How Many Bikes Do You Think You Have Owned Over The Years….?

[scant]

1 of these days i'll actually have to compile a list as I'd be curious to know myself

 

[DesertRyder]

I currently own 10 bikes and 12 that I can recall. I might have missed one or two so...22 collectively.

Current bikes:

1980 Raleigh Grand Prix
19(??) Diamondback Sorrento - BMX Converted SS
1988 Fisher Montare
1989 Fisher CR-7
1990 Ellison built Revolution E-Stay
1995 Gary Fisher Aquila
1997 GT STS DH
2003 KHS XC 504R
2003(?) Giant Warp DS2
2008 Trek Alpha 3700

Past bikes that I can remember:

Sears Spyder - first bike
KIA 10 speed
Vista 10 speed
Mongoose MGX DXR
Schwinn High Sierra
Mongoose ATB
KHS DJ200 Dirt Jumper
Kent Fixie
Schwinn MTB - model??
Single speed cruiser-blue-brand??
MTB- blue-Brand??
Dawes Lightning

 

[Karol]

I think I forgot a few

kuwahara hi-pacer 1991
kuwahara leopard 1990
kuwahara mondia competition ?
kuwahara mondia cascade road ?
kuwahara jaguar 1989
kuwahara pacer 1993
kuwahara maragay 1991
panasonic mc 7500 1990
diamondback axis 1991
diamondback axis team 1991 in progres
diamond back axis 1992
diamond back axis pro 1992
diamond back apex 1991
diamond back ascent ex 1991
diamond back axis 1997 ritchey logic
diamond back response 1992
diamond back wcf wertex 1995
diamondback master tg 1991
scott alu xt 1989
scott pro racing 1993
scott pro racing 1994
ms racing cr1 1989
alpinestars alu xt 1992
specialized stumpjumper team 1991 in progres
specialized stumpjumper 1992
specialized s-works cross 1992
gt team avalanche 1991
gt karakoram 1992
marin team marin 1992 x2
marin team issue 1992
khs montana team 1992
khs montana comp 1992
gary fisher supercaliber 1991
gary fisher procaliber 1991
heavy tools ht pro 1991?
kona cinder cone 1992
kona explosif pro 1992 in progrs
kona kiluea 1995
mtb cycletech toyo
mtb cycletech der papalagi
rs topline mammoth
ciclib in progres
peugeot energy 400
trek 8700 1994
viner ritchey 1993?
fat chance wicked 1989

 

[fearfactoryüberalles]

Can't really tell, but one time they barely fitted in my garage:



Funny how these bikes on the pictures above are already a distant memory as they are sold on since. Currently I got about 30-40 framesets and roughly enough parts to build them up. Some "keepers" aren't the perfect fit me for me sadly, but they are rather nice rigs anyway. Vastly curbed down the purchase rate lately as most itches are scratched now and several projects are stalled due to laziness too.

I tend to buy rare(r) & obscure brands/machines every once in a while and even the youngest ones are past their 25th birthdays. Old fine steel and oldschool Ti are where it's at for me. Marin, Breezer, Sunn (Morati), Diamond Back, Scott, Bridgestone, Panasonic are my favourite mtbs, and I still try to collect the various exotic tubesets of yesteryear as greedily as ever.

 

[The History Man]

Slightly fewer today.

 

[widowmaker]

Slightly fewer today.
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Space for another one now

 

[d8mok]

I didn’t keep a record up until 2020. But I’ve kept track from 2020 until now.

I’d guess around 1000 in total

 

[benjabbi]

I've no idea exactly but would guess somewhere around 200ish. Currently have 14 rideable and could probably whip up 2-3 more from the stash.

 

[wynne]

It's funny, I compiled this a couple of months ago as I was having the same discussion with a colleague. Ones marked with * are the ones gone that I wish I'd kept or that I still own and will keep.

Here goes:

Current built up bikes in use:

Orbea Arama* (brilliant, dependable, practical)
Santa Cruz Roadster fixie* (love it/ugly)
Chickens CXR cross bike (maybe perfection)
Basso Diamante SV disc (fast)
Spooky Pitboss (an experiment)
Ventana 26er gravel fixie (fun and surprisingly not awful)

Frames:
Spooky Supertouch* (best bike ever)
Cyfac Nerv Carbon (very fast and comfortable)
Zunow Beradonna 650c/b (finally, it's great)
Chickens 29er (very fast/stable/bit dull/sentimental attachment)
Spooky Bandwagon (dented and bent)
Gary Fisher Cronus (tatty from the tip)

Gone:
Opera Leonardo 2003 (good but too big)
Condor Terra X (solid, a bit dull)
IF early 853 deluxe golden one (fun)
Impala (given as bike to Theo)
Basso Tera (hard to say/mixed feelings/its speed redeemed it for a while... ultimately too tall/ugly)
IF 853 deluxe custom (funding Jon)
Yeti FRO 2004 (not as nice as it should have been)
Principia Tri Aero (rim brake)
Time VXR (too nice to ride)
Stoemper Ronny* (broken)
FTW Crit Killer (too small)
Boxer Cross (rash purchase for paintjob)
Principia RS6 (very poor tyre clearance)
Orbea Terra (too big, claimed to be made in Spain but actually made in China)
Alan Cross Xtreme (sold to friend in need)
Litespeed Cohutta (miss it a bit/bit dull)
IF Planet X (dull)
Nicolai Argon FR (unbelievably harsh/heavy)
Brodie Romax Team cx (bored/rim brake)
Opera Il Canova (too tall)
Sinister Ridge (kinda great, heavy, harsh)
Spooky 29er* (favourite mtb ever, miss it)
Spooky Dirtcrab (too small)
Spooky Bandwagon mk2 (too brutal)
Spooky Skeletor (finger fell off/mental scars)
Azonic DS1 x 2 (too small both times idiot)
Fat Chance Buckshaver* (miss it)
Lynskey Backroads (too tall/dull)
X-lite Ti (rim brake)
Marin Team Titanium (rim brake)
Ridley race bike (speed wobble terror)
Ridley cross bike (skint so sold it)
Fort track bike* (broken)
Edwardes track bike (too big)
Colnago Strada SC* (too comfortable)
Ellsworth Joker (too saggy)
Ellsworth Specialist (gave away)
Pace RC405 (too small)
Ellsworth Flite* (miss it, should have kept it)
Cannondale Rize (too saggy)
Czech alloy mtb (very light/disintegrated)
Caribou tourer (bored)
Specialized Festina race bike (too big)
Surly Instigator (too heavy)
Lee Cooper 531 race bike (too frightening)
Coventry Eagle 531 (too flexy)
Specialized Rockhopper Comp (too big too late)
Peugeot Premiere (too poor)
Peugeot Ranger (too poor and heavy)
Dawes Wildcat (can't go there)
Raleigh road bike, sturmey archer (wrong)
Raleigh green touring bike (fell to pieces)
Raleigh road bike 27" wheels (too profitable)
Raleigh Burner (extraordinarily heavy)
Yeti FRO steel yeti blue (miss it)
Yeti FRO steel blue/black (bent)
Raleigh Striker (i was a child)
Unknown trike (outgrew it)

 

[Twozaskars]

I think I've had around 600 through my hands, currently on my 264th official 'strip n flip' which I keep records of, about 50 before that. Before that I used to buy BSO's from eBay/paper/gumtree locally, when you could get them cheap, used to buy from a scrapyard 10 at a time, £100, fix and sell. Couple of hundred of those at least, various rubbish as a kid including Raleigh Max/Activator and something I forget the name of, Ruckus/Haro/GT BMX's, Scott, Apollo, probably 20 then when my dad used to buy them from the tip and bodge them.

Bikes I've wanted / looked at and actually bought for myself, in this order;
GT XCR2000 - bought as frame and built
Frost Red Zaskar - same
Commencal Meta 5.4 - flipped a 5.2 that I liked but was too big so got this, and never actually rode it. Not once.
Whyte 46 - similar to above, bought one to sell and liked it but sold anyway so hunted down another which I then also sold when I got an excellent offer.
Airborne Lucky Strike - my 3rd one after owning 2 others, I specifically wanted one with rim brake only. Mid build, haven't looked at it for 18+ months.
Zaskar Team x2 - bought the frames to expand my collection but never built either.
GT Bravado - same story as Whyte 46 but I bought this as a frame and am building it up. I'm keeping this one.
GT lightning - just wanted one. Completely rebuilding and keeping for the foreseeable future.
On one inbred single speed but the jury is out on that.
I've had at least 15 Zaskars, over 25 Orange Fives, 6 Soul/Bfe.

Accidental keepers;
Bought a Soul and fell in love. If there's one bike for everyone this is it.
Same with my Klosch - it's going nowhere.

Loads more I can't even remember.