Stockpiling spare parts and other bits
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 50
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Stockpiling spare parts and other bits
I'm a firm believer of stockpiling spare parts and the like.
Recently my wife's been having a go at me for buying too many bits and pieces.
I like to have 3-4 spare tubes lying around (I carry a spare always), spare rear lights, spare tyre levers, drink bottles, an extra saddle or two, cleats, energy gels etc.
Does anyone else here like to "stockpile" spares or am I a bit of a freak?
I think I do it because we've got 3 bikes. His and her mountain bikes and my road bike.
Couldn't find a thread for this. Apologies if there is.
Recently my wife's been having a go at me for buying too many bits and pieces.
I like to have 3-4 spare tubes lying around (I carry a spare always), spare rear lights, spare tyre levers, drink bottles, an extra saddle or two, cleats, energy gels etc.
Does anyone else here like to "stockpile" spares or am I a bit of a freak?
I think I do it because we've got 3 bikes. His and her mountain bikes and my road bike.
Couldn't find a thread for this. Apologies if there is.
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 14,277
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
3 Posts
Your supposed "issue" is normal.
If you are like most men you stockpile spare parts for everything cars, lawnmowers, bikes, house parts, etc.
Why toss it if you may need it later? That is why we have an entire industry devoted to organizing the home and especially the garage.
It is not an issue! More like common sense.
If you are like most men you stockpile spare parts for everything cars, lawnmowers, bikes, house parts, etc.
Why toss it if you may need it later? That is why we have an entire industry devoted to organizing the home and especially the garage.
It is not an issue! More like common sense.
#3
I am not a car
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Decatur, GA
Posts: 747
Bikes: Giant Revel 1, Surly Ogre
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Thank god I have a basement workshop my wife won't enter. Probably got enough 'spare' bits to build a spare bike or two, aside from repairing the four hanging from the ceiling like sides of beef.
__________________
"Bad facts make bad laws." FZ
"Bad facts make bad laws." FZ
#4
Team Beer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Sacramento CA
Posts: 6,339
Bikes: Too Many
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 114 Post(s)
Liked 159 Times
in
104 Posts
I think your issue is minor at best. I currently stock pile enough parts and frames to build 4-5 complete bikes. This is just in case one of my 8-9 ridable bikes has a problem.
Show this to your wife, she will realize that your stockpiling is fine.
Show this to your wife, she will realize that your stockpiling is fine.
__________________
I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC
I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC
#5
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 50
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
well it's great to hear I'm not the only hoarder/stockpiler around?
I always thought it was normal to scour ebay for bargains bits.
My wife thought it was more of an addiction.
hang on, it is an addiction!! hahahaa
I always thought it was normal to scour ebay for bargains bits.
My wife thought it was more of an addiction.
hang on, it is an addiction!! hahahaa
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 635
Bikes: Soma cyclocross with Bionx PL500HS
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Just store it away in a covered container. If she can't see it, it's not gonna bother her. Just never show her what's inside.
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 11,375
Bikes: '08 Surly Cross-Check, 2011 Redline Conquest Pro, 2012 Spesh FSR Comp EVO, 2015 Trek Domane 6.2 disc
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times
in
6 Posts
I don't have a stockpile. I only have 1 bike, and the spare bits I keep around are all things that fit in my toolbox: Cables, brakepads, little bolts and such.
__________________
"I feel like my world was classier before I found cyclocross."
- Mandi M.
"I feel like my world was classier before I found cyclocross."
- Mandi M.
#8
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 50
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by adamtki
Just store it away in a covered container. If she can't see it, it's not gonna bother her. Just never show her what's inside.
However, we have joint accounts so she keeps asking me what's this $10 purchase, what's that $7 thingy?
lol
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Posts: 1,701
Bikes: Fuji Supreme
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
That reminds me -- I don't have a drinking problem. I get drunk. I fall down, no problem. This is not the place to come looking for an assessment of what is normal! We are a happy band of enablers here. We'll tell you its perfectly normal to soak greasy parts in your bathtub or run them through the dishwasher. Some might even reccomend sleeping with your favorite frame or saddle. So in short -- look elsewhere for normal.
That said, I stockpile bits and pieces as I happen across things, but so far its a small pile of bike stuff in camparison to plumbing and electrical bits for the house. One can never say enough about the basement workshop. I think the idea of storing it in containers and maybe out of sight is a good way to ensure domestic tranquility.
That said, I stockpile bits and pieces as I happen across things, but so far its a small pile of bike stuff in camparison to plumbing and electrical bits for the house. One can never say enough about the basement workshop. I think the idea of storing it in containers and maybe out of sight is a good way to ensure domestic tranquility.
#13
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sacramento, California, USA
Posts: 40,865
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Canyon Exceed, Specialized Transition, Ellsworth Roots, Ridley Excalibur
Mentioned: 68 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2952 Post(s)
Liked 3,106 Times
in
1,417 Posts
It's just stupid not to stockpile parts. Tell her Caloso said so.
#16
DNPAIMFB
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Cowtown, AB
Posts: 4,655
Bikes: Titus El Guapo, Misfit diSSent, Cervelo Soloist Carbon, Wabi Lightning, et al.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I had a 10x10 room that I worked in, but then I couldn't really maneuver, so I moved out into the 15x30 area of the basement, but only a little bit. After a month I have taken over the entire area, with bits of bike crap everywhere. I got in trouble when tools and parts started migrating to the bedroom. Buddy, you're 100% fine.
#17
Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Posts: 31
Bikes: Frankenbike road transporter; Cannondale F500; Xtracycle + Wheeler 5800; Columbus Fixie; IronHorse SS MTB
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
the closest business to my house is the tipshop. stupid bargains can be had if you get there at the right time.
fortunately it means that for run of the mill parts, they can stockpile it for me! i only take home the good stuf... which is still too much really..
lance
fortunately it means that for run of the mill parts, they can stockpile it for me! i only take home the good stuf... which is still too much really..
lance
#18
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 50
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
hahahah thanks for the reassurance everyone.
Just an extension of this thread.
Sorry that this has become long winded - it's just a curiosity thing for me now.
what level of stockpiling do you guys think is considered "okay".
My inventory is roughly as follows:
3 spare brake pads
2 spare helmets
spare bike locks
4 spare rear lights
2 spare front lights
6 spare tyres
8 spare tubes
cables
handle bar tape and grips
4 spare drink bottles
2 spare sets of cleats
then theres the odd pump and lock etc etc.
This is for 2 mtn bikes and one roadie (perhaps a hybrid in the near future)
We do weekend rides quite frequently and I commute regularly.
Just an extension of this thread.
Sorry that this has become long winded - it's just a curiosity thing for me now.
what level of stockpiling do you guys think is considered "okay".
My inventory is roughly as follows:
3 spare brake pads
2 spare helmets
spare bike locks
4 spare rear lights
2 spare front lights
6 spare tyres
8 spare tubes
cables
handle bar tape and grips
4 spare drink bottles
2 spare sets of cleats
then theres the odd pump and lock etc etc.
This is for 2 mtn bikes and one roadie (perhaps a hybrid in the near future)
We do weekend rides quite frequently and I commute regularly.
#19
bici accumulatori
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Hamilton, Ottawa, Maberly, Apsley, Ontario
Posts: 855
Bikes: 1985 Nishiki International Touring Bike, 1992 Vitus 979 road bike, 1996 Bianchi Premio road bike, 2002 Thin Blue LIne CO2 mountain bike, 2007 Rocky Mountain Sherpa touring bike, 1964 CCM roadster, 1959 CCM Motorbike, 2002 KHS FXT mtb + more to fix!
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I don't stockpile, I accumulate. I tend to buy a couple of whatever I need, so sometimes I have spares, sometimes not. I make up for it by having about 2 bikes for each function (winter commuters, summer commuters, road bikes, touring bikes, mountain bikes). My wife doesn't like the looks of the garage or my workshop. I tell her to look the other way if she happens to wander into either place.
#20
Señior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 13,749
Bikes: Windsor Fens, Giant Seek 0 (2014, Alfine 8 + discs)
Mentioned: 13 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 446 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 8 Times
in
7 Posts
I have a collection of stuff I've upgraded. My stock of new parts is limited to chains, brake pads and tubes. I've upgraded the size of the box I keep the stuff in twice in the last year though. It's now in a big rubbermaid 10 gallon tote. Hopefully I can keep it smaller than the footlocker I use to corral spare computer parts (it was tough to get DOWN to just a footlocker full of computer parts).
__________________
Work: the 8 hours that separates bike rides.
Work: the 8 hours that separates bike rides.
#21
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Posts: 1,701
Bikes: Fuji Supreme
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Buckley -- that doesn't sound so overwhelming in number or scope. I have about the same plus a couple of wheels that need new rims laced on, so we are in a similar place.
#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Soviet of Oregon or Pensacola FL
Posts: 5,342
Bikes: Still have a few left!
Mentioned: 48 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 467 Post(s)
Liked 532 Times
in
267 Posts
I built our house & we moved in before it was finished(not recommended!). For about a year, while I was doing trim & cabinet work, I stored a partially rebuilt tractor engine in our spare bedroom along with my bikes & spare parts. I did this to avoid the sawdust in the garage(Not as bad as it sounds because everything was clean). When the house was finished, I moved all the bikes & parts to the garage, put the tractor back together & did the landscape work.
Don
Don
Last edited by ollo_ollo; 05-01-07 at 09:13 PM.
#23
aspiring dirtbag commuter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: philly
Posts: 2,123
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
i got 10 chains.... they were cheap. i will use them eventually. i do the same with tires/tubes/etc
i have much more accumulated crap i'll probably never use. that is the only stuff i see a problem with.
i have much more accumulated crap i'll probably never use. that is the only stuff i see a problem with.
#24
Pedaled too far.
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: La Petite Roche
Posts: 12,851
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times
in
7 Posts
Originally Posted by buckleyheaven
I'm a firm believer of stockpiling spare parts and the like.
#25
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,959
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
Originally Posted by buckleyheaven
hahahah thanks for the reassurance everyone.
Just an extension of this thread.
Sorry that this has become long winded - it's just a curiosity thing for me now.
what level of stockpiling do you guys think is considered "okay".
My inventory is roughly as follows:
3 spare brake pads
2 spare helmets
spare bike locks
4 spare rear lights
2 spare front lights
6 spare tyres
8 spare tubes
cables
handle bar tape and grips
4 spare drink bottles
2 spare sets of cleats
then theres the odd pump and lock etc etc.
This is for 2 mtn bikes and one roadie (perhaps a hybrid in the near future)
We do weekend rides quite frequently and I commute regularly.
Just an extension of this thread.
Sorry that this has become long winded - it's just a curiosity thing for me now.
what level of stockpiling do you guys think is considered "okay".
My inventory is roughly as follows:
3 spare brake pads
2 spare helmets
spare bike locks
4 spare rear lights
2 spare front lights
6 spare tyres
8 spare tubes
cables
handle bar tape and grips
4 spare drink bottles
2 spare sets of cleats
then theres the odd pump and lock etc etc.
This is for 2 mtn bikes and one roadie (perhaps a hybrid in the near future)
We do weekend rides quite frequently and I commute regularly.
__________________
fun facts: Psychopaths have trouble understanding abstract concepts.
"Incompetent individuals, compared with their more competent peers, will dramatically overestimate their ability and performance relative to objective criteria."
fun facts: Psychopaths have trouble understanding abstract concepts.
"Incompetent individuals, compared with their more competent peers, will dramatically overestimate their ability and performance relative to objective criteria."