How many bikes does a cyclist need? – you asked Google and we’ve got the answer

S-1 becomes redundant in the event of a cycling obsessed partnership, so do we need an alternative to save us from ourselves?

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The 'You Asked Google' franchise at Cycling Weekly is a longstanding one with a simple premise: ransack Google for the questions people are asking, and answer them.

When the ever invasive search engine spat out 'how many bikes should a cyclist own?' the collective office response come back by rote: N+1, where N is number owned, or S-1, where S is the number that would result in separation from ones partner.

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