THE Bike you most regret selling?

my schwinn 4 banger from 12 years back, great in its time and my first full suss and disk brakes, no doubt shocking now, but boy I love my first rip around the red bull At old world CyB. ooh when I was young(ish)

Dirt brown Kona Chute with legendary Marzocchi Z1 Wedge fork. Sold it to a mate so that I could still have “visitation rights” ….. it got stolen a couple of months later 🙁

Hora’s been strangely quiet on this thread… 8)

Well, frame anyway.

Hora’s been strangely quiet on this thread…

Well all the frames people have mentioned, he probably sold them

The Chameleon frame I pictured above I bought off him. He’s a public service, innit? 😀

Buell cyclone M2 – that was turned into S1 spec.
And with way better suspension ( and rubbishy hard race forks)

GT pro performer, yellow with skyway Tuff 2 wheels. Sold it to buy a commodore Amiga A500….. how wrong is that!

My Orange O2 hardtail. I sold it to a new member of the bike club, not having met him, but wanting to encourage him into the ‘club family’, I sold him the frame for a bargain price. He then had it stripped, painted black and turned it into a commuter. The epic adventures I had on that bike, the blood I spilt riding it, only for it to end it’s days as a commuter.I’ve never sold a bike since. When they’re retired they go up on the wall of my garage. Haven’t heard from the guy either,(I seem to recall he was banned from here for sectarian comments), and I can’t say I miss him. 🙁

Just put my Orange Strange five on eBay, don’t know if I’m doing the right thing.

Honestly, this one:

I built it up on a whim cos I fancied a cruiser, but I picked the wrong size frame on ebay- it was too small for me, and too big for my missus. Absolutely gutted…

My Singular Swift , silly mistake. 🙁

My first 29er, loved riding it, looked awesome. Contemplating buying another 🙂

This Kona Howler –

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Sold it a couple of years ago and have missed it ever since, so recently bought another. This one, in fact –

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Reading this thread has definitely helped me NOT become a member of the ‘Regret Club’. I WAS pondering the idea of selling 3 bikes I have stashed in the loft:
Pace RC200 F7 (Red anodised, with lots of matching Hope and Middleburn parts
Bontrager Race-Lite (XT, Ti bars and stem)
Diamond Back Axis TT (Ti frame with all period XT from 92?).

I sort of regret flogging my Scott Spark, but I needed the cash at the time. Now replaced with a Giant Anthem, which is wonderful, for now….

Phil

My Raleigh Chopper back in 1978, sold to for £10. It was passed down to me from my brother. So wish I still had it now.

’92 Cindercone

F900SL with Magura rim brakes. Was too disabled/unfit to enjoy it at the time, also had an F600 and needed cash so parted ways, but it fitted perfectly and rode on rails, everything just worked nice, weighed not a lot either.

My bright pink cove hustler…

No regrets it gets ridden to death or becomes a man shed door stop or wall display!

SPecialized HArdrock sport disk. Ddin’t pay much for it, did some work on it, sold it for silly low money… Should have kept it as a winter bike.

Not actually sold it yet, but my 1994 Yamaha TYZ which is not being used. Will break my heart to see it go. I know it’s not an mtb but it’s one of my little family of off road two wheelers, and it will be sadly missed, but it’s almost a crime to keep it unused, sob. On the plus side, I feel the ” one out…. One in ” rule may apply too!