Well, after 5+ years of lurking and vicariously living through a lot of your threads, I have decided it's about time I made one myself.
In my dozen years of riding (starting with a shitty MTB and then snowballing from there) I've bought, ridden and sold quite a high number of bikes, rigorously in the biggest size available (being 6'4" myself).
Downhill, FG, CX, rigid MTB, foldable, you name it. The only constant in my cycling life it's been the absence of a carbon frame (except a pair of chainstays, but we'll eventually get there); for the foreseeable future, this is not going to change.
Right now I'm in a moment in my life where, probably like a lot of you, I find myself owning really a lot of bikes and stuff, but riding, all in all, very little. This thread will be my journey/diary from the current situation (10+ bikes and counting) where I get to leave some things behind and try to prioritise the experiences rather than the f***ing stuff.
P.s. You'll probably see some motorcycle stuff passing from time to time, but for a number of reasons I've been quite diligent in that regard.
P.p.s. Having owned and owning now a considerable amount of bikes, I'm not really sure what's the best way to post everything. Feel free to ask questions or, if you have any suggestions, just shoot them my way.
P.p.s. English is not my first language, so I apologize in advance for some wonky phrasing or word choice.
Enough banter! Let's start with an appetizer! Here's two of my actual (and probably dearest) bikes: the biggest one and the smallest one!
Well, after 5+ years of lurking and vicariously living through a lot of your threads, I have decided it's about time I made one myself.
In my dozen years of riding (starting with a shitty MTB and then snowballing from there) I've bought, ridden and sold quite a high number of bikes, rigorously in the biggest size available (being 6'4" myself).
Downhill, FG, CX, rigid MTB, foldable, you name it. The only constant in my cycling life it's been the absence of a carbon frame (except a pair of chainstays, but we'll eventually get there); for the foreseeable future, this is not going to change.
Right now I'm in a moment in my life where, probably like a lot of you, I find myself owning really a lot of bikes and stuff, but riding, all in all, very little. This thread will be my journey/diary from the current situation (10+ bikes and counting) where I get to leave some things behind and try to prioritise the experiences rather than the f***ing stuff.
P.s. You'll probably see some motorcycle stuff passing from time to time, but for a number of reasons I've been quite diligent in that regard.
P.p.s. Having owned and owning now a considerable amount of bikes, I'm not really sure what's the best way to post everything. Feel free to ask questions or, if you have any suggestions, just shoot them my way.
P.p.s. English is not my first language, so I apologize in advance for some wonky phrasing or word choice.
Enough banter! Let's start with an appetizer! Here's two of my actual (and probably dearest) bikes: the biggest one and the smallest one!
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