How many - ?

[Venod]

Memory's not great, but these are the ones I remember.

No name frame recovered from the tip and built as fixed wheel
Raleigh ?
Raleigh ? 501 tubing
Surtees, built by a bloke in Sheffield called Surtees, I went to buy a Raleigh frame off him and came away with the Surtees.
Giant XTC mtb
Airborne Ti (Airborne became Van Nik)
Cannondale 4 mtb
Sunday Cycles UK Ti (Sunday Cycles became Sabbeth)
Planet X Pro Carbon
Genises Core 5 mtb
Cannondale CX
Kinesis GF Ti
Cannondale Si mtb
Kinesis cx Pro 4
Van Nicholas Chinook Ti
Kinesis cx Pro 6
OnOne Pickenflick Ti
Genesis Flyer fixie
Willier Toni Bevilacqua fixie
Planet X Super Light Team
Marin Bear Valley
Trek Pro Caliber 8 mtb
Cannondale Synapse
Spa Elan Ti

 

[Johnno260]

Raleigh Chopper
Piranha BMX ( awesome wheels, not my picture but I loved that thing)
Falcon BMX
Raleigh Burner
Raleigh Mustang MTB
Raleigh Activator BMX ( Stolen)
Claude Butler MTB
Muddy Fox Feral MTB
Boardman Hybrid
Ribble 7005
Merida Ride 500

 

[Illaveago]

I think my first tricycle might have been a Triang, not sure as it was a hand me down .
The first bike which I learnt on was a girls Gresham Flyer with a carrier on the back . I used to ride it a bit like a speedway bike going around corners with a foot down .
My next bike was my brother's Humber with rod brakes.
1966 I was given a new Sun Mist for Christmas which had Simplex plastic derailleur.
In 1971 I bought my first bike . A Holdsworth Record which I still have .
Falcon Black Diamond
Raleigh Criterium Triathlon 12
Raleigh mountain bike .
BSA Sportsman. A friend was throwing it out so I rescued it .
Carrera Vulcan front suspension ally frame , a skip rescue , I thought I would try it out .
Scott Yacora mountain bike, gave it to my daughter .
Carlton Competition frame built up from a donor bike .
Puch Alpine .
BSA Tour de France frame bought as a donor but since built up .
Flying Scot bought as an unknown frame , since built up .
Raleigh Granada .
Raleigh Altare.
Carlton Kermesse Reynolds 501 with whistling forks .
Coventry Eagle Triple Ace Convertible Tandem .
Dawes Double Blue. Couldn't resist the colour .
Carlton Clubman .
Carlton Cobra , wanted a chrome frame .
Falcon Club Special.
Albion of Melksham .
Raleigh Record Ace.
Dawes Shadow .
GT Aggressor 3 X2.
Falcon Professional. Work in progress.
Dawes Red Feather . Fly tip find .
Holdsworth 501Avanti .
31 in total .

 

[hoopdriver]

Schwinn - first four bicycles
Trek
Gemini
Cannondale
Thorn
Pegoretti
Enigma

That covers over 55 years…

 

[simongt]

Something that I've just minded is that when I was a wee lad, two of the children in our area had trikes; can't mind the makes, each with a sturdy and decent sized 'boot' between the rear wheels. sheet metal with a lift up lid, they were very handy for stowing all sorts of contraband - !
Something you don't see now; children's trikes, with or without a boot.

 

[Tribansman]

Emmelle - first geared bike
Raleigh (Scorpio) - 12 gears, red, loved it
Carrera - grey/red, temperamental, gripshift gears
Haro BMX
Unknown crappy hack bike
Saracen (Skyline) - first tourer
Trek MTB
Edinburgh Bikes - tourer, dad's hand me down
Current bikes
Tifosi CK7 - since 2011
Claud Butler MTB - since 2016
Triban RC520 - since 2019
Boardman Team Carbon - since 2020
Elswick Elite - turbo bike, since mid 2021
Genesis Flyer single speed - since Nov 2021

Pretty happy with my current stable, although both the Tifosi and MTB need a complete strip down, overhaul and upgrade. Tifosi is currently mothballed in the loft; will ride the MTB till parts start breaking!

 

[Ridgeback Roller]

Not as many as most, I've tended to keep ones I've liked for a long time, 22 years the longest so far.
Triang kid's trike, then probably a Raleigh kid's bike
Claud Butler x2
GT
Raleigh
Dawes x2
Ridgeback
SPA
Specialized

 

[Profpointy]

1 Raleigh folding shopping bike for my 11th birthday
2 a cheap secondhand three speed drop bar bitsa when the folder was pinched
3 a half decent 10 speed falcon, which got a mid-life upgrade to 15 speed a dozen years later
4 a Thorn tourer - drop bars, 27 speed, great if a bit heavy. I still have it albeit mid replacing the brake levers
5 My Condor tempo fixie - my favourite bike. Commuted on it for nearly 10 years plus some day trips. Near perfect in every way
6 A Brompton - bought it then the need for it disappeared so should flip it really. Again mid upgrade so needs fixing whether to use or sell

I still own 4,5 and 6

 

[alex_cycles]

A wee memory jogger for a bit of fun - ! How many different makes ( not models ) of bike have you owned since starting out as a nipper - ?

A couple of no-name (or forgotten, or never knew/cared) starter kiddy bikes
Dawes
Raleigh
Unibike (Polish firm)
Cannondale
Specialized

So 5 that I know about. So it looks like I started in the UK, moved to Poland and then America (but I didn't).

 

[lazybloke]

Blimey, some of the posts on here seem like the worst examples of throw-away culture. I've made do with 5 bikes in my adult life and still have 3 of 'em.

Treasured and now sadly missed
1) A beloved Dawes racer. Obtained 3rd hand as a teenager circa 1985, used everywhere, and kept for over 25 years. Skipped due to crash damage.

Retired and good riddance
2) A 2nd-hand steel Specialized MTB , used only for riding to the station where it was locked outside in the elements. After 18-19 years it was more rust than bike.

Current bikes
3) A Giant MTB. Had it nearly 15 years from new. It looks tired after numerous scrapes, falls and an RTC, but is still going strong.
4) A Holdsworth racer. I've had it 10 years, although it was in the family (boxed & unused) for nearly 30 years before that. Build using parts from my cherished Dawes, and is probably my favourite bike. Might use it for the LondonEssex in May.
5) A 2009 Specialized road bike which was rescued from a skip about 5 years ago and replaced "2". Has had a hard life but has upgraded components and his my go-to bike for most rides (utility, commuting, leisure, Fridays, etc). A mate was horrified when I joined him for a 50 mile blast last autumn with the luggage rack and pannier (Godammit) still attached!

If "4" ever dies, I might indulge my occasional Ti envy.

 

[Venod]

Blimey, some of the posts on here seem like the worst examples of throw-away culture

There are a lot of bikes on my list but non have been discarded, the ones I don't still possess have been sold on, some at a profit.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Triang trike with a box on the back.

A bike of indeterminate make, hand painted bright red, where the frame broke.

An Elswick Hopper 3 speed, on which I passed cycling proficiency.

A dark green " racer" that I used till I got a moped and forgot bikes for a while.

A Viking Tony Doyle replica "racer", eventually sold to a mate who wanted to start triathlon training.

A cheapo mountain bike.

A Saracen mountain bike.

A Decathlon full suspension mountain bike.

A Powabike Salisbury ebike. This is the only one still in my possession.

 

[Zipp2001]

No set order.

Zipp2001 ----------- (3)
Kestrel --------------- (2)
Trek ------------------ (1)
Giant ----------------- (3)
Orbea ---------------- (1)
Specialized --------- (1)
Cannondale --------(9)
Raleigh -------------- (1)
Huffy ----------------- (3)
Royce Union ------- (1)
Univega ------------- (2)
GT --------------------- (2)

 

[PaulSB]

Triang!
Raleigh x3 at least
Marin x2
Monoc
Dolan
Cannonball
Kinesis (current)
Cervelo (current)
Non branded frame built up

 

[Bazzer]

Quite boring really to some of the lists on the thread.
Never had a three wheeler.
First bike was a name not known 2 wheeler hand me down from an aunt I was very close to.
Then Dawes (x2)
Raleigh (x2)
Cannondale