How many bikes do you need?
Late last year my wife and I bought a new house and sold the old one. During the sale preparation we went through the process of de-cluttering the house and garage. The question came from my mother in law - "where are you going to put all the bikes?". It also turned out that a lot of feedback from people who viewed the house (including nosy neighbours) was "what a lot of bikes!" And then the odd question such as how many bikes do you need? Do you ride them or collect them? I was happy to inform people that, yes, 9 out of 10 of the bikes are ridden at least once a week. Not a bad effort for a single car family of 6. The garage at our old house (which could never have fitted a car given all the bikes) was home to 10 rideable bikes, 2 project bikes and 5 scooters at the time. Having good bike storage is important when you've got that many bikes. It means being able to securely store your bike, have a space to work on it and still be able to move arou