What's the main difference between your #1 bike and #2?

[Dave 123]

No 1 is German, made from exotica and electronica. When not in use it lives upstairs in a spare bedroom.
No 2 is American, it appears to be made from mud and grit at present. It has no gadgetry but does all the hard work on a week day. I think it may dislike the German.
I don't think the German considers the American to be a bike.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

No 1 is German, made from exotica and electronica.

So it's a fine piece of Kraftwerk, then?

 

[Dan B]

So it's a fine piece of Kraftwerk, then?

A power station?

 

[vickster]

Material, shape of handlebars, cost...all British companies though The carbon is a bit lighter, but all are 10kg or less naked

Number 3 I am yet to ride...in the pecking order, it's number 1 or 2

 

[MrGrumpy]

No1 Is Carbon, blingy and will blow away in a a bit of wind
No2 Has only 1 gear and its fixed, weighs a wee bit more than No1 and is fitted with winter gear.

Oh and there is considerable amount of cash difference as well.

 

[themosquitoking]

#1 is a Bianchi road bike
#2 is a brompton for folding onto trains
#3 is a mountain bike
#4 is a vintage steel mountain bike
#5 is the station hack for when I dont want #2 in town
#6 is a tandem

#5 and #3 keep getting borrowed my my kids who have grown out of theirs

Bet you a tenner #1 does too on the quiet.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

Bike 1# is fun
Bike 2# is lighter fun
Bike 3# is faster fun
Bike 4# is a fun way to commute
Bike 5# is dirty fun (MTB)
Bike 6# waiting for SRAM (no fun)

 

[Donger]

1 is a carbon bike with Dura Ace/Rotor3d+
2(a)is a carbon bike with Ultegra/Rotor3d
2(b) is a Ti bike with Ultegra
4 is a 520 CroMoly with Tiagra which is my work/pottering around town in jeans bike
5 is just a plan on paper at the moment but will be 853proteam steel with Ultegra by the summer
6 is a 2010 specialized Langster steel single speed I'm going to try selling on her when I get round to it as I no longer us it

I'm guessing no wicker baskets or stabilisers, then?

 

[Donger]

I would let someone borrow my #2 bike. Lending out my #1 bike would be like pimping out my wife.

 

[Ian H]

How do I decide which is no.1, which no.2, etc?
Cost?
Age?
Suitability for a particular discipline?

 

[Cuchilo]

I'm always sober (ish) on bike 1 .
Skip bike 2 as you will understand .
If we have eye contact on bike 3 I'm aiming at you This also includes objects with no eyes .

 

[mickle]

#1 is a cargo bike
#2 is a one speed one (coaster) brake italian town bike.
#3 is a ine speed one brake (coaster) brake American cruiser.
#4 is a 1992 Rocky Mountain hardtail clunker - fitted with ice tyres for the winter that never arrived.
#5 is a kona Africabike in a state of partial disrepair.
##s 6,7,8,9,10,11.5 are a range of unfinished and yet to be started projects.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Bike #1 has 1 gear.
Bike #2 has 29 more.

 

[ColinJ]

The gearing on my knockabout bike (Basso) is much lower than my best bike (Cannondale). I finally realised that I don't ride my Cannondale as much as I would like to and when I do, I avoid a lot of the places that I would like to go on it because 20-25% climbs on 39/29 are a bit too hard, especially into headwinds!

I am in the process of 'triple-ising' the Cannondale. I will keep the 53 and 39 rings and my 13-29 cassette, but will soon have a 30t granny ring for the steep stuff to widen my choice of routes.

 

[biggs682]

the main difference between my no 1's and no 2's are one is liquid and the other is fairly solid ......................................

hat on coat on now open the door ....