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[Zatek]

Currently I have  a Merida Scultura 904 with EA70 wheels and a standard Raleigh RC1000 and spare Mavic Ksyriums Elite and Mavic CPX 22 wheels. I do lot of roller training during the winter.

Is it better to have a spare bike or spare wheels.

Current wife is complaining about 2 bikes and 2 sets of spare wheels.

[WynieSteyn]

current wife? thingking of trading her in on a racing bike?

[Zac.A]

I've just got 3 sets of wheels in total.
Works for me

[agteros]

One current road bike, two sets of wheels (one with, and one without power meter). No current wife.

[Azonic]

Right now where I am sitting, there are 5 bikes around me. Upstairs about 3-4 more. About 13 sets of wheels in black bags stored in the ceiling. Tell your current wife she's got it very easy.

[Chro Mo]

Keep 'em all, and buy some more!

[The_Break]

I am back down to 2 road bike after having sold my training bike and rain bike and still have the following wheels

training wheels for rain
nicer training wheels for good weather
racing clinchers for climbing
48mm deep section carbon tubulars
80mm deep section carbon tubulars
disc wheel
powertap training wheel

Tell you wife to please go and count her shoes and ad up the value of them all. She may never mention it again.

Luckily the wife has 3 bikes including a tt bike, deep section wheels and ceramic racing wheels for climbing.

Edited by The_Break, 15 July 2012 - 06:35 .

[Zac.A]

The_Break, on 15 July 2012 - 06:33 , said:

training wheels for rain
nicer training wheels for good weather
racing clinchers for climbing
48mm deep section carbon tubulars
80mm deep section carbon tubulars
disc wheel
powertap training wheel

That's the right idea!

I've got a set of training wheels with heavy duty tyres.
Racing clinchers with light tyres for races like the Argus, Die Burger..
And then Racing tubbies for races where there are backup cars.

But your setup sounds a whole lot better

[The_Break]

Zac.A, on 15 July 2012 - 06:37 , said:

That's the right idea!

I've got a set of training wheels with heavy duty tyres.
Racing clinchers with light tyres for races like the Argus, Die Burger..
And then Racing tubbies for races where there are backup cars.

But your setup sounds a whole lot better

Hehe it is funny, my first bike cost me 6500 with extras in 2003, I think my tyres cost me more on the wheelsets I now have. But yeah, each wheelset has  (or at least did have) it own specific purpose and I could justify each and every one of them. Actually, I can probably justify everything I have cycing related and the wife wil not be able to argue.

Funny thing is, I even had to justify why I wanted to buy her the equipment I did.

Edited by The_Break, 15 July 2012 - 06:44 .