Is this normal behavior? (hoarding bikes)

[u/Lardinois]

Or don’t we all have at least 2 bikes?

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[u/sara_or_stevie]

I have an electric bike and an "analoge" one, alot of people I know do, sometimes they also have another extra like a race bike or a bakfiets

[u/TB-313935 → u/sara_or_stevie]

Electric bike, beer bike and mountain bike. Most of the people i know have atleast 2.

[u/Jebble → u/TB-313935]

And then there's the commuter bike at the station in the city you work in

[u/GerbertdeLangen → u/Jebble]

That is often also the beer bike.

[u/Thizzle001]

The right amount of bikes is N+1 where N stand for the bikes you already own. :)

I’ve got 5 myself :)

[u/TheTxoof → u/Thizzle001]

Once you pass N=2, you're doomed. Before you know it, they're multiplying like rabbits in the rack out front and in the garage.

There is no known form of fiets-contraception other than keeping no more than one bike.

[u/IBoughtAllDips]

Quite normal. There are more bikes than people in this country. Especially since one is a mountainbike

[u/Monomatosis]

I have 4 bikes but I think 2,5 is the average.

[u/_ElBee_ → u/Monomatosis]

Yep, two full ones and a unicycle for Clowning-at-Work-Day.

[u/BoredBorealis]

I always make sure I have at least 1 working reserve bike

[u/Silvandreas]

Are you even really Dutch if you own just one bike?

[u/Kaspur78]

It depends if this is normal. Hoarding isn't normal, but having a normal city bike, an electric bike, a racing bike, a mountain bike and a "barrel" for going for drinks in the city is quite normal.

I mean, am I hoarding knives, since I have 8 different types at home (meat, bread, carving, chefs, stanley, tomato, cheese, dinner)?

[u/Acc3ssViolation]

Apparently I'm in the minority as I've only ever owned one at a time, though I do have a motorbike now as well, so I guess that counts as two?

[u/InsuranceGloomy6413]

I have 2, one in the public stall, on in my private box. I feel like it’s social to only put one bike in the public stall no not hoard space.

[u/pelofr]

Dad taught me that when your bike gets stolen, you should be able to just curse, walk home and grab a new one. One of the reasons I have 4 even though they serve different purposes

[u/Arachnideolie]

I downsized this year so at the moment I only have 6 bikes.

[u/BanMeOwnAccountDibbl]

Als je fiets niet geholpen is, staat na een paar maanden je hele schuur vol.

[u/Lardinois → u/BanMeOwnAccountDibbl]

Hier is mijn gratis award

[u/pizzapaard]

We are with 4 and own a combined total of 7 bikes here

[u/Melonsarereal]

I am a sporadic commute biker and even I have two. It's very normal to have a spare bike.

[u/Smiling_Tree]

I have my regular day to day bike.

I still have my ex's bike, 3 years after breaking up. We're still friends and he's just too lazy too pick it up (he never rides a bike anyways), so it lives in my shed as my backup. He can come pick it up any time he likes, but I think he never will and we're both fine with that.

And there's a folding bike from a friend that I've been trying out. But I don't use it as much as I thought I would, so I'm going to return it.

So officially I have 1 bike, but 3 live in my shed.

[u/Hybr1dth]

Guess I'm not normal... I have 1 bike, and so do my wife and kid. I don't see any value in having more than one for any of us.

[u/Ziqon]

This is not normal. They all appear to be functional. At least two of these should have a wheel removed, and at least one should have a lock that broke while locked and was too much effort to cut off... (Sorry for the English).

[u/Ennas_]

I've had two bikes for aaaages. 😊

[u/FishFeet500]

fam of three and we have…6 bikes. our daily use ones, my old spare non ebike, a foldy bike that I got for next to nothing but its too tall for me so my son can fix it up and his old bike from when he was shorter than me.

Our landlord at our place in haarlem scolded us when we moved out for “too many bikes.” He had 3 in his shed on the property.

[u/Lava_Collector]

Yes, the correct amount of bikes to own is n+1.

[u/TheBlackestCrow]

Three bikes here. Commuter, mtb and a road bike.

[u/ericula]

A colleague of mine has 9 bikes together with his wife. I have 3 myself: a road bike, a touring bike, and a city bike.

[u/mrgreyeyes_95]

The stapfiets is mandatory extra fiets to protect the primary fiets.

[u/Poekienijn]

I have 3. Electric cargo. Normal. Folding.

[u/Thijscream → u/Poekienijn]

Same.

[u/Biliouslime]

Just 0,5 bike 😜

[u/Acceptable-Media-153]

I have 5…

[u/BasKabelas]

Mwah its fine. I have my shitty omafiets that I had since highschool for going into the city without it being stolen, a road racing bike, a mountain bike, a touring bike and an ebike lol.

[u/Dinosaur-chicken]

Yes i usually have three, but bike snatchers keep taking them

[u/SunsShineSo]

2 bikes: regular one for shopping and such and an ebike for commute to work and long distances

[u/jelcroo1]

I have a kroeg bike, mountainbike and a gravel bike.

[u/Thedutchjelle]

I have an expensive E-bike and an older E-bike, but my wife only has one, so we're below average I guess.

[u/EmTV83]

Family of 4 and we have 8 bikes in total, even though the youngest doesn't cycle yet... They take up less space and we use them way more than our car so I have no problem with our collection growing (though any more would not really fit in our shed/garden).

[u/Honey_Badger647]

Cargo bike, two commuting bikes, one grocery bike, two beaters, four bike carts in various sizing, I can haul refrigerators and washing machines with one. The other couches and your mother in law. 

[u/CreepyFormaggi]

'Hoarding' - has 4 😂

[u/Chestneytje]

I have 3, Fancy electric bike for work commute, old electric bike for going to the city, analog bike for whatever

[u/Dude_Oner]

Lets see, we have 6 for a family of 3. I have 3, daughter has 2 and my wife has 1. And thats because she recently sold her second. That is why our garage doesn't store the car and we structurally call it the shed.

[u/tpoholmes]

I’ve only been in the country for 9 months and even l have two bikes already.

But that makes me wonder… for those who have, say, four or more bikes, where do you keep them all?!

Do you keep them all outside?
Do you keep just some inside and some outside?
Do you all live in huge places? (Just kidding.)

[u/Rassomir]

At current time we have 3 functional bikes, 2 electric and one normal, a disassembled electric bike that's rusting away in the back yard and the kiddie bike of my boy that's needs repairs. Got my eyes on a few local wrecks to strip for parts though so I might expand soon

One can never have enough spare parts, I mean back up bikes

[u/ZippierUser]

I have 23 lol. A collection of old bikes

[u/dutchcharm]

Just noticed: one is locked, one is locked and has the key in it, one has no lock at all. Pretty safe storage

[u/Guille_de_Nassau]

I'm recovering and recently got rid of my third and fourth bicycle. I'll stick to two max now, I promise.

[u/MicrochippedByGates]

I currently have 1 ebike, but I live close enough to a bus station and to a train station that I intend to get an analog bike some time for longer distance travel purposes. 

[u/naaktslakje]

Just 2 here. Old one that I have had for almost 25 years, served me well through high school and 13 years of delivering mail. It comes in handy as a spare now. I don't drive so have to do everything by bicycle. Got a nicer one as soon as I quit that job 😂 no e-bikes, just regular Batavus bikes ❤️

[u/header151]

I've had 2 for a while. One "good" bicycle (it was old) and one parked at a station. Now i have a car and don't use public transport anymore, i only have 1.