Is this how it starts?

[gdb2b]

Who else herein buys a used bike for spare parts, then winds up restoring it, and then can't bear to part with it?

Two years ago I had a single MTB. Since then, bike 2, my 2nd ever build, joined bike 1. Three months ago a new Surly joined them, and now bike 4 (what was originally just a parts bike bought for its fork) is about to join bikes one, two, and three.

Is this how it starts?

 

[We_are_Stevo]

Yes, there is no hope for you whatsoever...

 

[gdb2b]

Nooooo. Am I supposed to put up a little sign... "Abandon all hope, he who enters here..." Time to cull the unridden old susser, and maybe my better half's unridden cruiser.

 

[We_are_Stevo]

...then put the proceeds towards something else you just can't resist! :facepalm:

 

[Rob H]

Then your misses gets into biking, buys more bikes than you've got, so you have to buy a couple more just to maintain your place as the serious biker in the relationship

 

[drystonepaul]

Who else herein buys a used bike for spare parts, then winds up restoring it, and then can't bear to part with it?

Happens to me all the time. This is why I have nearly 40 of them.

Abandon all hope...

 

[gdb2b]

Nearly forty???? How in the heck do you keep them all straight? Do you ride them all?

I've manage to cull exactly one, an unused/unridden BMX that I reconditioned, repegged, and gave to my young grand nephew. That said, there are 5.5 in the garage right now. My 3.5 (.5 is being built, awaiting fork decasl from Gil), my wife's and my oldest daughter's. And, if this weather keeps up (heavy snow), it'll be 6.5 as I've got my eye on a Fatty.

 

[sylus]

ya dooomed I tell ya dooomed

 

[We_are_Stevo]

ya dooomed I tell ya dooomed

You'll need to search on YouTube for 'Dads Army' to appreciate the humour in that...

 

[gdb2b]

It all started when I went looking for spare cogs for the M739 rear derailleur. I discovered that the stuf was older than what was available thru my LBS. Not wanting to buy a new bike, I started hunting to accumulate my own stash of spare part to keep this 98 Moab in use.

In 28 months I've gone from 1 MTB and a spare saddle (and no tools or other spare parts) to 5.5 bikes, a repair stand, a roll-away stool, and a roll-away chest full of spare bike parts. Numerous sets of rims adorn the walls of the garage and several sets of wheels are underfoot, awaiting the right weather conditions to warrant them being swapped onto the bike.

Maybe I should change my strategy? Unload all this. Buy a brand new MTB, service it until parts are no available from the LBS anymore. then sell it, and repeat the process. Presto. Only two bikes of mine. My MTB and my 'cross.

Is anybody doing this?