I have that magic 7 stable. I really want to downsize but can't bear to do it yet. Towny (1966 Robin Hood 3 speed) ATB (Salsa Ala Carte) Allrounder (Riv 1996) Road (Riv 2001 custom) Single (2006? Quickbeam) Tour/cargo (2007 Surly LHT) Cross (2010 Legolas).
The towny and Single are extra and overlapped and could go. But every time I ride them, I change my mind. One nice thing about 7 bikes is rediscovering them. I was riding the Legolas for fun and fitness most of the early spring. When I started commuting on the Q it was just a hoot. And the road standard came out a couple of weeks ago. OMG what a wonderful sweet ride! My favorite bike of all time. My wife tolerates all of them. I guess my kids will have to sell them. On Jun 17, 4:49 pm, mike <mike.rosen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sort of related to "Rivs in the Rafters", but started as a new thread > here since there's little Riv content. And none in my rafters. > > I have some tendency to hoard (my first and only Riv is in the > building stage (S1)) and my wife tends to want to get rid of stuff. > That makes for a good balance. > > A couple of weeks ago I went to an estate sale. I just happened to > ride by and stopped in. Holy Crap! What an amazing collection of > wonderful useless crap. It truly made me want to go home and throw > something away. > > I remember something Grant wrote about the optimum number of bikes. > It was at least seven. A go fast, touring, single speed, beater, one > under repair, a loaner, I can't remember the rest. > > My bikes: > > Probably early 70s, French, Probably Mercier frame. Probably their > closest thing to the Pugeot PX-10. The bare frame is hanging in the > garage, stripped for parts about a year ago. It needs to go. > > 1986 Vitus 979. I've ridden it a lot recently. Even tried it with 26 > inch wheels. I sort of like that!. The BB is a little bit low, but > it's ridable. It's lovely, great components on it. It needs to go. > > Two 1986 Stumpjumpers, one "Sport" one regular. These have been my > commuters for a while. > > My not yet completely assembled Simple One. > > I really need to consolidate down to fewer bikes. I can't ride them > all and it's too much work to keep them all maintained. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
