When does a hobby become hording?

Lol
Wish I had a garage

Hopefully when you do get one I might have a spare hed Ardenne..

I wish i had your beers

Dibs!

I'm currently at D-1 with the one in one out rule being strictly enforced but the key to survival is making sure it isn't a one in one out and only of equivalent cost rule otherwise you need to start getting creative (start lying) secret bikes are the best bikes 🤫

Progress.. I now have two functional MTBs

Forks serviced, brakes bled, punctures fixed.

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Back when I did tree work I was in and out of peoples garages all the time as they were often the main access route to the garden in the suburbs of west london(Ruislip, west Drayton etc).
We had one lovely very old boy client who owned a perfectly maintained mk1 Capri. I once noticed there was an campagnolo decal on it which I mentioned. He had a side gate so I’d never seen his garage and assumed it was where he kept the car over winter.

How wrong I was.

He opened it up to reveal a lifetime of cycling history- a couple of Ron Cooper TT bikes, a tandem that him and his wife used to tour on, about 50+ tub wheels and dozens and dozens of boxes of parts and memorabilia.
All the bikes were in perfect working order and freshly oiled. He sheepishly admitted to being really embarrassed about the whole thing: his wife couldn’t stand it and that he’d not been able to get his leg over a top tube in over a decade.
His kids/grandkids had no interest and he flat out refused to entertain an offer from me on either of the RC bikes.

He said although he was embarrassed he couldn’t care less and that stripping and fettling his bikes on a quiet evening had kept him happy his whole life and he wouldn’t have it any other way.

I’d forgotten all about that encounter until this thread popped up. It’s the future for a few of us I’m sure.
Kicking myself for not taking a few pics at least.

Oh, I have too many bikes as well and really should do something about it, I did sell my skidder last year. None of mine are super rare so really no need to be precious.

Maybe this shouldn't be an encouragement thread

Ninja edit wasn't enough to save me from a bollocking. I clicked the link, she walked past just as I was eyeing up the listing.... cue daggers and a stern "I will nut you, pal".

It's not an abusive relationship, she's just Scottish.

Haha. It's good to know when the aggro is going to boil over. My wife has a twitch, where if she gets really mad, her left lower eye lid starts twitching inwards. If that happens I will literally run away