Owning two bikes?

Convert it to a fixie for riding around town.  I have two bikes in my apartment (one fixie and a new Giant TCR Composite) I ride the fixie around to the local resturants, bars, and grocery store.

I had some input, then I realized that I currently have 4 bikes in my living room... (3 tri bikes and a roadie) and am looking at a mountain bike and a townie...

so I suppose my advice would be pretty skewed.

Perfect! You have your answer.

Keep it. You can never have too many bikes.

Wow, you must have been very good indeed in 2011 if Santa brought you a P3 (and if he knows your measurements)!

I would keep the roadie. There are too many situations where I'm more comfortable riding that one than my P2. 

For storing bikes in a confined space you might check out this Topeak bike stand. It's an easy way of stacking one bike above another. It can take as many as 4. I found it very easy to set up.

gsmacleod - 2011-12-27 9:30 AM Can't believe nobody has given the fomula for the correct number of bikes yet Shane

I was just wondering that myself!  For all the reasons given to keep it, I would not get rid of it either.  Having a spare is probably the #1 reason out of all of them.  There are lots of stacking options for your bike like was shown, I use one that leans on a wall and holds 2 bikes, it works great except I have way more bikes than it holds.  Oh yeah...(n + 1)

There are people who have many bikes, and don't mind filling their living rooms with them.  Are you one of those?  No, not if you say you have limited storage space; that implies you would store your bike rather than leave them in the living room.

There are people who own both a road bike and a tri bike, and leave the tri bike for racing and use the road bike for training.  That's not your intent either, nor is recreational riding.

So if you have limited storage space, own a tri bike you want to use for training and racing, and have people interested in your old bike, by all means sell the road bike.

I was in the same situation a while back and gave my old roadie to my daughter when she entered the sport.  As I upgraded, she eventually got my first tri bike and now my old roadie is being ridden by her boyfriend who has also started riding.  Each time when the bike was gifted along, it brought another glint in someone's eye.

I still debate about getting another roadie for a lot of reasons others have mentioned as to why you should keep it but just ride up on the hoods if I need a bit more comfort.  Not ideal but that's OK.

gsmacleod - 2011-12-27 12:30 PM Can't believe nobody has given the fomula for the correct number of bikes yet I would not get rid of it but I also prefer only to ride my tribike for racing and maybe a tune up ride or two before a race. While the position is sustainable for the distance I race, it is not comfortable and I prefer to do most of my riding on my road bike. Besides those two bikes, I also have my commuter bike (road bike with fenders, rack, panniers), cyclocross, MTB and an old road bike that I hope to build up as a fixie. I don't think I need any more bikes but you never know... Shane

Is that the 'X + 1' formula where 'X' is the number of bikes you currently have?

I have a roadie and a tri bike, but they both get quite a bit of use. The tri bike is currently on the trainer, but I got in a nice ride on the roadie in 35 degree weather today. I also do some commuting on my road bike as well. If I were to break it down, it's probably like 70-75% time on the tri bike and 25-30% on the road bike.