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As in, how many could you just check the tyre pressures and go, and how many are lying around in various states of disaasembly, repair, or renovation

I have 6, 4 currently ridable, others need a once over with the torque wrench, and more importantly, have no brakes fitted


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:32 pm
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5/5 are rideable within the next 5 minutes.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:34 pm
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All of them (10) bar an old track bike from which I borrowed the stem.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:34 pm
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All 3. Or 4 if you include the wifes.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:35 pm
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1 rideable, 1 with turbo tyre on (does that count), 1 currently missing it's forks.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:36 pm
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Ten are rideable at the mo.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:38 pm
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3 bikes, 3 rideable in less than one minute, none of them I can technically ride though because I fell off manualing yesterday and am now struggling to walk pain free!


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:39 pm
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4 out of 5 rideable right now (but a drop of lube on the chain and a bit of air in the tyres would be preferable)

the other bike is in a pile of bits in the corner, and just needs to be put back together again


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:40 pm
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Both.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:42 pm
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Would need to straighten the bars out on one but other than that 2/3 although tyre pressure wouldn’t be optimal, and one is on ice spikes.

The other is rideable, but the frame is cracked and it’s got he be dismantled and shipped back to winstanleys.


 
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4/4, but I'm not sure I'd last long on my fixed with the ice we have here now.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:43 pm
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0 of 4. Possibly.

XC hardtail is a goer, albeit with v slow puncture in the front
ATB 29er has a flat and is partially dismantled/stored
Cargo/utility desperately needs brake oil and rear rack refitting. Possibly a new rear roller brake unit.
Raleigh Sirocco (80's roadie) is in bits and needs completely restoring.

Bit rubbish really 😳


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:44 pm
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3 out of 4

The 4th would need bars straightening and pedals fitting as its semi-retired.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:47 pm
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Four Mtbs, 26ht, 26fs, 29ht and fat, two roads, lightweight and tourer - all right now, a couple, DH, Heckler and old ht 30 mins, couple more an hour or two... Only ride a couple of them but can’t get rid either....


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:50 pm
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4/4, although one has no pedals (power meter gets swapped between two bikes).


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:52 pm
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Three out of five rideable. Commuting bike no longer required, and nice summer bike taken apart and packed away till the sun comes back.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:52 pm
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2/5

Four if you gave me 15 minutes to swap some wheels round.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 5:59 pm
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All of them, instantly.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:00 pm
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I dont even kniw how many bikes i have. 😳


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:02 pm
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5 work and I’m not going to admit to how many are Work in progress , let’s just say it’s more than 5 broken


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:14 pm
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Well, with some creative accounting 1/1.

The new 650fs is ready to go, but there's a HT frame in the stand getting built at the moment and 26fs & 26ht frames in the corner that have given up enough parts to their replacements I don't really consider them bikes, just frames to move on...


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:14 pm
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4 out of 5.

One's just a frame at the mo, rest all ready to go, even the BMX of doom.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:16 pm
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12 out of 14. I need to build a new wheel for the coaching bike and the BMX is rideable but the BB needs attention. My commuting bikes rear wheel is creaking but perfectly rideable.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:19 pm
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None, because I'm broken at the moment 😥 but all 4 are in working order beyond a quick check over. I've got a poor BMX that hasn't been ridden by me yet, obtained just before I had surgery.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:20 pm
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8 to go although the fixie brakes need attention but it rides fine.

Fat bike needs fork bits

And my carbon xc singlespeed needs assembling.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:21 pm
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4 but 5 if you count turbo bike.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:26 pm
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3/3 the “pub bike” is all a bit losey goosey but there you go


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:26 pm
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All of them.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:31 pm
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One at this very moment because I'm in Gran Canaria. The bike I have out here has new cables yesterday after we finished our ride. At home there are 5 which I'd be fairly confident of being ok (winter roadie, summer roadie, TT bike, fixie and cross bike). The mtb definitely needs work to get it rideable


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:33 pm
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7/7 of mine are ready to go. can only ride 1 cos of injury at the mo though.


 
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100%
3/3
three out of three
all of them


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:36 pm
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6/6.
Turbo bike has a turbo tyre and no rear brake but is rideable and perfect for its purpose, oh and the commuter needs some chain lube but all good bar that.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:39 pm
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Both.

All 3 come sunday. :mrgreen:


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:40 pm
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All 6 - but the Patriot I want to do a few things to. But it's still perfectly rideable.


 
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As in jump on and ride immediately: 7 out of 9.

TT bike shares wheels with road bike. Fat bike has a rear puncture.

So, with 2 minutes notice: all of them.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:45 pm
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6/6

One needs fork bushings but is still assembled until I take out a second mortgage in case that turns into a new CSU


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:49 pm
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2/2..I was going for 1/1 but then remembered the retro Cannondale I've just finished. It's stored at work, away from the wife 🙄


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:52 pm
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All one of them...


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 6:54 pm
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All of them. thats my 3 solos, the tandem, t'missus two bikes that she never uses I am an obsessive tinkerer. None even need the tyres blown up I think *rushes off to check* I did break my unicycle but decided the parts to fix it were not worth the cost. But that doesn't count as a bicycle.

Even a slight noise when out riding will mean that its sorted when I get home or very soon afterwards. All now have fully serviced drivetrains, well lubed chains, plenty of life in the brake pads and all the forks have oil less than a year old. I could perhaps change the brake fluid in a couple of the brakes as it been in there over a year. Did I say I was a bit obsessive?


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:20 pm
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All 4, don't like having a bike out of action.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:28 pm
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All 4 as long as swapping pedals is accepted as ready to ride.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:29 pm
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All but one, but only because it doesn't have any pedals fitted.

(the XC bike doesn't count, it's in bits in a box)


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:38 pm
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All five and all five have been ridden in the last couple of weeks. Probably don't even need to pump up the tyres on most of them.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:40 pm
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8/9. Geared winter road bike needs rear wheel rebuilding (although I do have spare wheels)


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:43 pm
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How many of your bikes could you ride at this moment...

You lot are amazing. I can only ride one bike at a time and even then I fall off it quite often. How some of you can ride two or three bikes all at once is beyond me.

Although I suspect TJ is fibbing about being able to ride five bikes and a tandem simultaneously, that's just silly.

😀


 
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Six. And I've ridden five of them this month. SS will come out soon and the s****y carbon hardtail will hibernate. Motorbike was sorned at the end of last month.


 
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Wow I'm impressed with the skills of you guys, I can only ride one at a time


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:55 pm
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All 4 as long as swapping pedals is accepted as ready to ride.

Given the recent thread on unscrewing pedals I'd say not. Which means I only have 2/3 ready to ride.


 
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Six; three of mine, three further for wife and two teenage lads

Five more in the shed in various states - from frame & fork only up to just missing pedals and seat.

I also appear to have 50% of Europe's front deraileurs


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 7:57 pm
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This thread has made me realise i need more bikes.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:02 pm
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4

2 steel road bikes, 1 steel road bike but its the girlfriends, so I'd be hunched over, bmx, brake is deadly, but it goes.

can't

1 mtb awaiting new brakes, 1 steel road bike with crank issue, 1 steel road bike without wheels and cables...


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:06 pm
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Three ready to ride outdoors

One on the rollers

One in another country but ready to go if I made the journey


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:08 pm
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None right now. I've got one complete bike but it's locked away 20 miles from home.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:15 pm
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One on the turbo with an indoor tyre on, one hanging on the wall and hasn't been used for a year or so, and the bamboo bike still not finished...

So three (Rocket, BFe and pub klunker) out of six are still ready to go...


 
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4/7 although the head tube on the cx bike is cracked and all the bits from the boardman road bike are on the new kinesis replacement so they don't really count. The xc ss has no brakes, front wheel or a chain (that orange crunchy thing doesn't count) so it's more like 4/5.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:16 pm
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All 4 of mine. Wife's bike might need tyres pumped up. Sons bike is fine. Motorbike might need air in tyres


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:49 pm
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5/5 all meticulously maintained or rather new


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:55 pm
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6/8.

CX bike died after racing on sunday. Waiting on a new hanger/ chain and mech.
Town bike is a work in progress (& has been for a year or more) needs the nexus hub mounting properly.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:58 pm
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3 out of 3 Are ready to conquer Europe.
The engine otoh, isnt ready. In fact, not even close.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:09 pm
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Whoops, I replied above and forgot about pedals. 3 of the bikes I listed share one set of pedals (powertap) so I'd need 2 minutes to switch them across.


 
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2 of 2. Although up until last weekend, I was running a 31spoke rear wheel on the hardtail for a few weeks until I had time and inclination to make the repair.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:26 pm
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5 out of 6, my Anthem is missing a chain, chainring and pedals


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:40 pm
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2 out of 2, sold all the rest!


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:43 pm
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1 out of 6.
1 need pedals putting on.
1 has a flat.
1 has a brake missing and the forks are seized.
1 has a chain, seatpost, saddle and pedals missing.
1 has a flat and no seatpost or saddle.

Bike maintenance has been on my to-do list for about 6 months.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:45 pm
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5/5. All have pedals, all have charged lights, all are clean(ish) and oiled. 4/5 should also have near correct tyre pressures.


 
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Both.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 10:42 pm
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Although I suspect TJ is fibbing about being able to ride five bikes and a tandem simultaneously, that's just silly.
😆


 
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wife and 2 kids' bikes all in decent working order (probably because they rarely get used)

4/5 of mine are rideable, however only 1/5 in perfect working order.
1 needs rear brake bleeding
2 have gear related issues

The only one not safely rideable has no brake cables.


 
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3 our of 4. The last one is the fat bike I’ve been struggling (ie pretty much given up on) to get set up tubeless so I could stick tubes in which would take about 10 minutes.


 
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O/1 😐

The frame and rear shock are on holiday in Germany 🙂


 
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6 out of 6, who ****s about with this shit?


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 12:25 am
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1/1


 
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1/1


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 1:34 am
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Capra - yes, but rear wheel bearings may chew themselves up at any given moment

Shan - yes 100%

Lava Dome - no, flat tyres and no pedals

Enduro - erm, no it's a frame, shock, derailleurs and chainset with no oter bits


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 2:34 am
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3/3

although it also depends on what you mean by 'ride' as two have just been rebuilt / upgraded, so need 15 mins or so around the local area first to make sure eg: new chain / old cassette are compatible, etc.

Nothing worse* than heading out with a group and being mr 'can we just stop while I adjust my gears' 10 times over.

* I hate that phrase - there's tonnes worse than being mildly annoying


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 7:27 am
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3/2


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 8:21 am
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7/9
Just need to bleed the brakes on two..


 
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2/6

Kona donated its saddle to the Shand
Inbred SS donated various parts to Tinbred years ago
Overbury's Pioneer = resto project
Rockhopper, well, that's Mrs Knob's really. Has flat tyres.

That leaves the Shand and the Tinbred ready to go.


 
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2/7 although that's 6/11 across the whole garage if you factor in the wife and kids bikes, hopefully be up to 4/7 this weekend.


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 9:58 am
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All 5. Plus a 6th which is in my garage needing new cables. Used to be the ex-wife's, is now a loaner. Oh yeah, it has no brake pads (v-brake! yay!) so would go ok, just not stop.


 
Posted : 16/11/2017 10:02 am
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