1 bike in your quiver
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One bike would be my Masi Giramondo, if I owned a set of 650b wheels with 2in rubber. Or my 97 Trek 830 dirt drop conversion. It's a hard choice. The Masi feels much better after 30 miles, but the Trek has a higher bb that makes singletrack much more possible. Right now the Masi is my nicer weather bike and the trek is for squishy and singletrack conditions. Both are fine on pavement or gravel.
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If I had to give up all but one of my bikes, the one I would probably keep is my Trek 520, which is now more than a quarter of a century old.
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I don't want to sound nativist or anything dumb like that but this forum is an English language form at least for the many years I have been on and this word "1-bike" is completely foreign and it would be appreciated if you could translate that into something we can all understand.
I could probably pair down to 4 bikes and remain at least semi-alive if absolutely needed.
I would stick with my Phil Wood Apple VeloXS bike purely because of the first 3 words, it is steel and also the Dura-Ace 7400 gruppo on it ain't half bad. This is less a practical choice and more based on aesthetics, skinny tires aren't as fun and downtube shifters are terrible for shifting but my god it says Phil Wood on the downtube because it was made by his company or someone directly contracted by Phil Wood and Co. and has a vintage 90s era Apple logo as the head badge (or sticker in this case).
The next bike would be a titanium road bike with carbon fork and full Dura Ace Di2 Hydraulic Disc gruppo with ti seatpost and stem and clearance for 35c tires
Then a titanium gravel/touring/light mountain bike with Rodeo Spork and XTR Di2 shifting and Hydro brakes with a ti stem, seatpost and ti version of the Koga Denham bar and clearance for 29x2.2 tires. Of course with a full SON dynamo and either B+M or Supernova lights (most likely) and a ti Tubus Cargo Evo or Logo Evo rear rack and a ti front rando rack
And finally a titanium SS/FG version of the All City Super Professional with TRP Hylex RS brakes, Ti stem and seatpost (again), ZIPP Service Course SL-70 Ergo Bars, two rear wheels (one with a Paul fixed WORD hub and the other a high end single speed cassette hub) and again SON dynamo and a ti front rando rack.
However this is a torturous thought as I would also need a full suspension mountain bike with plenty of tire clearance (or a hardtail if I must) and would really really love to add a Ti Bosch gen4 Cargo Speed motor'd bike with dual batteries, Rohloff E-14 shifting with Supernova M99 pro and two sets of M99 rear lights on each rear stay and maybe an integrated front rack into the frame. So 6 bikes would probably be my absolute limit and even that wouldn't be as fun.
I will say I do love Ti a lot if you didn't guess already but it is a great material and if I can do most bikes in it I can have those bikes for a long period and especially if unpainted don't have to worry about paint damage so I can ride them without worry. However the idea of going down to just one is just not realistic. I will say though I would love to get rid of a few bikes in my collection because as much as I do love bikes and love n+1 I think I have some bikes I just don't really ride or want and would love to focus on upgrading the current collection and kind of pairing down to bikes I truly love without question.
I could probably pair down to 4 bikes and remain at least semi-alive if absolutely needed.
I would stick with my Phil Wood Apple VeloXS bike purely because of the first 3 words, it is steel and also the Dura-Ace 7400 gruppo on it ain't half bad. This is less a practical choice and more based on aesthetics, skinny tires aren't as fun and downtube shifters are terrible for shifting but my god it says Phil Wood on the downtube because it was made by his company or someone directly contracted by Phil Wood and Co. and has a vintage 90s era Apple logo as the head badge (or sticker in this case).
The next bike would be a titanium road bike with carbon fork and full Dura Ace Di2 Hydraulic Disc gruppo with ti seatpost and stem and clearance for 35c tires
Then a titanium gravel/touring/light mountain bike with Rodeo Spork and XTR Di2 shifting and Hydro brakes with a ti stem, seatpost and ti version of the Koga Denham bar and clearance for 29x2.2 tires. Of course with a full SON dynamo and either B+M or Supernova lights (most likely) and a ti Tubus Cargo Evo or Logo Evo rear rack and a ti front rando rack
And finally a titanium SS/FG version of the All City Super Professional with TRP Hylex RS brakes, Ti stem and seatpost (again), ZIPP Service Course SL-70 Ergo Bars, two rear wheels (one with a Paul fixed WORD hub and the other a high end single speed cassette hub) and again SON dynamo and a ti front rando rack.
However this is a torturous thought as I would also need a full suspension mountain bike with plenty of tire clearance (or a hardtail if I must) and would really really love to add a Ti Bosch gen4 Cargo Speed motor'd bike with dual batteries, Rohloff E-14 shifting with Supernova M99 pro and two sets of M99 rear lights on each rear stay and maybe an integrated front rack into the frame. So 6 bikes would probably be my absolute limit and even that wouldn't be as fun.
I will say I do love Ti a lot if you didn't guess already but it is a great material and if I can do most bikes in it I can have those bikes for a long period and especially if unpainted don't have to worry about paint damage so I can ride them without worry. However the idea of going down to just one is just not realistic. I will say though I would love to get rid of a few bikes in my collection because as much as I do love bikes and love n+1 I think I have some bikes I just don't really ride or want and would love to focus on upgrading the current collection and kind of pairing down to bikes I truly love without question.
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I don't want to sound nativist or anything dumb like that but this forum is an English language form at least for the many years I have been on and this word "1-bike" is completely foreign and it would be appreciated if you could translate that into something we can all understand.
I could probably pair down to 4 bikes and remain at least semi-alive if absolutely needed.
I would stick with my Phil Wood Apple VeloXS bike purely because of the first 3 words, it is steel and also the Dura-Ace 7400 gruppo on it ain't half bad. This is less a practical choice and more based on aesthetics, skinny tires aren't as fun and downtube shifters are terrible for shifting but my god it says Phil Wood on the downtube because it was made by his company or someone directly contracted by Phil Wood and Co. and has a vintage 90s era Apple logo as the head badge (or sticker in this case).
The next bike would be a titanium road bike with carbon fork and full Dura Ace Di2 Hydraulic Disc gruppo with ti seatpost and stem and clearance for 35c tires
Then a titanium gravel/touring/light mountain bike with Rodeo Spork and XTR Di2 shifting and Hydro brakes with a ti stem, seatpost and ti version of the Koga Denham bar and clearance for 29x2.2 tires. Of course with a full SON dynamo and either B+M or Supernova lights (most likely) and a ti Tubus Cargo Evo or Logo Evo rear rack and a ti front rando rack
And finally a titanium SS/FG version of the All City Super Professional with TRP Hylex RS brakes, Ti stem and seatpost (again), ZIPP Service Course SL-70 Ergo Bars, two rear wheels (one with a Paul fixed WORD hub and the other a high end single speed cassette hub) and again SON dynamo and a ti front rando rack.
However this is a torturous thought as I would also need a full suspension mountain bike with plenty of tire clearance (or a hardtail if I must) and would really really love to add a Ti Bosch gen4 Cargo Speed motor'd bike with dual batteries, Rohloff E-14 shifting with Supernova M99 pro and two sets of M99 rear lights on each rear stay and maybe an integrated front rack into the frame. So 6 bikes would probably be my absolute limit and even that wouldn't be as fun.
I will say I do love Ti a lot if you didn't guess already but it is a great material and if I can do most bikes in it I can have those bikes for a long period and especially if unpainted don't have to worry about paint damage so I can ride them without worry. However the idea of going down to just one is just not realistic. I will say though I would love to get rid of a few bikes in my collection because as much as I do love bikes and love n+1 I think I have some bikes I just don't really ride or want and would love to focus on upgrading the current collection and kind of pairing down to bikes I truly love without question.
I could probably pair down to 4 bikes and remain at least semi-alive if absolutely needed.
I would stick with my Phil Wood Apple VeloXS bike purely because of the first 3 words, it is steel and also the Dura-Ace 7400 gruppo on it ain't half bad. This is less a practical choice and more based on aesthetics, skinny tires aren't as fun and downtube shifters are terrible for shifting but my god it says Phil Wood on the downtube because it was made by his company or someone directly contracted by Phil Wood and Co. and has a vintage 90s era Apple logo as the head badge (or sticker in this case).
The next bike would be a titanium road bike with carbon fork and full Dura Ace Di2 Hydraulic Disc gruppo with ti seatpost and stem and clearance for 35c tires
Then a titanium gravel/touring/light mountain bike with Rodeo Spork and XTR Di2 shifting and Hydro brakes with a ti stem, seatpost and ti version of the Koga Denham bar and clearance for 29x2.2 tires. Of course with a full SON dynamo and either B+M or Supernova lights (most likely) and a ti Tubus Cargo Evo or Logo Evo rear rack and a ti front rando rack
And finally a titanium SS/FG version of the All City Super Professional with TRP Hylex RS brakes, Ti stem and seatpost (again), ZIPP Service Course SL-70 Ergo Bars, two rear wheels (one with a Paul fixed WORD hub and the other a high end single speed cassette hub) and again SON dynamo and a ti front rando rack.
However this is a torturous thought as I would also need a full suspension mountain bike with plenty of tire clearance (or a hardtail if I must) and would really really love to add a Ti Bosch gen4 Cargo Speed motor'd bike with dual batteries, Rohloff E-14 shifting with Supernova M99 pro and two sets of M99 rear lights on each rear stay and maybe an integrated front rack into the frame. So 6 bikes would probably be my absolute limit and even that wouldn't be as fun.
I will say I do love Ti a lot if you didn't guess already but it is a great material and if I can do most bikes in it I can have those bikes for a long period and especially if unpainted don't have to worry about paint damage so I can ride them without worry. However the idea of going down to just one is just not realistic. I will say though I would love to get rid of a few bikes in my collection because as much as I do love bikes and love n+1 I think I have some bikes I just don't really ride or want and would love to focus on upgrading the current collection and kind of pairing down to bikes I truly love without question.
Lots of good choices there .... I'd drop the SS for the F/S MTB, and I wouldn't include the Apple Wood ... because it is yours, not mine. Otherwise, pretty close. I will give you a 92 .... out of a possible 113. Keep up the good work..
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1993 Hardrock for anything but road. It get the job done plus some. Easy to find and easily customizable for your needs. Not the lightest bike out there (by quite a bit). But so long as you don't plan on clearing any cyclocross barriers then you're in the game on this steed!
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1. 700c endurance road/gravel bike with enough barnacles for touring racks if required. Lot's of brands to choose from but able to take 28 - 40mm tires. That would serve my road needs.
2. 26" Fat bike with locking front suspension and a second wheel set. Tires from 26x4.5 to 29x2.5. That would serve my off road/mtb needs.
3. 700c FG road bike. This could be a "looker" and thus serve as rideable wall art, so not technically another bicycle. Just because FG is too fun to live without.
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I could do 2... with a twist.
1. 700c endurance road/gravel bike with enough barnacles for touring racks if required. Lot's of brands to choose from but able to take 28 - 40mm tires. That would serve my road needs.
2. 26" Fat bike with locking front suspension and a second wheel set. Tires from 26x4.5 to 29x2.5. That would serve my off road/mtb needs.
3. 700c FG road bike. This could be a "looker" and thus serve as rideable wall art, so not technically another bicycle. Just because FG is too fun to live without.
1. 700c endurance road/gravel bike with enough barnacles for touring racks if required. Lot's of brands to choose from but able to take 28 - 40mm tires. That would serve my road needs.
2. 26" Fat bike with locking front suspension and a second wheel set. Tires from 26x4.5 to 29x2.5. That would serve my off road/mtb needs.
3. 700c FG road bike. This could be a "looker" and thus serve as rideable wall art, so not technically another bicycle. Just because FG is too fun to live without.
I had a lot of fun with my fixed-gear bicycle until a wrong-direction riding bicyclist in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada rode out of a one-way street onto the main street I was riding along. That intersection was blind from the direction I was riding and when I hit the idiot my bicycle frame was bent beyond repair as the tubes and getting them replaced would have cost more than the frame was worth new. At least I was able to straighten the fork enough so that I had steerage for the 25+ miles I had to ride home.
That idiot bicyclist never even slowed down before exiting the road he was on and entering the busy main road I was on. Had I been an automobile he would have joined the statistics of dead bicyclists.
I'd build and ride another fixed gear but I simply don't trust being able to panic stop in a short distance in traffic.
Too bad about that bicycle because the frame was a used custom made Mariposa track frame sold by Bicycle Sport on King Street in Toronto, Canada.
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I could do 2... with a twist.
1. 700c endurance road/gravel bike with enough barnacles for touring racks if required. Lot's of brands to choose from but able to take 28 - 40mm tires. That would serve my road needs.
2. 26" Fat bike with locking front suspension and a second wheel set. Tires from 26x4.5 to 29x2.5. That would serve my off road/mtb needs.
3. 700c FG road bike. This could be a "looker" and thus serve as rideable wall art, so not technically another bicycle. Just because FG is too fun to live without.
1. 700c endurance road/gravel bike with enough barnacles for touring racks if required. Lot's of brands to choose from but able to take 28 - 40mm tires. That would serve my road needs.
2. 26" Fat bike with locking front suspension and a second wheel set. Tires from 26x4.5 to 29x2.5. That would serve my off road/mtb needs.
3. 700c FG road bike. This could be a "looker" and thus serve as rideable wall art, so not technically another bicycle. Just because FG is too fun to live without.
The 1. could work but I like two separate bikes. I guess though I could do the 1 with the Phil Wood and the 2 and do the 3 bikes but that would be rough. However with thru-axles and the PAUL WORD fixed hub we could make 1 work as a 3.
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I see you haven't thought about this much. Take some time, and come back with a more detailed answer, please.
Lots of good choices there .... I'd drop the SS for the F/S MTB, and I wouldn't include the Apple Wood ... because it is yours, not mine. Otherwise, pretty close. I will give you a 92 .... out of a possible 113. Keep up the good work..
Lots of good choices there .... I'd drop the SS for the F/S MTB, and I wouldn't include the Apple Wood ... because it is yours, not mine. Otherwise, pretty close. I will give you a 92 .... out of a possible 113. Keep up the good work..
I wouldn't include the Phil Wood if I didn't have it. But having it I wouldn't get rid of it. People have asked and I give them a high number that is unattainable because I love it so much.
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I read down about halfway through the first page of this thread and decided to jump in, but I'm treating this "just one" as a TEOTWAWKI choice ... and mine is this
WorkCycles Gr8 (as city bike)
I'd get the 8-speed hub (or maybe a Rohloff) with rear hand brake, front rack, and if available, a low-speed option (smaller chainring, I think). Also swap out the twist-grip for a trigger shifter.
Heavy, yeah, but I'd think of it in terms of dependability, low maintenance, and longevity.
WorkCycles Gr8 (as city bike)
I'd get the 8-speed hub (or maybe a Rohloff) with rear hand brake, front rack, and if available, a low-speed option (smaller chainring, I think). Also swap out the twist-grip for a trigger shifter.
Heavy, yeah, but I'd think of it in terms of dependability, low maintenance, and longevity.
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