Through a confluence of events, life stuff, work and whatever else, I haven’t really been riding for ages… I went out the other day for the first time in a long time and took my single speed out to give the dog his first ever run with the bike. He loved it, I loved it, and now I want to get going again properly.
My problem is that I haven’t really done anything with either of my bikes for a long time. One doesn’t fit me too well, and the other is only suited to a limited type of riding.
My “good” bike is a 9 year old Marin hardtail, I spent a fair bit on it over the years putting decent forks and brakes and wheelset on it – much of which is still in pretty good nick despite being old. But the frame never fitted me very well and I was just too dumb to notice.
I also have an inbred – set up as fully rigid SS and with v-brakes. It is cheap as chips, but I love riding it, and the frame fits me great. It is however a little limited in what it lets me ride.
Now – my big question(s) and why I need your collectively wise help. Should I:
1. Break the Marin for bits, and put them on the Inbred, get down to one bike, but probably ride it more
2. Buy a new frame, swap the good bits off the Marin and stick them on the new frame
3. Buy a new bike altogether, selling the Marin to support this, but making a huge loss because even the decent bits on it are getting old and aren’t worth much to anyone
4. Anything else?
I don’t really have a budget at the moment – and it depends on what i decide to do (and whether I can convince MrsH that we don’t need new windows this year)