I lived for many years with one road bike, and I think it was great. Having fewer decisions as to which bike to ride was great, and I perversely enjoy wearing out tires and chains at a good clip --- makes me feel like I'm a real cyclist. I did break the frame twice, and each time it kinda sucked having to borrow bikes or ride the mountain bike everywhere. The thing the broke me was breaking a frame during the height of the bike shortage during the pandemic. Then I realized if I broke my frame a third time, I'd probably go shopping for another custom builder and I'd want something to tide me over until then. That led to me getting a Roadini, which now serves as my gravel bike. I still like wearing parts faster so I end up riding my dedicated road touring frame much more, but now I pull out the roadini for those in-between dirt + mtb rides and it's nice having that option.
On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 10:12 AM DavidP <dphil...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the March blahg, Grant revisits the idea of preservation vs use and > writes: > > "For daily tasks like shopping, commuting, errands, and all-purpose > exercise, ride your favorite bicycle. A the risk of sounding self-serving, > I'd say--get more than one special bike. You probably do that, or want to > do that anyway." > > I think this thread is a testament to the fact that many of us have more > than one special Bicycle. > > -Dave > On Monday, April 10, 2023 at 5:28:06 PM UTC-4 Slin wrote: > >> Guy - >> >> Those are some great bikes, I wish I could help slim down the herd, but >> my frame size is smaller. Is there a story for how you ended up with so >> many 2022 bikes? >> >> S >> >> On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 2:54:17 PM UTC-7 leva...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> I have way too much overlap in my quiver: >>> >>> 2015 Soma San Marcos (Tiburon Blue) - 57cm >>> 2018 Atlantis (650B) - 56cm >>> 2022 Crust Canti Romanceur (Pistachio) - 57cm >>> 2022 Sam Hillborne (HiHo Silver) - 57cm >>> 2004ish Rambouillet (Joe Bell Custom Brown) - 60cm >>> 2022 Wolbis/Susie (Dark Gold) - 56cm >>> 2021 Gus Boots (Mermaid) - 59cm >>> 2022 Roadini (RBW Orange) - 57cm >>> 2020 Platypus (Mermaid) - 60cm >>> 2022 Rosco Bubbe - (Purple) - 60cm >>> >>> I would really like to slim down the herd! You interested in helping? >>> >>> Guy >>> >>> On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 3:03:48 PM UTC-6 Steven Seelig wrote: >>> >>>> Bikes in order of use: >>>> >>>> 1. Brand new Platypus for City riding >>>> 2. Spectrum titanium road bike (frame fabricated by Seven) >>>> for clipped in rides and longer road tours >>>> 3. Rambouillet for more spirited city rides. >>>> 4. Sam outfitted as a gravel bike for country rides >>>> 5. Xtracycle cargo bike with a large aftermarket Bafang 1,000 watt >>>> motor for shopping. >>>> 6. Brompton for train and plane travel and occasional last mile >>>> rides if driving to a big car traffic event >>>> 7. 1986 Look Bernard Hinault Reynolds 753 steel bike. Same frame >>>> as the ones he a Lemond rode in the tour when the badger would not let >>>> Greg >>>> usurp his team leadership and claim the Yellow Jersey. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 3:30:19 PM UTC-4 Edwin W wrote: >>>> >>>> Bikes in order of use >>>> >>>> 1. Joe Appa daily driver >>>> 2. Raleigh sprite vintage fixed for variety in commute >>>> 3. 90's GT avalanche for occasional MTB'ing >>>> 4. Dahon boardwalk guest bike I will occasionally use >>>> 5. Vintage Schwinn tandem for occasional fun ride. Kickback 2 speed >>>> >>>> Apparently I have too (two) few bikes! >>>> >>>> Edwin >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 7:45:16 AM UTC-5 Tom Palmer wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I recall an article by Grant about the number of bike a person needs >>>> with justification. I think it was 7. >>>> Any idea which reader it was in? >>>> Thanks! >>>> Tom Palmer >>>> Twin Lake, MI >>>> >>>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/7bFs161tVo8/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/739bc8a5-8a10-4005-84ff-fd94d71db4ean%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/739bc8a5-8a10-4005-84ff-fd94d71db4ean%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAPh0EZ4vcOEVsJRQTZtByuqEP%2BTrmMMXGmAUBO%3DqAXrz31CLdg%40mail.gmail.com.
