No more bikes! Buy's another bike. Share your shame thread

[Cheshire1980]

Yep good luck on the Orange curse.... still finding a cure!
Am also fighting the urge currently with a Kestrel frame, anything Marin 90-92 and starting to have a nagging voice in my head willing me to get a good Dave Yates at some point soon... god help me

 

[rodtrotters74]

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I'm at 3 sheds various sizes 2 full working on the other 1 lol

 

[fearfactoryüberalles]

Lost count after 50 frames/full bikes/groupsets etc... :facepalm:

Currently searching for end of 90's era (early '00s the latest) steel team bikes with V-brakes, but availability (maybe due to high frame fragility/retail price) seems quite bad and the NOS frames are drying up/impossible to find them now. As the the factories in the Far East shifted to alu/carbon back then rather rapidly/abruptly, high-end steel frames became few and far between.

Can't be arsed with anything new/modern (mainly because the really nice new stuff goes for serious monies) , so until the goods I want won't turn up as NOS/NIB, the hoarding will continue, I guess... :roll: :twisted:

 

[M-Power]

Lost count after 50 frames/full bikes/groupsets etc... :facepalm:

Currently searching for end of 90's era (early '00s the latest) steel team bikes with V-brakes, but availability (maybe due to high frame fragility/retail price) seems quite bad and the NOS frames are drying up/impossible to find them now. As the the factories in the Far East shifted to alu/carbon back then rather rapidly/abruptly, high-end steel frames became few and far between.

Can't be arsed with anything new/modern (mainly because the really nice new stuff goes for serious monies) , so until the goods I want won't turn up as NOS/NIB, the hoarding will continue, I guess... :roll: :twisted:

Interesting....reckon a lot of the high end stuff post 2010 wont be around in rideable condition in 20yrs, certainly from the last 5yrs or so.

 

[legrandefromage]

collecting another bike tomorrow

 

[PeterPerfect]

I'm after a Surly LHT 54 cm disc or non-disc if any one would like to unburden themselves and give the better half something to smile about.

 

[retrobikeguy]

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I just seem to buy with good intentions of moving something else through.... sound familiar ,I can justify a bike gone once I have stripped it down to parts and sold a few bits off it but keep the rest.......is that wrong?

recently bought a clockwork, minus a few bits.

It went something like

Her= Oh, another bike!!!
Me= Yeah had one when I was younger until it got stolen
Her= Awwww
Me= I know I loved it sooooo much
Her= You should keep it if it brings back memories
Me= Well I bought it on a whim, was thinking I could just move it through back to the fold.
Her= But if you like it you should keep it.
Me= Ok

As you can read, I'm quite innocent with good intentions.

Bought another clockwork frame that weekend :facepalm:

 

[legrandefromage]

I dont spend £60 on getting my hair done and my last pub round was £10 so 'her' can go and fluff off!

Its a pretty benign habit and supposedly keeps us all fit so our partners should simply embrace the madness and be glad we're not footballers or transvestites

or worse still

'golfers'

 

[PeterPerfect]

Or Anglers. I see them down at the canal side as I go for a jaunt on my MTB. Half look as though they want to chuck themselves in.

The other half probably want to chuck me in.

 

[legrandefromage]

Just dont run over their rods when they are across cycle paths.