Bike Collecting Totally Insane

[Uncle Stretch]

This is really a sickness. To have bikes everywhere and still buying more. I have a couple that are apart in the restoration mode ,parts laying everwhere that you can put something. Have them hanging from everywhere. When is enough going to be enough? There is always just one more good deal that you just cant pass up because you think they dont make those anymore. Or man thats cheap. The salesperson at the hardware store thinks im and old tagger. he says nobody uses that much spray paint without writing on something. I dont have time for anything but the little ride you do when your buying another new bike to make sure it works ok. Which dosent really matter I'm going to buy it anyway. Help!! I have a bicycle on my back. :shock:

 

[Hooch]

it IS a sickness!!!
i picked up more today and actually bought a brand new schwinn stingray at walmart for the only reason being i am a bike guy and havent bought one yet! ughhhhhh

 

[Uncle Stretch]

I told my wife i wasnt going to buy anymore bikes ,last week. So far I have bought two more. I envision my wife and I laying dead in a pile of bikes , that we got tangled up in while trying to escape a burning house. All the neighbors will be standing around saying they would have made it out, if he just didnt put all those bikes in his garage.

 

[CCR]

its not that bad, only rideable (non-project) bikes count :mrgreen:

 

[aka_locojoe]

Yep. I've become one of those people that I always said I would never become. Why couldn't it have been salt & pepper shakers or something that takes up less room.
Some times I get so mad when I'm tripping over bikes, knocking them down, trying to get to stuff I need to do things that need to be done. But I can't stop.
I'd really like build another shed for more storage but I'm holding off because I know I'd just fill it up and be in the same predicament as I am now.

Oh and it's the wife that tells me I'm not buying anymore bikes.

I'm collecting for my estate sale which is going to be awesome! You're all invited.

 

[JoeyMac]

this site is a great enabler though. When I joined in December, I had far fewer bikes. I've basically gotten a new Spaceliner for every month I've been on a member on this site. Not to mention a few others. But I ain't quittin anytime soon, and there is nothing anyone can do to change my mind

 

[Markm]

We're recycling and we get somethin out of it. Relaxation, hobbie, empty garage filler!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[xddorox]

Thank goodness there is no cure for this. I'm lining up a Columbia ladies cruiser as I write. The sick part is that I have no room for it. :shock:

 

[schwinnmesa]

Thank goodness there is no cure for this.

LOL too funny. Right on brother.

 

[40shiawatha]

yea i got the sicness too,have 2 in the living room and parts in allmost all the rooms in the house,cause the shed is full,ah living the single life.

 

[Hugo]

Talk is cheap, I wanna see pictures!

Hugo

 

[skoda]

parts laying everwhere that you can put something. Have them hanging from everywhere

That's why I am *trying* to whittle it down to a couple of bikes I really want to have and only two projects going at a time. It finally got to me, it was getting ridiculous. After last summer and the fallout of parts from that season, I can't do it again, it gets to the point where all you are doing is moving stuff around all of the time. Until I have a warehouse (or at least a shipping container) I have to lay off.

 

[user 135]

Yep. .....I'm collecting for my estate sale which is going to be awesome! You're all invited.

That funny.... :mrgreen:

 

[JoeyMac]

Talk is cheap, I wanna see pictures!

Hugo

here's a recent pic of my living room. It's hard to walk through there sometimes...

 

[CCR]

looks cozy :mrgreen:

 

[JoeyMac]

yeah it's kind of a mess in that photo because I took it when my girlfriend was in town for the weekend. She keeps leaving her clothes all over the place :lol:

 

[schwinnmesa]

here's a recent pic of my living room. It's hard to walk through there sometimes...

Ohhh man that's bad! But better than the TV 8). I like your bikes.

 

[stephen]

That's how all living rooms should be

 

[Gold Street Customs]

My wife would kill if my living room looked like that, I had to move The Schwinn exercisebike to the bedroom, but at least it gets used it just needs apehangers...and a bell :lol:

 

[CCR]

... She keeps leaving her clothes all over the place :lol:

in that case i would invest in some curtains or blinds :shock: badumpbump :lol: