Hey All, I have a bunch of bikes, with a fair bit of overlap, and yet I find myself lusting after n+1. At the same time, I don't have a lot of cash to throw toward a new bike and love the idea of reducing the number of bikes I have. So I'm kind of inclined to sell off one or two to make more physical and mental space and to fund the pursuit of the N+1. With that in mind I invite advice, jeers, and any other comments you might feel inclined to make in helping guide and influence my decision process. It's a wordy post and probably of limited interest, but there are pictures at least.
pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/140959259@N03/albums/72157681401817736/with/32640008764/ The N+1 I'm after is a 55cm silver appaloosa. It's quite a bit smaller in seat tube length than my other bikes, but Will told me the standover is 83.5cm and the stack and reach numbers on the geometry chart look about right for me. I'll build it up with drop bars. Will thought the 58cm would probably be a better fit, but I think the older I get the more standover clearance I'm likely to want. In the stable currently are: 1. 60cm butterscotch Saluki. Probably my best fitting bike with a 84cm standover on 42mm parimotos (measuring closer to 38mm). Not a bike I'm really willing to part with. It's quite possibly the nicest bike I'll ever own and I can see riding it until I can't swing a leg over the saddle. 2. 60cm twin top tube dark green Bombadil. This one is probably the most likely to get moved on as the standover is a bit too tight for comfort. It's ok on level ground, but a quick dismount on uneven terrain is a frightening proposition. my pbh is 89cm, although generally I go by 88cm as I seem to prefer a slight size down approach with rivendells. The standover on the bombadil with 45cm tires is ~88.5cm, which is ok for controlled dismounts, but really, feels a little too big. My reluctance to sell it at the moment is that selling the frame alone won't get me enough for a replacement frame that fits and that if I sell it as a complete, I'll need to buy a new build kit. 3. 59cm orange Clementine. This bike won't go anywhere for the next while. It's really my baby daughter's bike, I just act as a chauffeur. 4. 61cm light blue Romulus. I love this bike. It feels the fastest of the bikes I own. Unfortunately it does overlap a fair bit with the Saluki so it's a bit redundant to keep around. Currently I tell myself that it can be differentiated as my "beater" bike and ridden in crappy vancouver winter weather. But really, I'm just lying to myself there; I'd be perfectly willing to ride the saluki in crappy weather too and with the wider tires it's probably a better choice. Really, I don't wanna sell it because I'm attached to it and I don't think it'd ever sell for as much as it's worth to me. But I feel a little guilty holding onto it because it takes up space and doesn't offer anything the other bikes don't. 5. 2016 61cm matte black Specialized Sequoia. I bought this a month ago to try out the allroad category from a big bike company and to try STI shifting and mechanical disk brakes. It's alright. I don't think I'll like it as much as my rivs and I kinda regret buying it instead of pre-ordering an appa frameset, but I wanted to try something different. I'd like to keep it for a year or so, try a couple different things with it before deciding to move it on. So if you were in my shoes, and the Clementine and Saluki were the two bikes you intend to hold onto no matter what, what would u do? thanks, Sky in new west -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
