Number of cars vs bikes owned?
11-13-17, 05:54 PM
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Currently 3 cars v. 4 bikes
Lifetime 10 v. 15?
Lifetime 10 v. 15?
11-13-17, 05:57 PM
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Hard to remember, but I'd count about 10 cars/trucks, 5 motorcycles, and 6 bicycles. But only two of those bikes would account for something on the order of 98% of all my riding.
11-13-17, 06:28 PM
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Lifetime: 11 cars/trucks, 9 bikes.
Currently: 1 truck, 6 bikes.
Currently: 1 truck, 6 bikes.
11-13-17, 08:15 PM
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I still own and drive my 1st car which I bought 18 years ago.
I still have my 1st bike purchased 24 years ago, but it was wrecked when I suffered a hit-and-run. I have replaced it with a nearly identical bicycle. I plan to swap the parts off the old one onto the new and recycle the frame.
I still own and drive my 1st car which I bought 18 years ago.
I still have my 1st bike purchased 24 years ago, but it was wrecked when I suffered a hit-and-run. I have replaced it with a nearly identical bicycle. I plan to swap the parts off the old one onto the new and recycle the frame.
11-14-17, 02:15 AM
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Currently - 0 cars/trucks, 3 bikes.
Lifetime - 3 cars/trucks, 10 bikes.
Over the past few years I sold 2 of my vehicles...This year I sold the last 1, my Camaro, which I got at 15
. I'm now sharing an SUV with family.
Lifetime - 3 cars/trucks, 10 bikes.
Over the past few years I sold 2 of my vehicles...This year I sold the last 1, my Camaro, which I got at 15
. I'm now sharing an SUV with family.
11-14-17, 05:39 AM
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4 wheels or more--16
2 wheels or 1------9
2 wheels or 1------9
11-14-17, 06:36 AM
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Between my wife and me...since we own property jointly
Currently: Cars=2, Bikes = 7
Over ~42 years of driving: Cars = 8, Bikes* = 21
* = bikes owned and ridden significantly, not owned and flipped.
Over ~42 years of driving: Cars = 8, Bikes* = 21
* = bikes owned and ridden significantly, not owned and flipped.
11-14-17, 08:06 AM
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8 to 38 (cars/bikes) if I count only "my" vehicles. 15 to 52 (cars to bikes) if I include my wife and children's cars and bikes
Currently 2 cars and 9 bikes (mine), 3 bikes (her's) and 1 bike for my kid.
Currently 2 cars and 9 bikes (mine), 3 bikes (her's) and 1 bike for my kid.
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11-14-17, 09:26 AM
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currently, for the family
3 cars
7 bikes
personally, in my life, I have lost track, sorry
3 cars
7 bikes
personally, in my life, I have lost track, sorry
11-14-17, 10:09 AM
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Current - 2 cars:3 bikes. Both cars and one tandem bike shared with spouse/stoker.
Adult total - 9 cars:13 bikes. Eight cars and two tandem bikes shared with spouse/stoker.
Adult total - 9 cars:13 bikes. Eight cars and two tandem bikes shared with spouse/stoker.
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11-14-17, 10:50 AM
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Currently, Lisa & I have 3 cars (including a 1937 Chrysler collector car) & 12 bikes (all get used)
Over my life, I've had 6 cars & 9 bikes (only one of those bikes is gone/retired; one is my daughter's commuter bike; and one is with my brother-out-law)
Over my life, I've had 6 cars & 9 bikes (only one of those bikes is gone/retired; one is my daughter's commuter bike; and one is with my brother-out-law)
11-14-17, 11:26 AM
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13 Cars/Trucks - Purchased 11. Currently Have 1. (+Wife has 1, Daughter has 1)
13 Bikes - Purchased 10. Currently Have 3. (+Wife has 2, Daughter has 1, Daughter2 has 1)
[Probably getting Daughter2 another bike for Christmas. -ssh!]
13 Bikes - Purchased 10. Currently Have 3. (+Wife has 2, Daughter has 1, Daughter2 has 1)
[Probably getting Daughter2 another bike for Christmas. -ssh!]
11-14-17, 11:53 AM
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Lifetime: 8 cars, 9 bikes
Currently: 1 car, 6 bikes
Currently: 1 car, 6 bikes
11-14-17, 12:09 PM
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Currently 3 cars and 165 bikes...
Lifetime 12 cars and (between feeding my collection and helping a friend with a bike shop) 1000+ bikes have passed through my hands.
Lifetime 12 cars and (between feeding my collection and helping a friend with a bike shop) 1000+ bikes have passed through my hands.
11-14-17, 12:28 PM
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Currently: 1 car and 6 bikes
Past ratio: About 1 car to every 2 bikes
Historically: 8 cars, 15 bikes
Past ratio: About 1 car to every 2 bikes
Historically: 8 cars, 15 bikes
11-14-17, 12:33 PM
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11-14-17, 01:28 PM
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11-14-17, 01:35 PM
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Where do you put all your bikes? Also, what counts as a bike? I imagine you must have lots of frames, wheels, and parts lying around.
11-14-17, 01:46 PM
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Lots of parts stashed away but not many frames and wheels. They are tricky to store.
11-14-17, 02:59 PM
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They are whole bikes. Most are jammed in my large shed/workshop. I have two smaller sheds full of bikes, five in an upstairs bedroom, a couple in my computer room, and there are 25 still tucked away in my parent's basement and garage attic. They are vintage or collectible but I have a dozen or so that get ridden regularly.
Lots of parts stashed away but not many frames and wheels. They are tricky to store.
Lots of parts stashed away but not many frames and wheels. They are tricky to store.
11-14-17, 03:48 PM
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