I walked out to the garage. Counted 8 bikes ready to ride: 2 trail bikes, 4 mixtes, 1 sport touring road, 1 Atlantis. There are 4 more bikes, mostly disassembled. SO N = 12 for 4 of us. Of those 12, 4 are daily riders. All of the daily riders have Tubus racks and support Ortlieb bags. The other bikes are place holders. One of the place holders is dedicated to BOB trailer duty for example.
I ride the Atlantis. I cannot find a reason to ride one of the others. So for me effectively... N = 1. If I had started with the Atlantis, I'd have a lot more room in the garage. On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 10:29:06 AM UTC-5, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > I have too many bicycles right now. But I do like picking something up > cheap and then amazing myself with how much money I can spend getting it to > run nicely. Conceptually, I would very much like to be a one bike guy, like > my great uncle Bernie, who delivered the mail for the Irish Post by bicycle > his whole life. > > > > > But emotionally I just am not wired in such a fashion. As a general rule, > I gravitate toward bicycles with some beausage, though several recent > projects involve or will involve spray paint. My preferences were also > shaped in good measure by a Rivendell outlook, and many sport Riv parts and > accessories. > > My most important bikes are the ones I use when riding with my son. They > include: > > Rivendell Clementine <https://goo.gl/photos/Xyf3kVj4ENcXVSiw5>, with > Burley Piccollo attached. > Early 1990s Santana Vision <https://goo.gl/photos/RwXhGgn3k42rfWJ18>, 26" > tandem > Converted Trek 750 Multitrack <https://goo.gl/photos/uVUdqPKVPq85C9Vh8>, > with Rivendell fork > > Bikes I have a hard time justifying getting rid of because a., I could not > get much for them, and b. I like the ride. > > 1974? Le Tour mixte <https://goo.gl/photos/9SmTUpCHKWEb1kFR9>, baby blue > tubeset > 1974 Ron Kitching <https://goo.gl/photos/WJAJNf4fyhnngnte9>, 531 with > first gen Dura Ace > 1960s Louison Bobet <https://goo.gl/photos/rcJdBfYM8B5E8ey28>, 531 with > Nervex lugset, set up as a fixed gear (though contemplating gears and > tubular tires for the summer) > Early 80s Kuwahara <https://goo.gl/photos/jHrQFfgrXRYUm2k5A>, Ishiwata 022 > > I have three projects I hope to finish in the next few month, then that's > it for me: > > 1970s Lambert <https://goo.gl/photos/gTMAKxuNHsoopKbV6>, straight gauge > 1027 "aerospace" tubing. Converting this to 650b. > 1970s Takara <https://goo.gl/photos/pV6HgHAmrsgvC8kM9>, all chrome > underneath, takes 700x42 tires. > 1940s Bianchi 650b <https://goo.gl/photos/wHa4dNdj7KirsVbh7> city bike. > Need to replace some of the original parts, I am going to strip it down and > not be concerned with historical accuracy. > > I have several old school rigid mountain bikes > <https://goo.gl/photos/xPdT57ZwNHxF1u5i7> laying around as well, plus a > Raleigh > Twenty folder <https://goo.gl/photos/YUrniTZ2Svfqb5Hq7>and a couple of > steel road frames. > > Oh, and I just picked up this "Tourist" Atala. Always wanted a bike with a > stick shift. > > > > -- 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.
