>> but 2 is truly the best number. Two is the minimum number if you do serious commuting. A bike's not a car, so when you go to the garage and your rear tire is flat, or rodents chewed something up, it's great to just grab the "other" bike and not be late.
Three is the minimum number in places where it snows. No way am I putting my good bikes through the slush and the salt. And a good road bike -- sports tourer preferred for me -- is a necessary addition for people like me who like a light and nimble bicycle. Aside from playing around and trying different things, there are other reasons for more bikes: lockup bikes for the bar or the train station; "zero bikes" you keep elsewhere[search bikeforums' vintage section for the origin of the term, props to @gugie]; cargo bikes for the car-less; an Eroica-ready classic, if and when; ..and bikes you can loan to friends so we can ride together. That just happened to me last weekend and it was great to pull two bikes from the hoard, set them up, and still have a couple to choose from for myself. "Best number" my foot. Cheers! -Mathias "I can stop anytime I want to" Steiner in East Lansing, MI On Friday, August 15, 2025 at 7:31:37 AM UTC-4 Bryan Dalik wrote: > Really good points, Jason. If it were up to me, I'd have a bunch of them, > but 2 is truly the best number. I've got a Clem H and a Rambouillet. I'm a > sucker for things that are no longer made anymore. In my eyes, I've got one > "short" and one "long" bike. I think that's a cool way to experience > Rivendell's history and evolution all while sitting in a saddle. I'm not a > huge fan of the extra long chainstays, but it is a Rivendell trademark at > this point so having one makes sense. And that bike is a Cadillac, a true > comfort. If you're only going to have 2, maybe think about short and long. > > On Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:13:26 PM UTC-4 Jason Fuller wrote: > >> There is an irony, for sure, when it comes to followers of brands who are >> producing buck-the-trend, set-for-life bikes like Rivendell - we tend to >> collect them, despite the fact that, by definition, we really only need >> one. Stooge is another brand that parallels Rivendell in most respects and >> also has fans who've got several of their frames and always keen to buy the >> next new release. It's a real 'you can lead a horse to water' situation. I >> say this with self-awareness that I have five bikes but could easily have >> two. >> >> Rivendells are very much "bikes you don't need to think about, for people >> who think about 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/37646798-0d5b-414b-a1b5-37d3b3ecd7ebn%40googlegroups.com.
