Nice find, Eric. I like that the number shifts to 9 to give some wiggle room - because that is that number I have that I can (kind of) justify. Then there are the bikes I have but don't need (but still get ridden). Then there are the unicycles (which are just for fun).
-Dave (who should probably make a goal of getting down to 7 bikes) On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 8:53:28 PM UTC-4 Ian A wrote: > The problem is, there is always justification for another bicycle, like > the relatively new bikepacking designs (Jones Bikes for example) which also > do a very good job of displacing conventional touring bikes. Or a foldable > Brompton, just because. Then there is sentimentality, like my beloved > Marinoni which has taken and continues to take me on so many touring > adventures, but which I would not be shopping for if looking today as I > want ever more tire clearance from a frame. Then there is the poor, abused > commuter which gets ridden so much and so often, it becomes an old friend > and thus impossible to give up. Then there is the lightweight randonneur > and the back up randonneur. The back rando doesn't seem to ever get ridden, > but what if something happened to the primary rando? N+1 is real. N-1 is > pure fantasy. > > Willet: Ecuador has some made taxes on imports of most products, but Pasto > in Colombia is only 50 miles from the Ecuador border. You could very > gradually bring your bikes in one at a time! > > IanA Alberta Canada > > On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 6:45:16 AM UTC-6 Tom Palmer wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I recall an article by Grant about the number of bike a person needs with >> justification. I think it was 7. >> Any idea which reader it was in? >> Thanks! >> Tom Palmer >> Twin Lake, MI >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2d7ac940-5126-4535-97aa-1c0481cc1ac5n%40googlegroups.com.
