Unused Bicycles

[biggs682]

Harsh in fact I only have 15 bikes

Just checking my figures
1 x tandem
1 x cougar
1 x Ian may
1 x Roberts
1 x Sinclair
2 x Marins
1 x Dawes in pieces
1 x R.E.W Reynolds
1 x Dunelt
1 x Woodrup
1 x Pollard
1 x F R Russell
1 x Triban
1 x Raleigh
1 x Hardisty
1 x Sid Mottram
So in fact 16 bikes
Plus 5 frames and numerous other spares

 

[Drago]

Just checking my figures
1 x tandem
1 x cougar
1 x Ian may
1 x Roberts
1 x Sinclair
2 x Marins
1 x Dawes in pieces
1 x R.E.W Reynolds
1 x Dunelt
1 x Woodrup
1 x Pollard
1 x F R Russell
1 x Triban
1 x Raleigh
1 x Hardisty
1 x Sid Mottram
So in fact 16 bikes
Plus 5 frames and numerous other spares

And that's just his downstairs lavvy.

 

[postman]

And that's just his downstairs lavvy.

Oh my word a downstairs lavvy,he must be posh,we have two but you must go upstairs.The bucket under the stairs during my prostate years does not count.

 

[DCLane]

Just checking my figures
...
So in fact 16 bikes
Plus 5 frames and numerous other spares

I feel better:

2 x NeilPryde (road and TT)
1 x Holdsworth (track)
1 x Thompson (hillclimb road; the Belgian road bike manufacturer not the cheap BSO seller)
1 x Viner ('winter' road)
1 x Ridgeback (audax)
2 x Merida (CX/commuter and road - Zwift use)
1 x Woodrup (retro road)
2 x Raleigh (retro road and hybrid)
1 x Dawes (Kingpin)
1 x Fuji (grasstrack fixie)
1 x Harry Perry - for sale
1 x Carlton - back to original owner or will be for sale

Ignoring the last two that's just 13.

Oh, and the Holdsworth is the newest being from 2020 so there's no chance of me matching those who turn up on the latest kit.

 

[Illaveago]

I doubt their figures as I have 37 million in my garage.

 

[Drago]

Oh my word a downstairs lavvy,he must be posh,we have two but you must go upstairs.The bucket under the stairs during my prostate years does not count.

He's posh alright. He had Nissan Note, don't you know.

 

[postman]

He's posh alright. He had Nissan Note, don't you know.

Not knowing wot a Note looks like,i have just googled.Can i ask why does it look like two cars have been glued together,i am not liking the rear end.

 

[Drago]

I'm not a fan of Biggs' rear end either but we wouldn't make this personal

 

[gbb]

How many of them are BSOs though?
I recall a discussion at my LBS about the perils of buying bikes too cheap.
LBS owners stance was, people think..I want a bike
They then see the price of even moderate quality bikes and think...I'm not paying that !!!!
So they buy a BSO , get no pleasure from riding it (poor design, poor quality, poor components) and chuck it in the shed...fot it to be rarely, if ever, used again.

They're a great disservice to cycling, put people off for life

 

[slow horse]

A few of them have been 'retired' to the bike rack at my train station, judging by the fact they've been sitting there for months now with slowly flattening tyres.

 

[Conrad_K]

I purchased two used bikes; a recumbent and a tadpole. I ride them regularly.

I purchased a new upright "mountain bike." I rode it once. Uprights are not for me; it will be a parts donor for a long wheelbase recumbent.

I have seven other bikes, all dumpster finds, that will probably occupy space for a while before wending their way back to the dumpster. (can magpies interchange genetic material with humans?) One of them is a nearly-new child's bike with the handlebar clamp screw stripped out. I'm probably going to put a thread insert in and try to give it away.

 

[HLaB]

This is an old article, but a BikeFarmer video I watched last night got me thinking about it:

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/data-suggests-there-could-be-38-million-unused-bikes-in-uk



That figure seems a bit high; other sources claim there are 20 million bicycles in the UK.
There are roughly 8 million people in the UK cycling regularly (> once per month).


So either way, that's still a lot of unused bikes.

Pity.

I've got an unused bicycle but the other 4 get used regularly. I just haven't got round to selling the other one yet. It's been 3-4 months but I can't really be bothered with the hassle of scammers etc.

 

[Jameshow]

This is an old article, but a BikeFarmer video I watched last night got me thinking about it:

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/data-suggests-there-could-be-38-million-unused-bikes-in-uk



That figure seems a bit high; other sources claim there are 20 million bicycles in the UK.
There are roughly 8 million people in the UK cycling regularly (> once per month).


So either way, that's still a lot of unused bikes.

Pity.

Half of which are members bikes on here mentioning no names!🤣🤣🤣

 

[TheDoctor]

Erm...
My 4
Another 6
And a trike. And probably another two bikes worth of bits.
I'll swear they're breeding out there.

 

[Conrad_K]

Eight months ago I bought a bicycle. Now I have ten.

"So how did that happen?"

"Sort of like going bankrupt. First slowly, than all at once."