How Many Bikes is too Many?

[threebikesmcginty]

Yesterday I bounded into the house clutching a battered old 60s frame and said to Mrs 3BM "what do you think of this beauty then?"

Mrs 3BM shrugged her shoulders and gave me that what-do-you-want-me-to-say look!
Added to it this morning by saying "oohh look at the lovely frame"

There's a hidden clue in my name as to the number of bikes I have and personally I see no limit to bike quantity ownership (contrary to Mrs 3BM)

I realise you can only ride one at a time but it's not as though it's a Beckham quantity of Ferrari's is it! Isn't it?....

So, how many is too many as far as you're concerned?

 

[spandex]

You can never have too many bikes

 

[goo_mason]

Isn't that you now FourBikesMcGinty then ? Or will that only happen when the frame acquires wheels, stem, bars, pedals, chainset, gears etc etc and can then be classed as a bike ?

 

[J4CKO]

You need,

A really nice carbon road bike, just to look at

Commuter
Hack
Downhill MTB
XC MTB
An old racer bought off Ebay for ano apparent reason
Your old MTB, not worth selling but cant bear to give it away
Tourer
Audax


etc

I have 2, down from 3

If your wife moans, like mine when I say I am buying a bike "But you already have one", say the same when she simply must have that pair of shoes.

 

[tyred]

You can't have too many bikes!

 

[HLaB]

n+x = too many, n+1 equals just right

 

[CotterPin]

n+1 (where n=current number of bikes owned)

HLab - you beat me to it :-)

 

[Twiggy]

When you have more bikes than you ride.

Like shoes, or clothes, when you stop using/wearing one set, you have one set too many.

 

[Hilldodger]

You can never have too many bikes

Myself, Mckle and Spandex have access to hundreds of bikes betwen our two organistions - you'd find it difficult to think of something we haven't got between us - but you alaways want another one

Actually, you'd better at Wobbly John to the list because NOBODY else is silly enough to have a collection like him

 

[Riding in Circles]

I'm down to thirty five now, of which I only ever ride three.

 

[spandex]

Myself, Mckle and Spandex have access to hundreds of bikes betwen our two organistions - you'd find it difficult to think of something we haven't got between us - but you alaways want another one

Actually, you'd better at Wobbly John to the list because NOBODY else is silly enough to have a collection like him

And we are getting 20 more in a week or so

 

[beancounter]

Myself, Mickle and Spandex have access to hundreds of bikes betwen our two organisations.

Forgive my ignorance, but - what two organisations are these?

bc

 

[Hilldodger]

I'm from Cyclemagic www.cyclemagic.org.uk

Spandex and Mickle are from what used to be Company of Cyclists but is now something else that I can't remember.

It might be Norwich Union of Marathon or something

 

[spandex]

And Mickle and I are from [URL="http://www.companyofcyclists.com/"]Get Cycling
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[beancounter]

Very interesting!

Thanks guys.

bc