Good question and interesting thread. My own situation has been slightly tangential: always trying to make an imperfect bike into the perfect bike, spending far too much given the worth of the starting point, and then selling at a loss. However, the process did refine my understanding of what I really want, and in the last few years I've been getting bikes that, if not perfect, are certainly close enough (the 2 Matthews, for example) and getting rid of other bikes that didn't fit my unique categories of perfection or use, such as that 1958 Herse or the ~2010 Sam Hillborne, both of which are among the few that I might have considered keeping, "even though." There are others like this -- ~1990 Diamond Back Axis Team, 1991 Stumpjumper Team, 1989 Falcon, initial 1995 26" wheel Riv road custom; but I can't really think of any that I have more than very mild regrets selling off.
So, upshot, my regrets are minor ones, except for all the money I spent before I learned to pay up front for what you really want instead of trying to do perfection on the cheap or quick. On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 1:56 PM Damien <damien.m.pet...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my seemingly endless search to optimize my bike collection, fill gaps, > and try new and cool bikes, I recently realized how many bikes I've had in > my life and how many questionable decisions I've made. There are a number > of choices I've made, for better or worse, to sell bikes in order to make > room for other bikes, downsize, or simply because I felt they weren't > getting the use they deserved. > > My question to the group is: what bike or bikes do you most regret > selling, trading, or giving away? > > For me, as you may know, I absolutely regret selling my Roadini, and an > old Marinoni touring bike that I originally thought was too big for me (I > realize now how wrong I was, and am currently in the process of replacing > it!). > > Would love to hear what regrets others here have! > > <3 > Damien > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3b4a875b-2de5-4d75-9127-0b08bf39e208n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3b4a875b-2de5-4d75-9127-0b08bf39e208n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguOULu8SSo%2BApCz72865MUKX%3DH%3DS7uMk8E_x8_oW8FrFQ%40mail.gmail.com.
