Culling bikes and builds, decisions?

[RickTheUncivil]

I like the idea of list them all for sale at a value you feel happy with and see what goes, let the market decide what you keep. Might not be to everyones taste but it helps us indecisive types to clear out.
It sort of works, unless someone buys your favourite and then you change your mind....

 

[ishaw]

There are a couple I'd not list so that would avoid the favourites going, but then it's second favourites.

I think I've got an idea as to a couple that can go. I'll see how I feel after they've gone as to whether the cull continues.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Re:

DBR vs Torus.

You can kill two bikes with one rock with the one.
Place both at the top of the pile.
Get yourself trained to actually bother to get to both of them, first and second from top and switching around helps.
(that's your real problem I see).

Then go out and ride them both, just do it, ride off the road and have some fun. Get Bing OS maps and Strava to see where new there is to ride, with strava you hit the make a route and turn on the heat maps for an area, look for the faint lined routes ones as they can be interesting, hidden jems.
See who is near you that likes a good ride.
Keep riding them both and see which just feels right.
Keep thst one, get rid of the other...
which at that point it might not matter as you are out riding as intended and then just build in your spare time when riding is not possible.

It's not about projects, it's not about the bike. It's about bothering to ride (this weather does not help mind). It's also about being able and just having to bother to move the bikes around to ride them. So make that easy if the hassle of unlocking, taking them out the shed and rotating them around is too much ;-)

But use the same comparison principle as you ride them and get rid of the one that do not feel right, the same as you slowly finish a project.

Remember, the bike is just a name on some metal, ignore the brand when it comes to getting rid. DBR is not better than the Torus if the Torus rides better for you.

But yes do get rid of the ones you do not like to ride or cannot see yourself riding.

While you are at it
Look at getting a shed like the the Asgard 29er *you can get 6 bikes in these and storage at the end and bits and bobs on shelves. It's easy to pull the bikes out once you have figured a nice way to lay them in and security is better than most sheds and garages.

Ok they cost ~450 quid, but that's nothing in the scheme of the bikes you have. The sale of a few of them or parts will buy you it.

 

[daugs]

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I feel for you, last year we moved back to our flat in London from a rental in Hampshire where there was loads of space. I needed a big cull or would be paying for storage, and any bikes in storage would be an hour in the car away.

Step 1: Decided I was not spending any money further tweaking any rides I already had given extent of parts in the spares box etc.

Step 2: Built all the frames I had into bikes, finished stalled projects and actually made decisions as to what bikes were supposed to be. Step 1 also helped this as limits scope.

Step 3: Rode them a little to identify obvious candidates along with any emotional attachments. Split into 4 groups: (1) keep and ride,(2) sell - these came to London (3); keep and never sell (4) not sure but not using now so these went into storage in Hampshire.

Step 4: Moved to London, but the stuff to sell is still to be sold ? :facepalm: although some have been on ebay but collection only to avoid hassle, and not sold.....I need to accept need to sell in bits.

What's interesting is that getting out on the bikes has changed my decisions somewhat, not about what I'm selling but what I want to use. There is really only space for 2 of my bikes in the flat, with a third in a lock-up and accepting not the most secure and so could get nicked.

The road bike that I thought I would use in town and join the crowds on the outer circle in Regents Park (5 minutes away) has gathered dust, and I much prefer one of the mtbs, slicked single speed if I want a thrash. At the moment the only decision is whether I do have one in the lock-up or simply a second set of wheels for the Dean so can switch off-road tyres to slicks easily. My point is that once emotional "must keep" decisons made, the rest is about what you like to ride and space.

The "how many bikes do you need ?" question was very valid, and the answer is not as many as you think and less than you want ?

 

[mattr]

I think you should sell one, use the proceeds to build some better storage solutions.
Racks, shelves and stands.
We've got 10 bikes, workshop space, turbo space and enough space to swing a kitten in (basically) the footprint of a medium sized car. (Bit wider, bit shorter. And two doors, in almost exactly the worst places they could be)

 

[mattr]

Oh, enough spares/extras/consumables to make a bike shop mechanic blink.

 

[The History Man]

I think you should sell one, use the proceeds to build some better storage solutions.
Racks, shelves and stands.
We've got 10 bikes, workshop space, turbo space and enough space to swing a kitten in (basically) the footprint of a medium sized car. (Bit wider, bit shorter. And two doors, in almost exactly the worst places they could be)

Please share. I have a 14x8 shed half of which is benches etc and struggle with about the same number. I have to move bikes out to work at the minute.

 

[mattr]

2x4 wall mounted hook frames along the shortest wall, at the right height to get a 29er fs in. With a 1m wide shelf on top of it, full length of the wall. This is where tyres, tubes and most consumables live in boxes. Takes up about 1m×2.5m of floor space and holds 8 bikes. Theres room at the end to get hooks to hold ~4 pairs of wheels. It's also floor to ceiling, so no wasted space at all.
Once you have that in place, the rest is easy.
Short bench with drawers on one side, bike work stand on the other. Then a couple of bikes on the floor against the other short wall. (The two in regular use, the rest only take seconds to unhook anyway)
https://www.cyclestore.co.uk/images/pro ... a/6623.jpg

I have two 4 bike versions of that.......

 

[mattr]

Oh, use roof space too. If your shed has a pitched roof that's high enough. Think of all the dead space above things that you can use.
I have hooks above the workbench to hold wheels/tyres/tubs/rims against the wall. Hooks on the useless wall (due to door positioning) that hold helmets, jackets, gilets. And so on.

Before we put the hooks up. You could barely move in there. Turboing was done in the spare room.

If you aren't floor to ceiling you're wasting space

Next project is to upgrade the bench to something a bit more substantial. Current one is a lash together of kitchen unit leftovers.

 

[Osella]

Re:

ishaw; Know you're dropping the FSR, but one consideration I've thought about is which can be replaced?
The Torus for example, if you got rid - how easily could you get another? Are there any, even if ones you currently use more, that you could replace with identical/similar without too much trouble?

Conversely - are there any you're hanging onto 'just because' you won't get another, they're rare or interesting, but you're not really that into them & they don't ride well, etc etc?