Does anyone else have trouble getting rid of bikes?
I have two, one that hasn't been ridden in over 7 years and another that I can't maintain the way I want. But for some reason I'm just having trouble letting go! I want to buy a newer bike, one more suited to my needs and that will be easier to maintain but, :'( :-\
Arrghhhh....
Sobs in the corner, rocking gently
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Jules and i now have 6 bikes. One of Jules will go to our daughter (the heavy one). 1 will stay with Jules ( the light pedelec one ).
So i now have 4.
1 is a BTwin 500 with a single ring chainset conversion. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it ..£100 anyone. 2 is a Btwin 500 SE with a single ring chainset conversion. It is my winter bike.. 3 is a TREK 1.1 with a single ring chainset conversion. It's light and comfy, Sportive and daily ride. 4 Is .... not with me yet, SPA Cycles Steel Tourer, ..guess what, with a single ring chainset conversion. Long days and the WLEJOG, my "Life Bike", ... I hope.
And 3 Grandkids bikes in the garage, or at their house, or at my house.
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“Quiet, calm deliberation disentangles every knot.”
Be more Mike.
The road goes on forever.
I don't feel so bad now, having just added bike no.4! But I think I can still rationally make an argument for at least four more- something racy to match the one my wife just bought; a low geared lightweight hybrid for towing (which is what she probably *should* have bought); and a pair of folders to take on our boat.
I have several bikes that I don't ride any more but I have become attached to them. One is my first mountain bike, purchased in 1994 shortly after I got a job following previously being made redundant, I guess that it has sentimental value to me. Another is a Dawes hybrid which I built up from a frame that I had been given. The satisfaction gained from building it from the frame up again has made me sentimentally attached to it. I have 2 bikes that I now ride regularly, a road bike and a fixie. Compared to the road bike, I don't enjoy riding the fixie but I am attached to it because my wife bought it for me as a birthday present a few years ago. I know that it is silly becoming attached to bikes but it takes all sorts.
I don't get emotionally attached, but I am financially attached to a couple Basically I have three bikes when I only need two, I just can't bare the idea of parting with either for what they'd fetch (About 25% of what they cost) when both are as good as new.
I did manage to bring myself to sell on a low-profile that I bought at a bargain second-hand price from a club-mate, just to try the type; I never really got on with it. However, I still have the Aende racing bike I built up as a student nearly 40 years ago, the fixed wheel I used to ride to work in my last job, and so on. Which is probably why currently n = 10.
I have managed to part with two bikes to new owners in 40 years! Another couple died beyond resuscitation and one was stolen. So I now have several frames, six rideable and 3 'tired' bikes in the stable. I can't ever imagine getting rid of the bike I built as a teen - I spent a lot of money refurbishing it to near original a couple of years ago, its been ridden for maybe 120 miles since and not at all for 2 years!
Silly it might be but a lot of memories are tied up in all the bikes - selling one has always been a last resort when space is at a premium.
Convention? what's that then? Airnimal Chameleon touring, Orbit Pro hack, Orbit Photon audax, Focus Mares AX tour, Peugeot Carbon sportive, Owen Blower vintage race - all running Tulio's finest!
:'( :-\
