I sympathize with Piaw’s opinion; yes, maintaining just one bike is a relief; particularly if that bike is a fixed gear with just one brake — a big difference in maintenance! Heck, even IGH fixed hubs are a complication.
I tried the “one bike/many wheelsets” model 30 years ago and it didn’t work for me; I like riding a bike that is if not perfect for then at least very well adapted to the conditions. OTOH again, there was Jobst Brandt who didn’t let 28 mm tubulars and 5 or 6 speed freewheels stop him from riding everything. *Chacun(e) a son/sa gout(e). * That said, if you held a gun to my head and said, “Choose ONE!”, I’d choose the gofast fixed gear and devise hacks for light off road and rain and loads and night riding. On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM Piaw Na <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday, March 14, 2025 at 8:14:01 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > > Deep down, I don't think any of us want just one bike and the reason we > think we do is because we want it to save us from ourselves, if that > makes any sense > > > That may make sense for you, but not for me. When I moved to Munich in > 2007, I moved with just one bike, the custom Road bike I'd just gotten > delivered. When my girlfriend visited for 3 months we brought over the > tandem, which made for 2 bikes. I never felt the need for more bikes, and > when my girlfriend moved back to the USA the tandem just sat unused taking > up space. After I moved back to the US I lived with just that one road bike > and sold the tandem. It's nice to have only one bike to maintain, and it > definitely saved all the work involved in trying to decide which bike to > take. It was only after I broke that ti frame twice (mind you in between > it was 10 years) that I decided that I "deserved" a back up road frame (the > Roadini) which is currently set up as a gravel bike. Now in between I > bought a mountain bike after my wife and I had kids, and I now have a > tandem/triplet/quad convertible for towing kids around, and of course the > wife and kids all have their own bikes so now we have a garage full of > bikes, which doesn't actually feel all that convenient. > > For myself, I wouldn't mind going down to just one bike (the Roadini) and > maybe just have a couple of sets of wheels to swap around for different > needs. Having fewer bikes to maintain is great. > > -- > 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 view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b11302f5-c373-4298-941a-8ec3b6b04748n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b11302f5-c373-4298-941a-8ec3b6b04748n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvv06yN3TOD1r46sYytZrB%3DwxA3o2z54p%2Bk7aAF%3D9Rn3Q%40mail.gmail.com.
