I have gone through a significant transformation as a cyclist in the last year and a half. I was once heavily influenced by racing. As you would expect I owned many carbon fiber road bikes. I also owned the latest and greatest carbon fiber CX bike with hydro disc brakes. Now that I have embraced my new "unracer" self I have sold off a number of bikes. I am currently down to 5 bikes:
1. My first Rivendell. It's a Sam Hillborne. I am using it for my everything bike that mostly involves road riding. Currently set up with Nitto racks front and rear, fenders, Wald basket and Swift Sugar Loaf bag. I love this bike! 2. Surly Ice Cream Truck. Fat biking is awesome! This is my bike camping, mountain biking, trail riding go anywhere touring bike. I have a 29+ wheelset in the works for even more versatility. 3. Carbon FS Mountain Bike. This is the last of my racing bikes that I am trying to sell off. 4. Stevens Prestige Aluminum CX bike. This one lives on my trainer in the basement. 5. A 1951 Rudge 3 speed roadster. I pulled this bike out of my Uncle's barn in Cooperstown, NY just before he passed away. I rode this bike as a kid and I hope to get it back in service soon. Currently in pieces but I have aspirations of working on it again one day. On Monday, April 3, 2017 at 11:24:18 AM UTC-4, Bob K. wrote: > > Hey Folks: > > I know threads somewhat similar to this pop up every now and again, but > Ryan's question to Eric in the Rivendell Road SOLD thread made me wonder > how folks settle on their stable size. I fall squarely in the minimalist > camp, but I'm guessing others here probably don't. So: > > 1. How do you settle on what N equals for you? (N+1, I know, I know...) > 2. What bikes do you currently own/have in regular rotation and why do you > own them? > > My stable is currently at one because of a recent sale, but it will (soon) > bump back up to two. I settled on two as the acceptable number of bikes for > a number of reasons, but mostly because I can't imagine riding enough to > justify having any more of them. We also don't have the space for me to > store any additional bikes aside from in a somewhat humid basement, and > neither my wife nor myself would appreciate more bikes in the corner of the > living room as we're not big fans of clutter, especially clutter that > doesn't get used very often. > > Current Stable: > > 1. 2009 Sam Hillborne (canti): Used mostly for road riding and touring and > some occasional single track and forest roads if the ride allows/inspires > it. > > 2. 2017 Surly Troll: I settled on the new Troll after a lengthy flirtation > with the idea of buying a Crust Evasion and other bikes as well. I decided > the Troll is better for my needs for a number of reasons: the geometry > readily accepts a Jones H-Bar, 2x is easy vs. not doable at all with the > Evasion, and my desired 26x3.0 setup doesn't require the need for expensive > cranksets. It's also $300 cheaper and I like the maroon better than the > also admittedly pretty Evasion color. It will take the place of my > erstwhile Krampus as my mountain bike, off-road tourer, long distance > tourer (if/when I get to do that!), kid trailer, and stuff hauler. > > How about you? > > Bob K. in Baltimore > > -- 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.
