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#1
11-16-2017, 08:42 PM
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What prompted you to sell the bike you swore you’d never sell?
I occasionally see classified postings of people selling an exceptional bike (maybe it’s custom, or just very customized) that they clearly are reluctant to part with. Usually it’s because it just doesn’t get ridden any more. I’m curious how many folks have looked at a great bike collecting dust and said farewell rather than just ride it more or hang onto it for sentimental reasons. I’ve got a beautiful Seven that I’ve rarely ridden the past year if favor of a somewhat beaten up C50 I picked up, but I can’t imagine selling the Seven.
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#2
11-16-2017, 08:45 PM
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Usually sell because I want to buy something else and I don't want too many rides around. However there is sometimes an extra reason.
My Merckx I sold because was a bit too big. My JP Weigle I sold because the ST was just a bit too steep and I could not quite go back as much as I would like. This one I really thought I would have never sold. Spooky was too racey for me, great bike but tiny headtube, tons of drop.
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#3
11-16-2017, 08:47 PM
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I sold a Seven Elium SLX, which I thought I would never sell, due to tire clearance. The rear triangle didn't really accommodate anything larger than a real 25mm tire, and at that point I had really fallen in love with the ride of 28mm tires. Granted, I had bought the Seven second hand and it wasn't designed for me (or to accommodate 28mm tires), but it was a beautiful bike and I still regret selling it a little bit.
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#4
11-16-2017, 08:50 PM
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I've honestly stopped telling myself that I'll never sell them. Most of the time it's because my ride-style needs have changed, my fit has changed, or I need the money or space that its absence would afford. Shame every time, but I do feel a bit of relief having less "things" at the end of it. The burden i feel of material items usually has a bit more power over me than the desire to keep them. I'm also single, so if a significant other comes in the play, I fear for my entire stable!
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11-16-2017, 08:54 PM
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Kids. (Food, diapers, bills, etc)
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#8
11-16-2017, 10:01 PM
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Almost everything I've sold I never missed, even though I really enjoyed it when I owned it.
Yeah, everything's for sale. What prompted me to sell the ones I thought I'd never sell was either a real offer or the fact that I almost never rode them. I sold my first Serotta CIII, which was one of my favorite ever bikes, when someone offered me a good amount of money for it. The fact that it was 1cm too large in height and length made it pretty easy, but still, it was my first real high level custom bike and changed how I thought about them. I don't actually miss it because others have matched or surpassed its excellence.
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#9
11-16-2017, 10:07 PM
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Never sell?
I don't think I have ever said "I will never sell this bike."
Fit changes over time, technology changes... My current like is disc brakes and DI2- So I have been selling off all of my rim brake and mechanical bikes- Were they all great bikes- sure. Will I replace with bikes that suit my current needs and desires- yes.
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#10
11-16-2017, 11:56 PM
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A lot of folks just like the idea of ownership...whether the bike actually gets ridden or not. so they have a lot of bikes. the rest of us...well, c'mon...the main idea of having a bike is to ride it and enjoy it. but, as john mentions, Fit changes over time, technology changes... I too like the idea of discs and electric (as well as a new 150mm full suspension sled)...at some point, the moots the responsorium and perhaps even the vanilla might go to make that happen.
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#11
11-17-2017, 02:20 AM
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Sold an original Spooky Skeletor that I had just built up and had exactly 3 rides on because of bills. Still miss that bike, but we were poor graduate/medical students and an unexpected 2k needed to come from somewhere.
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#12
11-17-2017, 05:31 AM
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Bitten by Regret
With over 30 years of racing/ riding to look back to I’ve had a couple bikes from my early days that I should have never parted with, more related to fit/function over form/aesthetics. Learned my lesson, I have 3 frames I simply will not part with today, plus one more due to its sentimental value. Just so happens they’re all Serotta’s, don’t think this is coincidence.
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#13
11-17-2017, 10:51 AM
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Tires
Bigger tires too-
Closest thing to an "I'll never sell" might be a custom Parlee that I rode in 2006- I lusted after it for a time in 2014 (the guy I sold it to still has it)- But even that has passed. The Parlee will only take 23mm tires, and it has a Reynolds fork with limited clearance. The Scott Addict RC disc that I am riding now is a better bike in every way. Quote:
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#14
11-17-2017, 01:33 PM
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A lot of folks are pavement only - 25s are fine. Narrow rims are fine. 10sp mechanical is fine. The road does not know the bike is obsolete. While I am "jealous" of the fire roads you and Houston have that offer pavement alternatives, that type of riding does not exist for me down here. Anything near me on dirt I would rather ride my mtn bike on. And, i can't easily ride from my house to get to it.
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