Originally Posted by
Dimago123
I feel like I’m starting to spend too much on this hobby. How many bikes is too much? I only ride about 3000 miles a year but I already have a carbon road, steel road, I built a monster cross machine I barely put 300 miles this season, and now I put a down payment for an aluminum frame.
is this the nature of this hobby or should I reevaluate what I’m doing with my life?
Too much means you are unable to purchase food and necessities to life. Don't do that. However putting a lot of money into what you love is not a bad thing at all unless of course it is totally immoral which cycling is not.
I still do like to believe in N+1 but I am also trying to re-kajigger my fleet and downsize a bit to upsize some of the bikes in it (or replace them with nicer stuff that fits a little better now that I am realizing I like an even less aggressive position then my not aggressive position from before). I hate to downsize but there are bikes I really am not riding and built to look at seemingly more than riding them.