Having two of the exact same bikes?
My daily bike is a (formerly white, now red) 42cm Wabi Classic. I dropped it off to get powdercoated a week and a half ago. A combination of incompatible work schedules and an annual rush for motorists to get their rims repainted for spring time means I can't pick it up until Monday or Tuesday. My backup / winter bike is a disc equipped All City Nature Boy. It takes fenders and wide tires but, I hate the disc brakes (not interested in a debate about it, it's just how I feel).
I ride the Wabi rain or shine, as long as there isn't snow or ice on the ground. I don't ride the Nature Boy in rain because the stopping power of disc brakes has yet to persuade me to overlook the ungodly noises they make when wet. That being said, I love the Wabi(#1) so much that I'm considering buying another(#2). I'd build #2 up, check it over, and then re-box it until it's needed as I don't have space on the rack. Why? Because I want my backup bike to be as enjoyable to ride in all non-icy/snow conditions and I don't get that with the Nature Boy. The NB is great as a winter grinder but if I had a second Wabi(#2) for the times I didn't have #1, I'd chose #2 over the Nature Boy in a heartbeat. My mother (who is not a cyclist) thinks I'm insane and that it's a waste of money. As fellow cyclists, is having a ready to build replica of the bike you love a waste of money and space? I'm thinking ahead for when #1 finally fails, whether from use, or from getting into more car accidents, etc. I probably won't ever be in the situation of not having #1 for two weeks again but who knows . . . |
N+1....nuff said. I have 6 bikes in my garage, if I found one to be that enjoyable, I would have no issues having a second copy.
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jaxgtr N+1 indeed . . . Think I will go ahead and buy the second bike. My mother still thinks I'm crazy but hey, I'll be on one of my three bikes and happy.
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Momma is always right.
Get the brakes fixed on the other one. |
I am all for n+1 but having two of the exact same bikes is a bit silly. Having multiple bikes that are different enough is handy. I mean certainly a lot of bikes share some common parts because they are good parts but I try not to make all my bikes the exact same. Variety is the spice of life and give me plenty of spice. That being said you could have a backup laying about but I would probably instead have some nicer parts for the current bike and plenty of spare wear items so you can get it up and running. I would still have another bike or two or three or four or many more but if you have one main bike that you love get parts to keep it running and save the other parts for winter or when you have an issue and replace it.
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Originally Posted by sdimattia
(Post 21976948)
My mother (who is not a cyclist) thinks I'm insane and that it's a waste of money. .
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Originally Posted by wgscott
(Post 21977006)
Momma is always right.
Get the brakes fixed on the other one.
Originally Posted by veganbikes
(Post 21977009)
I am all for n+1 but having two of the exact same bikes is a bit silly. Having multiple bikes that are different enough is handy. I mean certainly a lot of bikes share some common parts because they are good parts but I try not to make all my bikes the exact same. Variety is the spice of life and give me plenty of spice. That being said you could have a backup laying about but I would probably instead have some nicer parts for the current bike and plenty of spare wear items so you can get it up and running. I would still have another bike or two or three or four or many more but if you have one main bike that you love get parts to keep it running and save the other parts for winter or when you have an issue and replace it.
I ended up getting just the frameset. As I already have a second set of wheels for #1, I should also be able to scrounge enough working parts off #1 and out of the bin when frame #2 is needed. But I do understand what you're saying about variety. |
Originally Posted by shelbyfv
(Post 21977011)
If you are living with your mom and/or she is paying for the bike, you should do what she thinks best.
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Originally Posted by veganbikes
(Post 21977009)
I am all for n+1 but having two of the exact same bikes is a bit silly.
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Originally Posted by tomato coupe
(Post 21977028)
It would be like eating the same thing for dinner every night. Ugh.
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Originally Posted by sdimattia
(Post 21977001)
jaxgtr N+1 indeed . . . Think I will go ahead and buy the second bike. My mother still thinks I'm crazy but hey, I'll be on one of my three bikes and happy.
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I would ask your mom if she has a fav pair of shoes that she'd buy another of if she could, if she has not already practiced that experience.
I'd buy a 3rd & make it the winter/all season. the slots on a rotor tend to be a factor for the wet disturbance. try swapping the rotors to a different cut design that promotes water dissipation while going to a resin pad material. |
Originally Posted by tomato coupe
(Post 21977028)
It would be like eating the same thing for dinner every night. Ugh.
That does not count for ice cream does it? I have a couple of scoops of the same flavor ice cream every night, unless my freezer was robbed. Publix Mint Moose Track. I have become addicted to it and my wife has threatened to have an intervention at some point. |
Originally Posted by Koyote
(Post 21977039)
If you're old enough to buy your own bike, you're old enough to stop caring what your mother thinks of such decisions.
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Originally Posted by jaxgtr
(Post 21977049)
That does not count for ice cream does it? I have a couple of scoops of the same flavor ice cream every night, unless my freezer was robbed. Publix Mint Moose Track. I have become addicted to it and my wife has threatened to have an intervention at some point.
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Originally Posted by jaxgtr
(Post 21977049)
That does not count for ice cream does it? I have a couple of scoops of the same flavor ice cream every night, unless my freezer was robbed. Publix Mint Moose Track. I have become addicted to it and my wife has threatened to have an intervention at some point.
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About five years ago, I bought a really comfortable pair of shoes. Immediately bought a second pair, and shortly afterwards the company went out of business. My feet still appreciate that decision.
Not sure I'd do it with a bike, but I don't think it's a crazy idea. |
Originally Posted by sdimattia
(Post 21976948)
... I'd build #2 up, check it over, and then re-box it until it's needed as I don't have space on the rack. Why? Because I want my backup bike to be as enjoyable to ride in all non-icy/snow conditions and I don't get that with the Nature Boy. The NB is great as a winter grinder but if I had a second Wabi(#2) for the times I didn't have #1, I'd chose #2 over the Nature Boy in a heartbeat.....
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Originally Posted by Koyote
(Post 21977072)
About five years ago, I bought a really comfortable pair of shoes. Immediately bought a second pair, and shortly afterwards the company went out of business. My feet still appreciate that decision.
Not sure I'd do it with a bike, but I don't think it's a crazy idea.
Originally Posted by Camilo
(Post 21977084)
How can you use a bike as a back up if it's boxed up?
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Originally Posted by tomato coupe
(Post 21977056)
If Publix Mint Moose Tracks is the only thing you have for dinner every night then, yes, it counts. If you eat it every night after dinner, then it's more like having the same wheelset on two different bikes.
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You have determined by experience that you prefer one of your bikes over the other. You have not determined that the dozens (+) of other similar bikes are inferior. Expand your horizons, look outside your tiny sample of two bikes. Maybe you have found your ultimate bike; maybe you haven't I. Maybe you'll find a better #2 bike.
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Just put Di2 on the second cycle. You'll have absolutely no use for it, but it'll be worthlessly different!
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Originally Posted by Koyote
(Post 21977072)
About five years ago, I bought a really comfortable pair of shoes. Immediately bought a second pair, and shortly afterwards the company went out of business. My feet still appreciate that decision.
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Originally Posted by DeadGrandpa
(Post 21977098)
You have determined by experience that you prefer one of your bikes over the other. You have not determined that the dozens (+) of other similar bikes are inferior. Expand your horizons, look outside your tiny sample of two bikes. Maybe you have found your ultimate bike; maybe you haven't I. Maybe you'll find a better #2 bike.
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Originally Posted by sdimattia
(Post 21977024)
Nothing broken with the disc brakes, I just hate the noise they make when wet. Great for snow, less so for my ears (and everybody within a 2 block radius).
Edit: Looked it up. Tektro. Same fix. Get some hydraulic Shimano brakes and you will fall in love with the bike. |
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