Max - I agree, I thought Nic Morales critique of the current state of the bike industry was spot on, though I was also a bit surprised that he neglected to mention Rivendell. I don't think he was attempting to cast shade on the notion of N+1 so much as he was the effort of the industry to convince consumers that each category of bike - MTN, road, gravel, ATB, rando, bike packing - is only suitable for its own specialized niche.
There is no shame in N+1. If bicycles are your thing and you happen to have the means and inclination to indulge yourself a little bit (mea culpa), then all is good. Collecting a handful or two of bicycles is still much less profligate than owning and maintaining a high end sports car or motorcycle. -- If you have all three then I'm just plain old jealous and probably hate you ;-) Steve in AVL On Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 10:14:44 PM UTC-4 maxcr wrote: > I enjoyed the article, it made me wonder if n+1 makes sense or is it just > the result of the progression of bike marketing. I don’t know, sometimes Im > happy at at N=8, while pondering a bike purchase on FB marketplace or eBay, > and sometimes I want to go to N=1 or 2 max and call it a day because I feel > the wastefulness of a basement with 6-7 bikes that aren’t ridden often > enough. > > Also, I found it surprising that Riv and/or Grant weren’t mentioned. > > Max > > [image: has-marketing-ruined-bikes_share1.jpg] > > Has Marketing Ruined Bikes? > <https://bikepacking.com/plog/has-marketing-ruined-bikes/> > bikepacking.com <https://bikepacking.com/plog/has-marketing-ruined-bikes/> > <https://bikepacking.com/plog/has-marketing-ruined-bikes/> > -- 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/fd0db77c-466b-4de2-b814-3ed7973856f6n%40googlegroups.com.
