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    All the bikes I’ve owned in the last 6 years

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    1. Junk-Miles on

      Edited for clarity:

      Trek Checkpoint ALR

      Trek Domane SL

      S-Works Tarmac SL6

      Canyon Neuron AL

      Trek Boone RSL

      TanTan TT-X19

      Specialized Tarmac SL7

      **Velobuild 168**

      **Specialized Crux**

      S-Works Tarmac SL8

      **Cannondale SuperSix Evo**

      **Specialized Epic 8**

      I still own the 4 ones bolded

    4. Junk-Miles on

      Since apparently people are curious why so many bikes, here’s how it progressed.

      Bought the Checkpoint ALR. Great first bike, had fun. Wanted something faster on the road so I bought the Domane. It was ok but rode like a tank. Test rode a Tarmac and I was in heaven. Found a great deal on the S-Works frame because nobody wanted that color, so I sold the Domane to get the Tarmac. Bought the MTB because I wanted to ride trails. Started racing CX and the Checkpoint was ok but it was probably a size too big so I sold that and got the Boone. Tarmac got stolen so I bought the TanTan which is just an open mold Tarmac SL6 copy. It was terrible quality so I bought the Tarmac SL7, which is probably one of my favorite bikes I’ve owned. Wanted more tire clearance than the Boone offered so I sold the Boone to get the Crux and I still own it. The Velobuild was a cheap crit bike that I built up for like $1000 to race crits and not risk my nice road bike. Got sucked into marketing when the Tarmac SL8 came out and regrettably sold the SL7 to get the SL8. Didn’t really like it. It’s ugly and the SL7 was just as good in every way. So I sold the SL8 to get the SuperSix, which I absolutely love. Last new bike was the Epic. Started racing XC so I wanted a lighter XC bike rather than the heavy trail Canyon.

      So I have the Velobuild as my cheap race bike. The SuperSix is my everyday road bike. Crux for gravel and CX. Epic for mountain biking.

    5. iIiiiiIlIillliIilliI on

      You must be American or you really like American bikes (I don’t say it negatively)

    9. Sarpthedestroyer on

      Hello, I am very new to this sub and have encountered your post. I am not a huge biker, but I have always been fond of these type of bikes, the high seats and the curved handles. I like speeding with bikes, never was a “relaxing and looking around” guy. Though mostly I will be using it in the city. Would you recommend these types of bikes? When would you prefer the straight handle to curved handle? Thanks in advance.

      edit: after glancing thru the bicycle book that is linked at the rules of the subreddit, I have learnt that the original track bicycles are not what I am looking for, however the bastardized track bikes with brakes. I think I am leaning towards buying the latter. However I am still keeping the comment, just in case you would like to add something. Thanks in advance.

    12. EstimateEastern2688 on

      I can relate.

      I’ve owned eleven in that timeframe. Started with three, When I sell or donate the two I no longer want, I’m back at three.

      The coolest one was a vintage Motobecane Grand Jubile. I gave that to a colleague. Biggest disappointment was a vintage Celeste Bianchi. I really wanted one BITD. Bought from a friend; the most uncomfortable bike I ever rode. Sold for what I paid. The most fun experience was building up a Soma Fog Cutter as a randonneuring bike. That one’s a keeper. I had two experimental bikes. A Dave Scott Ironman fixie conversion, purchased to see if I’d like riding fixed. I did and subsequently bought a Detroit Bikes fixie frame, moved what I could over and donated the Dave Scott frame. My fixie runs 32mm tires, and I finished a Super Randonneuring series on it this year. Another keeper. First experiment though was a vintage Windsor Carerra, salvaged from the Bike Farm scrap pile. The point of that was to determine if I could ride brevets on an upright bike, rather than on a recumbent like I’d been doing the last decade since rupturing a disc. I tweaked and tweaked fit, went to 32mm rubber, and eventually convinced myself I could ride long distance upright. Sold that, and commenced the already mentioned Fog Cutter build. Not mentioned is my old recumbent, with four grand brevets completed, it hangs neglected in the garage. Needs to go, but nobody wants to buy a 10+ year old recumbent with high miles. A new carbon Domane has relegated the Fog Cutter to winter brevets, gravel/dirt, and backup commuter duty. The Domane is a sweet rando bike. That leaves the Priority Eight, my old commuter I sold to buy a Focus Mares for some CX racing and commuter duty on it’s day. The Focus as commuter was displaced by the fixie, and I quit CX, so it’s for sale. If it’s still around next season, I might pull the stupid thing down and race. Last I think was a new hardtail I bought cause friends ride MTB. So, yeah. Not mentioned was breaking my neck crashing the Priority, which happened somewhere in the middle of all this. Bike was fine BTW. And I’m fine now, but MTB and CX are really not in the cards anymore. Sold the MTB to a friend.

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