I had the opportunity to buy an Unno Dash recently. Used but immaculate condition, and the price was good. I dilly dallied, and of course it got snapped up! Still on the radar for the future though...
Funnily enough just had the opportunity to get hold of a much cheaper bike that I missed out on first time round. I had a 2008 Genesis Altitude 853 for a few years, eventually upgrading the frame to the Ti version. Absolutely loved those bikes, but come 2013 I'd bought into 29ers and binned 26" wheels off entirely (no regrets still). Shortly after, Genesis brought out the High Latitude 29er which was to all intents and purposes, a 29er version of the bike I'd known and loved with slightly updated geometry etc... Only because they never did an 853 or Ti version, the inner snob in me wouldn't let myself buy one! Just off to pick up the bargain of the century I found on Facebook classifieds later this week, full XT 11spd, Reba, Hope/stans build for under £300! It's almost certainly gonna be tatty, but so what... It can live in my van and be my hack bike for work...
My friend’s VTR1000 SP1
I missed out on a couple of SP1's when they were sensible money, all 5fig sums now for anything worth buying! That said, they're not that great to ride as a road bike, Aprilia nailed that one much better with the much cheaper RSV...
Got offered my dream bike, an RC45, last year, for what was at the time a very sensible price for one... I even had the cash for it too, although it would have wiped my savings out entirely and me and my GF were looking towards buying a bigger house etc... Since then, house prices have continued to go up, then interest rates have skyrocketed too, and I have been seriously unwell for a few months meaning a house move is totally off the cards... The RC45 has of course appreciated by about 20% in value in the 15 months since I turned it down, which is the real kicker!
I let a haze pino tandem go. I’ve wanted one for a long time, it was the best price and I didn’t buy it.
Also a Brompton S2 with titanium bits. They’ve stopped making them now and the t-line is ridiculously expensive and largely made of unobtanium due to speculators.
Original blur 4x, got a heckler instead and wish I'd gone for it..........
A ball burnished GT zaskar
You missed a good one.
Still the fastest bike I've owned, but also done a fair bit of bike packing too.
I went to Whistler in the summer of 95 with @hot_fiat and another friend. I took my Cinder Cone to ride and it was ace but one of the bike shops in town had a Kona Hot frame, in flame red, hanging behind the counter. It was the lush frame with the custom tubing and was the same size as my Cinder Cone so I could have just transferred everything over and taken it home avoiding any import taxes. I was only 18 and had a credit card from my mum and dad 'for emergencies only' but was very sensible and didn't buy it as at the time I thought debt was 'bad' :-):-)
I still had lots of adventures on Cassandra the Cinder Cone and she's still in my shed but that red Hot frame still taunts me from the past...
Dekerf and Bontrager Privateer are two I regret not buying.
I'd forgotten about those. They were in my thoughts when I bought the Klein, not the Pace.
I had a Kona Explosif Pro in 92/93 (lightly used 2nd hand, very good deal).
Great bike, but I lusted after either a Pace or a Fat Chance, never had the funds at the time.
I scratched the Pace itch a few years ago with an RC200 F8. Fast, but my god it was painfully stiff.
I kinda scratched the Fat Chance itch with a '98 Indy Fab. Still have that and it's lovely 😎
Honda 400/4
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Kuco – surely you mean Bontrager Race lite, though I guess a lot of people saw Privateers in shops compared to Santa Cruz originals. I’d stopped riding the Bonty when it was stolen from my garage as it was so soft, bendy compared to a modern bike and the geometry was god for fire road racing , but nothing techy.
I think you are correct, the one I drooled over was orange with the Bontrager panel on the down tube.