I built my dream bike…and now it needs to be sold after 1 ride….sad times

hehe, true.

MTFU

You’re an embarrassment to us all, especially with the mismatched valve caps, non lined up tyre logos and unruly front brake hose.

Shocking.

Whilst I stand to loose a fair bit of money most of my other crap wouldn’t raise as much as this bike will, so its logical really, sort of, well not really, but life is about sacrifice sometimes. I want a house! I’m fed up of renting!

FFS it’s a clown bike,clearly your wife knows her stuff.

chapeau on getting some interest going before sticking it on the classifieds though 😀

Got to be said, your timing is impeccably bad! You’re looking for your dream house, but get bored and spunk several grand on your dream bike, ride it once, then find your dream house!

That’s one VERY expensive bike ride!

Unlike some others on here have said, your missus sounds pretty reasonable to be fair. BUT… You probably need to tell her just how much money you stand to lose on this bike. Doesn’t make sense at all to sell something when you’ve ridden it once and will lose 50% of the value.

right, I’m gonna have a look and see what else I can sell instead!

Reduce your stem length and she might change her mind.

mboy it is yes.
I bought the bike when I thought we had shelved the house idea. Then it turns out my partner has a bit more money than she thought, and then gets a bit of money from her parents. Now I am in the situation of, if I can find an extra couple of grand we can probably get the house.

I love my bikes, but I want to start my life proper and get this house. So to be fair it was her suggestion, and one I agreed to.

I would love to keep this bike, but how many times will it get out in a year? I use my road bike twice a day, everyday in comparison.

Ah ha.. I get it.

It’s an advert to gauge interest.. 🙄

Clever. 🙁

Off to the ads page then…

right, I’m gonna have a look and see what else I can sell instead!

Right answer, I’ve got rid of loads of bits an pieces recently which on their own have financed a bike.

Ride it at least once more. Then you’ve halved the cost/ride.

Dream house is more important than dream bike I would say . I would also negotiate like mad to get enough off the house to be able to keep my bike if possible .

Ride it at least once more. Then you’ve halved the cost/ride.

There’s the cleverest person here. Tom employ Duane as your personal finance manager.

bikebouy, not my intention.
Originally this was meant to be a wohoo, look at my new bike thread…after finishing it last week.
I’m going to hold onto it for a bit, I think it does need a few more rides at least!

That bike should only be sold if your in financial hardship, trying to make a mortgage payment etc

To sell it to help get a house is madness, buy a house when you can afford to, no point
Being a house and not living 😉

It looks like its had a head on with a tree at 40mph, i.e. pug ugly geometry, that would drive me mad, that and the fact its the product of a marketing department. Not for me ta

LOL 🙂

First, split it. It’s your dream bike not anyone else’s so you’ll never get a good price on it as built.

Then, given that the frame and fork are probably what you’ll lose most on due to lack of warranty, keep that and sell the other bits. Then built it up with cheaper bits from other bikes you already have by the sounds of it.

edit. just spotted the fox fork. sell that and get something decent.

that would drive me mad, that and the fact its the product of a marketing department. Not for me ta

Anyone else noticed recently that any thread with a 29er in it quickly brings out the 29er-phobics? Wonder what their issue is.

Look at the state of that rear brake hose – no wonder it needs to go! 😉

But the boss has called time on my toy collection

does not compute

Who wears the pants in your house!

Ride her one last time and get rid.

I sympathise.

We’ve been looking for a house for 18 months, putting our lives on hold and saving like mad. Then, a couple of weeks ago, we got fed up and spunked a fair chunk of the deposit on a new car for him and a new full suss for me.

Guess what we found 2 days later … yep, our dream house!

Anyone want to buy my boyfriend’s bright yellow Lotus?

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(well, I’m not selling my bike!)

decent level of pathetic, nice

Tempting fate a bit ,to buy a bike that has RIP on it 🙂

Why can’t you get rid of the road or TT bike? They look the same bar the bars! Or you could TT on the Niner with that stem… 😉

Yeah, like Duane said, ride her once more then get rid.
And dump the bike too, its fugly.

pingu66 – Member

Ride her one last time and get rid.

What? The bike or the partner?

the boss has called time on my toy collection

Resign. Give a months notice. See what happens.

And I thought being married/in a relationship was mutual. Tsk tsk how silly of me 😆

OP and your missus, you’re looking at this the wrong way round. Keep the bike and negotiate the house price down.

@legolam

Anyone want to buy my boyfriend’s bright yellow Lotus?

The Rules

He’s gotta go.

If it helps, I’ll buy the forks!

You could just say no?

@bigblackshed

I deliberately left it open

pingu66 – Member

@bigblackshed

I deliberately left it open

You set ’em up and I’ll knock ’em down.

Can I suggest you take her to the moon and back a couple of times one night and then state you are keeping the bike. This is not theoretical…

…or even a euphemism.

Need a house, have a wife, want the bike. Go and stack shelves for a month.

Think you guys are all missing that the OP is BS and the guy is quite willing to sell his bike.
As mentioned I think this is an elaborate classified attention ad.
Nobody has such tiny balls they put up with this if they weren’t at least partly going along with it/trying to appease the wife.
Not even a triathlete.