These are the bikes currently in my part of the Dining Room Bike Shop:
Bike Friday Tikit at the World War II Memorial
- Bike Friday Tikit
Quickbeam, Carradice College, and Tubus Cargo Rack
- Rawland Nordavinden
- 1/2 of a Co-Motion Java 29er Tandem
- Cannondale Mountain Tandem, i.e., the lead sled
- 1/2 of a Cannondale Mountain Tandem
Bikes from the past:
The Co-Motion on Skyline Drive
- 1/2 of a Co-Motion Speedster Tandem. Had to be replaced after 6 years and 25,000 miles, as I wrote about here.
Novara Randonnee
- Novara Randonnee. Used as my commuter for a couple of years, but replaced with the Surly LHT, which was a better fit for me.
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Mary, thank you for making me feel good about myself. It is always a little weird to tell people how many bikes I have and to try to explain myself. For me, I love the different ride I get from my bikes plus I enjoy maintaining, upgrading or building up the bike. They are all great to ride and some do have a different purpose. As I get older and keep adding the miles, it just gets better and better as I ride them and I get to apprecciate them more. It is always tough to say which one is my favorite ride. My Velo-Orange Rando is perfect for my long brevets, my Black Mountain Cycles road bike just rocks for long clubs rides and quick 200k’s, my Trek 950 is my perfect commuter and beater, and my BF Pocket Rocket is my happy travel bike that I do use in my travels at work. And I do have 4 more bikes!
PS: you have a great collection of bikes!
Bob Torres
You are welcome! I initially felt a little strange exposing the number of bikes I own, but given that I really like them all and feel that they each have a somewhat unique niche in my collection, I got over it. I like having multiple bikes to ride, as long as I am, in fact, riding them and we have the space to house them. Felkerino is also a big fan of building up bikes and creating that unique ride. I should hit you up for a Bikes to Like post on the VO Randonneur… that looks like a great ride! Also, I’m curious about your experience with the Friday Pocket Rocket, particularly what are the widest tires you can run on it? Mine seems to top out at 28s… Maybe it’s destined to be my fast bike!
A “Bikes to Like” post on my VO Rando sounds like a fun thing to do. My BF Pocket Rocket is currently set up with these tires, PRIMO COMET 20×1-1/8. The last time I measure the tire’s width I remember reading 26 mm. Without fenders I’ve been told that it can be fitted with 20×1-3/8 and that’s it. We both are riding the road version with 451 wheels. And yes it can go fast with this set up which makes it a fun bike.
Girl, you have a LOT of bikes- I thought my husband was the only one! Have you started to name them yet?
I’ve never been much on naming bikes. I tend to just call them by their model or brand.
I had no idea your dining room was so big. How, or why, do you have three little wheel bikes?
It was a phase. Currently doing some rethinking about them…
Whenever I feel like the number of bikes I have may get out of hand I always click on “Bikes I Ride” on your blog.
Ha! I did not mean to end up with so many bikes, but as my riding evolved so did my bike stable. And being married to someone who also rides and loves bikes did not help!
Congratulations on having so few bikes MG! I too need to pare down my collection.
Hi,
Volney here…
Live in N.M. and I too have a number of bikes. I ride a lot; yet have started to realize that some of the bikes I have acquired no longer get used. I would like to be able to move them towards another; yet have as yet found a way to give them or sell them to someone who I would want to. Kind of weird: in that I would like to feel that they are going to a good home.
Was wondering if you have any ideas that I have not considered.
Ideally might be something like an adoption program where would not have to incur a packing and shipping expense.
I think you; having a big enough following, might be able to make something along these lines work. Interested?
Volney