How do you decide which bike to ride?

[fogrider]

For you guys with many bikes to choose from? How do you decide on which bike to ride on a given day?

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[joosttx]

If I ride on

dirt... I ride my gravel bike. Mosaic XT-1
road... I ride my Festka One Classic
road w/ kids or for an errand... Desalvo.

It is going to get a little more complicated when I get my 44 27+ mountain bike but I think there is a good place in the stable for that one.

[OtayBW]

For road rides, it usually boils down first to the terrain and gearing required, and next to personal preference.

[Mzilliox]

iny mini miny moe or an algorithm, however you spell that

[AngryScientist]

it's complicated.

[OperaLover]

Rain/winter/commuting/training; Soma Double X
Fast riding/climbing with dry conditions; Pinarello Opera
Commuting/dry/warm weather; Colnago Tecnos, Pinarello
Quick trip to the grocery store/pool/gym; Team Miyata fixie
Look at my cool bike l'eroica ride/casual century; 3Rensho

My stable pales in comparison to others, but I do try to ride all of my bikes at some point during the year.

[tbike4]

I only ride on the road and it's usually a steel bike which is most often 1 of 2 Serottas. This morning it was 40 miles on the Colorado 2. Saturday morning group ride has some fast guys so it's carbon fiber to keep up on the hills= Cervelo R3. That leaves some more steel for the Sunday morning group ride and when alone. A couple of guys ride aluminum on Sunday but I am the only one with steel. They might make silly comments about my steel bike. I ignore them. And pass them.

Sometimes it boils down to which one can I get out of the garage and pedaling with the least effort. I pretty much say to myself that my favorite bike is the one I am on at the moment.

[charliedid]

I consult my e-assistant.

[tuscanyswe]

eni mini miny mo

[Hilltopperny]

Titanium disc brakes and fat tires for foul weather.
Stainless steel when the weather warms up for the road.
Carbon and titanium for the trails year round depending on the amount of snow.

[weisan]

Horses for courses.

[pdmtong]

I have a few road bikes and purposely ride each one in a a semi-deliberate rotation so each is ridden about the same amount every year.

I do not want to have a nice bike that only gets taken out a few times a year...if that is the use rate i dont see the need to keep a hook for it or tie up the cost in the frame, build and wheels...

which, I guess is why I can't rationalize why folks have N>5....I think 2-3 is the right number of exact same type (ex: rim brake road stage race geo) and now me at 4 is creating some kind of internal debate...

[jamesdak]

Originally Posted by pdmtong

I have a few road bikes and purposely ride each one in a a semi-deliberate rotation so each is ridden about the same amount every year.

I do not want to have a nice bike that only gets taken out a few times a year...if that is the use rate i dont see the need to keep a hook for it or tie up the cost in the frame, build and wheels...

which, I guess is why I can't rationalize why folks have N>5....I think 2-3 is the right number of exact same type (ex: rim brake road stage race geo) and now me at 4 is creating some kind of internal debate...

I can't rationalize it either.

[Spaghetti Legs]

No system, I rarely have to think about it. I’ll usually have an itch to get a particular one on the road or when I go into the stable, it will be obvious which one needs to be ridden.

[SPOKE]

Originally Posted by pdmtong

I have a few road bikes and purposely ride each one in a a semi-deliberate rotation so each is ridden about the same amount every year.

I do not want to have a nice bike that only gets taken out a few times a year...if that is the use rate i dont see the need to keep a hook for it or tie up the cost in the frame, build and wheels...

which, I guess is why I can't rationalize why folks have N>5....I think 2-3 is the right number of exact same type (ex: rim brake road stage race geo) and now me at 4 is creating some kind of internal debate...

Just keep talking to yourself......n+ will eventually steal your soul😉