[Closed] Bikes you no longer ride, but don't want to sell.

I have an old steel road frame on the turbo that originally was my dad's and was built in our hometown (then rebuilt 30 years ago after I crashed it).

Keeping that. All the rest can f'off

My Bfe will end up like that, when it or I am too old to ride.

Scott scale 26er hardtail set up as a single speed, rode it about a year ago but cleaned it in the winter!

Ah, good call Scardypants...A permanent Turbo bike

I've still got my old Prophet frame hanging in the cellar. I might build it up for my eldest daughter at some point.

Some in the attic, some in the garage. I just pile stuff on top of them until the problem goes away.

I've got a 1994 Univega Alpina 5.3 frame and forks on the garage.

Bought as a complete bike in 95 then sold to a mate, who then gave it back to me a few years ago.

I've toyed with putting a larger diameter headtube on and disc mounts.

It'll probably just end up on the garage wall one day.

Funnily enough I was just in the garage, mentally assembling a turbo bike from the pile of junk before me...

I sell them all as I just don't have the space however I wish I'd never got rid of my Genesis IO or Cotoc BFe with the scotchbrite graphics.

On my walls:

Zaskar XTR,
Charge Plug 5,
CAAD10 Ultegra,
Boardman carbon Team Tiagra,
Trek 4400 SLX,
Diamondback AVR Tru Temper frame and a
Boardman CX Rival x1.

I'm bored with them all and the local terrain near me is road.

After smacking my head on the forks of the Zaskar, I've had enough and will be breaking them to flog as I want space to service my CX.

I want 1 bike to do it all.

If you don't use it for 6 months, sell it otherwise you're a hoarder 😳

I've got a 1994 Univega Alpina 5.3 frame and forks on the garage.

Bought as a complete bike in 95 then sold to a mate, who then gave it back to me a few years ago.

Sounds almost identical to me, same bike which was my first 'proper' mtb. Gave yo my brother early 2000's and then ended up back with me and in the garage attic. Stripped it down and had the frame and forks powder coated last year and then built into a single speed. Probably never sell it.

I've got my steel Sunn Tzar frame hanging on the wall- it was the first bike I did a race on so won't sell it. I'd still be using it but I managed to get hold of a small 26" Soul (bit slacker) to replace it 😀

edit- I've got an XS BFe as well which I intend to hoard cos it's not worth much.

An Orange MsIsle. One day I'll use it at the local pump track.

My old Ti "Onion". I'll never sell it and I don't ride it so it's currently on loan to another, more deserving, STWer (talking of which, we're due an update 🙂 )

My old PRST-1.

I've got a Giant NSR frame in the attic,it needs new frame bearings.
My first proper MTB was a Speccy Hardrock,that frame hangs in the garage.
My 2005 Enduro got resurrected for a trip to Les Arcs a couple of years ago. I've since used it for a few trips to Stiniog,but it must be last summer since I last rode it.I'll build it up again for our next visit & when I finally give up mountain biking I'll keep it as a ornament..

My Turner 6-Pack from 2005 was unridden for over a year as I got a new RFX. Didn't sell the 6-Pack as it would never get a fraction of what it's worth. Fortunate that I didn't as its been doing sterling service after my RFX let me down. However, it is about to get moth balled again.

Giant Terrago from 1996, fully rigid. Came with Magura hydraulic rim brakes. Now back in it's original format (with LX V brakes circa 1998) having taken off the Mozo Pro forks which are now totally rigid as the elastomers have hardened. It was in use as a tug for a while pulling a trailer initially and more recently a tag along. Kids now ride on their own so its been gathering dust for a few years. I've also realised it's too big for me. Can't part with it though I really should chuck the Mozo Pros. Might be a candidate for a turbo bike at some point.

Raleigh Competition new in 1983 as part of a batch from Special products for college course. In the attic. Also keeping one of the first Moultons, a Rogers and a Higgins trike frame (with the ambition of mending then riding them. Can't see me selling the Pickenflick either.
One other that won't be sold either. 2006 Specialized Enduro. No bugger wants it. Sat on it too long just in case and wheels changed size.

Fortunate that I didn't as its been doing sterling service after my RFX let me down.

What happened to the RFX?

I'm unlikely to sell my Flux 650 as it appears to be the last of the US ally Turners. I do still ride the Flux. Just not locally much.

My 10 yo Soul is about to be going to the Loon (as he has no bike and I haven't ridden to Soul for a fair while). He should've picked it up today but he filled his car with other stuff instead 😳

I'll be dropping it off for him next week instead 😆

Nae loss fit a frien gains as my mum used to say....

I've got an orange clockwork with Rockshox indys on that I stripped and an artist painted up as a project. Was refurbing but could never get enough cash and ran out of patience...bought a 96 Rockhopper with a decent set of bomber's and v brakes that's got me back into mountain biking. I might swap parts off that onto the Orange. Dunno yet.

I can't and won't admit on a public forum to the huge amount of stuff I'm keeping.

Not sure my better half would approve lol

Biggest waste has to be the orange vit T xx with sid wc that I don't ride more than a few times a year but 26" light hardtails are worth so little

Orange C16R. Bought new in 1996 ... just can't sell it. Worth more to me than it would fetch on Gumtree.

We have a dozen or more bikes in the house, not sure. 😳
Probably half of them haven't been ridden more than twice a year since the last decade. They are all fully maintained and ready to go. Just swapped a pair of tyres on friday, winter to summer, last thing i did on it was swap from summers to winters.
Haven't actually ridden it since [i]last[/i] time it had winter tyres on it. 3 years ago.......... maybe 4.

Another 7 or 8 in storage in the UK, maybe 10, can't remember, some are classics and have history/memories for me (or the wife), some are just bikes i've had. Plan is to empty the unit this summer, 80% of what's in there will be either sent to charity shop, scrapped or eBayed. (I've been paying for the unit since 1990 ish and only visited once since 2000..........)

All the bikes and bits will be coming home 😳 (There's also half a dozen or more banana boxes full of new/part used components/tubs/finishing kit/pedals/saddles and probably 10 extra sets of wheels. They come home too. We're not flying!)

And another 3 classic 80's bikes that are technically mine, but are on display on in storage (i don't know, not seen them for years) not particularly bothered what happens to them.

Yeah, i rarely sell anything. 😳

I hate selling stuff...... people always take the piss.
They always turn up and try to reduce the price that's been agreed "because they've got cash".

Lots of people have left disappointed.

Kona Lava dome, set up singlespeed, not ridden it for 2 years. Not really worth anything, so I might as well keep it for a bit

oops. double post.

An orange 5 and a mkII Marin rift zone frames plus a Kona Explosif 853 that is used for turbo duties and still has the original bottom bracket (they don't make em like that anymore). The Marin's head angle looks like you need to phone the samaritians before riding it. What were we thinking of?!

bikes are tools, nothing more.
if not ridden, sold.

bikes are tools, nothing more.

Call me a soft sh..te 🙂

The Boardman was a 40 th birthday present from the wife and kids, they saved up for it when we were not flush money wise, my son also did the "Pike" moment "Dont tell him about the bike" which still makes us laugh...Also done some memorable rides on it that I am unlikey to repeat.

Current 'spares' pile includes Klein Fervour ('92) that I'll never get rid of, Trek 9000, Thorn Raven Enduro 853, Transition Bandit, Bianchi SL road frame & 1977 LeJeune road frameset. I think that's it...

Cove Stiffee 69er, not a good one to google or explain to the kid's.
Mojo HD, another of those bikes that went out of fashion overnight, apparently.

My old cube acid, first proper mountain bike. Is now used for turbo duties until jnr is big enough to ride it. No point selling it as it worth buttons and to sentimentality attached to it

I've currently got a 1997 Independent Fabrications Deluxe SS on the workshop wall. Beautiful frame, probably won't ever sell it.

I did also have a red RC200 F8 on the wall, but did sell it to find another bike. Kind of regret it.

My Hemlock frame- I basically learned to ride on that thing- first downhill race, first enduro, every foreign holiday, 2 EWS rounds, so many miles that I desroyed the thing completely.

And my Onza T-Bird. In fact I've barely ever ridden it but I had a load of fun fixing it up and I keep thinking I'll learn to trials some day (and history suggests that if I sell the Stupid Bike I Don't Ride, I instantly get a hankering for another- the Onza replaced Haro Nyquist BMX that I also never rode.

Everything else gets ridden frequently but despite that I could still easily replace them- my enduro bike and my hybrid are absolutely superb at their jobs but I've got no emotional connection at all.

A 1st gen On-One Scandal 29er with real scandium.

And the [url= http://pompinos.blogspot.co.uk/ ]Pompinos[/url]

No such thing as a bike I wouldn't sell.

my GT Hans Rey trials frame and Marin Quake are keepers. The time between consequent rides can be 3-4 months and I feel completely comfortable each time.

However, my liteville 301 mk10 will be moving on. Just can't get along with it, despite 18months of fettling.

Don't sell the IF !!

A Merlin in the attic ready to ride. Should be on the wall.
Fatty hanging in the garage treads to ride. Should be sold.
Brian Rouke in the attic ready to ride. Should be on the wall.
Lightspeed hanging in the garage ready to ride.
Moulton in the attic ready to ride. Should be ridden.
Heckler hanging in the garage ready to ride. Should be ridden.
All have been great in their day, still can be fun but not worth much now and not worth selling now.

One one SS in shed, once a month bike.
Cotic 29 in shed, once a week bike.
My Stumpjumper 86, now a tourer, once/twice a week road bike.

I'm a bit of a horder. Current road bike was my first road bike. Needs a bit of a refresh as I've had it 5 years now. Thinking of stripping and painting. But then there's part of me thinks....noooo....keep it as is. Put it in the attic. And soak up the nostalgia on it when you're 90. So many rides...

I've never sold a bike. I have ridden two to death. A 1991 Orange Clockwork and a 1999 Orange Gringo. The first had a seized in seatpost and bottom bracket, with rampant rust, the second had a failed headtube.

I still have a replacement 1991 Clockwork in use, and a early Kaffenback with a hell of a lot of miles. Consumerism is bad, hoarding and making do is good.

I used to think that there were some bikes I would never sell, but in the last 12 months I have realised sometimes its better that they were moved on and used by someone. So I have sold some bikes that were really precious to me:

1998 Kona Explosif - not ridden in 10 years
2008 On One Ti29er - ridden once in 2 years.
2012 Salsa El Mariachi in bomb pop blue

I wont miss them now they are gone 🙁

My 98 Specialized Ground Control FSR Comp frame is hanging on the wall of the garage awaiting the day when I have the patience to build it up again.

HansRey - Member

However, my liteville 301 mk10 will be moving on. Just can't get along with it, despite 18months of fettling.

Funny, isn't it - different people and different tastes. I absolutely love mine, especially with 170mm coil Marzocchis.

Dialled Kobe Ti.

Will never be ridden again, has languished in the she did for years...

I have a 2004/2005 Santa Cruz Chameleon which I love more than life itself.

I had it set up as a DH HT to razz to the garage when the van needed picking up/razz around seafronts when away with work.

Then I found a new use for it at the jump park, wound the forks right down and locked them out, and put on fast rolling tyres. Now though, I'm getting a snazzy jump bike and the SCC will be redundant again.

It will sit, fully built, in the living room with proper tyres back on, and the forks wound back out, until I need to collect the van from the garage again. Because it makes me smile and for no other reason. Of all my bikes it is worth the least money, but it is the one I care about the most.

Ti Enigma Ego 26. Gets ridden once or twice a year, but Mrs K saved for 2 years out of her part time wage to buy it for my 40th so it's not going anywhere.

Need to find some wall space for my Yeti SB66, which was retired last week while it was still in one piece.
Also a 40th present, so has sentimental value. Have kept the fork & the wheels are on the Spitfire, so I could still rebuild it again.

righog... I think that's great that your family saved up to buy you a new bike. Hope you're getting to use it frequently too.

Thanks Strawman...It was a great present for my 40th...10 years ago 😳

I had many many epic rides on it 🙂

So let's say you have something old, you don't use it (enough), it's too nice for the recycling centre but it's worth sod all.

If you don't want it cluttering up your shed what do you do with it.

I have a lovely lightweight Schwinn that rarely sees the light of day. No disc mounts (rear), 26" and these days a parts bin build. I can't bring myself to scrap it but it's wasting storage space.

Cotic Soda, XTR M970 (9spd)sids, full on XC race setup, normally get a couple of rides a year.
Hope its a nice dry summer!

I'm with Stoner.
On-One Scandal (proper Scandium one)
Steel Pompino with belt drive conversion.

plus my Ti Pompino - I've thought of selling it a couple of times, but keep deciding not to.

There's also a shed full of old projects. 🙂

Thing is epicyclo, we wouldnt get more than a fiver and a bag of beans for any of them, but as much as they're worthless, they're priceless 🙂

but as much as they're worthless, they're priceless

+1

Most of them get ridden, although a few might go months between uses, theres a couple I probably haven't actually ridden in about 12 months, I should fix that...

I also dismantle and re-use parts on other frames from time to time when trying out new stuff, so there's always a frame or two mid-build.

I do regularly sell bikes as well though, either ones that didn't work for me, or didn't fit as well as I'd like mostly, but if I like them then they stay 🙂

[quote="garage-dweller"]I can't bring myself to scrap it but it's wasting storage space.You need more storage space.

[quote="stoner"]but as much as they're worthless, they're pricelessWhy i've still got most of mine. 25 year old made to measure steel in weird team colours with an extremely well used and non-period/mixed groupset on it is worth pretty much nothing. But i got paid for riding it and won some stuff on it. And it fits *perfectly*.

Well, it fitted perfectly 15 years ago. I'm a lot heavier now. It might be agony. Least my bones are the same length, if nothing else.

Might need a 1" 80mm stem to ride it when it eventually surfaces....... same goes for the rest of the old bikes.

Most of the value is in memories.

Stoner - Member
Thing is epicyclo, we wouldnt get more than a fiver and a bag of beans for any of them, but as much as they're worthless, they're priceless

Agree, but I reckon one day the Scandals will be appreciated as classics. 🙂

BTW I suggest you transform your Scandal into a all purpose gravel bike. Drops and 2.35" Big Apples and it will go just about anywhere.

I had mine set up with a set of bars with a short drop, and it was brilliant. I still would be riding it, but I had a Ti TD-1 frame hanging around so I converted that instead.

I did a 120 mile day tour of Wester Ross on it and it was really comfy on the crap roads and it was good for a poke up the odd bit of gravel or dry singletrack. Much nicer than using a cx bike.

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Dawes discovery 501 circa 2004.

Hasn't been ridden in about 2 years, but it was my engagement present from my now husband and such a flawless workhorse, I couldn't possibly part with it. I do feel I owe it a thorough clean and grease for it's retirement years ahead.