Would you do it?
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BarneyRubble
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I had to say no, but you only specified selling your bikes; what about selling something else? I sold my 2001 Golf V5 which I LOVED in order to buy my Ellsworth dream build and ironically ended up replacing the golf with a £700 car which is even better! 
Failing material possessions, what about a kidney?
Failing material possessions, what about a kidney?
Well, seeing as how Ive done it before I felt obligated to vote yes, but to be fair since I did I've replaced the collection two fold and have amassed 3 frames of that untouchable dream bike (the STS), have broken 2 and am waiting for number 4 to arrive. I remember the day I rolled my first STS-DH out of Ace Cycles rolled up to the trail head and watched the jaws drop. I can also still feel the broken collar bone that frame gave me when I cracked the down tube clear in half not 3 months after I bought it. So now to negate my vote, would I do it today? Probably not. I'm not sure I could give up all the memories Ive had on each of my rides not to mention Id have to redecorate (broken frames get wall space).
There are three that I definitely wouldn't sell:
1 • My first 'proper' mtb, owned since new in '92. It's in bits and the post's stuck but it'll never leave me.
2 • The bike I always dreamed of BITD and am nearly finished fettling with.
3 • The bike that would be impossible to replace as there aren't too many about.
All the others I would probably sell as they don't really mean a huge amount to me. They would be tricky to replace if I sold them, but that's the only thing really I think. If it meant getting my 'Most Wanted' then I'd sell them all without a thought.
The parts thing is a strange one though. I couldn't sell everything as some of them would be needed to build the 'dream bike' wouldn't they?!
A lot of stuff though I have just hoarded cos it's NOS, and I don't want to fit it or haven't got anything to fit it to... Things like that I wouldn't have a problem with selling to fund the 'dream bike'. Again they would be difficult / impossible to replace, but they would have helped get me the dream bike.
Oh, and by the way - Jez has another bike (at least one!) which isn't in the photos - his original Lava Dome with Quadras!
1 • My first 'proper' mtb, owned since new in '92. It's in bits and the post's stuck but it'll never leave me.
2 • The bike I always dreamed of BITD and am nearly finished fettling with.
3 • The bike that would be impossible to replace as there aren't too many about.
All the others I would probably sell as they don't really mean a huge amount to me. They would be tricky to replace if I sold them, but that's the only thing really I think. If it meant getting my 'Most Wanted' then I'd sell them all without a thought.
The parts thing is a strange one though. I couldn't sell everything as some of them would be needed to build the 'dream bike' wouldn't they?!
A lot of stuff though I have just hoarded cos it's NOS, and I don't want to fit it or haven't got anything to fit it to... Things like that I wouldn't have a problem with selling to fund the 'dream bike'. Again they would be difficult / impossible to replace, but they would have helped get me the dream bike.
Oh, and by the way - Jez has another bike (at least one!) which isn't in the photos - his original Lava Dome with Quadras!
all valid points but what i've noticed now is that i buy a bike and then don't use it for example my Hot. Its in my dad's loft with a brand new set of wheels on it that haven't even been ridden. I'm ashamed to say this as well but i haven't even ridden the Hot so why shouldn't someone else get the benefit of it and i can fund a custom Ti machine. I've had a wee foray into the world of full sus and always end up back out on my hardtail Kilauea. Then i see things like that Lynskey in the readers bike section and swoon every time i look at it. I'll never ever sell the Kilauea but i do lust after a custom Ti bike everyday. I had a big sale a year or so ago after discovering i had about 4 sets of sus forks sitting there and enough gear to build another 2 bikes and now i'm back to square one. Plus i only live in a 2 bedroom tenement flat in Glasgow and i'll have to kick my brother out at this rate if i keep buying things i don't use
