Comments on: Are you a “one bike” or “multi bike” person?

By: Criggie

Criggie — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 01:39:46 +0000

In reply to Criggie.

I’m now up to 10 bikes, of which two are currently under repair or waiting for parts.

Recumbent (M5)
Recumbent (HP Velotechnik)
Road bike (90s cannondale)
Road bike (80s Vincere)
26″ folding bike – lives at work as my spare and for shopping in the day.
20″ folding bike – general purpose for going in a car where needed. Also makes a great tractor for the trailer
26″ rigid MTB
A-Bike folding chinese clone. Only rated to 80 kg, and is kinda flimsy (in pieces)
2x scooter-bikes, worth half-a-bike each. Good for walking the dog.

Also have a Micro bike and a Diamondback BMX which is waiting new brake cables but has all the pegs and detanglers – these are really for the grandkids.

I do not own a full-squish wedgie bike, but both bents have suspension.

By: Criggie

Criggie — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 23:23:55 +0000

I have 3.5 bikes (road, rigid MTB, a 20" folder and a scooter-bike) and if I had to limit to just one, then the folder is the most versatile. It can do everything, albeit worse than one of the others.

I’ve taken the folder up Rapaki and round Bottle lake, folder tows a trailer nicely, and folder is drier than the road bike in the rain.

A jack-of-all-trades bike really is master-of-none.

By: alastairgbrown

alastairgbrown — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 08:28:13 +0000

Personally, 1 hard-tail MTB, 1 good roadie, 1 clapped out roadie, for family 1 triple tandem 1 hard tail MTB w/ slicks, 4 misc kids bikes

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 07:57:23 +0000

Utility bike (a 90’s hybrid) for the shops etc, cyclocross bike for adventures and commuting, mid-range road bike for rain/occasional commuting/weekday rides, really nice road bike for hills/events/weekend rides, hardtail mountain bike for the occasional attempt at trails. All second-hand except the cross bike, nothing too expensive.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 05:06:42 +0000

If reliable transport is of importance, then an extra bike in the garage as back up is always useful if only for peace of mind. Nice to have one to share for that occasional visitor that drops in, and decides a social ride on a nice day would be fun. Compare it to sharing a quality made chocolate.

By: Anthlis

Anthlis — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 22:08:54 +0000

I have a flat bar road geared fitness bike that I use for all commuting. I’ve also ridden on at Around Brunner and Graperide events on this too. A dedicated high end hard tail mountain bike does everything I want it to off road. But now I’m very tempted by a cyclocross bike with disc brakes and electric shifting. I look enviously at the bike choices available in the UK as a result of their cycle to work schemes.