more than one bike

[terry_gardener]

thanks for the replies.
do you find that you use one over the other(s) or do you use them equally.

 

[Born2die]

I would say it depends on then week if I'm busy I may do 60 ish on the mtb and a ton on the road bike but then some weeks it's nil on the mtb and 200 on the roadie

 

[Rustybucket]

She will come round...........

Currently one on the balcony and one in the lounge, it's a good job we are moving soon and I get a garage, looks like I will need it!

 

[Mike!]

Currently changing around my stock after some back issues and being advised by my physio that the stretch to drops aren't helping...

MTB for off-road and family rides. Plus used as commuter with knobbly tires in snow. (Currently the commuter)

Road bike, weekend rides (find this one comfortable as long as it's not used day in day out!)

Commuter (tbc) but will be a hybrid just haven't decided which one yet!

 

[MrJamie]

I love my hardtail hybrid. I've upgraded a fair few bits of it and I don't like the idea of leaving it locked up all day in the carpark at work, so I bought a rigid hybrid to use as a commuter which I'd be less attached to if it were stolen. They're very similar bikes, both 700c L frame Giant hybrids with near identical drivetrains and tyres etc. I've also got an old gaspipe Raleigh as a spare. I perhaps should have bought a CX bike instead of the rigid hybrid, but my commutes so short it wouldn't much matter.

 

[TheDoctor]

Well...
I have a carbon roadbike, Ribble alloy flat-bat tourer, Dynatech Ti fixed, steel rigid MTB that I'll probably SS when I get round to it, 4 speed hack, the chinese BSO that's soon-to-be-a-FWD 'bent, the Brompton and a Kirk MTB frame that needs building up.
It's a slippery slope, I tells thee!!!

 

[tribanjules]

road bike
cx for offroad
hybrid for town

so far....

(plus mtb and hybrid off road hidden from missus in my brothers shed)

 

[philinmerthyr]

I've got 3 bikes.

Old Orange mountain bike. Haven't ridden for 12 months. My uses it to ride the new Wales Bikepark trails.

Specialized Roubaix carbon road bike. Bought to train for the London 100 in Aug. it took a lot of punishment last winter but came through superbly. Great bike.

Boardman Hybrid, bought as a gift to the Roubaix so that it doesn't have to suffer so much this winter. I'll use it on wet rides and through the week. My son will ride this as well when we go out together for weekend rides.

 

[ianrauk]

I have hybrid for commute and carbon road for the weekends.

From reading above do people not use their carbon in the wet weather? Do I need a weekend wet bike?

I use carbon in the wet.
No such thing as a summer/winter bike for me.
I clean a leisure bike thoroughly after every ride anyway so it makes no difference.

 

[Binka]

Mtb for off road.
Cyclocross for commuting and day rides, group rides.
Recumbent for longer day rides and touring.

 

[Binka]

I'd like a hybrid for commuting I think as well.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

thanks for the replies.
do you find that you use one over the other(s) or do you use them equally.

With six bikes, I only have a problem one day a week

 

[toptom]

mtb for commuting
carbon road bike for leisure (and it gets wet some times)
alloy road bike for leisure

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Single speed for commuting
5 geared bike for medium hilly rides
Hybrid for serious hilly rides
Another with winter tyres for when it's icy

 

[Pat "5mph"]

thanks for the replies.
do you find that you use one over the other(s) or do you use them equally.

N+1 (the latest acquisition) is always my most used for a while.