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Does anyone else find it hard letting go?
I want a new road frame, and I've found one. It's going to replace 'Edwin'. Same brand, same geometry, same fork. It's just got mudguard eyelets which is suited to what my riding is nowadays. Btw, Edwin is my favourite road bike I've had in 20+ years of riding.
So. One of the mtbs has got to go, the first one is 16ish years old and i ride it infrequently. It's old, just old. The second one is a blast to ride, I really like it but i'm struggling with the idea of getting rid of it. But, it's worth more in a monetary sense.
I can't make a decision.
Bitch isnt it?
I understand, aa. They are all good friends to me.
I've tried to retire my scandal 3 times now....keeps coming back though.
Yep, hence I have about 10 bikes and don't ride most of them!
I've moved onto a road bike, but Susan the Commencal is still waiting patiently for another hard ride in our spare bedroom... she's battered, her bottom bracket needs replacing, her back brake is non-functional and she needs a good working over. Don't know when I'll be back in Susan's saddle, but I can't bear to let go... 😥
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Yep. Recently sold 'Nellie', my 07 meta, to a man on a motorway layby. We went through a lot together. think I may have weirded they guy out a bit by staring at her in the back of his car and not walking away. It was a sad moment. 😥
Why don't you use crudguards instead and keep it? Or use P clip adaptors to fit proper mudgaurds!
i admire anyone who can make a cold decision to sell.
I love the old bike (it's a bonty). but if i ever rode it at mayhem etc i'd fall off about 10 times a lap, every downhill really.
Devasted when i found the DP Freestyler that i thought was in the shed at my parents had been given away. All I needed was safe keeping for it till my midlife crisis was in full swing.
Never had a name for it but certainly had a place in my teenage heart.
ladders, i've considered crudguards but i'm not convinced, then considered them again.
i'm pretty sure there's not enough clearance for proper guards.
de rosa have now given us all the opportunity to buy a lovely frame, with guard mounts at a great price. **1st world problem**
aa, I use crudguards on my winterbike. It used to be my race bike 16 years ago (Raleigh Titanium), but the Cruds mean I can use it through winter. They're great but took a bit of fettling and I had to switch from 25c to 23c tyres.
I have every MTB that I've ever owned (Apart from the two stolen), even though they are cracked or bent I just can't get rid.
The way I look at it, bikes were built to be ridden. It's why they exist. If they're sat in a garage/shed gathering dust they're of no use to anyone and need to be passed on to someone who will ride them.
It's hard when you think back to the good times you've had on a bike, when you consider all those fond memories, but if they're just sat there, they're nothing more than a collection of tubes. So pass them on to someone who will have new good times with them that in time become more fond memories.
I don't get the excitment caused by bikes; they're just a means to an end - a commodity, if you will.
[i]Riding[/i] bikes on the other hand - I'm all about that bitch 
I gave my old Rockhopper to my mum so that I wouldn't have to sell it! She was looking for something lighter to replace her £99 Halfords tank! She loves it!Lots of attachment to that one.
But I can't say I feel anything like that about my P7 which replaced the Rockhopper and that's now been superseded by a Scandal!
The Scandal's fairly new so we're still developing the relationship!
Motorbikes not pushbikes ... 1997 CBR600, only bike I ever owned from new, it's done over 100k including about 25k touring europe so lots of happy memories. But it's just lying untouched for the last 3 years since the camchain failed.
Also have my Dad's old TY175 that he bought new in 1977. I rode my first trial on it age 13 in '79. Again, lying unused and in need of restoring, which is beyond me.
I'm with Rob Hilton. Bike are great but don't inspire emotion on their own. Its the riding that gets me, much more attached to places i ride rather than the bike I'm on.
My Cotic Soul hasn't been ridden in over 2 years. It's still unlikely to get much use (have to drive to MTBing places, busy job, young family) - heck, I bought some new (s/h) forks for it over a year ago that have never been fitted.
Can I sell it? Can I hell.
I'm hopeless.
My current MTB was a present from my wife just before we got married and accompanied me on our honeymoon. It is very unlikely to be got rid of. ever.
See, I'd tell you that I'm a cold bastard when it comes to this but I've only ever actually sold one bike, and that was too small for me
I don't bloody [i]name[/i] them though ! 😆
I'm about to hand over my 14 year old Raleigh FS that has been my work dinnertime hack and was the start of my fuller time MTB career, until I discovered modern forks and design. The main pivot bearing is going and it owes me nothing really, I hope the new owner does use it and enjoys it. Still sad to see it go but I have 3 other bikes , limited space and they should all be used at some point not snoozing under dust sheets in the shed.