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An original 'Yo Eddy'. Really enjoyed riding it and think I would now. Bikes I miss, stolen Scott Scale 29.... bikes I miss not so much Klein Attitude (too stiff), BOntrager Racelite (got stolen, not great handling and getting 'soft' from aging steel tubes. But beautifully made)
Kona Explosif (91)
Black with a lovely splat paint job and fitted with Suntour XC Pro*
Did some of my best racing on it.
* Worked really well and the only non Shimano kit that I have really got on with
Stooge Dirtbomb - regretted as soon as I’d sold it. Just such a fun bike that I loved riding. Clearly moar top tubes does equal betterer.
Cotic Soul - Final generation with a fantastic light weight build. Sold in anger after I took a huge kicking from long Covid/the Covid treble.
I regretted selling my 456Ti for a bit - but it would probably have outstayed its welcome by now. I regretted selling my Thorn Catalyst on the day it went as it was a great touring/bike packing bike; but I wouldn’t want to go back to 26inch wheels for bike packing.
My Reg Harris Professional that I had as a lanky teenager in the 70's - it was a 1960s built bike rescued from a shed clearance by my Dad. I had no idea what it was, who Reg was or even what Reynolds 531 butted meant but the frame fitted me as I was getting too tall for my Falcon 5-speed so, with the help of Richards Bicycle Book, I transferred kit across.
Sorry misread thread title
An original ‘Yo Eddy’.
The one bike I regret not buying.
1993 KHS Montana Team, super light steel frame and fork with full XTR. A few years later I got the Montana Comp and hated it. Partly the lower spec ( I like nice things) but mostly the fork. It had a horrendous Rockshox Quadra whereas the older one had this fantastically light and compliant steel Spinner fork. Was only mildly irritated when that one got stolen.
An original ‘Yo Eddy’.
I had a broken one of those - a mate gave it to me when he emigrated and it sat under my stairs for 15 years or more with me sort of thinking that it'd be nice to get it repaired etc but I could never afford it and in the end I sold it as that, a repair/refurb project. No idea what happened to it.
I sold my Saracen Kili Ultra titanium (to someone on here). Full XTR M950, Syncros ti seatpost, Mavic CrossMax... It was an amazing bike, I raced it for years from about 1998 and then kept it because of the memories and the fact that it just looked stunning:
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That's mine. 1998, upgraded a bit.
I'd have liked to have kept it but had no justification for it really.
A bit of a convoluted tale:
When I bought a Giant Trance 29er 3 years ago it felt so much better than my Mk1 Cotic Soul that I swapped the Soul with my eldest son's Charge Duster which I used for grandkid and pub duties.
When I bought a Scott Genius e-bike last year, I was persuaded to give the Giant to my eldest grandson for his 13th birthday (lucky bugger, but boy, he's put some miles on it and he rides it just about every day).
I noticed that my fitness was suffering because I was doing so much on the e-bike so regretted both bikes I'd given away. Especially when they both came round a few weeks ago, and both bikes were newly washed and some nice new chunky tyres on the Soul. I was full of givers remorse.
But redemption! Son was getting envious of Grandson so bought himself a new full sus. I swapped the Charge for the Cotic, spent a few quid on a 12 speed set-up and got it tubeless again. A couple of rides to get used to the "this bike is trying to kill me" geometry and today had a great couple of hours fighting the bracken on Cannock Chase. It's now my favourite bike!
- Intense Primer - sold it after not using it for 6 months when I bought my ebike. It would be nice to have a ride on a 'normal' bike for a change. Superb bike, light and responsive.
- BMW F800R - traded it in for a Triumph Speed Twin last October. I love the Speed Twin, but it's a wee bit too much for more than an hour or two, the BMW just did everything well (except look good ...)
On One 456 Summer Season, I’ve posted photos of it a few times. Built burly, weighed the same as a small moon, smashed through everything with 160mm coil Marzocchis on. Loved that bike.
surprised to see this here .... I had one of them . The sum of its parts was it should have been a total shit box - Reality is it was a really capable and fun ride. Took it to les deux alpes and had a great hoot hunting down the full sus guys in the club all week.
Sold my Kona Jake i toured new Zealand on as i couldn't afford to fly it home. had such a good time on that bike. - even scored a top 10 at the Bannockburn MTB classic after riding up from queenstown that morning - dropping my panniers and tent at the sign on.
my 2002 cannondale f800 in matt black with lefty fork.
it was my first experience with both front suspension and hydraulic disc brakes and i had always lusted after a cannondale too. i loved that bike and even did my longest ride on it in a day 205 miles.
in a moment of stupidity/depression i sold it to my local bike shop and regretted it as soon as i had sold it (i wasn't riding at the time due to ****ing depression/laziness etc).
i did ask the shop if they still had it so i could buy it back a few weeks/months later but they had sold it.
i would happily have the bike back again as it was before i sold it but obviously no chance of that happening (no cash atm for one thing lol).
DP freestyler , I gave it to my ex's wee brother who let it rot as it had plastic wheels
those plastic wheels were skyways
surprised to see this here …. I had one of them . The sum of its parts was it should have been a total shit box – Reality is it was a really capable and fun ride. Took it to les deux alpes and had a great hoot hunting down the full sus guys in the club all week.
Me too - picked up a cheap frame on its own, threw a load of bits I had in the garage on it and went for a ride... very surprised at how good a bike it was. Ran mine with a 120mm fork but the head angle made it super stable down and fun down steep stuff... Waaaaaaay ahead of its time was the Summer Season.
All my Brooklyn Machine Works stuff - I had #126 Racelink with Avalanche USD forks, shinburgers and bar end plugs. I also had a Park 26"/24" bike. My mate had #11 of 15 Minilink FQ.
Prices for original BMW stuff have gone absolutely mental - I could have bought a new car!
Transition Klunker as it looked cool and was lots of fun to ride with a rigid fork, single speed and only having one brake – a coaster brake at that. I don’t know what possessed me to take it to Glentress or how I survived. It was a joy.
I still have mine, been round 'Degla on it a few times - good skiddy skittery fun!
I miss my Saracen conquest. I'd had a few bikes before that but it was the first one I had where u though 'oh, this is different' and it made me love mountainbiking. Had some great times on it
My Catalyst was an off road commuter for years but doesn't get used since COVID. I'm thinking of getting disk mounts and either 650 or 709 rims built with the rohloff and son hubs to make a flat barred gravel tourer. Plenty of room in the back for 700x40 and I'm pretty sure it would take 45's. Loads of clearance with the pace fork, I've run 29x2 with loads of clearance
Brodie Holeshot ti, sold to get a full suspension bike.
Honda VFR750, lovely bike but 10 years commuting all year meant it was a bit tatty. Engine was still perfect.
None. I tend to keep my bikes a long time and every change becomes a step change that removes any regret.
Bikes I was glad to see the back of is another matter.
I'm with garagedweller. I don't understand the whole retro thing. I like looking at old bikes that I have owned or wanted to but there's no way I'ld want to ride them again. I am not saying every new bike has been what I had hoped but they have always been better than the last one.
Only had 6 bikes in the past 30 years and still got three of them
I'm not really in a position where i can keep multiple bikes, so it's 1 in 1 out. Which means even though for example i loved the Fuel EX9.8, it had to go. Regret it, sometimes, but mostly i'm really happy with the Slayer.. Some hills though, i'd like the Zip of the 9.8 😀
Dawes Ascent. Frame and forks resprayed 3 times in its life and not a single original component on it by the time I’d finished upgrading it. Left it at a mates house to rot after buying a Trek 6500 with a rockshox Judy
Only full bike I regret selling was an On One Fatty as it was hilarious yet so rewarding to ride.
Biggest regret was selling my 99 Zaskar LE frameset. Such a great looking thing and was the frame I always aspired to from the first GT I got - a 91 Timberline in speckled grey.
I'm thinking of selling my Ripmo now as the eeb has taken over but I know it will be an instant regret as it is probably my best loved bike ever.
I’m not really in a position where i can keep multiple bikes,
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I like looking at old bikes that I have owned or wanted to but there’s no way I’ld want to ride them again.
Aye,better to remember them fondly,I wouldn't want to ride one now and spoil the illusion*.
* a bit like driving an old Ford. 😆 🤣
Had an '88 or' 89 Breezer Storm, wouldn't want to ride it now but it did look pretty.
Sold my 2016 Marin Pine Mountain 1 to fund a Whyte T130. Wish I'd kept the Marin, it was fun to ride and surprisingly capable for a fully rigid machine. The 27.5x3.0 tyres didn't hurt!
I'll never sell my '97 Lava Dome
I can't say it's a thing of beauty to ride though, it isn't. Just use it as a pub/gym hack
Gave my Genesis Core 40 to my son and didn't miss it. It didn't suit his style so it came back after a year and I'm now delighted with it as a knock around steed. Unpopular view but I didn't really like the 29 inch I had for a while and enjoy 26.
Cotic Mk2 Solaris for me. Assumed the new version would be more of the same but better…. And whereas it’s a great bike - it’s not the mk2 in terms of versatility.
did everything on it - xc racing, marathons, techy stuff, didn’t hibernate for winter. And when my son was young I trusted the steel to cope with his child seat being attached too!
early 80's Raleigh Pursuit road bike, bought second hand as a pub/cummute bike around 2003.
It was nothing special, but it fitted so well; definitely made up for the bendy wandering forks and lower-end-of-spectrum components.
I’m not really in a position where i can keep multiple bikes, so it’s 1 in 1 out.
Thoughts and prayers.
My Spooky Metalhead. Assembled from random parts on a student budget so it had an interesting spec, but I loved it.
I know it's dull as ditchwater but my fsr120. Such a lovely comfortable ride and so light it was the perfect hike a bike. Just outgunned in the end as things got burlier. The noodlyness of it was hilarious and fun
It had a great spec, nothing fancy just good kit all over with some nice upgrades
I was given a '92 Orange Prestige in *that* black colour with a stuck seatpost.
It was just as we moved house to Scotland, and we had too much stuff already. I gave the frame to a friend.
It was XL/21" and would have made either a brilliant old-skool commuter thing or a nice wall art piece.
meh.
For me it was a 2003 Santa Cruz Heckler i bought in Vancouver and rode all round the west cost of BC and the states for a 5 month road trip, bought back to Scotland rode in various guises all over the UK, then for some reason sold it to a bloke off here as i needed to fund a road bike (why?) with the caveat if you ever think of selling it call me first... he did, I bought it back with a view to rebuilding it. It was poorly resprayed, wrong era decals added badly, the 5th element shock i sold it with was replaced with a seized piece of crap off an ebay bike, the original Hope enduro HS looked like it had been on and off using a crowbar. I still bought it back for too much and I was so gutted when i actually looked at it properly and couldn't then bring myself to rebuild (that and the fact geometry had moved on and I'd discovered 29rs) so its sat in my office on a shelf to remind never to make rash decisions when selling or purchasing bikes ever again!..... didn't quite work.. but still love that frame and what it meant to me at the time!
sold it to a bloke off here as i needed to fund a road bike (why?) with the caveat if you ever think of selling it call me first… he did, I bought it back with a view to rebuilding it. It was poorly resprayed, wrong era decals added badly, the 5th element shock i sold it with was replaced with a seized piece of crap off an ebay bike, the original Hope enduro HS looked like it had been on and off using a crowbar.
Go on, say who bought it...
nope!
I used to think the same, but I reckon my gravel bike has filled the gap now and I ride it a lot more.
I know exactly what you mean, and that's sort of why wish I hadn't sold it...I always used to wonder what the Solaris would be like with rigid forks on and some big wide drop bars on.
Then I had to sell it to fund a Nukeproof Reactor. Then my gravel bike cracked and I ended up buying a Cotic Cascade, and have ended up running that with flat bars as a rigid mtb....