How many makes of bikes have you owned?

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annedonnelly

Girl from the North Country
Location
Canonbie
I don't know what make my three-wheeler was, then three Raleighs (getting bigger in size each time). Then I acquired my brother's Puch.
Then a long gap and I started again with an Apollo, then my Revolution (still have the frame), my Brompton for commuting (still have), a Dawes frame built up with help from the cycling charity I volunteered with (still have), Elephant bike (given away) and now the Specialized e-bike.
 

biggs682

Itching to get back on my bike's
Location
Northamptonshire
Yikes.
Triang tricycle
Pashley Pickle
Raleigh Chopper
Raleigh Flyer
London Bicycle Company Londoner (CB Dalesman)
Claude Butler Tandem
Ridgeback MTB
Ammoco MTB
Saracen Conquest
Carrera MTB (won in a mountain bike race)
1939 Hetchins fixed
Cannondale M400
Spez Rockhopper Sport
Trek 930
Funk
Pashley unicycle
Colnago
Trek 1420 (?)
Shogun Kaze
Brompton
Brompton
Brompton
Moulton Speed Six
Moulton ATB
Windcheetah (002)
Wincheetah
Giant Halfway
Schwinn Centenary Black Phantom
Coventry Eagle 24" BMX
Kona Explosif
Muddy Fox Pathfinder (?)
Giant ATX (?) MTB
Rocky Mountain Altitude
Rocky Mountain Team Vertex SC
Taurus Contropedale
Bakfiets.nl
Daywoo shuttle
Sinclair A-Bike
Kona Africa Bike
Tifosi Classic
Spa Cycles Wayfarer
Harley Davidson Veloglide
Orange Clockwork
Marin Kentfield

Also:
Electra Cruiser
Peugeot racer
Giant LaFree
Raleigh Wayfarer
Various assorted baker's and butchers bikes
Gazelle roadster

I've not included the bikes I bought to flip, the bikes in the pile in the front garden or the bikes I've forgotten. I did work out once upon a time that I'd owned more than 50 mountain bikes.

I feel better already thanks @mickle
 

sevenfourate

Devotee of OCD
Holdsworth x 1
Raleigh x 4
Kalkhoff x 1
Ammoco x 1
Firebird x 1
Mongoose x 2
GT x 5
Voodoo x 1
Skyway x 2
DiamondBack x 2
Burgamont x 1
Trek x 3
F.I.T Bike Co x 2
Blank x 1
Eastern x 1
Giant x 1
Dawes x 1
Schwinn x 1
Tribal x 1
Claude Butler x 2
Carrera x 1
Dunx Rockabilly x 1
Haro x 2

So 23 different brands 🤷‍♂️

Probably a few more in there that were so fleeting and (un)memorable 🙄 that I’ve forgotten 🤣
 
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biggs682

Itching to get back on my bike's
Location
Northamptonshire
Currently
W E Pollard
Woodrup
R.E.W Reynolds
Carrera
Marin
Specialized
Raleigh x 2
F R Russell
Holdsworth
Triban
Dunelt
Cougar
Hardisty
Added the 3 below as I remembered them
Ian May
Stuart Sinclair
Chas Roberts


Frame only
Peugeot
Unknown Italian
Harry Quinn
One other I can't remember
And one that is totally bent
 
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Venod

Eh up
Location
Yorkshire
First bike I built was a frame from the tip, brand unknown, but it was a good fixie with cow horn bars.
After that.
Raleigh
Raleigh
Surtees, {built by a bloke called Surtees in his garage}
Airbourne {became Van Nic}
Sunday Cycles {became Sabbath}
Genesis
Orange
Willier
Kinesis
Planet X
Van Nic
Genesis
Cannondale
Chessini
Kinesis
Giant
Cannondale
OneOne
Cannondale
Giant
Planet X
Trek
Spa Cycles
Ribble
Planet
X
May have missed some I have forgotten, still have the ones in bold.
 
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At least:
Triang or similar trike as a child
Norman of England
Raleigh (strictly my Dad's)
Falcon
Claud Butler
Mercian (2 at different times, still got one*)
Viking
Aende*
Carlton
Claud Butler (2 at different times, still got the tandem*)
Dawes*
Marlboro
Diamant
SJS*
Specialized*
Shorter
Principia*
Rogers (trike)*
On-One*
Dahon
Holdsworth*
Tern*
Brompton*
Bianchi*

Still got the ones with asterisks. Strictly, only the front half of the tandem.
 

Venod

Eh up
Location
Yorkshire
Having listed the bikes I have had and the ones I still have, I noticed three of the four I still have are from what is considered the budget end of the market, but in my opinion they are fine bikes, thats why I am still riding them.
 

stephec

Squire
Location
Bolton
My first bike had a frame that had been repainted so no clue on that one, then -

Raleigh
Peugeot
Bianchi
Giant
Kinesis
Townsend
Marin
Boardman

Edit: just remembered my Rocky Mountain as well.

Double edit: and there's my Ribble winter bike. 😂
 
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colly

Re member eR
Location
Leeds
Triang
Something else
Hercules
Dawes
Indeterminate x 2 or 3
Carleton
Graham Weigh
Bob Jackson
Indeterminate
Saracen
Indeterminate
Battaglin
Racelite
Orbea
Boardman
Boardman

More or less in order with plenty of overlap. One or two extras as projects which were never ridden much or at all.
 
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