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Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:20 pm
by Ray Young
As it say's, what's the most bikes that you have ever owned at one time and what were they? You can't count the wifes/partners/kids bikes, they must have been for your own personnal use.

I'll start with six. Dave Yates Mtb (my all time favourite bike), Pace something or other Mtb ( square tube frame) which I bought purely for racing on but never got on with and sold fairly quickly, Dawes Double Edge Mtb tandem (it was useless off road untill I fitted suspension forks then it became a real hoot), Raleigh Dynatech road bike, Cannondale Mtb and an MS Racing Mtb (bet no ones ever heard of them but it was my first proper mtb and it had a superb cro mo frame, used for many years after mtb'ing use as a commuter and tourer).

Re: Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:42 pm
by Taylor
In order of purchase

KHS Alite 1000
Jamis Komodo
Giant XTC NRS
Dawes Edge One
Pimp Bikes jump frame that never got built up still in the garage collecting dust (open to offers)
Cannondale road bike
Nicolai Helius CC
Giant XTC 29er
NRS made a comeback as a singlespeed.

All still currently owned.

Re: Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:50 pm
by griffdowg
3 Haro BMX
Azonic DS1 Dirt jump bike
Scott Octane DH bike
Gary Fisher Mt Tam XC race bike
Cannondale R3000 road race bike
Sirus cyclocross race bike

8 in total. I had to sell quite a bit before going to uni. Still have the R3000 12 years later ;)

G

Re: Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:36 am
by restlessshawn
I briefly got up to 3 -

853 Inbred (rigid)
Kona Dawg (play bike)
Tifosi CK3 (road bike)

I've since decided life is too short for road biking so the Tifosi has been broken up and I am back to 2

Re: Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:42 am
by chris n
There's a 'one in, one out' policy on the shed :) and I'm at the limit of 4 complete bikes: On One Inbred 29er, Cotic Roadrat fixed CX, Airborne Zeppelin road bike and a steel fixed wheel for audax and commuting. For a while last year I also had 3 framesets (Boreas Aqua road, Giant OCR and a second Roadrat) as well.

Re: Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:45 am
by Bearbonesnorm
I'm too ashamed to join in but I'd like to say, you're all just playing at it ;)

Re: Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 9:50 am
by Dan_K
I've got 5 at present:

Boardman Team FS mtb
Giant XTC 3.5 hardtail (soon to be SS)
Specialized Allez Elite (winter road bike)
Planet X Nanolight (full carbon summer road bike)
Specialized Sirrus (hybrid with rack)

The allez probably sees more miles than anything else as I live in a pretty built up area and an hour on the road bike after work is the easiest way to keep in some sort of shape.

Re: Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:42 am
by Ray Young
s8tannorm wrote:I'm too ashamed to join in but I'd like to say, you're all just playing at it ;)
Stu, you must have it real bad, are you in need of therapy? ;)

Re: Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 12:07 pm
by Bearbonesnorm
Stu, you must have it real bad, are you in need of therapy?
Stopped counting at 13 Ray, that was just before Christmas ... I've since had a cull and am down to 6 now. It'll be a long road to full recovery but I think I'm over the worst ;)

Re: Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 6:23 pm
by gairym
i usually have a max of 3 on the go at any one time (mtb, ss-mtb and road) but currently have 4 (listed below) and for 3 days a couple of weeks ago i had 5 (after buying one before selling another)!!!

right now i have:

1. Cotic 'Soul' (front-sus, 1x9)
2. Surly 'Karate Monkey' (front-sus, 29er, fully-geared)
3. On-one 'Inbred' (rigid, SS, 69er)
4. Planet X 'Kaffenbak' (heavy-road/light-touring bike)

must admit i've never been happier with my 'stable' than right now (am going riding tomorrow and can't decide which bike to take - what a great problem!).

Re: Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:25 pm
by trickyname
Wow, I should show this to my Ex as she seemed to think that 2 bikes was excessive!
At the moment I have :

Surly Pugsley (29er wheels on it atm for bikepacking and everything other than trail riding)
Stanton Slackline ( 853 steel hardtail)
Kona Major Jake CX bike
Trek 69er singlespeed (lovely Copper finish and super fast on the trails)
Trek Fluid 95 full sus
Azonic Steelhead jump bike (A bit bent and knackered after 2 seasons guiding in France, but built like a tank)
Carlton (cant see model as its too rusty) Singlespeed hack

I love to have a choice of what to ride, but the Pugsley with 29ers is the one I ride mostly.
The big wheels just seem to squash everything into submission.
Glad to see I haven't got the most, although I could justify another 5, at least, if I had the money.

Re: Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:09 am
by Dyffers
9 at one point a couple of years ago. Down to 6 (complete) bikes at the moment, which I would call acceptable to the management: 2 MTBs, 3 road bikes and 1 not-well-used track bike.

The key is frame colour. They only spot the chages by the green one becoming titanium silver...

Re: Most bikes ever owned at one time?

Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:49 am
by chris n
Dyffers wrote:They only spot the chages by the green one becoming titanium silver...
:?: What have you bought now?