Re: [RBW] Regrets

2021-05-20 Thread reynoldslugs
I regret selling a lovely Woodrup touring bike in 1983. I was broke and needed money for grad school. That wasn’t smart. I regret the loss of a really pretty grey Trek, sweet grey color with Columbus tubes, that was crushed by an errant Chevrolet in 1980. I do not regret saying “goodbye” to

Re: [RBW] Regrets

2021-05-20 Thread Brendan Willard
Glad it found a good home! Enjoy! >> Thanks, >> -Brendan Willard >> Owner/Winemaker >> Phantômé Cellars phantomecellars.com Speaking in Thumbs 👍 > On May 20, 2021, at 1:02 PM, Robert Blunt wrote: > >  > Ooh. This is an easy one for me. I sold my Bleriot around 2011, but just > bought one f

Re: [RBW] Regrets

2021-05-20 Thread Patrick Moore
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 rea

Re: [RBW] Regrets

2021-05-20 Thread luckyturnip
I’ve had a few, but the ones that keep me scouring Craigslist (for no reason, don’t need them!) were both older rigid steel Specialized mountain bikes, one a Rockhopper in the lovely purple to indigo colorway with yellow writing (my son’s outgrown bike replaced with a giant chunky 29er Rockhoppe

Re: [RBW] Regrets

2021-05-20 Thread Robert Blunt
Ooh. This is an easy one for me. I sold my Bleriot around 2011, but just bought one from Brendan in good shape and am now riding it around the Hopewell Valley in NJ. Regrets, yes, but I got a second chance to own a Bleriot. Robert Blunt Pennington, NJ On Thu, May 20, 2021, 3:56 PM Damien wrote:

[RBW] Regrets

2021-05-20 Thread Damien
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