For some time I'd been feeling like the sweet spot for me is 7 bikes. They all have their niches but a bike is a bike and obviously there are redundancies. That being said I did recently realize the fluctuation in bikes can also be about life happenings as much as pragmatic needs about bike use. I've recently been going through a divorce and found myself picking up two "project" bikes that are nice but served the purpose of taking my mind off of some things as I found parts and built them up. Not particularly necessary otherwise but nice to have.
So the breakdown by niche/use: fast road bike - Custom Della Santa fastish and more dirt friendly road bike/main commuter and fun for post work rides - Gunnar Sport cyclocross bike and occasional commuter - Gunnar Crosshairs 29er Mountain Bike Front Suspension - Jamis Dragon Snow bike - MB1 1 mile/coffeeshop/errand bike - German cruiser with fenders that is the hop on and go bike for meeting someone for coffee or going the 1 mile to the movie theater (and if it got stolen it wouldn't be a major loss) Urban Commuter/Touring/Allrounder - Riv Allrounder the plus two: 1989 RB-2 Frame built up with mostly modernish fun light parts 1979 Della Santa - Dreaming of L'Eroica for this one but just a nice example from the era and it has sewups. All of these bikes have been used as commuters. I guess my N + 1 is the special Della Santa I'm considering having made but I see it as a replacement for the Crosshairs and perhaps another bike in the stable. Regards, Addison Addison Wilhite, M.A. Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology <http://www.washoeschools.net/aact> *“Blazing the Trail to College and Career Success”* Educator: Professional Portfolio <http://renorambler.wix.com/portfolio> Blogger: Reno Rambler <http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 1:09 PM, Tony DeFilippo <vpi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I spend more time than I ought to considering this question... glad I'm > not alone. I guess I have two N#'s... the academic N# and the actual N#. > To get the #'s out of the way; > > Actual: N=11; 4 mine/ride able (Saluki commuter, XO-3 townie, Jones > All-surface, Rockhopper camp bike), 3 wife's/ride able (Clementine townie, > Bianchi roadie, MB-5 MTB) , 3 frames/projects (Trek 610, MB-3, Bob > Jackson), 1 tandem > > Academic: N=7; 3 for me, 3 for wife, 1 tandem > > I had settled in on the idea of 1 fast/light bike, 1 medium commuter > primarily on-road and 1 medium commuter primarily off-road and had that > line up pretty much all last year. The fast/light barely got used and the > off-road time I got made me really interested in plus sized tires. This > year's line up for me is the Saluki drop bar commuter/all-road, XO-3 alba > knock-about/kid hauler and Jones Plus which I'm pretty much riding every > chance I get. The two biggest differentiators in the possible uses of my > bikes are tire size and cargo storage... lights is a big consideration as > well though relatively easy to change out w/ battery lights. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
