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hubgearfreak wrote:

sweatysock wrote:Arrange an appointment with 2 or more bicycle owning friends (essential that they too, own 2 or more bicycles), this should last 3-4 hours and be arranged at a venue which is comfortable and sells something called "beer". Drink the "beer" (and again it is essential that you ALL do this, and more than 3 pints of "beer" should be consumed)

if you extend this advice, you'll get a dozen friends. each with a dozen bikes. the meet will last a weekend and a dozen pints will be consumed.
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Now we're talking therapy!

sweatysock wrote:Now we're talking therapy!

i may just be talking for myself, but i suspect the other attendees were also beyond help

of course, if you've got a steel framed & hubgeared bike* you should join in

* and a brass stove, an anorak, an interest in steam, old camera, love of wooden boats....

Sell three of them and get a tandem. You'll get an excellent price for the Moulton (sad though I am to suggest you get rid of it, but judging from your smileys it's not really working for you), and then pick two others. You will probably get a good price for the 98 Kona, which is doing the same job as the Wildcat. I'd ditch the hybrid, but it might not be economical to do so. The Dawes 1-down could probably deputise for most of the bikes on that list except the Allez.

And then get a Viking Saratoga or Salerno or Tarantino tandem, with better disc brakes if necessary, and spend more time riding with the wife.

3spd,
Further to the post by sixspeeddave. Work out what you like and dislike about each bike, and the sort of riding you do on it.

Sort these lists into order of dislike, with least points at the top and most at the bottom. If there is a tie between scores, put the bike with fewest likes towards the bottom. Look at the bike at the bottom of your list - can that bike's sort of riding be achieved on a different bike?
If so, then sell the losing bike. If not, then address its dislikes and consider the next bottom bike for sale.

Repeat this process a few times, until your bike collection fits the space available. Then take the wife out on your classic scooter. The Italians use these for cycle-pacing.

Kind regards, Punk_shore

Would there be room in your garage for one or two more small apostrophes?

You do not have a serious problem! There are others in a far worse jam than you, think what its like for those of us who prefer the stabilizing influence of a tricycle? Throw in the odd tandem trike then you can say you've got a problem! With the rediculously narrow internal door width's the spare bedroom is a 3rd rate option. TTFN MM