How many - ?

[simongt]

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 - ?
Okay, those of us of more senior years will not doubt have an advantage - !
Here's mine for starters - Triang ( a wee trike when I was three - ! ), Hercules, Raleigh, Rudge, BSA, Puch, GT, Giant, Marin, Brompton, Dawes.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Kids bike (Fairy? Triang? ... inherited from my sisters) Raleigh, No-Name bitsa, Dawes, Spa, Brompton.

 

[raleighnut]

Couple of unknown (hand painted) ones when I was young then a Raleigh (3 speed) Carlton, Ridgeback, Saracen and my Kentex Trike
I also own an unidentifiable 653 TT bike that has no branding or serial numbers although it may have a number on the fork steerer I've not looked yet (I don't want to mess with the Campagnolo headset the frame came with)

 

[Reynard]

The inevitable Triang trike, plus various assorted skip rescues that I don't know what they were, a couple of shoppers that were either Raleigh or Dawes, a Hercules boy's roadster thing with rod brakes, some French or Belgian lightweight single speed that was a re-painted hand-me-down (and I regret having to move on, as it rode really nicely), an Emmelle, two Wiggins and another Raleigh.

 

[ColinJ]

My trike was also probably a Triang, Raleigh, Specialized, Bianchi, Basso, 'Merlin' (UK - own brand Rock Lobster mountain bike), Cannondale, Planet X.

 

[Brandane]

Triang.
Sears (American bike with back pedal rear brake!).
Pavemaster (was that the model or the make?).
Phillips.
Puch.
Raleigh.
Peugeot x 2.
Trek x 4.
Specialized x 2.
Ridgeback x 2.
Genesis.
Merida.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Pavemaster (was that the model or the make?).

That rings a bell for me too. Maybe there was one of those in the family as well.

 

[Ian H]

Let me think... Tiny fairy trike, triang trike, unknown black frame, a Raleigh shopper, 5-spd Raleigh road bike, Coventry-Eagle (I think, it was a long time ago), Dave Marsh, Tom Avon tandem, Pete Tansley tandem, Claud Butler track iron (converted to road fixed), Dawes with a Rogers trike conversion, no-name Italian frame, Ribble 563 (rare, built for mudguards), Dawes rigid MTB, Gazelle AB show special, Omega Ti, Holdsworth vintage frame (for fixed), Airnimal Joey, Marin/On-One MTB (frame swap), Lemond TT bike, Qoroz Ti fixed, Hallett 650B touring bike, Hallett club bike.

 

[Sittingduck]

Raleigh
No name (red wine coloured BMX)
Giant
Specialized
Ribble
Concorde / PDM
Boardman
Verenti
Cube
Dawes
Cannondale
Orange
Elswick
Planet X

 

[chriswoody]

Not many really, I tend to keep bikes for a long time if they're good.

So for me:
Raleigh, Dawes, Dahon, Tern, Kona and a kit from the Bamboo Bicycle club.

 

[DCLane]

Erm ... not a clue. But a bit of detective work as listed below worked out it's at least 47.

Raleigh, almost certainly as a youngster as they were local and x 12 in the past 11 years (still have 2)
Triang probably.
Peugeot x about 12
Dawes x 8 (still have 3 Kingpins)
Universal x 1 (a terrible Stowaway)
Ridgeback x 2 (still have a Platinum)
Carrera x 4
Specialized x 5
Python x 1
Viking x 1. That was enough.
Felt x 1. Also enough; it near killed me.
Whyte x 1
Decathlon x 1
Benotto x 1
GT x 2
Pinnacle x 1
Merida x 1
Eastway x 1
Wilier x 2
Principia x 2 (still have one, for sale soon)
Columbus x 1 (still have this, my son uses it)
Keith Lambert x 1
Avanti x 1 (use this a lot)
NeilPryde x 3 (still have two)
Giant x 2
Holdsworth (PlanetX version) x 1 (still have this as my track bike)
BeOne x 1 (son uses this)
Gitane x 1 (shouldn't have sold it)
Fuji x 2 (used as a grasstrack bike)
Olagnero x 1 (in bits)
Harry Quinn x 1 (have this)
Claud Butler x 3
Kona x 1 (our other grasstrack bike)

From a search on here of the bikes I've sold:
Daytona x 1
Focus x 1
Dolan x 1
Moulton x 1
Horizon / Kingfisher x 1
Olmo x 1
Corona MTB x 1 (beer promo bike)
Graham Weigh x 1
Ernie Clements x 1
Orbit x 1
Spike x 1 (very cheap MTB-thing)
Elswick x 1
Stormer x 1 (awful thing)
Diamondback x 1

Plus a whole pile of others I can't remember.

With me going through bikes like most people have hot dinners I'll have missed a load. [Update: I've gone back through my 'For Sale' photos and added a load more I'd forgotten about ]

 

[gavroche]

Peugeot (my very first adult bike )
Three can't remember what make because a long time ago.
Boardman
Giant
Specialized
Cube
Trek

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Raleigh Grifter
Raleigh Burner
Raleigh racer of some sort (youth size)
Peugeot Elite
Raleigh Eclipse
Claude Butler hybrid
Giant Peleton
Trek 7.3 hybrid
Giant TCR
Giant Escape
Genesis Tour de Fer

I make that six makes.

 

[Mark Grant]

Not in chronological order

Triang
Raleigh
Dawes
BSA
Armstrong Whitworth
Triumph
Peugeot
Townsend
Boardman
Claud Butler
Holdsworth
Viscount
Ribble
Planet X
Van Nicholas
Coventry Eagle

A lot of the older makes is due to the inability to resist a cheap Boot Sale find!

 

[ianrauk]

Far too many to remember when I was younger. But amongst them where a Yellow Chopper, a Grifter, a Coventry Eagle Road bike, Claid Butler Road bike, a Raleigh Banana Road bike, a few Raleigh Mtbs. More recently, a good few Halfords, some good (Subway), some bad. I've also had a few Specialized Road bikes and a flat bar, a Kona road bike and flat bar, a couple of Pinnacle road/touring bikes (still have one). A Catbike Musashi recumbent (which I regret selling)
My current stable are a Raleigh M-Trax ti/steel mtb, a Pashley Paratrooper, the aforementioned Pinnacle which is used as a back up to my commuter/tourer, which is a Planet X Tempest Ti. And finally a Van Nicholas Ventus Road bike.