Leadlegs
New Member
It started innocently enough, just a simple bike to ride to work and back. After years of service it was time to retire old faithful and replace it with something better. Circumstances changed and I no longer rode to work but continued to ride for leisure, pleasure and fitness. Before I knew it, it was time to change my bike once more. Again it was an opportunity to upgrade.
Everything seemed normal at this point. Life was simple and it was a case of one in – one out.
After a couple of harsh winters my bike started to look and feel a bit rough. Time for a new bike thinks me. I treated myself to a nice made-to-measure machine. Of course, this was too good to ride when the weather was bad so I kept the old one for winter use. Unfortunately neither of these were any good for riding off-road. Yep, a mountain bike was added to my collection.
Mrs. Leadlegs fancied riding around our beautiful countryside, but neither of us wanted to be the classic couple out for a ride, (man way out in front enjoying himself, woman grinding along behind trying to keep up while looking far from happy). It was her suggestion, (honestly) and after a trial run on a hired bike in the Lake District a tandem joined the fold.
My most recent purchase is a carbon fibre wonder. Time to shuffle my bikes down the ranks and let the old winter bike go thought I. But wait a minute; who cares if the brakes are garbage, the frame rusting and the wheels look far from pretty if it was on a turbo trainer? So that’s what I did.
Slowly more and more garage space is being allocated to my bikes. Is there any end to this, I don’t know, maybe I need therapy.
How many bikes should a cyclist own?
Everything seemed normal at this point. Life was simple and it was a case of one in – one out.
After a couple of harsh winters my bike started to look and feel a bit rough. Time for a new bike thinks me. I treated myself to a nice made-to-measure machine. Of course, this was too good to ride when the weather was bad so I kept the old one for winter use. Unfortunately neither of these were any good for riding off-road. Yep, a mountain bike was added to my collection.
Mrs. Leadlegs fancied riding around our beautiful countryside, but neither of us wanted to be the classic couple out for a ride, (man way out in front enjoying himself, woman grinding along behind trying to keep up while looking far from happy). It was her suggestion, (honestly) and after a trial run on a hired bike in the Lake District a tandem joined the fold.
My most recent purchase is a carbon fibre wonder. Time to shuffle my bikes down the ranks and let the old winter bike go thought I. But wait a minute; who cares if the brakes are garbage, the frame rusting and the wheels look far from pretty if it was on a turbo trainer? So that’s what I did.
Slowly more and more garage space is being allocated to my bikes. Is there any end to this, I don’t know, maybe I need therapy.
How many bikes should a cyclist own?