ANY TIPS TO STOP BUYING MORE FRAMES OR BIKES.

[lensmansteve]

Yes yes. Echoing my feelings there. Adapt and enjoy is the way to be. I also have about ten bikes, think that's about the right number to have a bunch in regular use, and a couple for projects when time and weather allow. Works for me.

 

[Cheshire1980]

10-12 seems a workable number. Have 12 built working bikes(6 Retro, 6 modern) And 4 projects, and 1 bike I need to sell... still doesn’t leave much room in the Inn

 

[lensmansteve]

Probably best not to have too big an inn, that makes it easy to keep the numbers down. I don't like having unstarted projects hanging.around for years, that gets me down- I lose momentum. If I buy a frame, then it's out of the box and out with the T-Cut then the tools right off.. Couldn't do it any other way.

 

[simdagger]

My only advice would be to get involved in modern day XC Racing... My last XC Race Hardtail rig was in the region of RRP £4500 when you've got a couple of those plus the £7k road bike when you fork out £300 for a 1990's kona from eBay she thinks...well at least its not as costly as your last set of wheels

probably have about 10 bikes in total

 

[lensmansteve]

That advice is akin to telling someone with a mild alcohol problem to try crack cocaine instead.
As I said earlier on this thread, some people like to fix things, and some like to spend. Happiness is a warm (grease) gun as far as I'm concerned.