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Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 09:49:05 No.1753823 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1753831 >>1753845 >>1753908 >>1753929 >>1754014 >>1754180 >>1754561 >>1754671 >>1757408

How many spare bicycles do you own?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 09:50:18 No.1753824 Report

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I only have my mtb and my gfs roadie but I'm going to get a roadie for me this year

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 09:54:18 No.1753825 Report

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I have a road bike, a MTB and a city bike
none of them are spares

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 09:59:55 No.1753827 Report

Quoted By: >>1753833

all steel:

2 road bikes
2 vintage tourers
1 cx tourer
2 rigid 90s trail mtb
2 rigid 90s commuter mtbs
2 vintage gaspipe shitters
2 smol bicycle

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 10:13:13 No.1753831 Report

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>>1753823
Mtb for trails,
Road for cruising about local roads,
Touring bike for carrying enough shit for multi-day trips,
70's road bike which is shit, but i'm fixing it up just enough to be a beater that i can lock up anywhere without fear of it being stolen.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 10:15:17 No.1753833 Report

Quoted By: >>1753837 >>1753838 >>1754160 >>1754524

>>1753827
total value: $18

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 10:29:14 No.1753837 Report

Quoted By: >>1753997

>>1753833
psst, the consoomer board is over here >>>/g/

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 10:30:04 No.1753838 Report

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>>1753833
maybe like 2k

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 10:36:11 No.1753841 Report

Quoted By: >>1753981

#1 - tryhard road bike
#2 - heavier road bike that I built as squishy as possible instead of buying a gravel bike despite only having clearance for 28mm tires
#3 - piece of shit walmart-tier road bike that's been leaning against the wall in the corner for 7 years since I got #2 and that I'll probably trash if/when I ever clean

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 11:17:08 No.1753845 Report

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>>1753823
My trash 'trooper, my good 'trooper that I don't ride and really should sell but keep around as investment because folders are really in demand now and keep growing in prices, my vintage BSO I oughta flip once spring comes and an old e-bike frame with all the components to build it into a stealthy little motorcycle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 12:50:25 No.1753854 Report

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An old hardtail I've run into the ground and broken, and a BMX that's been sitting on flat tires for ten years. In other words I don't.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 14:23:09 No.1753872 Report

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I only have two bikes: a mountain bike that I need to fix (brakes don’t stop you and the gearing is fucked so shifting usually causes the chain to fall off), and a beach cruiser that I need to repair (it has internal gears, and I didn’t set it right when replacing the rear tire so shifting sticks a bit). I also want to get a fat-tire for snow.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 14:26:18 No.1753875 Report

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I only have one MTB, my main.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 15:56:40 No.1753896 Report

Quoted By: >>1753899

i have one alu gravel/cross bike from 2010 that fits 32m tires and weighs 19lbs. i use it for everything (touring, dogshit urban riding, going fast on tarmac). i'd like to get a bmx bike, but everything on CL is for people who are 150cm.

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 16:04:13 No.1753899 Report

Quoted By: >>1753993 >>1754166

>>1753896
>i have one alu
Stopped reading right there

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 16:49:32 No.1753908 Report

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>>1753823
At my main house I have:

Carbon road race bike
Carbon road race bike for the trainer
Carbon gravel race bike
Steel tourer
Steel fixie that I never really ride

At my vacation home:
Carbon endurance road bike
Weird CX bike that I was using for gravel that I need to sell next time I’m there

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 18:14:34 No.1753929 Report

Quoted By: >>1753976

>>1753823
I have two, nobody needs any more than that.
b-but muh epic n+1!!!!

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 20:34:13 No.1753971 Report

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3 in my garage (touring/utility, road, road/gravel)
4 in a friend's shed in another state (classic old road bikes)
1 project bike in a box I need a few more parts for (fancy modern road bike).

Realistically 3-4 is the max I can practically store, maintain, and use at this point in my life. I used to own many and also flip bikes, had 21 at one point and that was too many.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 20:55:36 No.1753976 Report

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>>1753929
>I have (arbitrary number) any other number is wrong!
such arrogance.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 20:58:53 No.1753981 Report

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>>1753841
Just put 3 on craigslist and sell it to some poor kid.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 21:11:25 No.1753992 Report

Quoted By: >>1753999

Why not buy 1-2 really good bikes instead of having 12 shitters?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 21:14:31 No.1753993 Report

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>>1753899
Alu has a nice ride to it though I like it more than steel.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 21:26:03 No.1753997 Report

Quoted By: >>1754023

>>1753837
>psst, the consoomer board is over here >>>/g/
This whole thread is a consoomer circle jerk.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 21:28:02 No.1753999 Report

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>>1753992
They were nice when I bought them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 22:00:40 No.1754014 Report

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>>1753823
>How many spare bicycles do you own?
One.
I ride my other three.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 22:39:27 No.1754023 Report

Quoted By: >>1754649

>>1753997
I mostly buy old bikes in bad condition or even rescue from the dump

Recycling/ repairing/ re-using neglected but quality old things, is the opposite of consumerism.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jan 2022 23:20:42 No.1754036 Report

Quoted By: >>1754065 >>1754129

Who else rummaging through the garbage for Walmart bikes?

I found one in the trash and I use it for parts.
I pulled another out if the trash an fixed it up.
I bought one from an impound lot that I fixed up.
My brother handed me down his bike he bought from Amazon.

They're all creaky and rusted pieces of trash but they get me from point a to point b. They're really good for practicing maintenance on, and if they get stolen I won't cry because I basically got those bikes for free.

I am saving up for a Giant Talon 4

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jan 2022 01:26:45 No.1754065 Report

Quoted By: >>1754164

>>1754036
I don't really see the point in taking BSOs
people also junk entry level good bikes, typically, older and in non-riding condition. Those are worth the effort and money and often actually have some good parts on them.

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Anonymous Fri 21 Jan 2022 08:27:03 No.1754129 Report

Quoted By: >>1754130

>>1754036
love me a good grubber through the fly tipping for free pressies

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jan 2022 08:38:51 No.1754130 Report

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>>1754129
This picture was taken by a serial killer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jan 2022 10:13:28 No.1754154 Report

Quoted By: >>1754155

Define "spare"
Anyway my bikes
> 2004 Stumpjumper FSR frame built up with random components of different vintages and spec levels.
> Steel tourer with sturmey archer gearbox that belonged to my dad, heavy but works ok as a "gravel bike"
> Steel 10 speed road bike from the 1970s that I rescued from a literal trash heap, heaver than the FSR, probably wasn't even good when it was new. Was my first road bike though.
> Early 90s muddy fox rigid mtb , slightly too small for me but good for urban riding
> 2001 Kona Stinky with a broken shock and many missing parts
> 2007 Giant OCR Road bike, this is my fastest bike
> Late 90s Trek aluminium frame with no parts except a headset and a shitty fork, got cannibalised when I build the FSR

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jan 2022 10:25:13 No.1754155 Report

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>>1754154
Used to have a GT hardtail mtb too but it got stolen

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jan 2022 10:36:15 No.1754160 Report

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>>1753833
Nah, he'd have to pay someone to haul that trash away

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jan 2022 10:39:09 No.1754164 Report

Quoted By: >>1754176

>>1754065
Most BSOs are compatible with 90s parts so you can fix them up pretty cheap, and often the frames are about as good as budget bikes from better brands.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Jan 2022 10:43:57 No.1754166 Report

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>>1753899
>Stopped reading right there

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jan 2022 11:14:03 No.1754176 Report

Quoted By: >>1754341

>>1754164
>compatible with 90s parts
yeah but so is practically everything that's meaningless, why not use 90s frames and 90s wheels and 90s everything then?

the cost is consumables like brake pads, bbs, cables, chains, grips, bartape, tires, tubes, etc. It really adds up

unless you do bare minimium, which kind of only makes sense if you're donating bikes to homeless people

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jan 2022 11:32:46 No.1754180 Report

Quoted By: >>1754181

>>1753823
Geee I wonder why I cannot find the bicycle model available...

>averege person has 8 bicycles in some locked up shed

REEEEEEE

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jan 2022 11:36:26 No.1754181 Report

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>>1754180
i sell them lol
if you walk past my garage and ask i will sell you one and help you with it

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jan 2022 23:00:00 No.1754341 Report

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>>1754176
I mean you're unlikely to get any weird carbon stuff or proprietary bottom brackets or 1x drives on a BSO bike. Probably less likely to deal with disc brakes too, or you'll get rim brake mounts anyway because they only made one frame for both. Consumables are going to be a cost on any bike. I wouldn't do more than the bare minimum either, 90s 7 speed altus/alivio parts would be fine. And BSO probably hasn't been ridden much so a lot of stuff on it will be ok anyway. It won't be "good" but it'll be a functional bike for commutes. Probably biggest issue would be replacing wheels if those have been taco'd

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Jan 2022 13:03:21 No.1754524 Report

Quoted By: >>1754529

>>1753833
You are going to feel awfully silly when his collectible fleet is worth enough to retire

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Jan 2022 13:17:15 No.1754529 Report

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>>1754524
jokes on you I have literally never admitted to being wrong

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Jan 2022 14:30:11 No.1754561 Report

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>>1753823
Spinal Tap tier

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Anonymous Sat 22 Jan 2022 17:49:52 No.1754610 Report

Quoted By: >>1754646

Right now it's 4
>CX bike
>Touring Bike
>Steel Roadie beater
>90's MTB amalgamation

Plan on dropping the 90's MTB since it's role has been replaced by the touring bike.
I wanted to also drop the roadie but it's nice to have a bike I don't have to think about and can just abuse. I'd replace it with my CX bike but if that got ruined or stolen I'd be pretty sad :(

I feel like living in apartments with more than 2 bikes is kinda dumb but here I am.

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Anonymous Sat 22 Jan 2022 18:52:43 No.1754619 Report

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You guys all have too many bike and need to share
There is a shortage right now guys, fix em up and nice as you can so they are relaible and sell them on craigslist

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Jan 2022 20:27:34 No.1754646 Report

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>>1754610
that cx bike is dank as fuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Jan 2022 20:51:10 No.1754649 Report

Quoted By: >>1755077 >>1755577

>>1754023
What you are talking about is only the opposite of consumerism when you legitimately need the item you are recycling/reusing. Consumerism is when you buy something you don't need to receive that sweet sweet hit of dopamine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Jan 2022 22:02:11 No.1754671 Report

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>>1753823
1 road carbon
1 full suspension MTB (steel)
2 steel normal MTB
1 steel road
1 old ass half carbon, half steel road Mongoose (yes, not a bmx) that is damn fun to ride as a commute.

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Anonymous Sun 23 Jan 2022 23:46:44 No.1755075 Report

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Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Jan 2022 23:48:20 No.1755077 Report

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>>1754649
wrong. I'm adding value to the world. It doesn't matter whether I ride it or not. If i ride it then I ride it and if i don't ride it then in the future someone else can.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jan 2022 03:52:41 No.1755495 Report

Quoted By: >>1755872

I had 3 bikes and 6 frames
sold everything and ride a cheap folder that I do zero maintenance on

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jan 2022 11:00:16 No.1755577 Report

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>>1754649
Consumerism is a societal phenomenon where the acquisition of consumer goods is promoted as a moral good and goal in itself. Consumerism was developed because the industrial revolution allowed surplus goods to be created, so modern marketing and advertising was invented which promoted goods acquisition as a way of self actualization and self expression.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Jan 2022 12:42:02 No.1755603 Report

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I have 2 bikes. A nice one and a cheap one that I don’t worry about locking up.

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Anonymous Wed 26 Jan 2022 01:51:27 No.1755872 Report

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>>1755495

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Jan 2022 11:32:12 No.1756980 Report

Quoted By: >>1756981

Part1:
I currently have:
>Roadbike - Müsing Izalco Team Pro with Dura Ace 8-spd and a Cannondale Slice carbon fork, ritchey pro assymetric rim rear and symmetric rim front radial spoked
>Roadbike - Colnago Master Olympic with Dura Ace 8-spd and Shamal 12 HPW wheels made compatible with the Rohloff freeheel hub body
>Roadbike - Hawk Carbon in yellow with dura Ace 9-spd and Spinergy RevX wheelset
>Roadbike - Basso Marino in blue and white with Campagnolo C-Record and handbuilt wheels
>Roadbike - FES Carbon bike with Sachs New Success 8-spd groupset specially made to fit this masterpiece

>Track Bike - FES time trial bike with special parts on it taylor made for me
>Track Bike - Visp alu bike paited in red with some cheap rims and hubs and a Dura Ace 9-spd crank to fit my fixie needs (52 x 17 gearing)

>MTB - Cannondale Franck Roman Signature Model in red with Deore XT 8-spd and Citec Aero 26" wheels silver polished and 25mm tires, GoreTex cables and Sachs grip shifters and a Rock Shox Quadra 21r tuned with Wings spring set and Magura HS33 in Grey
>MTB - Cannondale Super V with Lefty fork equipped with XTR 8-spd groupset and the all famous Star Brake/Wendler hydraulic V-Brakes.
>MTB - GT Backwoods in mint, white and black with Shimano Deore 9-spd and a white Rock Shox Psylo SL with 20mm thru axle and Onyx front hub that runs endlessly if even slightly touched.
>MTB - BMC Fourstroke FS2 with Deore XT 10-spd, Fox fork and DT-Swiss wheelset

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Jan 2022 11:33:13 No.1756981 Report

Quoted By: >>1757352

>>1756980
Part2:
>Touring Bike - Stevens painted in black matte with rim brakes and Shimano LX 10-spd and a B&M Luxos U front lamp fenders and all the stuff required for casual use to work or shopping.
>Touring Bike - Bauer in its original new condition. Pained in blue, white, a little gold and red. Bought NOS for super cheap coaster brake only one gear 26 inch wheels rim brake and old. Was the first one to ride this bike after it was stored in a bunker for 60 years.
>Touring Bike - Some rusty gold spray painted shitty looking but very well running 26 incher with a Sachs 415 Hub that has 3 gears but no coaster brake. The bike has rim brakes front and rear and never gets stolen because of an Abus U-lock and an estimated value of minus 100 shekelz.

>My Wifes Touring Bike - Simplon painted light blue metallic, with Shimano LX parts and a carbon front fork, Magura HS33 hydraulic rim brakes

>Some cheapo not yet ridable scrapyard tier bikes i'm too fucking lazy to fix (like 6 bikes or so)

A shit ton of Hubs (Tune, Edco, Chris King, White Industries and other stuff) All NOS and additional to that a shit ton of frames like Pinarellos, Colnagos some titanium frames from Merlin and Litespeed Kocmo and some groupsets from Simplex Suntour, Campagnolo and Shimano laying around here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jan 2022 10:50:55 No.1757327 Report

Quoted By: >>1757330 >>1757333

rabid consoomer kills comfy thread, more at 11

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jan 2022 10:59:45 No.1757330 Report

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>>1757327
That's not a consoomer, that's a hoarder dumpster-diver.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jan 2022 11:57:02 No.1757333 Report

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>>1757327
No except from the 6 trash bikes i got for free, every single bike is either bought with cash or given to me via sponsoring from the race team when i was active.
and i also worked in the bike industry for almost three decades now, so i accumulated a lot of stuff via that. most of it was super cheap and directly from factory as samples or so.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jan 2022 12:30:13 No.1757338 Report

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i have 7.
surly lht - daily/commuter
kona dew - shit weather commuter/lock up
diamond back apex - daily/commuter/urban monster truck
surly 1x1 - summer thrasher/back up monster truck
trek 8300 - converted to "roadie" for light touring/day tripping
bridgestone mb3 comp - general off-pavement, long ride/day tripping
bridgestone mb1 comp - fast off-pavement

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jan 2022 13:52:31 No.1757352 Report

Quoted By: >>1757353

>>1756981
Jesus Christ anon. I love road cycling as much as the next guy but do you have any other hobbies?
It seems like you have spread yourself very thin.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jan 2022 14:01:56 No.1757353 Report

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>>1757352
Yes, i have other hobbies as well and a family with four kids. Added to that a job in the bike industry.
So time is spare but i try the best to not forget about cycling.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jan 2022 18:59:10 No.1757408 Report

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>>1753823
>spare
>mtb
>dj
>sscx with slicks
not one of 'em is 'spare'

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