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I currently commute 17-18 miles a day (round trip). I don't do enough shopping on bikes because I don't currently have a bike that takes panniers, so I'm limited to my backpack space which can be a pain.
My main bike is a road racer, I do 90% of my riding on this, however it has tight clearances (only takes 700 x 25c wheels) which makes running mudguards problematic (constant rubbing of rear wheel in particular, I have tried 3 different types of mudguard now with no success, all too tight under the brake calliper, even the cut out ones). Also, it doesn't have braze-on's for a pannier rack. I've tried seatpost mounted racks and P-clip and QR mounted racks, both were problematic for various reasons, so this bike will never be any more than a summer sprinter - I think need something for the winter and more utilitarian, but I love this bike and don't want to give it up.
I also have a singlespeed which was sort of an impulse purchase, but I rationalised it because I was having the fiddly derailleur issues with my road racer and needed a simple run around until I managed to sort out the issues. This doesn't take rack or fender and has an aggressive geometry which makes it unsuitable for winter riding.
Now I want to add a third bike... obviously space isn't an issue. Am I being foolish to add another bike to my collection, admittedly one that will only be ridden in the worst of weather and when I need to go to the shops? How many bikes do you have? When is enough really enough?
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