I used to feel a little guilty owning five fully functional bicycles and approximately a dozen more in various stages of disassembly. My "parts bikes" are mostly used junk but I can and do use them for parts from time to time. Most of my complete bikes are old stuff from the 80's except for a newer recumbent and one touring style bike. Actually I plan to sell three of them and reduce the herd to a single speed commuter and my touring style "all rounder" bike. I could actually use just one, probably the Atlantis clone with gearing since I live in the mountains. My single speed is a partial commute bike when I get to civilization but I'd like a folder (Bike Friday) for that. If you ride quite a bit then you really do need a spare, especially if you commute regularly. Tires wear, as do chains, wheels, bearings etc. and its nice to have something that you can ride while you service or repair your main bike. I suppose one could make a mountain style bike or cyclocross bike do everything with the option for different tires. I ride with fenders on all my bikes and ride trails with my street tires since they are wide but then I'm not a hard core dirt rider. I prefer to ride slow and precise in the dirt so I don't need shocks. I guess it boils down to what type of rider you are. My answer is yes, I could do all my style of riding on my touring bike with wide tires.
On Sep 6, 8:27 pm, JL <subfas...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have always had a difficult time owning just one bicycle. It seems > that no matter how many times I imagine the most ideal bicycle model > and setup I change my mind after a few weeks or months and alter the > setup. My solution to this is to have more than one bike, set up and > designed for different purposes or types of riding. There is a > correlation with how much I enjoy bicycling and how many bikes I own - > they seem to feed off each other and both increase because of each > other. This trend changed a little when I found Rivendell. The > versatility of their bike gives the potential for one frame to take on > many different lives and for one bike setup to have enough crossover > into other areas that a near all rounder status can be reached. Has > anyone been able to achieve a one-bike-for-everything-I-need goal? I > think part of the situation is that with enthusiasts of anything the > line between need and want gets blurry. > > Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
