HELP.....I have a burning desire for a new bike.....

[gmcampy]

Is there a cure for this? I cant get the thought out of my head recently that I NEED another/different bike. Is there a pill I can take, maybe shock therapy? Even worse it HAS to be STEEL! ARRRGGGGHH I hat this time of year :crap:

[Michael Maddox]

You're in the WRONG PLACE.

Sorry! :)

[Bruce K]

"I've got one word for you....."

Zanconato

or maybe Kirk?

or how about Bedford?

or.........?????????

I hope that helped (plus I got to use an old movie reference:D)

:help:

BK

[gmcampy]

"I've got one word for you....."

Zanconato

or maybe Kirk?

or how about Bedford?

or.........?????????

I hope that helped (plus I got to use an old movie reference:D)

:help:

BK

Looking at Merckx, Fuso, Coppi, and Bertin frames the agony!

[SBash]

No cure for a obsession of too much of a good thing!:banana:

[Black Dog]

Scratch the itch.

[FlashUNC]

Life's too short.

[bicycletricycle]

just get a new bike
what the problem?

[jtakeda]

Looking at Merckx, Fuso, Coppi, and Bertin frames the agony!

You've seen this one right?

FUSO FRX handmade bike w/Dura-Ace $950
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/bik/5438298197.html

I thought i remembered you being in SF and fairly tall

[gmcampy]

just get a new bike
what the problem? Wife :no: LOL

[gmcampy]

You've seen this one right?

FUSO FRX handmade bike w/Dura-Ace $950
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/bik/5438298197.html

I thought i remembered you being in SF and fairly tall
Neither, but thanks :)

[TBLS]

I also have the 'itch' to go +1......need a support group

[soulspinner]

Give in. Send your deposit to Carl Strong for welded steel or Dave Kirk for lugs.

[David Tollefson]

Dear crack addicts,
I want more crack.

Help.

Signed,
Crack addict.

[bumknees]

Wife :no: LOL

Get her some flowers, take her out to a nice dinner, and surprise her with something sparkly... and then break the news about the new bike

[Mzilliox]

In the same boat, a new bike is the only cure!:beer:

[rpm]

Depends on your space and the size of your current collection. After a certain point, +1 gets to be a really hard sell, particularly if you have to find extra room for it. Then you have to subtract one in order to add one.

[gmcampy]

Get her some flowers, take her out to a nice dinner, and surprise her with something sparkly... and then break the news about the new bike

I gave her the total cost for the last one and still got grief :confused: LOL

[gmcampy]

Depends on your space and the size of your current collection. After a certain point, +1 gets to be a really hard sell, particularly if you have to find extra room for it. Then you have to subtract one in order to add one.

"technically" I will be dis-assembling one to build the new to me frame so maybe I will be OK :banana:

[SBash]

I gave her the total cost for the last one and still got grief :confused: LOL

Don't tell her:D

[bumknees]

Don't tell her:D

Then we'll be seeing OT threads in the future about divorce or living without manly body parts

[ultraman6970]

I have a carrera carbon basically new waiting for you! ;P

[gmcampy]

I have a carrera carbon basically new waiting for you! ;P

Unless that's some sorta new fangled ferrous metal no thanks :D

[ultraman6970]

Well you cant tell i did not try :D

[gmcampy]

DAMN IT Just found a NOS Moser in my size....too may options.....must look away.....

[bikingshearer]

Um, in case you hadn't noticed, Paceline is chock full of enablers when it comes to picking up bike swag. :banana: Coming here seeking help in refraining from buying a cool new (to you) bike/frame is like going into a nightclub seeking help in refraining from drinking. :beer:

[David Tollefson]

I recently heard my wife say "It helps that you're making them yourself."

I do have a couple to offload, though, and another one to add to that list soon.

[R3awak3n]

I had the same problem so I decided to upgrade my campa group to 11 speed. Should take the urge away for a few months

[gmcampy]

um, in case you hadn't noticed, paceline is chock full of enablers when it comes to picking up bike swag. :banana: Coming here seeking help in refraining from buying a cool new (to you) bike/frame is like going into a nightclub seeking help in refraining from drinking. :beer:

:d ;)

[DrSpoke]

Try a different genre - easier to justify :) My steel was delivered 2 days ago - a Niner RLT 9 Steel IMBA Edition. Test ride today. I certainly didn't need it as I had recently purchased a Ridley X-Trail. And actually was sort of expecting, even hoping, to lose the eBay auction. Alas, I won. But I think it's going to be a very cool bike and it comes with a set of Blackburn bags.

http://www.ninerbikes.com/IMBA

[gmcampy]

Try a different genre - easier to justify :) My steel was delivered 2 days ago - a Niner RLT 9 Steel IMBA Edition. Test ride today. I certainly didn't need it as I had recently purchased a Ridley X-Trail. And actually was sort of expecting, even hoping, to lose the eBay auction. Alas, I won. But I think it's going to be a very cool bike and it comes with a set of Blackburn bags.

http://www.ninerbikes.com/IMBA

I also ride a Fargo regularly, actually my go to gravel/trail/whatevering bike. My old Giant TCR is getting long in the tooth and I "want" to build a nice climbing bike with an old Racing Triple I have laying around. The Compact gearing is OK but the Triple with a 28 gets me plenty of leg speed on the long climbs I sometimes see.

[Pastashop]

The more I buy the less I ride. Just a thing I've noticed about myself over the years. YMMV.

[gngroup]

Such a funny thing this obsession we all seem to have with 'needing' another bike! I tend to have bikes from different eras or different uses to help me justify having more than I need. I recently put up for sale a Colnago Master that I labored for a couple years to build. Built it, rode it 190 miles, and haven't touched it since last June. For me, as long as I ride them, then the 'need' is real and I can justify keeping them. Once I realize I'm not going to ride one, I sell it. I think I've settled on three at the moment. C59, C40, and a Hampsten Strada Bianca as a go anywhere/do anything bike. Though I did just buy a Cinelli SC from the forum for my Eroica ride in a couple months but I plan to disassemble and sell it afterwards. Anyhow, as others have already pointed out, this is absolutely the wrong place to go for help to not buy another! So, take the plunge and make sure you ride it!

[Matthew]

I know the feeling! I currently have: Colnago EPS, Serotta Meivici, Moots Compact, and for the trails a Moots Rigormootis. I currently have no desire to get a new ride and really, no reason whatsoever to do so. I have a great stable of bikes and love them all, but I completely understand the want/need for another!! I really do think I am done barring some crazy circumstances where I wreck a couple of them.

[monkeypants]

The more I buy the less I ride. Just a thing I've noticed about myself over the years. YMMV.

This is something I've noticed recently, as well.

[KidWok]

Sounds like you haven't hit rock bottom on this addiction yet. Just keep buying until you do! :banana:

Tai

[djg21]

Is there a cure for this? I cant get the thought out of my head recently that I NEED another/different bike. Is there a pill I can take, maybe shock therapy? Even worse it HAS to be STEEL! ARRRGGGGHH I hat this time of year :crap:

Antibiotics.

Oh, I thought you said you have burning when you . . . .:eek:

[mistermo]

What size are you? IF Club Racer soon to be available.

[joosttx]

Whatever you do do not go "across the hall" and look at the pictures Mark Dinucci just postd of the progress of his latest frame.

http://www.velocipedesalon.com/forum/f15/friday-picfest-no-361-a-43735.html#post760193

[oldpotatoe]

Is there a cure for this? I cant get the thought out of my head recently that I NEED another/different bike. Is there a pill I can take, maybe shock therapy? Even worse it HAS to be STEEL! ARRRGGGGHH I hat this time of year :crap:

Once you find that ideal frame/fork, your disease will abate..Mine was a MXLeader..Just want a spare one, cuz, ya know.

[jr59]

Old Spud has it about right.

I ask myself whenever I get this feeling; Is it better than what I already have?

Owning 12 bikes or so, a lot of them custom, I can honestly tell myself no. Please keep in mind, this does not always work, as I have said this since I had 8 bikes, and I still look all the time!

[gmcampy]

Whatever you do do not go "across the hall" and look at the pictures Mark Dinucci just postd of the progress of his latest frame.

http://www.velocipedesalon.com/forum/f15/friday-picfest-no-361-a-43735.html#post760193

BASTARD....LOL Sweet frame

[Tandem Rider]

I think the OP is asking a disguised question.

The pressing question he's really asking is "how do I get my SO to agree to this?"

Surely we can help him out since we've all been there, I'm convinced there are dozens and dozens of true experts here. :D

[gmcampy]

I think the OP is asking a disguised question.

The pressing question he's really asking is "how do I get my SO to agree to this?"

Surely we can help him out since we've all been there, I'm convinced there are dozens and dozens of true experts here. :D More over how do I sneak the new one in so she doesn't know, LOL

[Mzilliox]

More over how do I sneak the new one in so she doesn't know, LOL

have it painted like one of the old ones... not a new bike honey, I've always had this blue steel bike, haha
:beer:

[Mzilliox]

And if it makes you feel better, my burning desire for a new bike just led me to drop way too much on a lusty Weigle. I'm going to get a talking to when it shows up, but she knows that bike has always been on my list. Its just i finally found it. I'd happily sell something off to keep the Weigle though. of this i am sure and i have not even seen it in person yet

[gmcampy]

Well its not steel, but its mine.....now I need to paint it yeller :eek:

Thanks for all the FUN responses, great time was had by all

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