On Monday, March 25, 2013 10:23:24 AM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-03-25 at 09:44 -0700, jpp wrote: > > I feel too each their own. I have been doing the one bike idea (RIVed > > out Surly LHT) for 3 + years. But I totally understand having more. > > In fact if money was no option for me I would probably have a few > > more. On the flip side there is nothing wrong with having a favorite > > bike, but does not have to be only bike. > > Absolutely. If you ride a lot, there's a lot wrong with just one bike. > What do you do if something breaks and gets tied up for a while waiting > parts? >
I completely agree with Steve. When I was only riding recreationally, e.g., once, maybe twice a week and on weekends or holidays, I only needed one bike. However, ever since I started commuting a few years ago, I found that one bike is not enough. I have things break on both bikes at the same time and actually took time off work to get it to my LBS. He was kind of enough to fit me in and get it going. Then I had him work on the 2nd bike, so that I always had two ready to go. Yes, things break, so I agree that one bike is not enough! > > Last year on Aug 13 I discovered a cracked MA3 rim on the back wheel of > my George Longstaff. I had the LBS build me a replacement with a new > Open Pro rim. That wheel was delivered on Sept. 13. A week prior, Aug > 5, I discovered a cracked rear rim on the back wheel of my MAP. I sent > that wheel off to Velocity for rebuild; it came back on Aug. 24. > I recently ran over my rear wheel when one of my bike fell in front of my car. Luckily, the only thing broken was my rear wheel now looks like a pretzel! The bad part is it was a recently build up Mavic MA2 rim! Ugh, I still have one more and am trying to decide whether to have the rear wheel rebuild with the same spokes or get new ones...:( It is a good thing I have 4 sets of wheels, but that Mavic MA2 with DA rear hub was one of my better ones, but it will be rebuilt! Good Luck! > So for most of August last year, I had two bikes deadlined. Fortunately, > I had several other bikes I could ride. > > And it's more than just having a spare in case a bike is deadlined. My > bikes are all different from one another. I like to pick the bike most > appropriate to the ride I'm going to do. Of six, only one of my bikes > is really suitable for touring with panniers, for example. > > > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
