[Closed] The one bike you'll never sell?

I struggle to get rid of any of them, but I think my 2001 Trailstar will always be with me.

My Soul.

All will depart at some point, no point in unbidden bikes.

My Hemlock's frame's hung up in the garage. In theory it's my spare frame but I'm selling off my 29er bits so eventually it'll just be a souvenier.

My old roadbike. Owned since the early 80s. Probably of 60s vintage. Beautifully made frame with french bb / 531 tubing. Toured on it, set it up for offroad and ridden it lots ofroad. Now in hipsterfixie**** mode ( actually singlespeed) with bullhorns. Worth nothing but of sentimental value and still nice to ride

Never say never, but it will have to be a damn chilly day in hell before my Nomad is sold, and full on frozen over before the 5010 goes.

My Kobe Ti or my Morning Glory.

My Tallboy Ltc....

My 1994 s works m2.

So much liquid metal in the bottom bracket, head tube and rear dropouts holding it together that no one would want to buy it...

No such thing, they're all just a consumable.

Klien adroit. Brought it second hand in 2000 (in practically un used condition). It was my dream bike when i first started riding in 1992/3. Ive ridden it hard, winning races, epic sunday rides, etc. Its now hung up on the wall and i never plan to sell it.

[i] All will depart at some point, no point in unbidden bikes.[/i]

Agreed,...........but I miss some.....litespeed Kitsuma especially

My 1992 Klein Fervour. It's wrapped in blankets in the attic at the moment, I keep meaning to get it out and rebuilt but it's so lovely I don't want to break it.

Because I don't want to, or because I can't?!

Don't want to - first 'proper' road bike (steel Colnago from '96), Pegoretti from '08.
Can't - various 26" mtbs not worth anything.

No such thing, they're all just a consumable

That played a significant part in some very significant memories, and are a physical reminder of said memories.

My Ragley Bigwig, which belonged to a mate who passed away 2 years ago.

Can't imagine a world where i'd keep a bike... just crazy... as you change/move priorites/riding, then the bikes you want/need often change too.

My Klein q pro

As long as I can still ride I'll never get rid of my Evil Sovereign.

I keep a couple - basically because I still like riding them, don't see any reason to upgrade. An original Tinbred singlespeed, and a Tomac Revolver Ti.

My 1988 Explosif

yeah my stuff went as I moved countries, sentimental value goes and space became a premium. They are only bits of metal, went on to other homes or the great recycler. Should probably have kept the fron end from my )4 S-Works Enduro and dome something arty with it though.

Can't - various 26" mtbs not worth anything.

1998 Kula, Don't ride it, can't sell it

This
[img] [/img]
But to be honest I not sure I could sell it if I wanted to! 🙄

Any bike can be shifter, however my 2012 scalpel is awesome and not worth anywhere near the money to make selling it worthwhile.
I have a Dahon folding bike which I did 136 mile on around lake Geneva. That has some sentimental value but I'd move it if I needed the cash or space.

My Road Logic. I'll not rule out getting another lightweight carbon road bike to run alongside it but I lusted after one for so long before I got it that I couldn't bring myself to part with it. Definitely a keeper.

You could always sell it as firelighters Oli....

I did try and sell my Ritchey P20, the wife said don't, my best mate said don't, you lot on here said don't. I've still got it!

I've recently been contemplating selling my Xizang to get something more modern but people keep telling me don't.

It's the first time I've considered selling a bike since ever, I just tend to buy a bike just replace parts as they wear out/break rather than thinking about selling and replacing it.

Mk1 Soul. Now on it's third incarnation, pain to get retro forks and wheels this time, but still just looks and feels right.

My 1994 653 road frame (Dave Yates build and C. record). Did lots of races on that frame. Goes out for occasional cafe rides and hangs up mostly in my home office. Also 1991 Orange Aluimium O. First proper MTB (£1200 back then, rigid, Suntour XC pro). Ridden occasionally to the pub. Neither worth very much except sentimentally.

Stooge! I would only sell it for another Stooge or Ti Stooge.

Can we get this thread to pop back up yearly to see who was right 😉

All of them. They end up in the back of the shed.

Never sold one. You don't have to keep buying them.

'97 Kona Lava Dome

It's my pub bike now - can't see any reason I'd ever sell it

The S-Works Enduro in the middle will probably not be sold either. I don't need/ride it now I have the Capra, but I'd never get anything like what I'd want for it, so the bits will probably go on a Shan, or a Stanton for winter and the frame will get hung in the shed...

[url= https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7168/27412132481_bd0214f17b_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7168/27412132481_bd0214f17b_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/HLjkXP ]2016-06-05_08-25-24[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/85252658@N05/ ]davetheblade[/url], on Flickr

my TD-1

It was very limited scope on paper when i bought it , it was bought for a purpose - ive never used it for that purpose but it keep revealing its self that despite being "limited" on paper its such a versatile bike !

The next one. Honest.

my sunn bmix. i sold one and them promptly bought another as i realised i was silly for selling the first. i dont use it much (at all really) but its ace.

In all honesty I don't think I will ever sell any of my bikes, fact is not one of them is probably worth more than a couple of hundred quid so it simply not worth it. If I were to get a new bike at some point I may give one away to friend.

Well never is a long time but ...
I'm pretty attached to my 26" Stanton Slackline Ti. You could full on offer me the price of the new 650 version + a new set of wheels and I wouldn't sell it you.

My kinesis Xc120 frame, worth **** all and just have so many good memories with that bike, frame is ready to one day hang in the man cave. Wish I'd kept my Mojo HD frame for the same reason 🙁

[URL= http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u161/Razors_kiss/Bike%20Insurance%20Photos/6F1A52B8-CAC8-491F-BC76-C38C9CA397F9_zpszpjlfzg4.jp g" target="_blank">http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u161/Razors_kiss/Bike%20Insurance%20Photos/6F1A52B8-CAC8-491F-BC76-C38C9CA397F9_zpszpjlfzg4.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]

Probably my 2013 Five. Partly because it's still fun to ride, partly because I love the neon orange colour, but mostly because it's a 26" bike, so worth naff all anyway.

[img] [/img]

My Litespeed Firenze. Many miles on this..

[img] [/img]

let me preface this with I am not a planet X fan and would not recommend them to any one.

But I love my Inbred and its the only one that I never contemplate selling I buy new stuff but keep coming back to the old Inbred.

Never sell? I've not sold any of them 🙂 They either get dismantled and recycled (pun intended) into new bikes, they emigrate to new homes (my 25 year old Hard Rock lives at the in-law's in Spain), they get nicked or they sit in the shed gathering dust with the other bikes. That aside, I've never had a bike that I loved so much I could never contemplate getting rid of. There's always a better bike around the corner...

Probably my Dawes Toucan kiddyback tandem. By the time the nieces and nephews have outgrown it, the grandchildren might be riding it! It survived the great cull of 2007#, after which I became a lot less sentimental about bikes!

#Seven stolen in one go. I miss my Merlin Cyrene 🙁

After my last selling experience, i'm never selling another one.

Just strip and store.

And donate to any needy causes if the opportunity arises.

I would say I am unlikely to sell either of my Spesh Camber or my Pivot 429 not so much on the grounds they are great bikes but on the grounds they have both done taken me safely through BC Bike Race and will therefore one day sit proudly on the wall of the garage looking a little battle scarred but still loved if dusty.

99 Caldera owned since December 1998.

Currently a frame only:

[img] [/img]

[img] [/img]

97 Kona Lava Dome

Me too. But I think mine must be a 98 if yours is a 97... I'm not sure now!! Bought it from Keswick Mountain Bikes. Love it, had some great times on it and it saw me through some bad times. How can people sell their bikes?

[img] ?w=480&h=480&fit=clip[/img]

 

Yeah, that's a '98 ^^

My Planet X Jack Flash - it's worth jack to anyone but myself. Ironically, it's a jump bike, but I'm rubbish (and always have been) at jump. I DID smash out Cannock's Monkey trail on it a while ago, me on a 26" wheeled, 14" framed, 15 y/o jump bike faster up all of the climbs than my friends on £3k+'s worth of full susser, and barely slower on the descents. It also still has my 15 y/o Tioga DH Fat66 tyres fitted!

My old (ish) CAAD4 road bike.

[img] [/img]

Now with a carbon/gel SLR flow saddle.

It's 12 years old now, but having ridden newer carbon bikes there just isn't the level of improvement you'd expect there to have been, it just does what's expected of it.

Like the second post though, my trailstar is sadly missed, and my original 456 was a blast but had too much overlap with the Pitch, which I miss, but not in an irreplaceable way, it was always just a tool, albeit a very good one.

I'll keep riding this until I can't replace swingarms any more. Then it'll go on the wall.
[URL= http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g341/kiwijohn42/FCF06176-EFD4-404D-8A82-561E1A2A0DEB_zpscabaay02.jp g" target="_blank">http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g341/kiwijohn42/FCF06176-EFD4-404D-8A82-561E1A2A0DEB_zpscabaay02.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]

My other half's first hardtail, unless I can get a quick buyer and sneak it out the loft.

This one-

[IMG] [/IMG]

Steel 2011 Sunn Tzar. There's nowt wrong with it so there's no reason to buy anything else. The frame'll be hung on a wall if/when it dies.

Probably my Genesis Croix de Fer. Not because it's particularly special or has sentimental value, just that its so great and utilitarian that there's no point. Race bikes and mountain bikes will all come and go as technology / budgets progress, but I can't see a situation where I'd ever need to exchange that.

There are some great stories in here, but others that I'm very unconvinced about. A Nomad? Prove me wrong in 5 years time.

Love of trailstar is strong. Mines is in the skip head tube parted company.

I don't want to and I never thought I would, but my 97 Zaskar owned from new and ridden and raced with so much affection may have to go.

[URL= http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Citroenxsara/5ED46100-8F7A-4198-8B90-1DBC895C0665.jp g" target="_blank">http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Citroenxsara/5ED46100-8F7A-4198-8B90-1DBC895C0665.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]

[URL= http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Citroenxsara/E19AC00F-CE49-4AE2-BCF2-8E63BD967F5B.jp g" target="_blank">http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Citroenxsara/E19AC00F-CE49-4AE2-BCF2-8E63BD967F5B.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]

The cash will be used to finish building up a bike for my lad so it's bitter sweet.

[img] [/img]

1994 ibis ti mojo - my mistress, my lover, my friend, my counsellor, my alcohol.

1994 ibis ti mojo - my mistress, my lover, my friend, my counsellor, my alcohol......

my word thats a long stem 😯 😆

1994 ibis ti mojo - my mistress, my lover, my friend, my counsellor, my alcohol.

Stanton Slackline.

The frame was a gift from the Mrs. Could't care less that it's a 26'er and out of date.

My god that's a long stem.

perfect for a balanced ride, its built in 1994 and its geometry works perfectly with the matching ti stem and ti forks. Trust me, she's been my mistress longer than any of the other women in my life. 🙂

Jones spaceframe. others would be difficult to let go, but the jones could only go, it if was replaced bu another pimpier Jeff.

Both my Bontragers, one MTB, one Road, never ever selling either of them, both still get ridden.

I doubt I'll ever sell my BTR either, mostly because it was built as a one of custom jobbie specifically to suit my weird proportions and riding, it was a bit of a personal project and will probably stay with me for as long as I can keep it going.

ti_pin_man - that's a beut.

My god that's a long stem.

perfect for a balanced ride, its built in 1994 and its geometry works perfectly with the matching ti stem and ti forks. Trust me, she's been my mistress longer than any of the other women in my life.

I'm only jesting - I've a 94 Clark Kent that has a 140mm ti stem and bars - noodley is the best way to describe it 😆

spooky, I also have a 94/95 Clark Kent that actually has a ti Clark Kent stem fitted and its a lovely stem.

Ah, mine is a steel frame.

[img] [/img]

[url= https://c4.staticflickr.com/2/1670/25988252563_528b9d3195_c.jp g" target="_blank">https://c4.staticflickr.com/2/1670/25988252563_528b9d3195_c.jp g"/> [/img][/url]

[url= https://c8.staticflickr.com/2/1486/25988254103_82d93fe8c2_c.jp g" target="_blank">https://c8.staticflickr.com/2/1486/25988254103_82d93fe8c2_c.jp g"/> [/img][/url]

My steel spaceframe is the closest I've come to a bike i would never sell, however i may be getting rid of it to fund a new bike i have in mind, so i guess no bike is immune from getting the chop from my collection.

ti_pin_man - Member
perfect for a balanced ride, its built in 1994 and its geometry works perfectly with the matching ti stem and ti forks. Trust me, she's been my mistress longer than any of the other women in my life.

Joe your not doing my guilt any good when I ended your night ride at the Marin Trail when I forgot to do up the lock-ring on your Royce BB.

Go on show them your Ibis Bow Ti 🙂

This one - original Ti Inbred...

[img] [/img]

[img] [/img]

Think I'll keep hold of my Keewee ChromoEight for a bit longer - it's not really worth anything but it's only a set of bars, a seat and pedals away from being Morzinable again. This is what it looked like before it got robbed of a few bits for my "Enduro" build.

[img] [/img]

The frrame and fork aren't really worth anything but the frame has some sentimental value and the forks have a new stantion - it's hardly worth getting rid of considering the small amount of space it takes up on the wall.

Hmmm what would it be like with a narrow/wide ring, a clutch mech, an angleset, some offset bushes and a set of Flow EXs . . . . . . ? ? ? ? ?. 😆

[url= https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8040/28966286586_ba5fee3e0e_o.jp g" target="_blank">https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8040/28966286586_ba5fee3e0e_o.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/L8DMQf ]Cromer[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/takisawa2/ ]pten2106[/url], on Flickr

Umm, I've only sold a few, so it seems most are being kept. Can't imagine I'd ever sell my: Brian Rouke I built up in 78-79, Stumpy mk2 1987- now a touring bike and my everyday road bike, Merlin Fatti - my special bike, Cotic Soul - my third so feel I ought to hang on to this one, Blur 4x - just a full on lark. There are a few others... : | So I suppose some could go... Maybe....