Bike Shop Owner's Collection: The 'Keeper' Bikes I’ll Never Sell! 🚲 | Part 1

[@johnnywangcycles6410]

I have 16 myself, love to see how other people analyse their collections and justify why a build stays. Cheers for this, great content ☺️

[@RandolphBumatay]

How do you store 16 bikes?I have 10 bikes and my car has to stay outside of the garage.

[@MAGAIVER]

@@RandolphBumatay I keep 12 bikes in my office, 5 hanging on a wall, 6 on the floor next to another wall, using floor stands and another one, a fat bike that doesn't fit anywhere else leaned on another wall. So 3 of the office's 4 walls are taken by bikes and on the 4th wall I have my computer setup. On one of the walls I have shelves above the bikes to hold my collection of comic books and some other things. I love to work surrounded by my bikes.

[@jeffandersen6233]

The beauty of utilitarian bikes. Steel framed, rim brakes, leather saddles baskets and racks. And none so far with a seat post reaching for the sky. I'm looking forward to the next video.

[@oldshovel]

Love the bikes and their builds 🙌

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Wow, thanks a lot! I love your channel!

[@PatGrube]

Steel rules! Love the first 5, Jeff, especially the Bridgestone. That's a classic keeper.

[@RichHarvey-j5o]

I’m envious of your Bridgestone. I’ve got my bridge club set up pretty similar and I love it. So like you said not for sale. Thanks for sharing

[@hoboesque_]

This is a ‘bombora’ collection😆 seriously tho . I would to ride and own any of these beautiful bikes . The crust is the cream of the crop IMO. What really grabs me tho is the clear feeling of attachment and sentiment. Our bikes are a part of our journey literally and metaphorically. Also the attention to detail . I love the bars on the Bridgestone , the patina on the b17 etc . The love for the surly’s is clear . Thanks for sharing . My one rule is always buy from a bike shop that loves bikes and this is clearly true here . ❤️🚲

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad you like what we are doing.

[@austinsp00l24]

Cool bikes. I've wanted to build something up with the silver aluminum bits for a long time, those bikes look great.

[@grinningfool34]

I’m currently at 7 bikes, but I could get by easily with 3 or 4. Some rarely ever get ridden, and they take up too much space in the garage. Love your collection. I have 2 Surly’s also. A Bridge Club and an LHT. I won’t part with those 2.

[@DonnieX6]

Ohhh, that is a nice collection you have there! Would not mind to own any of these bikes! 😅

[@SvenLokkenson]

A beautiful stable of steel bikes! I have a love affair with Surly, and am always looking for a used Pack Rat....they are an elusive beast!

[@Wanderin-Wheels]

Thanks for showing your special bicycle collection ❤ I’m not a bicycle collector but I fall in love with that XO-1 maybe a year ago when I seen a video of it. I may not know much about bicycle specifications but I view them frames in their balance shapes n angles. The XO-1 is a beautiful build….and nice striking orange color. I was lucky to purchase a Surly PackRat frame during Covid pandemic…. and it’s the only one that’s rolling the streets of Thailand!! Nobody here wanted that frame because the trend was more for the new Surly frames. This PackRat frame also looked unique…. mine was build like a stout muscle bulldog ATB and it’s my lifelong buddy ❤

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

I’d love to see photos of the Pack Rat! Do you ever see Bridgestones in Thailand?

[@falcoperegrinus82]

That Pack Rat looks so cool.

[@johne7345]

Classics all the way for me. 1988 Schwinn Project KOM mountain bike; 1981 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1970 Peugeot UO-8 with Japanese cranks, derailleurs, and barcons; 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo with Nervar Star crank upgrade. Non-indexed (friction or ratchet) shift all around, 2x6 drivelines on the road bikes, 3x8 on the mountain bike. The Schwinn is my versatile go-anywhere machine; the Bianchi is for fast fun; the Peugeot is my theft-resistant errand-running beater; and the Capo is my classic "eye candy" show bike. My perennial project bikes are a littermate pair of 1961 Capo Siegers, one original, the other repainted, and a 1962 Carlton Franco-Suisse.

[@dalton-at-work]

the bianchi is definitely my style. i love steel lugged frames. the green is a classic!

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

My kids ask me why I have 5 bikes. $hit. The more bikes the BETTER! Excellent video. Would love to see more from the fleet. 🚲🚲🚲

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Stay tuned. Working on showing the next 5.

[@bvan1970]

What a beautiful bunch of bikes. Thanks for sharing with us. Glad to see a few Surly’s made the cut. Looking forward to the next video.

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

More Surly in part 2.

[@scottwistinghausen5026]

Biachi teal has my heart

[@abchaplin]

KZbin's algorithm served up your video to me this morning because, I suspect, all it knows about me is that I am a cyclist living in Ottawa. I'm in that other Ottawa, however, the one Goldwyn Smith opined was "a sub-arctic lumber-village converted by royal mandate into a political cockpit." I can see why you would choose to keep and maintain such apparently useful bikes. I look forward to the next episode. Cheers from the Great White North, Andrew Chaplin, rider of a Kona NRB DL gravel, "Goldbrick III," a 1972 Torpado Columbus road with a Campag NR groupset, and "Goldbrick II," a 1972 Raleigh Lenton Sports tourer I converted to fixed wheel in 1974.

[@johnman7251]

Bike shop lifer here; in my opinion you can’t have a legit steel bike collection without Bridgestone and Surly in the mix so thumbs up on your choices! Big fan of All City too but sadly that brand is discontinued.

[@PoserBallin]

The XO-1 🤤 seriously all them though...

[@peppermintpig974]

What's up with the dynamo wiring on the Pack Rat hanging loose? There's usually enough room around the crown or steerer tube to tuck that all away. I haven't found an X0-1 yet. However I do have a minty 1973 Grand Kabuki. It's an early full chromoly frame. Sadly too small for me so it's not one of my personal riders but it's extremely fast and light. Bridgestone have a fantastic lineage of quality frames.

[@mattgarrett1665]

If that crust stops bringing joy, you know where I live lol

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

You got it.

[@davetbassbos]

I had forgotten about it but wasn't the Bianchi Volpe basically the original gravel bike way back in the 90s?

[@Souzaphotos]

That Crust bike is sweet!

[@judymc4213]

My husband laughs at my 3 bikes: A Specialized Expedition which is as old as dirt and my daily rider. Initially, I hated it. Now, it's my favorite. I also own a Specialized Ariel, a hybrid, and an Electra Townie 7d. I'll tell him about your collection!

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Thanks for watching!

[@RadlerMannheim]

The Bianchi definetely deserves some TLC...

[@Frostbiker]

Great presentation! I am very curious about *what* is it that you like about the Bombora and the Pack Rat. Regarding the Gevenalle shifters, don't they get in the way of the brake levers when your hands are on the hoods?

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Thank you! I discuss those two bikes in separate videos. See the description for links. Follow up video for Pack Rat is planned so I can talk more about it. As far as Gevenalles, not at all. They take getting used to but feel very natural to me. I’m planning a video about them soon. Thanks for watching!!

[@Turbobuttes]

If you're gonna keep the Bianchi I urge you to get an actual head badge. It's not complete if it only as a lowly sticker on the front.

[@brettsmith2322]

only 15? Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those up!

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

I’d love to have more but I have to make room in the bike shop for bikes I can sell!

[@uncleronny6748]

Somebody asked me last year " how many bikes do you own"? My answer was "I don't know". Then they asked "what, like 30-40"? I laughed hysterically..." No, more like over 200!"

[@irondistance4313]

Some cool bikes thanks for sharing❤

[@suzstanci9128]

This is a dream collection!

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Thanks!

[@nikolaizetrov617]

Awesome collection!

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

[@erikk7643]

Which purple wolftooth headset, lower, are you using on the Surly? I need a lower on my MS

[@davidmarsden7103]

Love the Bianchi but that front straddle cable is hella low!

[@boblarson4297]

Need to get the carrying strap for the Bianchi.

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

I should try to make one. Great idea.

[@boblarson4297]

@@ottawabikeandtrail I have only ever seen one in real life. I think most people probably tossed them out as it was a little gimmicky. I have an "89 Axis but its black and does not have the strap bosses. Good question for Sky Yeager I guess.

[@hatbpto5180]

I tell people that I am a "bike and bike part magnet" and they just somehow find their way to me. And as I've also explained to my wife, which I suspect many here understand, is that every bike part I have hanging up or laying around has a story behind it. That's the real value.

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

100% Agree.

[@peppermintpig974]

Same. Most recent bike that was given to me is a Univega Sport Tour. Ordered tires for it. Can't find good navy blue cable housing to replace what it has yet. I have a second Univega Sport that I received from a friend who passed away and I'm giving that the full restoration treatment. My head is on a swivel when I see free bikes on the side of the road. In the span of one week I found two Reflex MTBs two towns apart. One free, and one for $15. Since then, nothing Reflex has popped up. Easton tubing with internally lugged and brazed chromoly stays. They're waiting to be given attention. I have a lot of bikes, but only count a handful as personal bikes.

[@jeffpittman8725]

I have 3 bikes, 2 of which ive had for around 20yrs. 3rd one was being thrown away and found a new home.

[@jackcarter233]

I have seven bikes built up, three unbuilt frames and stacks of parts.

[@gerardlavigne9019]

On the bianchi bike are the brake calipers adjusted that way because you switched from 26 to 27.5 or from 27.5 to 29 inch wheels?

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

No, these are old school wide cantilever brakes that were used in CX. I’ve have them on the bike since I got It and the bike brakes work great. Not sure why the straddle cable is set so low. When I rework the bike I’ll mess with them and see if I can raise the straddle cable a bit and still get the braking performance.

[@Gigis1111]

What are the front racks used in the surely?

[@michaelhayward7572]

Very nice. All of 'em. Lifelong motorcyclist here, inc a shop owner for 15 years way back when...ref powder coating bicycle frames and forks - i personally would"nt. Unneccessarry imho, and too thick a finish - it can hide what the metal is doing underneath. Stick to trad paint.

[@scottwistinghausen5026]

Your X0-1 is a grail piece for me

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Me too! Keep looking. They do pop up on occasion.

[@jeffpittman8725]

I'm afraid the days of "not spending a lot on a bike" are gone and replaced with vintage or rare. I lived off of used and discarded parts. I miss the glory days of 9spd bikes and front derailers. Things worked well and were not complicated for no reason!

[@brian-um8qf]

To determine how many bikes one should own is a simple calculation: N+1. N being the number of bikes you currently own.

[@jonathanblack3351]

Oh my God! I've found my people!

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Yes you have! Welcome.

[@brds7638]

S tier bikes across the board.

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Thanks!!

[@curtbrown7967]

Great group of bikes. Just my jamb

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Thank you!

[@samuelmjlfjell]

Keep the Surly. And the pink one

[@juliuscaesar4802]

I’m 26 but man when an ol timer tells me about down tube shifters yep I knoooow , I Had a rusted out 1988 Panasonic dx3000 as my first road bike put about 5,000 plus miles on that then found a 1988 bianchi campion d Italia in excellent condition for 200$ now I got an itch to collect bianchis I own 4 ❤ 🚴

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

I love Bianchi. I have a few on my wish list.

[@hellothere8425]

We have similar taste in bikes

[@jordanwilson4425]

the packrat has my heart.. i love a rando styled bike that’s capable of fatties and carrying weight

[@Handletaken4]

I have 15 bikes and if I'm riding one and see someone else on the same bike...I sell it. DeBernardi SL, Ciocc CX, 1963 Olmo, 1983 Specialized Allez w/Superbe, Guerciotti CX, Panasonic Pro, Colossi Gravel, Moser Leader AX, Coppi Dura Ace

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Nice. Great collection.

[@Oldguy-k3t]

How about my first good bike, Schwinn paramount?

[@CurtCatmull-we2gs]

Had a 105 bikes. Fire burnt 30 sluminium. Have another 10. Don't start collecting bikes. I have a wide collection

[@jastiksk8crw]

Ummm.. I’m 37yo, okc. 6 months in and owned 4, currently 3… currently a bike mechanic

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Nice! Thanks for watching.

[@francescodiana6912]

how tall are you?

[@RetroRareandRad]

5’ 9”. I ride a 54 or medium.

[@johnbaca8692]

You only have 15 bikes! I don't have a bike shop and have about a dozen built bikes, 40+ frames, and 25+ wheelsets, and shelves full of bike components. I have way too much stuff!!! I have a one car garage full of bikes, frames and components. Enjoy your 15 bikes.

[@NotLeftarded1]

Amazing you caught something that everyone else I know who ignored it didn't catch. All vaxed too I'm sure. What a good boy , a little follower.

[@NotLeftarded1]

By the way trust the science is scientific governance and eugenics. I hope you're happy and proud that you participated in that.

[@sambell904]

Why don't you have any that are comfortable to ride? Leaning forward putting weight on your arms and shoulders is not ergonomic.

[@robertwyland7770]

Interest that you ask us viewers to tell you which to keep and which to get rid of. Yet you introduce each as " I'm definitely keeping this one" I guess all the bikes in part 2 gotta go!

[@ottawabikeandtrail]

Yeah, that really applies to episode 2 and 3. But, someone might disagree with my keepers?

[@heatherhoward2513]

This is really American. Bianchi, I know and the Surly, the others, never heard of them. These are not early bikes, as I know it.