAD...

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    DH and I have a problem. It's a nasty collection starting in our home. We started by inviting one... then two into our home... now they outnumber us.

    I have one bike in the trainer here in the living room and one... two.. three bikes in the dining room... so it's a good thing we don't normally have formal dinners at the dinner table!

    I also have one more bike down in the basement that may be going to a new home soon... but in the last few months our home has defiantly seen an influx in two wheeled modes of transportation.

    Mine - Specialized Ruby Elite Roadie
    Mine - Trek FX 7.3 Hybrid
    DH - Trek 2.1 Roadie
    DH - Trek FX 7.5 Hybrid
    Mine - Trek Pure Sport Cruiser

    I guess there could be greater issues to deal with

    Shannon
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  2. #2
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    Really, that's not so bad.

    I have 3 road bikes.

    Thom has two road bikes.

    We both have mountain bikes and a tandem.

    And I KNOW there are people on this forum with even more. There are far worse things to be addicted to.

    Veronica
    Discipline is remembering what you want.


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  3. #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roadtrip View Post
    DH and I have a problem. It's a nasty collection starting in our home. We started by inviting one... then two into our home... now they outnumber us.

    I have one bike in the trainer here in the living room and one... two.. three bikes in the dining room... so it's a good thing we don't normally have formal dinners at the dinner table!

    I also have one more bike down in the basement that may be going to a new home soon... but in the last few months our home has defiantly seen an influx in two wheeled modes of transportation.

    Mine - Specialized Ruby Elite Roadie
    Mine - Trek FX 7.3 Hybrid
    DH - Trek 2.1 Roadie
    DH - Trek FX 7.5 Hybrid
    Mine - Trek Pure Sport Cruiser

    I guess there could be greater issues to deal with

    Shannon
    I think we're up to 11 bikes in our home, so I understand where you're coming from.

    Me: Raleigh mixte circa 1983 (my first "road" bike when I was 13); Trek 7.5 FX; Bianchi roadie, Moots roadie, Jamis Aurora touring bike, and Specialized Myka Sport MTB.

    DH: vintage Raleigh fixie, Jamis roadie, Jamis Aurora, Specialized Hardrock MTB, Mongoose rigid MTB.
    He's in the market for a 29er, and I'm hoping to sell the Moots at some point, so it'll hopefully be a wash.
    Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

    --Mary Anne Radmacher

  4. #4
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    8

    We'll be at 8 as of Wed..

    Me: Road Bike, Mtn Bike, grocery bike, Track bike
    Dude: Road, Mtn Bike, folding bike,

    We share my old mtn bike that's been converted to a single speed. My dear loves it so much that he prefers it over his road bike . If i want to use it, i have to spend ages getting it back to my set up.

    We're running out of room for our bikes

  5. #5
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    hmmm, so if/when I start thinking about getting a mountain bike - I can come back and look at this thread to justify getting a third bike

  6. #6
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    I think we're at 13 right now....if you count everything including the beater bikes....

    We need help

  7. #7
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    We have 12 at our house + 2 at parents' house for when we visit
    Cannondale Synaspe 5 2008
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  8. #8
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    You've only just begun. ;-)
    1972 Schwinn Paramount
    2006 Serotta Coeur d'Acier
    2007 Holland Exogrid
    2008 Salsa Casseroll
    2010 Scott Contessa 20

  9. #9
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    I have 4, with plans to get rid of 2. One is an old sears/puch lady's 10-speed (too small), an old motobecane road bike (keeping), 2006 cannondale F300 mountain bike (giving to sister) and the Salsa Fargo (LOVE IT!!!)

    Thank goodness my house came with a "garage" that no longer has a garage door (just a wall) - perfect place for the bikes to live.

    "I never met a donut I didn't like" - Dave Wiens

  10. #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Becky View Post
    I think we're at 13 right now....if you count everything including the beater bikes....

    We need help
    We're up to 14 between my hubby, our 10 year old son, and I...but if we only count "functional" or used-on-a-regular-basis bikes it's more like 5-6, including a road tandem. DS and I are both dying for CX bikes, though, so our count could go up to 7-8 were money no object.
    Kirsten
    run/bike log
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    '11 Cannondale SuperSix 4 Rival
    '12 Salsa Mukluk 3
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  11. #11
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    As of today (sold my MTB), we are now *down* to five bikes...from a high of 8 a couple of years ago. Considering we live in a small apartment with no garage, five is enough!
    Emily

    2011 Jamis Dakar XC "Toto" - Selle Italia Ldy Gel Flow
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  12. #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by zoom-zoom View Post
    We're up to 14 between my hubby, our 10 year old son, and I...but if we only count "functional" or used-on-a-regular-basis bikes it's more like 5-6, including a road tandem. DS and I are both dying for CX bikes, though, so our count could go up to 7-8 were money no object.
    That's the scary part....10 of them do get routinely used, depending on the ride. The beater singlespeeds were just built up....time will tell how much they get used for grocery runs and the like. The last one is DH's first "real" mountain bike that I don't think he'll ever part with

  13. #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Becky View Post
    That's the scary part....10 of them do get routinely used, depending on the ride. The beater singlespeeds were just built up....time will tell how much they get used for grocery runs and the like. The last one is DH's first "real" mountain bike that I don't think he'll ever part with
    See, I think that's better than all of the random bikes we have that we rarely or never use. We don't have room for all this clutter, but DH can't bear to part with his "babies." Not even the $200 thrift store tandem mountain bike with "ditch-seeking steering."
    Kirsten
    run/bike log
    zoomylicious


    '11 Cannondale SuperSix 4 Rival
    '12 Salsa Mukluk 3
    '14 Seven Mudhoney S Ti/disc/Di2

  14. #14
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    Let's see
    hubby has a road bike and 3 mountain bikes
    I have 2 mountain bikes and a road bike

    We do need to sell my old mountain bike and his oldest mountain bike. (My old mountain bike is too big for me and I've never been comfortable riding it, so it really needs a new home).

  15. #15
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    Lightweights...

    I've got 13 bikes and frames - two mountain, the rest road. BF has about 11. And we're thinking about moving in together. Any good ideas on how to store 24 bike so they're kinda out of the way?
    For 3 days, I get to part of a thousand other journeys.

 

 

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