As per the title really, at what point do you decide to move a bike on?
I have just sold my gravel bike (which only ever saw tarmac), as since i purchased an e-commuter bike (to allow me to ride to work 5 days a week without killing myself), i haven't used the gravel bike. Somewhere in the region of 5 months or so.
Part of the decision was also that the only friend i would road ride with doesn't do it anymore, as he rather run.
Also in the garage is my jump bike, that i built during the first lockdown. This has been used a handful of times since building it. Whilst it is fun when 2 or 3 of us get to a pump track, its few and far between. But it probably doesn't hold much value, so is it worth shifting?!
So when you think a bike needs to leave the garage, what is your rationale? Time unused? To make room for something new? Financial needs? Something else?
Interested to hear your thoughts and musings...
On a whim usually
Used to be long after I stopped riding it. The demand and high prices because of covid really helped me shift cluttered bikes and I hope I'll be much more swift clearing out in future. Probably helps that I've stopped being sentimental about the bikes versus the fun I had on them.
If I can’t imagine myself riding it again, be that I don’t ride it’s niche (of course it will have a niche) anymore, or I have something else that can take it’s place, if not it’s main focus.
*gives fast road bike the side eye*
Due to a lack of storage space I have a one in-one out policy. So that.
However, I'm at 3 at the moment down from 4 so have the space for something daft should it take my fancy.
WHat jump bike do you have??? I might be after a cheapish pump track toy......
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weeksy
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On a whim usually
I honestly thought your forum name was a typo of weekly. 🤷🏻
But similarly, when I get "bored" of it really. That usually means something else has come along elsewhere in the garage and I've decided one facet of it suits me better to the extent I can't see me riding the other bike again without it having it.
Eg rear suspension, the hardtail just ended up getting used less and less, replaced with a short travel fs.
29er wheels, just seemed a better fit for me, the 26er went, replaced with a 29er of similar intent.
Currently I'm on "wow it fits much better" so replacing the short travel fs with a bigger bike (which in fairness is sooooo big it wouldn't have been possible to buy outside of custom a few years ago) and I have a feeling in 12months will have had a similar impact on the longer travel one which made me fall out of love with the short one.
When its completely knackered, hence why I am still on a 2013 mtb
Regular bikes I tend to keep for a while. Usually when some standards become obsolete and parts may be hard to source.
As is I don't see my current bike going anywhere for a while. Although saying that if the proposed changes to the 2023/24 frame happen then I might contradict myself completely.
When I make the leap to an E-bike, probably when the warranty is about to expire!
I eventually shifted a retro Ti MTB at the point it was becoming retro rather than just "old". It was a sort of "nice to have" but had no functional value as I wouldn't have ridden it again.
I've got an old 26" wheel MTB - everything on it is obsolete really so it's only value would be as a giveaway to something like a youth club. It gets ridden a couple of times a year maybe so in some respects it's worth having in the house. That and the fact it's worth sod all so almost not worth trying to sell.
Usually when I've built up and ridden the replacement enough to be sure it's the right move.
Frame swap rather than full bike usually.
when i fancy a change, which used to be often.
or when the type of riding i do changes.
i bought a hub geared bike for work, because i was sick of looking after gears and stuff.
i have since retired,so have moved the hub on, not the bike.
the bike will now be used as my touring bike, as my last tourer was done in, so i sold it.
i dont own a mtb now, as i dont ride offroad much.
I’ve got an old 26″ wheel MTB – everything on it is obsolete really so it’s only value would be as a giveaway to something like a youth club. It gets ridden a couple of times a year maybe so in some respects it’s worth having in the house. That and the fact it’s worth sod all so almost not worth trying to sell.
Similar, I have a Scott Spark RC, full XTR in mint condition - only 26", so worth about £7.20
Ridden it once in the last 10 years!
Should just give it away....
I usually run my bikes for over a decade each and it's usually a triggers broom situation.
Normally sell them for not much but in really great condition. It often takes me years to decide 9n a new bike. For example, I've been fantasy speccing a Spur for a long while now but often flip between that and a Sentinel.
If I've not used it in a while and I can't foresee it getting used and I couldn't just use something else.
So the BMX is on the cull list at the moment for similar reasons to your jump bike. The pump track is only a couple of miles ride away, but realistically there's no reason I wouldn't just take the hardtail so it's just cluttering my garage up.
Gave up on any notion of "it's worth more to me than the money" which was my previous hoarding mantra because:
a) prices only go down
b) if I don't need the money it still takes less space in my bank account than the shed and I can always buy another similar bike.
But then I've got other bikes ranging from 3 to 20 years old. And tend to go through flurries of buying/selling. Once I've got a bike and it suits me and the intended purpose, it tends to stay for a long time.
I’ve gone old git and stopped moving bikes on.
My two 26 orange 5s are still used , one nearly weekly.
My levo will eventually be superceded by an e lightweight but given their reliability I suspect I’ll keep the levo as a backup
After breaking my spine on the road bikes, I thought I'd never use them again. I did, but it took me nearly 5 years to do it - and I've been back on them 2 years now. I did, however, get rid of the commuter road bike - it was fixed gear and only really any use near me for the commute route - I live on the edge of the Peaks. It was the bike I broke my spine on - it survived without a scratch and I'm aware the guy who bought it has been dead happy with it.
So I rarely get rid of bikes. Currently got four, of which two 30 years old road bikes, a similar age MTB, and a newer FS, although I've had that nearly 7 years now. I tend to look after what I've got.
For me its when I have another bike to fufill the same role
I have a MTB, a fatbike a (vintage) road bike and a utility bike. When I got a new MTB I moved the old one on.
Ive hardly riden the fatbike for a year. I have a plan to ride it a lot next summer. If that plan does not happen I will probably move it on
For Weeksy, the answer is ‘Every other Tuesday’ 😜.
Only joking. But at one point it did seem like that. Lol
On a serious note we tend to have a think about how often we’ll actually use the bike and if the answer is hardly at all we tend to get rid of them.
When we first had kids (twins) we did the maths and figured that it would be more cost effective to rent one every now and again so we shifted them while they still had a good resale value.
If you’re not going to use it then you might as well sell it. Any bike can be ridden around a pump track (within reason) so if you’re not going to use the jump bike sell it.
Only really if I won't ride it again as it's been replaced by a better/newer model. I have lots of bikes I rarely ride but as there's no duplicate they're staying put. I have kind of reached the limit of space in my garage so it's pretty much one in one out at the moment.
I really should sell my BMX but if I ever manage to get time to go to Adrenaline Alley again then I'll need it... I never go to the pub but I have a pub bike.
I also work on the basis that they're not worth much and I'm too lazy to sell stuff.
To make room I reckon. My old Hardrock will be going when I get my XC bike, as it's either that or it ends up living unloved in our outbuilding. That said, seems the bottom has dropped out of the second hand market unless it's something special.
As soon as I've decided there's something I don't like and I don't want to live with it.
It seems to be shortly after my number of bikes (not including my elderly Brompton) exceeds two! I am easily confused…
I think the most sensible way to buy and sell bikes is; buy in the sales and sell it about a year after having spent the least amount of money on maintenance as possible. Then repeat.
That way, you've always got a new bike with the latest geometry etc and you don't end up paying big money on replacing things like wheels, cassettes, brakes, chainrings, tyres suspension etc. 👍
This is the opposite of the way that I seem to operate.... I hang onto a bike for a couple of years minimum, replacing half the bike and end up with a bike that is now the old model type with outdated geometry thats worth naff all 😭
I haven't moved many on, but when I have it's been bikes that I never felt like I really got on with. If I liked it I'd probably hang on to it even if I wasn't riding it much any more.
My MTB is in that category now - I haven't ridden it for a couple of years and I never likde it as much as my old Giant XTC so it will probably be moving on soon
I doubt I'll ever sell my '97 Lava Dome
Never, it's my bike, it's part of me.
I doubt I’ll ever sell my ’97 Lava Dome
Mine snapped, next door neighbour welded it up, use it everyday to ride to work!!
Not many have gone out.
26" Heckler was sold before it got too obsolete.
Gravel bike sold as it's only real purpose was to take the child seat and I found road and gravel immensely boring.
Coming up to selling a bike that is an amalgamation of the spares box as it is just a duplicate taking up space and know people that could make better use of it.
And kids bikes as they keep outgrowing them.
Same as spouses for me.
As soon as they're no longer useful.
I hate having stuff sitting around doing nothing, so I never have more than two bikes. If they don't get used more than once a month I'd get rid of them.
Fortunately the current Mrs Reeksy has proved extremely useful over the past almost 20 years, so she's a keeper.
As soon as I can afford a new one that serves the same or similar, purpose, hopefully in a better way. But more usually triggers broom, swapping componenets to new frame or just upgrading components on same frame.
Similar, I have a Scott Spark RC, full XTR in mint condition – only 26″, so worth about £7.20
Mint XTR is always worth a load if you can be bothered to split. Plenty of people happy with 8/9/10sp set ups and looking for quality parts.
As for moving them on, it depends with me. Usually change my main full suss every 4 to 5 years but only when I see a decent deal on a new one. Saying that, my current bike started as a 2017 before the frame was replaced under warranty in 2020 along with new forks and I have no intention of changing any time soon.
After that it comes down to use or change of direction. Currently have a GB and building a HT but sold my Whippet, which was only 6 months old to fund the HT build. Might change the GB at some point but it will be for another.
Used to be a huge retro collector too but that collection has slimmed right down to fund modern kit and other hobbies.
when i need room for a new bike, although i'm currently thinking, i need a pinion winter hardtail and a bigger full sus, so working out how to fit them in, and lose a few.
this seems polar opposite to many FB group sellers where they buy a bike and then wish to sell it a few weeks / months later. If you are spending £6k on a bike do you just buy it, or research and test ride a few..
so you dont end up with a dog no one wants