Like Jeff, I've done a decent amount of catch and release over the past few years. Just a few more tweaks and I should have my stable settled. For real. No, I'm serious!
Here's what it looks like now: 1. Everything Bike: 61 cm Atlantis: my most recent addition, and by far my favorite. If I'm riding alone, there's a really good chance that I'll take the Atlantis. I'm setting any records on it, but it's just a wonderful way to go out and enjoy an afternoon. 2. Feeling Zippy Bike: 63 cm Mercian Superlight: Before I purchased the Atlantis, this was my most used bike. This is the bike that convinced me that as a 6'1 guy, I should not be riding size 58 road bikes. It's a faster than the Atlantis, and super comfy--the headtube is like 10 feet tall. 3. Problem Child/Organ Donor Bike: Soma Smoothie 58cm: the speed is seductive, but it just doesn't fit and isn't good for much aside from keeping up with friends on rides. I have some nice parts on it, and would love to use them to build up a modern Zippy bike that actually fits. Stuff that got cut: 1. Surly Cross Check: I actually regret selling this, but I almost made back my money on it. 2. Surly Pacer: Hated this. Really uncomfortable. 3. Hunqapillar: Wonderful bike, but just doesn't suit my style of riding (90% pavement). 4. CAAD10: the first decent bike I ever bought. I really wish I had known about Rivendell at the time. Then again, I really didn't know what kind of a rider I was. On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 6:53:32 AM UTC-4, Jeff wrote: > > I've done a fair amount of catch and release over the past dozen years or > so (whereas 12+ years ago I was a one bike guy) and have been trying to get > the bike stable down to the fewest bikes possible while also being able to > satisfy all of my biking interests. I'm currently at: > > 1. Touring/Allroad/Weekender/Rando ride: Sam Hillborne, soon to be > replaced with an All City Space Horse Disc > 2. Off-road Touring/Rough stuff: Surly Troll > 3. Commuter: Breezer Belway (belt drive, IGH) > 4. Cruiser: Rosco Bubbe v2 > 5. Family: Bike Friday Family Tandem > > I could do without the Rosco, that's just an indulgence. The commuter > isn't necessary but belt drive/IGH makes for a nice minimal maintenance > bike. I mostly use the Troll for reasonably worn or groomed trail riding, > where just about any other bike in the stable could work, but I like to be > able to veer off of the well traveled path on occasion. The family tandem > shouldn't count, that's straight family fun with my daughters. I guess I > could get down to 3 bikes, including the tandem. > > My stable has been as many as 8 or 9 bikes and that just felt unwieldy - > at that many bikes there's too many bikes that just don't get attention > that someone else may give them. I'm not interested in museum pieces that > can only come out for a slow ride around the driveway on Sundays, so that > attitude informs my catch rate as well. > > -Jeff > Silver Spring, MD > > On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Robert Keal <bob...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Awesome responses, folks! >> >> While I firmly believe that my n=2, if I were to add a bike, it would >> most definitely be a tandem. I planned to buy a 26" wheeled mtb Burly Rock >> and Roll off a friend who bought a HHH tandem, but in the end I couldn't >> justify it. Pretty bummed about that, but I'm sure another opportunity to >> own a tandem will present itself down the road. And when we move away from >> my school's campus and back to the city, a cargo bike will be extremely >> tempting... >> >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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.
